It's a BBM -- Benjamin Bragging Moment. My son often gets overshadowed by his older, overachiever brother, Mathew, but at Thursday night's soccer game, this kid headed in the tying goal in the last few minutes of the game, sending it into overtime...
My son Benjamin has faced difficulties starting from the time he was 14 days old and began to have seizures. We did a battery of tests -- from MRIs to CAT scans to spinal taps. The tests all found nothing. He was immediately put on medication for the seizures. Medication that had major side effects.
My son Benjamin came up with the creative plan of having the Mayor of Yakima, Micah Cawley ask the girl he would like to go to Homecoming with at Naches.
The 12th Annual Harvest Marching Band Festival took place on Saturday at Eisenhowers Zaepfel Stadium. Naches Valley took 1st place in their division and picked up best auxiliary, best percussion, best general effects, best marching, and best brass and winds...
My son, Benjamin and I went shopping for clothes for Homecoming last night and my bank account is now feeling the pain! I thought girls where supposed to cost more? He didn't have any dress clothes, so we had to buy him slacks, shirt, tie, shoes, dress socks and he wanted a vest...
One son down and one to go! My 9th grader has a date for Homecoming, now to find my 10th grader a date. Mathew is pretty quiet, so I'm hoping that maybe a girl will ask him to Homecoming. I know this is non traditional, but it maybe the only way that he goes to Homecoming...
My son, Benjamin wanted to ask a girl to Homecoming. He wanted a unique way other than the usual, which is just walking up to the girl and asking her, "Will you go to Homecoming with me?"
Some of his friends have come up with some unique ways to ask the girls...
This year I have two high school students at Naches Valley High School, a freshman and a sophomore. Naches and Lasalle High Schools are the only two in the valley using the Apple iPad to replace their text books this year.
I am very excited that my kids will have this technology at their fingertips, but I am very worried about my freshman and his lack of taking care of things...
Last night was the Naches Valley High School Band Spring Concert or as the band teacher Mr. Freisz calls it, "a celebration." It's a celebration of everything the kids have accomplished over the year, saying goodbye to the seniors and welcoming the incoming freshmen...