Visit with Stephanie

This last Saturday I was given the chance to see my beautiful daughter Stephanie. It has been years. She is now 18 and reached out to see me. I have not been able to see her partly due to her dad and partly due to me.

It was a good visit over all. She is graduating in May from high school and wants to go into the navy or marines. She loves to take pictures like me. Surprising she is not as tall as the other 3 kids but Love her to no end! She has a deep voice and more into the black clothing. I hope in the future we can build a relationship.

1 YEAR AT MY JOB.... VERY REWARDING

ON FRIDAYS WE HAVE GAME DAY! WE SPLIT EVERYONE UP IN 3 GROUPS AND THEY PLAY BINGO AND CONNECT 4 AND BOARD GAMES. THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR TIME AT HE BINGO TABLE FOR THE PRIZES ARE THE BEST!

THIS IS KARI AND KELLI MY 2 MAIN CLIENTS THAT MAKE THESE WONDERFUL QUILTS TO SELL. MOST OF THE QUILTS ARE PIECED TOGETHER.

NOW IT'S BEEN A YEAR SENSE I STARTED HERE AND WASN'T SO SURE ABOUT DOING VOCATIONAL WITH CLIENTS WITH DISABILITIES, I HAVE LEARNED THERE IS SO MANY POSSIBILITIES OUT THERE FOR THEM. I HAVE COME UP WITH NEW JOBS, GOT US IN THE FARMERS MARKET TO SELL OUR PRODUCTS, AND NEXT WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST DANCE AT THE CENTER INVITING COMMUNITY PEOPLE TO COME. IT'[S FUNNY BECAUSE MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB WAS THEIR HALLOWEEN PARTY DAY AND WERE NOW GETTING READY TO DO A HALLOWEEN DANCE.

I LOVE MY JOB EVEN THO IT'S TRYING AT TIMES. IT'S SO REWARDING WHEN CLIENTS GREET YOU IN THE MORNING AND SAY BY BEFORE THEY LEAVE. WHEN YOUR NOT AT WORK THEY WORRY.

I DO HAVE TO SAY IF YOU WANT A QUILT EVER MADE OR ARE THINKING OF XMAS GIFTS THINK OF MAYBE HAVING THEM MAKE IT FOR U! IF YOU HAVE CERTAIN COLORS OR CHARACTERS OR ANYTHING THEY CAN MAKE IT. I CAN SEND YOU A COPY OF PICTURES OF THINGS THEY HAVE MADE, JUST LET ME KNOW..... ALL PROCEEDS GO BACK TO PROVIDING THEM WITH MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES. IT DOES NOT GO TO THE COMPANY.

SUMMER VACATION DAY 4 YELLOWSTONE PARK

DAY 1 AT YELLOWSTONE

OLD FAITHFUL AS IT BLOWS

SUMMER VACATION DAY 3

THE 3RD DAY I WAS BLOWN AWAY WITH THE WATER FALLS. IT WAS TRULY A BEAUTIFUL SEEN.

IT IS MOST FUN WHEN YOU CAN HAVE ALL YOUR SISTERS THERE TO SHARE THESE LITTLE MOMENTS IN TIME WITH!

THEN LATER THAT NIGHT IT WAS A NIGHT AT THE MAFIA LODGE. HERE IS SOME OF THE FUN MOMENTS I CAUGHT ON CAMERA

WHO EVER THOUGHT PEOPLE JUMPING OUT OF THE HIDDEN CLOSET AND ME ALMOST PEEING MY PANT IS FUNNY I TRULY WAS SHOCKED! DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING! GREAT STORY TATE & THANKS FOR THE TOUR AND LETTING US GO AND SPEND A EVENING THERE.

SUMMER VACATION DAY 2

MICK AND I DECIDED TO GO ON VACATION A COUPLE DAYS EARLY AND THIS IS OUR 2ND DAY. OUR FIRST DAY WAS SPENT DRIVING AND DRIVING AND DRIVING!

