What a year it has been........

On October 30, 2009, a young girl, Melody Ross was innocently shot while she waited with many people to cross the street.


She was an innocent bystander.



You hear about things like that on the news, but never realize what INNOCENT bystander really means.....When it actually gets this close to you, you feel the pain and the loss. It brings it so close to you that you can't help but feel pain for the family and friends.......This was a tribute to Melody. She wasn't someone we knew, but she was quickly a friend after friday's football game. Yes, it was after the Wilson Homecoming game against Poly. It was a loss of a game, but it became a loss for the school, the district and the city as a whole and then affected more than just our city. Long Beach is one of the largest cities within the Los Angeles county, besides Los Angeles.....


It has it's problems, but it does have it's blessings...



This was taken on November 4, Wednesday. There was a candlelight vigil for Melody...

The football team was all there in uniform...






The kids and adults from Wilson and other schools, Lakewood, Poly, Millikan, Cabrillo, and Jordan, came...to celebrate the life of a young lady who has, touched others beyond what she did in life, she did in death....

It was a celebration that we need to reach out and touch others...

Let the candle burn bright....for a life cut short...

Rest...in Peace...

Community Service

World Card Making day

Making Cards for the Ronald McDonald House!

me, Tori, Tyler, Dena and Shelvena

AP Test

Waiting for Tori at the Greek Church in Long Beach. Really cool church, and has a beautiful blue tile roof...did I take a photo of that? NO, but the courtyard is really nice with flagstone.
As the kids piled out of the test room, Suki was crying because she was trying to get out to play. She loves kids, and playing...

They kept coming out and piling out. Over 260 kids took the AP English test

Finally, Tori comes out, exhausted, and glad to be out.

We went home because she really didn't have to go back to school...

New phone

New phone shopping! We finally got around to getting a new phone for Tori. She got money from her dad, and so we went shopping.

Don't ask me what it is. I have no clue. Just because I have the iPhone, people think I am IT saavy...not! However, this one slides, and uses the finger swooping, and whatever blings and beeps...and she likes to text on it. (it slides and has a text keyboard, plus it will do some of the things my phone does)

ps. She's in uniform because she took a photo for the senior year! (varsity uniform!)

Revlon Walk May 9, 2009

Revlon Walk 2009