Radio Personality

Nicole made her radio debut yesterday.  She was a little nervous to be recording a radio commercial for the upcoming Border Days celebration over the 4th of July.

She only had to do two recordings and then the DJ worked his magic to delete all the pauses and stumbles and add some background music.  I think she'll be famous any minute now.

Just check it out. :-)

A Family Wedding

These two beautiful people got hitched last weekend.

This is picture so beautifully captures that day.  So much joy and love.

I'm sure these two will continue to complement each other beautifully for the next 70 years.

We wish them all the best.

God bless, Mr. and Mrs. Phil and Jeanene Kaufman!  Thanks for including us in your special day.  You throw a great party!

Summer's Here!

It's official!  We had our last day of school last Friday. (And now I'm slacking on my blog....!)

We celebrated by taking the old black pickup to downtown get milkshakes.  Woohoo!  Summer!!

Joe and I

I took a group of students to the University of Idaho (GO Vandals!) a few weeks ago to visit the Engineering Expo and generally check out campus.  We were sitting outside eating lunch and good old Joe Vandal squeezed in next to me on the bench.  To be honest, he was kinda flirting with me.  Put his arm around me and acted all coy.  Don't tell Glenn, okay?

I pulled out my fancy new smart phone for a picture, but I'm still getting the hang of selfies.  The young'uns make them look so easy, but it's trickier than you would think to get the angle right.  Here I am chewing my sandwich.  (Really, Loretta?  Basic selfie rule #1 - stop chewing for the picture.)  I was having major trouble getting us both in the picture.

I told Joe his head was too big for my picture.  He probably didn't appreciate my honesty.  Still need to work on my selfie skills, I think.  I gave myself a double chin.  Not quite the look I was going for.  But, oh well... Go Vandals!

Prom Visitor

We had a sweet little visitor recently.

Little Natalie seemed to enjoy hanging out with her cousins.  We stopped and saw the baby chicks before we left Lewiston when we picked her up.

And baby ducks.  So cute!

Had some fun adventures.  Like a four-wheeler ride with her favorite Ellea.

But, the real reason she came to see us was so she could come to Grand March with us, just like last year.  Like many little girls she's all about the beautiful princess dresses and this year's prom did not disappoint.  Thanks for the visit, Natalie!  Come again soon!

Grand March

 After dinner at our house, the kids headed to the high school for the official fun to begin at prom.  Around these parts, they have something called the Grand March when friends and family find a good seat in the bleachers and watch as each couple is introduced and walk across the stage and come across the gym.  The lights are dimmed and the space is beautifully decorated.  It's fun to see all the beautifully dressed couples.

The theme this year was "A Night in Paris."  This beautiful Eiffel tower was made entirely of cardboard.  The seniors do all the planning and decorating (with some staff guidance).  They bought this thing for way too much money, but it sure was pretty!

After the Grand March, all the fathers are invited out onto the dance floor to dance with their little girls.  Isn't that just the sweetest thing?  

Not wanting to be left out, Morgan did a little dancing, too, before we left the high schoolers to have their fun.  This boy is quite the dancer.  Can't wait until it's his turn to take a girl to prom.  Not really.  I can totally wait.  But it will happen whether I'm ready or not!