WE WENT TO THE MILLON DOLLAR COWBOY BAR. INSIDE THEY HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS IN GOLD COINS EMBETTED IN THE BAR.

YOU HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THE ANTELERS WHEN YOUR THERE

THE GRAND TETONS

AT THE END OF OUR DAY AND GETTING BACK TO OUR MOTEL WE WENT TO THE TAVERN ATTACHED TO THE MOTEL AND IT WAS SO NICE BECAUSE WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THERE AND A DJ PLAYING MUSIC WE REQUESTED. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE WE HAD THE PLACE TO OURSELVES. WE DANCED TO ONE SONG. THE DANCE BY GARTH BROOKS.

SUMMER MEMORIES

IT'S BEEN A BUSY BUT FUN AND EXCITING SUMMER HAVING DYLAN AROUND. THERE IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT I THINK. I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THESE MOMENTS WITH EVERYONE. THE SUMMER STARTED OUT WITH SNOW, SNOW AND MORE SNOW


THIS WAS A PICTURE I TOOK LAST WEEKEND OF A QUIET MOMENT ON THE PORCH AT THE CABIN JUST SITTING THERE LISTENING TO MUSIC AND HAVING NO CARES IN THE WORLD. DYLAN AND MICK HAVE GOT ALONG SO WELL. DYLAN GETS A LITTLE BORED AT THE CABIN WITH NO TV GOING 24/7 BUT FOR THE MOST PART HE HAS KEPT HIMSELF BUSY SHOOTING RED DIGGERS FOR MICK.

THEN THERE IS THE DAY JEFFERY GREW UP FINALLY AND FOUND OUT HE CAN NO LONGER ACT LIKE A KID BECAUSE IT MAY CAUSE YOU SEROUS ISSUES LIKE A 5IN HEAD CUT ON THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. THIS DAY JEFFERY DECIDED TO PLAY ON THE SHOPPING KARTS AT WALMART AND WENT RUNNING ACROSS THEM WHEN HE DIDN'T SEE THE OVER HANG AND ENDED UP SCALPING HIS HEAD AND LANDING WITH 4 STAPLES IN HIS HEAD. I OFTEN WONDER WHY I DON'T HAVE ANY GREY HAIR YET!

THIS CAN COME OFF FUNNY OR NOT SO FUNNY BUT THIS IS SUCH A GOOD REASON YOU DO NOT TRY AND SAVE MONEY ON GETTING YOUR HAIR CUT.

ONE DAY I THOUGHT OH I WILL JUST HAVE JEFFERY CUT THE ENDS OFF MY HAIR SENSE IT WAS NEEDING IT FOR LONG TIME. I SAID TO HIM AND SHOWED HIM JUST CUT THIS MUCH OFF BY CUTTING STRAIGHT ACROSS. WHAT DID HE DO GRABBED MY HAIR AND JUST CHOPPED IT OFF IN A BUNCH. TO MY SURPRISE I TURNED AROUND TO FIND HE CUT 8 INCHES OFF. HE WAS JUST LUCKY HE LIVED AFTER THAT. HIS FINAL COMMENT WAS YOU WILL LOOK BACK AT THIS IN LIFE AND IT WILL BE A GREAT STORY TO TELL HIS FUTURE WIFE. DON'T WORRY JEFFERY I HAVE FAR MORE BETTER STORIES TO TELL..............

ONE LAST STORY......

WITH IN 4 DAYS OF JEFF'S INJURIES DYLAN HITS A CAR AND FLIPS OVER IT OFF HIS BIKE. I GET THE DREADFUL PHONE CALL FROM THE HOSPITAL YOUR SON HAS BEEN INJURED AND THE AMBULANCE BROUGHT HIM IN. I REALLY WAS THINKING HE HAS BADLY INJURED AND TOO MY SURPRISE HE HAD JUST A FEW SCRAPES AND SORE BACK. WHATS SO INTERESTING IS THE NEXT DAY IN THE NEWSPAPER THERE IS 2 COLOR PHOTOS OF YOUR SON BEING LOADED ON THE GURNEY THEN PUT IN A AMBULANCE. DYLAN IS ALWAYS HAVING HIS PICTURE TAKEN BY THE PAPER. ADVICE OF THIS WHOLE ACCIDENT HAVE YOUR KIDS WHERE A HELMET WHEN RIDING BIKES. DYLAN WAS JUST LUCKY BECAUSE HE WASN'T THAT DAY........

