Graduation


The day turned out to absolutely beautiful for us. We probably haven't had a day that great since last summer. It was a little hot for the boys in their tuxes. Tyrell was a little grouchy by the time we were done.
Tyrell is on the left in the red vest with a few of his buddies.






Tyrell's escort was his girlfriend, Megan Hegglund. She is Ashley and Dorothy (Dahl) Hegglund's daughter. She is in grade 11 and Tyrell has known her since they were both little.
Exams are next in June then Tyrell will continue apprenticing welding for now, although he is not sure that is what he really wants to do.
Because I'm on dial up adding pictures here seems to be very slow. So I will try and add more to baddogradio.com because for some reason they load faster there. I will probably work on that tonight or tomorrow.

Motherhood

On the farm, there are about 3 different kinds of mothers.

The best kind are the ones that immediately clean and feed their calves after having them. They gently love them and allow us to give them vitamins and tag their babies so they know who they belong to. They often moo gently or beller loudly for all to hear. "See my wonderful baby. I am so proud of him."

Then there are the mothers who would kill you if they got the chance and do not want you to touch their babies. They can go berserk, charge at you or try to maim you, even at the expense of possibly hurting their calf. They just want to keep their baby to themselves.

days ago, a young heifer (a 2 year old cow, who has never had a calf) had her baby. This mom hardly noticed her calf and when it tried to drink, she kicked and stomped it. Even though the calf persisted, she quickly moved away and started eating, ignoring the calf. Because the calf has to drink to live, we had moved her into a small pen and had to put her into the squeeze to get the calf to drink off her. Last night as I was chasing the mom around to get her into the squeeze, I wondered why on earth she wouldn't or couldn't love her baby enough to stand and let it drink.

Being a mom is one of the best parts of life. How could a mom not love and nurture her child. I can't imagine having to be forced into caring for my children. Anyway, just a little thought today as my youngest is going through his graduation ceremonies today. I am proud, full of love and want to show him off to everyone. MOOOO!!!!! Pictures to follow.

Whewww!

Thankfully, all is well on the tuxedo front. I was pretty sure it would all work out in the end, but you never know. There was a young man in there getting fitted for a vest to be altered for a grad tomorrow. That could have been us.

Tyrell will be very handsome tomorrow, although he looked a little uncomfortable. Pictures will be posted here or most likely at baddogradio.com.

What Next?

This afternoon the flowershop phones and leaves a message for Tyrell to call them back. They actually get a hold of him at school. (It must be important.) They inform him that they ordered the wrong size of flower. Not a total tragedy, but just another foul up. They are making his bout out of 2 flowers instead. Not a big deal right?

Naked or Not??!!!!

Okay. We got the call on Friday to come to GP and try on the tux. We specifically make a 140 km round trip to the nasty city to try it on.

We get there and the gentleman opens the suit bag and the jacket is there, the tie is there, the vest and shoes are also there. But wait, where is the shirt and, oh no, where are the pants? The girls check over each suit bag as it is received and all has been checked off on the receipt. The gentleman asks, "Did you rent pants and a shirt?" I reply, "Ah, yah".

Now the gentleman makes a phone call to Vancouver to Black and Lee Tuxedos. They are closed on Saturdays at 1 pm. But we can reorder them first thing on Monday morning, no problem. Wait!! It's a long weekend. So make that first thing Tuesday morning.

On holiday Monday, Tyrell is chillaxing at home when he gets a call wondering when he is coming in to try on his tux. HELLOOOO!!!!!

Anyway, being the cautious mom, I double check with the store on Tuesday morning that they have in fact reordered pants and a shirt for us. The young clerk says, "Oh, yes. " I say, "great, we will be in Thursday afternoon about 1 pm to try on and pick up the suit." The lovely young clerk says, "well, it is a busy time for our couriers, so if the suit isn't in on Thursday, it will be here Friday." I, being calm, NOT, say, "no, I have to have it on Thursday as grad is on Friday." The wonderful clerk says, "Oh my, maybe we better put a rush on it." DO YOU THINK!!!!!!!!!!!! I did not sleep well last night, and just writing it here is making me anxious and I'd like to think I am generally a fairly calm person.

Tyrell could be dressed alot like he is in the picture above, although that picture was taken about 17 years ago when he was about 5 months old. He still is my baby. Wish us luck!!

"Preecy"

This is Caprice or "Preecy" as her big sister calls her. She is so totally different from her sister. Its pretty cool having her around. You can check out more family pictures at www.baddogradio.com then click on Friesen Family and page down to Ron and Gail Jones Family album to see some of my photos. I am still on dial up, so it all takes a while to add photos.

Aahhhh.......

Finally, after 3 weeks without my computer, I have it back. Wow, I can't believe how much I missed it. Good to be back.