50 Year High School Reunion

I've been waiting to post this until I received the group picture of my high school class. Our 50th reunion was held over labor day weekend at the Chaparral Suites in Scottsdale. Actually it was an all years high school reunion honoring the 1959 graduates. It was a fun evening. My brother, Ron, went with me. He's of the class of '61. We saw a few of our neighbors who lived closed by. Fifty years sure does change everyone. Our graduating class was about 120 to 130 students. Only 19 showed up for the reunion and none of those I ran around with in high school. I don't think I would have recognized anyone if I had passed them on the street.
Here are a few pictures. On some of the pictures you can click on and see their high school picture.

Back Row: Robert Rapp, Ted Allen, Mikkie Niemi, Bob Munsey, Rudy Salas, Amos Sales, Mico Acuna, George Mason, Eddie Nadolski, John Pazour. Front Row: Jean (Sharp) Beck, Virginia (Chavez) Vasquez, Marty (Bihlmeier) Larson, Barbara (Ross)Forman, Yolanda (Lopez)Navarette, Mary (Garcia)Parker, Damaris Riley, Linda Budrick, Janice (Hall)Hartman

Janice and Barbara Foreman. Barbara now lives in Sierra Vista.

Our neighbors down the street- Christy and Rosalie Arias. Christy was my sisters age.

Janice, Bob Munsey, Dorothy and Mikki Niemi. Mikki lived down the street from us. I believe he was the biggest change in looks of everyone.

George Mason and Mikki Niemi. George lived several rows of homes behind us. He was senior class president. I always thought he was cute with rosey cheeks.

George Mason and his (3rd) wife, Jamie, Dorothy and Mikki Niemi

Barbara Foreman, Janice, Ron (my brother),and Damaris Riley

Virginia Chavez, Mary Garcia and Janice. I don't remember them at all but took a picture anyway.

Amos Sales and Bob Rapp. He doesn't look anything like his high school picture.

Marty Bihlmeier, Jean Sharp and DAmaris Riley. Marty, I remember as being very popular. Jean is now an artist.

Saying for the Day

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
Dr. Seuss

Quilt Camp Was Fun

I went to the Cactus Patchers Fall Quilt Camp in Prescott at the Emanuel Pines Camp. What fun I had. Mary Hartmann was my traveling companion and roommate. We left Thursday and came home Sunday afternoon.
First we visited all the quilt stores in Precott Valley and purchased a fat quarter of purple fabric for the fabric raffle. I didn't win but last year I won the thread raffle.
We got our sewing gear set and proceeded to sew. There were 24 of us Cactus Patchers at this year's camp. What fun we had. We didn't have to cook all weekend. The food was so good. See some pictures of camp below.

Make a Smilebox photobook