GREY HAIR IS COMING I THINK

Cookie Monster Died

Today my Cookie Monster died. I do believe I have had him for 15 years or better. He was like a child of mine. What happen? Dylan got in it to get some money and dropped his head and it broke into many many pieces. Yes Dyan is still alive. He is

antique and is numbered.

I do have one funny story about him, when Jeffery was a little kid he begged to take him for show and tell and so I let him. He came home to find out his teacher and him repainted him. The teacher thought he needed touched up. Little did she realize he was very old and didn't need painted . I will keep him I think but maybe put him away !

Thank You & My Son is an Adult

I want to just stop and say Jefferys Graduation was so much more for Jeff and me with all of you that were able to show up. I can not Thank You all enough it felt so nice to be there and not alone.

So how do I feel now my son is graduated from school? I had this feeling the other day that really hit me hard with the thought that my baby boy Jeffery is old enough to get married and have kids and move on and start his adult life. I guess I never thought of my child getting to the point he can do all these adult things. It really makes me sad! I know Jeffery will always be apart of my life and I will always be mom to him but it all changes in a flash. I guess I can sayI was real lucky with Jeffery there has been many times he could have took the wrong road.

Now it's time to watch him mature as an adult............ to be continued

Jeffery Robert Click

Dear Family & Friends:

I want to do something a little different from the norm. It's not that I didn't want to do the whole fancy invitations it is because Jeffery wouldn't decide if he wanted to do the whole graduation ceremony thing until it was too late.

I want to tell you about my wonderful son Jeffery who is getting ready to Graduate from La Grande High School and Seminary. Jeffery started going to school when he was 3 yrs old. He attend class 4 days a week not because he was slow because he was actually 90% deaf and could not hear. He had the best Teacher for 2 years. He really took Jeffery in and tried to assist him with learning to talk. Jeffery also went to speech therapy for those 2 years he started with a volcalbulary of 20 words. Jeffery then attended Kindergarten at age 5 and did not do so well. His teacher didn't understand how to deal with a child who was hearing impaired and Jeffery fell back in school. When he was 6 he was held back and again it was not a success. Jeffery stared attending 1st grade through 5th in Ririe which they were very unprepared for a child who was hearing impaired and wearing hearing aides. Jeffery never did like those hearing aide. It was a real eye opener for everyone including me. Jeffery was frustrated and always getting into some kind of trouble. One thing that stands out in my mind is Jeffery was on a field trip and while at a rest stop he saw a wildfire in the distance so he called 911 on the payphone to report it. He was just doing what he learned by calling 911 if he sees a fire. I can say the school was not at all happy. I stayed busy fighting the school about educating him. I filled complaint after complaint with the State of Idaho about education my son with a disability. I learned a lot and when it was all over I think they were happy to see us move. Jeffery's years in school always started with me educating teachers on his hearing impairment and him refusing to wear hearing aides. I think last year was the last time I had to go educate the teachers, His senior year I never had to. In his senior year he had made the Honor Roll, went to his first Prom and decided he wanted to go on a Mission with the Church. He has really grown to be a Young Man! In all of Jeffery's years I can not remember a time he really missed any time of school until this year. That is only because he has pneumonia and was forced to stay home for a week even when everyday he wanted to go because he said he would get behind on his studies. Jeffery has really beat the odds of a child who had a disability and was behind in school really never developed friendships in school.

You probably ask why didn't he wear his hearing aides over the years. Jeff never accepted wearing them they were over the ear ones and then when he was 15 he got in the ear ones but he never wanted to wear them. Jeffery adjusted to his world by reading lips and was a pro at it. Jeffery also never accepted he was hearing impaired until he was 17 when he came home and said "Mom I can't hear the teacher" I knew then he had come to accept this.

