Random Pictures of the Last Month

This is a cute little Lighthouse just outside of Tillamook.

This is documenting Caleb's first view of an Ocean!

This picture is taken from the top of the Waterfall

(Caleb is slouching trying to make us feel taller. My height 5'8 Blake 5'10 Caleb 6'3)

This is us after hiking to the top of the waterfall. I felt completely out of shape, But felt better when i relised that i am only a month out of surgery and being 5 months pregnant so Yeah Go me for hiking to the top of a waterfall. It was Worth it.

These pictures are the views from our apartment. Jim says its like being at the cabin. Randy says it is like camping.

This is Blakes First Day of Orentation. Does he not look cute!

(Blake just loves that i put this on the internet)

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Blake told me to stop freaking out and stressing over every little thing. The reality is that if i commite to two more years of schooling we will only have a 6 month period of time that we will have to make payments on my loan with out his income and if we save we could do that without too much of an income from me as well. Torri is right in the fact that i have the time to do it now and it could help a lot if God forsaken anything ever happened to Blake and i had to support my children. She is also makes apoint that the lord has told women to get an education when they can. And while Jan makes appoint about their being a time and season for everything. I don't have children to raise right now and i have to wait to get pregnant for my own saftey and health. The Lord took my child from me at it hurts and i am angrey and fight depression everyday. My Dad and blake are admit about the fact that having something to completly lose myself in like furthering my education would help me mentaly and emotionaly. It would also speed up the time that i do have to wait to try again for children.
So while it may be hard. I go forward taking my test in 8 days. Pray for me I'm going to need it in the Aural skills portion of the test.
Jamie

I don't know What to do.

Second thought on Grad School... Vent... If it weren't for the money thing I would just go. Yes Blake will be a pharmacist and we won't have any trouble paying back the loans when he is...But... I will be done with school a year or two before he will be done which means I will have to pay back my loans myself which means getting a job... Problem... Shortage of teaching jobs in the musical field...Problem... What if I get pregnant during or after grad school? I want to have children the Doctor says I can have children I just need to wait a while. But how do I pay back a loan when I am pregnant or have a baby. Do I work? I don’t want to work when I have a baby being raised by someone else I promised myself I would not do that. So how can I go to School now? If I knew I could defer the loan until Blake was done. I would do it. But really going to school now just puts us into more debt. I don’t think it is fair...But can I get a mediocre job now to keep myself busy and hope I get pregnant? I worked for 5 years on a degree I can’t seem to use except to go to grad school. I got pregnant but that turned into my own personal hell. So can I count on it again? What do I do? I have less than 10 days to decide.

A McMinnville Excursion

Last Saturday, Jamie and I had an excursion to McMinnville, Oregon. Jamie wanted to buy some Maurices' pants, and according to our GPS, this was the closest location. We had a good time seeing the country, and the several little towns as we drove. There was one in particular we found to be comical, by the name of Yamhill. We thought this was very original, and wondered where the hill of yams were. Also we wondered if they were close to blueberry hill, yet as luck would have it, we were unable to spot either one. We eventually found Maurices, and pants too so that was exciting. Later we ate lunch at Dairy Queen (my personal request) while there we saw a 1950 Chevy Deluxe car just like my old car. Yeah, I was really excited. I look forward to cruising around in my old car with Jamie, someday. It was quite the trip!

August 3rd

We are 20 weeks along in our pregnancy and we have gotten some really bad news. First the baby has a twin that has already died. Second the fluid around the baby is very low. Third the baby has what is called Body Stalk Anomaly or Limb Body Anomaly. This defigurations is Lethal and the Baby is going to die. Body Stalk Anomaly has many characteristics such as a short amblical cord, Limb Deformations which in our case is the legs, Absent Kidneys and Bladder. This baby has very small abnormal Kindneys and no bladder. The Baby also has a shortened limb. This Anomaly happens in only 1 to 10,000 pregnancies. We have been told that is not a genitic disorder and the Doctors have high hopes for normal future Pregnancies. We are grateful for all your support and prayers.

-The Franciscos-

Yellow Stone Trip 4th of July Weekend

We made it back from Yellowstone National Park it was so much fun! Blake has never been up there before so this was a new experience for him. It was cute he was so excited to see every little thing that it made it new and exciting for me too. It was a long day of travel that first day but well worth it when we got up there.

What we Saw!

Buffalo lots and lots of Buffalo
(We got stuck in a herd of them crossing the road)

Two Black Bears

( I had never seen a Black Bear before)

Elk and a Bull Elk

(Blake had to get off the road when he saw the Bull It was Exciting)

Dear and Bucks

one lone Coyote

(grandpa said it would be a cooler story if we said it was a wolf but it was indeed a Coyote)

Tons of Not very smart People.

(Orientals trying to Pet Wild Animals)

Attractions:

Old Faithful

Geysers

Mud pots

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Water Falls

Mammoth Hot springs

(grandma Was said because this has changed and is no longer active)

Grand Tetons on our way up.

We had a great trip we stayed in my grandparents Moterhome with them. My parents and Caleb had their Trailor also. After yellowstone we were happy to go to bear lake and have a hot shower. We all needed them by then. That is where aaron and his new bride chrissy meet us and spent the night. It was a great trip to have with everyone before we make our way to Oregon Next week.

Percussion Retreat in June

My professor Lynn Vartan decided that it would be a fun idea to get people together during the summer and have a percussion retreat. She was right it was a blast we had two of her students from Suu (me and Joe) along with three students from California come and enjoy this week of playing music and having fun. The week consisted of three private lessons (in which i learned and memorized a new piece which for those who know me know that the memorizing part was a huge accomplishment.) Three master Classes where we play for each other and get feed back and talk about issues such as how to promote ourselves and further our education. We also worked on several ensemble piece that we recorded together at the end of the week. So much Fun!

Along with working hard we took a day to see some interesting and beautiful things around cedar city.

Our first stop was stoping around Cedar Breaks. It was a beautiful day for this.

Lynn, Aime, Kat, and Megumi ( I am not sure how she spells her Name)

Next we found our way over to the Parowan Gap which i had never heard about before but it turned out to be a really cool Site.

Needless to say we had a great week and look forward to doing this in years to come.