I am a retired Biology teacher and I have one daughter, Michelle, who has finished school and taught a year, in elementary education. Now three more daughters are going to school in elementary education--Debbie in Arizona, Erica in Utah, and Jennifer in Las Vegas. Kay-Lynn has taught Chemistry at the college level to help in her financial burden of becoming a pharmacist. Lisa, Michelle, Kay-Lynn, Jennifer and Tiffany helped in my Biology classroom either as teacher's helpers or by decorating the classroom.
I taught Biology in Crete, Greece and Debbie was one of the students. I taught Science at the Hebrew Academy and Kay-Lynn, Erica, Jennifer and Tiffany were all students in my classroom. Brett was a student in one of my college labs at UNLV. Lisa and Michelle were the only ones who escaped.
We could all have chosen more lucrative professions, but I am proud of the teachers in our family and know from my own experiences that the rewards far outweigh the work and sacrifices involved in teaching. Good luck to you three in your studies.
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and 7 little goslings (Racer is hitching a ride on the back of the wheelchair, followed by Daniel, Ryder, Anna, Anthony, Rhiannon and Olivia) - at Cannon Beach - Summer 2007
Kathy Bowman--All decked out with hat, sunglasses and camera
High Surf after a Winter Storm
De,Michelle and Me (with Tiffany's gang)
No surfers this day
Looking North toward Seaside
Count the specks (8 or more surfers)
Dark Side of the Moon--a Favorite CD
The Sword of Shannara
Lake Tahoe at Sunset
View from Neah-Kah-Nie Mt.
Grandma Goose
and 7 little goslings (Racer is hitching a ride on the back of the wheelchair, followed by Daniel, Ryder, Anna, Anthony, Rhiannon and Olivia) - at Cannon Beach - Summer 2007
A Trip around the Block
Kathy Bowman--All decked out with hat, sunglasses and camera
The Beach by our House
High Surf after a Winter Storm
Family Blogs
- @l@nn@ B@n@n@ (grandaughter Alanna's blog)
- Animal Lover (granddaughter Rhiannon's Blog)
- Ashley's husband's blog
- Baby Face Munch (grandaughter Ashley's blog)
- fordianisix (daughter Erica's blog)
- Gibbons Family (granddaughter Aubrey's blog)
- Hotchner Family Trio (daughter Jen's blog)
- Juchau Clan (daughter Debbie's Blog)
- Kris and Jamie's Family (grandson Kris's blog)
- Our Family (granddaughter April's Blog)
- SUPERPHARMACIST (daughter Kay-Lynn's blog)
- Teacher Spice (daughter Michelle's Blog)
- The Rorman Saga (daughter Lisa's Blog)
- Tomboy (Granddaughter Jazmine's blog)
- Traines trio (granddaughter Ashley's blog)
- Wish I Lived in Colorado by Jess (grandaughter Jessica's blog)
- Wynn Bartender (Heather's Blog)
At Cullaby Lake near our house
De,Michelle and Me (with Tiffany's gang)
About Me
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- I was born 4/22/39. I went to Neah-Kahnie High, the U. of Oregon in Eugene and then to Portland State U. I went to BYU in Provo, UT. where I met my husband, DeWayne, and we married on 6/6/60. Debbie was born on April 1, 1961 and I graduated in 1961 with a B.S. degree in Zoology. We moved to Portland, OR where DeWayne attended dental school and I worked in Oral Pathology. Our second child Brett, was born on Feb. 28, 1965. We spent 3 yrs at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Lisa was born there on August 1, 1967. DeWayne went to Thailand for 1 year and I went back to Portland where I spent a fifth year at Portland State U. DeWayne had a private dental practice for 4 years. Michelle was born on January 28, 1971 and Kay-Lynn was born on March 22, 1973. We spent 2 years at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM. Erica was born there on January 9, 1975. Our next base was Iraklion Air Station on the Greek island of Crete. We transferred to Ramstein AFB for 4 years. Jennifer was born on November 29, 1977 and Tiffany on November 18, 1979. Nellis AFB was our last station. At UNLV I earned a M. Ed. in Ed. Ad. and a M.S. in Biology. We retired in Oregon in 2005.
Our Home in Surf Pines
THIS IS MY LIFE
- Driving on the beach
- Getting a sandwich at Quiznos and going to the Cove with DeWayne to watch the surfers
- Going to church and to the temple
- Going to Cullaby Lake
- Going to doctor/dentist appts.
- Going to Ft, Stevens State Park
- Going to Ft. Clatsop National Park
- Going to the Astoria Sunday Market
- Knitting
- Playing with grandkids
- Reading books, magazines and the newspaper
- Shopping at Costco, Fred Meyers, Ross, Safeway and Rite-Aid
- Taking my grandkids for walks here in Surf Pines
- Taking naps
- Talking on the telephone
- Thinking about painting
- Watching TV
- Working/Playing at the computer
The Cove at the base of Tillamook Head
No surfers this day
At the Cove
Looking North toward Seaside
The Cove with Lots of Surfers
Count the specks (8 or more surfers)
A Few of My Favorite Things
- Art Museums
- Astoria's Sunday Market
- Babies
- Baked Cheetos
- Being in a forest
- Being in any kind of boat
- Family and friends
- Fresh fruit, especially cherries, berries and grapes
- Genealogy
- Going to the temple
- Kittens
- M & M's
- Painting and drawing
- Photography
- Pineapple and ham pizza
- Pink Floyd
- Reading (Fantasy and sci-fi novels)
- Science
- Seafood
- Snorkeling
- Sunny, windy days
- The beach
- Traveling
Concerts I Have Attended
- AC/DC
- Aerosmith (3 times)
- Bush
- Chris Isaak
- Kiss
- Metallica (2 times)
- No Doubt
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Plant and Page
- R.E.M.
