RUTH'S LOOT- SHE MADE OUT PRETTY GOOD:

GIFTS FROM HER MOM:

FROM HER MOM:

FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY:

MINI DIPLOMA FROM THE CITIZEN'S BANK:

HER DIPLOMA AND SEAT TICKETS- EACH GRAD GETS 4 SEATS FOR THE FAMILY ON THE FLOOR- EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO SIT IN THE BLEACHERS:

SHE GOT ALL THIS PLUS WE PAID FOR HER PICTURES, YEARBOOK AND HALF OF THE SENIOR STUFF LIKE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THINGS AS OUR GIFT TO HER- SHE HAS ALREADY GOTTEN ALL THAT EXCEPT THE YEARBOOK AND IT WILL NOT BE READY UNTIL FALL:

MEMORIAL:

MY MOM'S STONE...

IT WILL BE 15 YEARS THIS FALL...

WE HAVE LOST SO MANY IN THE LAST 25 YEARS- ONE THING IS CERTAIN- NOTHING EVER STAYS THE SAME..

SUNDAY AFTERNOON NAP TIME:

WE TURNED THE KITTENS LOOSE AND THEY PLAYED AWHILE, ATE AT THE ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET AND THEN PASSED OUT...

RUTH AND POTSIE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE COUCH...ITS HARD BEING A GRADUATE...

GRAD NIGHT AT OHS 2009- RURU DID IT !!!!!!!!

RU AND FLOWERS FROM HER MOM...

AND SHE DIDN'T TRIP- BUT SHE CRIED THE WHOLE TIME...

GARRY, HER STEP DAD, RURU AND CHERI, RU'S MOM:

NICK, HER BROTHER, RU AND GARRY, HER STEP DAD...

RU AND KINSIE KNOX...

RU AND CARRIE, CHRIS JOHNSON'S GIRLFRIEND...

RU AND CHRIS JOHNSON...

GRETA HENRY AND RU- SHE TEACHES THE BIO CLASSES AND RU WAS HER STUDENT AIDE THIS YEAR..GARRY, THE STEP DAD, UNCLE JON, RU, COUSIN KILEY AND AUNT GOMER...

JUST A SUNDAY STROLL...

VIOLETS...

BLUE SALVIA...

THINKING OF PAINTING THE BIKE NEXT...BUT WHAT COLOR????

DARK PURPLE IRIS...

ACROSS THE YARD...

THE FERNS GET BIGGER EVERY YEAR...

FENCE ROW...WE HAVE BIG PLANS FOR THIS AREA AND WILL BE PLANTING MORE THROUGH THE SUMMER...STAY TUNED...

ON THE EDGE OF THE FIELD...IT MISSED THE WRATH OF THE PLOW...BUT WILL GET SPRAYED SOON, I'M SURE...

ROSE MOSS..

CRAIG'S DAHLIA...

NEW DAISIES FROM PAT...

THE FIELD IS PLANTED...AND THEY DID THE PLOWING OF ALL THOSE WEEDS IN ONE PASS...AMAZING...

THE ROSES ARE BLOOMING...

A VERY DARK PURPLE PETUNIA...