1st Grade & 1st Tooth Fairy Visit

Joshi got pictures & lost a tooth...without knocking it out!
We could never find the top tooth he knocked out, so long ago, சோ this is his first visit from the Tooth Fairy.

His other bottom front is loose also, and the top right has been 'iffy' since he knocked the first one out. It's getting closer to the day when I see him with a full smile!


He looks a bit serious at first in this school photo... then I see the look in his eyes! This is one of the times he reminds me of dad.

End of Fall Soccer 2008

I received these photos from another 'soccer mom' of Josh and a couple of his teammates (Austin on the right, Hunter on the left). They were sitting out a quarter and Josh decided to teach the others a game he'd learned (or made up...I can't always tell with him). They were really adorable sitting and playing together on the ground, huddled up in a clover formation.

Time for an Update!

So much to do , so little time. If this blog had feelings, I'm sure it would be feeling deeply neglected. So time for an update.

Spent a lovely evening at the urgent care center tonight. Josh had a teensy tinsy little bit of an old scrape left, when it decided to go bad. Tried heat compresses Saturday & Sunday, but no fix. Quite the little 'procedure' they had to do tonight. Should've turned the video on to get the full effect of them cutting him open, cleaning out and stuffing the hole with fabric ribbon. Took a few shots with the phone for him to enjoy later.

On a brighter side, really enjoying the Indian Summer (love em)! Corvallis is full of blood red trees right now, and complement it with the still green grass (freshly cut..smelled wonderful tonight) and the spots of yellow here and there too. Very nice.

Josh & I went to the ski swap last week. Geared him up with new skis & boots. Translucent Orange (Technica) boots and 110cm Rossignol Radicals...which also happen to be....Orange! He's been telling me for months now that he wants to join WARP (Willamette Area Racing Program), but alas..he's going to have to wait another year until he's 7. I'll try to get him to actually think about technique more this year.

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Dolores Varner, 81, life service Saturday

FOREST GROVE - Dolores I. Varner, 81, Forest Grove, died March 20, 2008, at her home, of pancreatic cancer.
A life celebration will be 10 a.m. Saturday, March 29, at North Plains Senior Center, 31450 NW Commercial St. Private interment will be held.
Mrs. Varner was born Dec. 12, 1926, in Vancouver, Wash., a daughter of Helmer and Rigmore Hellis Isakson. She was raised and educated in several Oregon communities.

She married Melvin K. Varner Dec. 2, 1946, in DeLake. In 1960 they moved to Forest Grove.
She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, quilting and all kinds of sewing and needlework. She taught knitting, crocheting and cake decorating classes, loved music and was the lead singer for the "Golden Oldies Band." Based in Vernonia Senior Center, they sang at other local senior centers.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin, in 1995, and by three brothers.
Survivors include a daughter, D'Ann Reid; sons, Steve and Jay Varner; four brothers; a sister; and nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Remembrances to: Vernonia Senior Center, 446 Bridge St., Vernonia, OR 97064 or American Cancer Society, 0330 SW Curry St., Portland, OR 97204.

Arrangements: Tualatin Valley Funeral Alternatives, Hillsboro.

Welcome! Rhiley Madison Lee

Angela and Mike welcomed baby Rhiley at 4:46 this morning! She weighed in at 7lb 7.3 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. Dad and both of her new grandmas were also there to greet her.

We look forward to her birthday pictures very soon!

Aislynn Raine Delorissa Bethea

Cousins Jim & Linda came to visit.

Proud Grandma!

Gene brought the kids for the weekend @ the hospital.

They were great the whole time. A little squabbling over

who get's Aislynn next, but even that wasn't to bad.

Aislynn's first view of the world. Gene said she acted very bewildered and scared. I was being stapled up at the time, but it's no wonder I would be scared too if some Dr. pulled me from my nice warm womb. She was very reluctant to come out into the world.







On November 1st at 11am my water broke. I got ready, and Gene was home within minutes of my calling him, and took me to the hospital. When we arrived and got checked in, they did a test that confirmed my water had broken, then they moved me into a labor and delivery room, and told me to walk. So I walked... and walked... and walked... my back hurts just thinking about it. My labor wasn't starting, and the clinic I go too has been pushing me to go C-section all along because of my high blood pressure and gestational diabetes. I was ready to go along, but then they started having a lot of c-sections, both scheduled and emergency, so they decided to let me try to get labor started myself for a while longer. I was able to get some contractions started, but they would go away, and they weren't making any progress happen, so when the OR finally opened up Friday night, they took me in. Dr. Bair was my attending physician, which I was happy for, because he is one of my favorite doctors from the clinic. After I was numbed up Gene came in and stood next to me, waiting for Aislynn. At one point in time Gene said it looked like the little Dr. helping was sitting on top of me trying to push her up to Dr. Bair. After Dr. Bair made a wisecrack about Aislynn being a monkey with her toes wrapped aroung my ribs though they pulled her free and showed her to us. She is so beautiful, I just cried. They cleaned her up, and Gene followed her to her first bath while they stitched me up. After being in recovery for a bit, I was taken up to a tiny room in postpartum care, where Aislynn and I spent the next seven days. I thought I would get to go home on Monday, but Aislynn developed jaundice and had to wear a blue light strapped to her back with a hose for 3 days, and they wanted to monitor my blood pressure, then I developed an infection around my incision, and even though Aislynn was ready to go home, they kept her there with me for another day, and monitored the infection. Yesterday they finally released us, so I'm home, just on a lot of meds for pain, antibiotics and blood pressure.