Another Adventure Begins

One of our little traditions is to go sit on the rocks at the harbormaster building on Ft. Story and watch the ship leave.

The kids love to climb around on the rocks. The moss makes them a little bit slippery though.
The ship

Nellysa
Kelby

Bye Dad!

It is sad to watch the ship leave, and some people wonder why we go and watch. It's just something that we've done since Kirk started going to sea. I think it helps the kids and I to actually see that Kirk is leaving on the ship. When we don'twatch the ship, I always wonder if they actually pulled away from the pier or if they are still in port. Kind of silly, but it's just something we've done for 20 years.

Class of 2007

The Graduate

The whole family (except Clancy)
"Grandpa Bishop" & Levi
The Ocean Lakes Class of 2007 seated in the Convention Center. There were 504 graduates in the class and there were approximately 4,000 friends & family in the audience.
Allie & Levi -- Graduates! Clint, Nellysa, Kirk, Grandpa Bishop, Kelby, Dale (Clint's Dad)
Proud family
"Enough with the pictures, Mom"
"Wait, just one more!"
We made it through another graduation!!

Take Me Out to the Ballgame 2007

TIDES vs. BISONS

The USS Enterprise Color Guard present the colors.TIDE's Pitcher

Tide's Mascot -- RIPTIDE

Kelby & Nellysa eating cotton candy

Levi & Allie eating funnel cake.
Levi & Allie having a powdered sugar fight. Celebrating the Tides defeat of the Bisons 3-1

Seminary Graduation

After 4 years of waking up at 4:30 a.m. to attend scripture study with other youth from our church, Levi earned his certificate of completion.
The class of 2007
Levi and Pres. Ankney Sarah,Nellysa, & Ishel (seminary classmates)

Bits & Pieces

Everything has been happening so fast lately that I got behind with my blogging. Here are a couple of bits and pieces to tide you over until I get caught up.

Some of the Young Women at a pre-camp meeting.

I could'nt believe that some of the girls had never had smores. We had to educate them on the making of smores and on the art of playing horseshoes.

On Memorial Day, Kirk was at sea. We were invited to have a cookout with Grandpa & Grandma "Bishop". It was so good. We had B-BQ ribs & chicken, baked beans, corn on the cob, and pistachio salad. It was too good - they had to roll us out of there.

My good friend and former next door neighbor, Cindy was in the area to help her neice move. She lives in Washington. When we lived next to each other, I would often be in the kitchen in the middle of the night getting a bottle for Nellysa or something, and I'd look out the window and there Cindy would be ---- MOPPING the floor. Sure was good to see her, but I miss her.

Senior Prom

Pictures for Ocean Lakes High School Senior Prom.

June 2, 2007

Casey & Levi

Some candid shots.

The "humor Mom" shot

Levi, Casey, Allie, Clint

YM/YW Prom

This is the time of year that tuxidos and formals replace Bass Pro Shop hats, t-shirts, and jeans. But the one thing that remains constant is the cowboy boots.

This particular prom was a church multi-stake prom in Newport News.

Levi was the "token" young man in the group that met at our house before we carpooled to the prom.

Clint, Allie, Casey, & Levi

They had a live band that played "do-wop", beach-type music. I don't know if the kids liked the music, but the adult chaparones loved it. They also had chocolate fountains and fruit, etc. to dip in the chocolate. (YUM)