Jeffery is not any ordinary kid. He is a kid who goes to church every Sunday and would never miss a Sunday. He attended Seminary in school and will Graduate on Sunday. Yes he doesn't sing, dance, act, join clubs, play instruments but he does help members in the church where ever needed. He volunteers at every chance. Jeffery is a one of a kind kid. Jeffery has helped two friends become members of the church and has been blessed with baptizing 1 them. Jeffery is now in the processes of Apply to go on his mission this summer. The only claim to fame he says he has is he was born on the day Mt St Helen's Blew in 1980.

A few tibits about Jeffery

His name use to be Jeffery Robert Buckholz until he changed his name on his own to Click.

Jeffery earned and paid for his 1st car.

Jeffery was so fat as a little baby he couldn't walk.

Jeffery went on the Mormon Trek and pulled a hand cart a majority of the time

Jeffery was in scouts for years

Jeffery learned sign language when he was 14

Jeffery has a sense of humor and loves to play practical jokes on anyone

Jeffery has a dog who is his best friend and has taught him all his tricks. Jeffery does not part from his dog. One time Jeff went to visit Janet and she would not allow the dog to come inside so he slept out in the barn with his dog.

Jeffery can squeeze 10 cents out of a penny, He doesn't like to spend money just save.

Jeffery is very athletic and placed 7th in the State wrestling in the 8th grade.

I Love my son dearly and so proud of all his accomplishments!

You are all Invited to attend:

Jeffery Robert Clicks Graduation

La Grande High School

May 22, 2010

6pm

Seminary Graduation

La Grande Stake Center

May 23, 2010

5pm

Please share this with all family members for I do not have address for them.

Socks/House Cleaning/Flowers

No-one and I mean no one has as many socks as I found in my 3 sock drawers. It was almost like a invasion of socks and half of them had either holes, weren't my size or didn't have matches. I think I threw out about 100 pair and the whole time I was thinking I could find someone who could could wear them so maybe I should hole on to them. Then I remembered I hoared things and need to learn to part from them. That is probably why I had so many I as afraid to let them go.

So I am on the cleaning mood I set out to organize my shoes and found shoes I have not worn in 4 years or more. Tell ya what I just could not part from the shoes. I was tempted to go put them up on the levy for the homeless but then again I remember I recently put some cans up their and the old people walking picked them up. Not the homeless people I see all day walking by.

SO then I started cleaning the place I mean really cleaning. I would swear very corner of this place had cob webs. Top to bottom they were everywhere. Top to bottom they were there. I THEN SHAMPOOED THE carpets and mopped all the hard wood floors and then I found myself washing the walls on the outside. i think the neighbors thought I was nuts o.

Now to my flowers. In front of my place is a nice rock garden with 2 rose bushes. I don't care much for roses never have. I decided to buy some flowers to plant on the edge to make it more homely. OH NO YOU DON'T THE LANDLORD SAYS. They just don't like the idea of that and I am more then welcome to plant them in pots. So I did 4 different ones. I like this better almost because then I can better tend to them. Plants and flowers are like pets to me. They just never make noise. What gets me is would you not think it could better the way the place looks?

Weekend on Little House

This was a picture of it snowing hard over the weekend. It hasn't stop snowing for Mick sense he went back to the cabin.

We finally made it back to the cabin after 5 months of being gone. As you can see it is boarded up still for I can not lift a thing and he is not strong enough to do it so we just waited for someone to show to help get the boards off.

We Have Power! This is the Generator!

These are all pictures of the inside of the cabin. Turn the one sideways and you will see me looking into the kitchen area.

This is silly Mick headed out to get firewood for the wood stove! I just get a kick out of the hat.

Promise Ring From Mick

I just wanted to share a picture of my ring Mick bought me for my Birthday. It's a promise ring he said. It's a Garnet! We have been waiting for it because it had to be re sized.