- Robert Plant
A Concert I Wish I Had Attended!
Dark Side of the Moon--a Favorite CD
Books/Authors I love to read
- Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle (6 small books)
- for sci-fi and fantasy lovers check out the Hugo, Nebula, and International Fantasy Award Winners!
- for young adults check out the websites for Newbery Award and Caldecott Medal books
- Christopher Paolini's Eragon and Eldest
- Philip Pullman's Dark Materials Trilogy
- Stephenie Meyer's Twilight trilogy
- Sara Donati's Into the Wilderness Saga (4 books so far)
- Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series
- Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series
- Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series
- Orson Scott Card's Ender series (8 books so far and 3 more planned)
- Terry Brooks' Shannara series
- Anne McCaffrey's Pern series, and also the 4 books in the Catteni series. Actually I love most of her books.
A Favorite Series
The Sword of Shannara
Favorite TV Shows
- Curb Appeal
- Days of Our Lives (soap opera)
- Designed to Sell
- Desperate Housewives
- Flip This House
- Get It Sold
- Grey's Anatomy
- Heroes
- House
- House Hunters
- Stargate
- Survivor
- The Amazing Race
- The Bachelor
Traveling
- We retired and moved to Oregon in 2005. I love it here but miss my kids and grandkids and big family gatherings so much. Our only trip since we moved has been to Las Vegas in June 2007. DeWayne had to start practicing dentistry again so our travel will be limited to weekends and, hopefully, a once a year two week vacation until the kids pay us back what they owe us or he earns enough money to get us out of debt.
- DeWayne's final station was Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the 25 years we lived in Las Vegas my vacations were limited to where I could drive, I made several trips with the kids to Arizona, California, Oregon and Utah to visit family. I did fly to Colorado to visit Debbie, and also to Alaska twice to visit her after they were stationed there.
- We were stationed in Germany from 1977-1981. While there we took family vacations to Bertchesgaden, Chiemsee, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Austria. DeWayne and I chaperoned a temple trip to Switzerland. We went on another temple trip to England by bus. When Mom came to visit she, Debbie, Brett and I went to Paris on a recreation center bus. Then Mom and I went to the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Finland with Eurailpasses. We travelled for six great weeks! I flew to Colorado when Aubrey was born and then on to Oregon to see the rest of my family. One of our more exciting adventures was taking the troop train to Berlin,visiting Checkpoint Charlie and the Berlin Wall and going into East Berlin before the Wall came down. Another was going to England on a troop airplane, sitting in web seats and putting wax plugs in our ears to block the noise!
- We were stationed on the Greek island of Crete from 1975 to 1977. While there I travelled to Germany on the Med Evac plane with Debbie, to Athens, Istanbul, and Izmir with DeWayne and Brett, and on a cruise with DeWayne to Rhodes, Patmos, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Ephesus, Athens, Corfu and Ancona, Italy. Then DeWayne and I took the train and toured Rome before we flew back to Athens. DeWayne and I also visited Paris on another trip. On the way to Germany we stopped and toured Athens with the whole family.
- When DeWayne went back into the Air Force we were stationed in New Mexico for 2 years (1973-1975). While there we went to Hawaii to see old friends and places we lovedand remembered from when we lived there. We took a family vacation to Ft. Bliss, Texas and to the Carlsbad Caverns.
- DeWayne was in private practice in Portland, Oregon from 1969-1973). Our trips were to visit family in Oregon and Washington. I was so glad to go back into the Air Force and have the excitement of travel to look forward to.
- When DeWayne graduated from Dental School we were stationed in Hawaii for 3 years (1965-1968). We were able to take vacations to the Big Island and also to Kauaii.
- When DeWayne was in Dental School (1961-1965) we went to Victoria, B.C. in Canada with Barbara and Amos Herget. We also travelled to Arizona to visit DeWayne's sister and down into Mexico.
- When I transferred to B.Y.U. (1959-1961) I added Idaho and Utah to my list of states.
- Before I was 19 my travels were restricted to Oregon, Washington and California (I was at the U. of Oregon from 1956-1958 and at Portland State U. from 1958-1959).
A Favorite Place to Visit
Lake Tahoe at Sunset
3 comments:
Where did that come from? I was totally confused as to why you were writing that and who it was meant for until I reached the very end. It was really beautiful Mom. What inspired you to write those words? What have you had on your mind lately? I love you, Jenn
I was inspired by Erica joining you and Debbie as elem. educ. students and by the comments after her posts.
Thanks Mom for the tribute to all the future aspiring students. I wish I would have done this 30 years ago, it would've been easier on my body and brain. I really enjoy school and the challenges it brings though, and I really appreciate the example you have been for all of us. I just hope one day I can be as good of a teacher as you are. Love you, Debbie
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