Graduations

We had two graduations in June. Rose graduated from preschool and Ryan graduated from High School. Both have big plans for the future.

- Rose will go into Kindergarten next year, and is hoping she can ride the bus to school.

- Ryan will be joining Americorps for a year or so, volunteering in the California area. He is waiting for his assignment, so he knows exactly where and when he is going. Check out the pictures.

Rose getting her diploma from her teacher Miss Cindy

Walking across "stage" with her diploma

So proud of my little girl

Ryan's Graduation - We were able to go out to Portland for a quick trip. Very proud of him!

The "brothers" - David, Ryan, and Kevin

Ryan and Rosie

Grandma Donna, Ryan, Papa Paul

One very PROUD family!!!!

Bragging on Ryan

Just wanted to brag on Ryan a bit.

On Friday, we recieved a letter from the United States Achievement Academy (USAA) informing us that Ryan has been nominated by his math teacher for the Who's Who in Mathematics for the 2007-2008 school year. Ryan is a freshman this year and is in an Algebra 2 class, most of his classmates are sophmores. This is a huge honor, as students need to be nominated by thier teachers, and meet 7 standards, these include:

• Academics
• Cooperative classroom attitude
• Dependability
• Personal Motivation
• Enthuseasm for education
• Leadership
• Responsibility

Also, with this nomination is an opportunity to recieve one of 400 educational cash grants awarded by the USAA Scholarship Foundation. Ryan can apply for the educational grant, and if awarded (as a freshman) he can earn money now for college when he graduates in 3 more years....how cool is that! Earning money now for college. YAHOO!!!!

We are very proud of Ryan and his achievements. Keep up the good work Ryan!