20 YEARS?????

Marilyn Lund- Flagstaff High School 1990 

 Curtis Johnson-Branham High School 1990 Curtis & Marilyn Johnson 2010 We both had our 20-year High School Reunions this year. I just had mine, I can not believe it has been 20 years. How can that be?? I wasn't really sure If I wanted to even go. There were several years when I had absolutely no contact with anyone from High School. Slowly through the internet, I have reconnected with several people. When talks of the reunion started happening I kept thinking of all the people that I really didn't know that well in High School, or didn't really like and there were really only a few that I would be happy to see and catch up with. I kept hearing stories of so many people having fun at their High Schools reunions. So I decided to go, not wanting to feel like I missed out if I didn't go. I registered but still had second thoughts. 

 As we were driving to the reunion I had a knot in my stomach. Really not sure that I wanted to be there. I hoped that people would think that I have changed. It turned out to be a good time. Kind of weird seeing all these people after so long. For some, I felt like I recognized their body/face, and I knew who I was talking to, but they had matured and changed so much that I felt like I was talking to a different person. Which was a good thing. I was thinking how High School reunions are kind of an odd thing. 

 There is a large group of people who by no choice of their own are essentially forced to be together for several years. Then one day everyone gets to leave and go out on their own. For some odd reason, years later this group that originally did not choose to be together, chooses to be together. I was surprised at how great everyone looked. Pretty much all the guys still had a full head of hair, there were a few gray hairs. All the kids that were blonds (really light blonds) all had dark hair now. I don't think it was hair dye because some had gray hairs in the dark. Most people were easily recognized. Standing- (I don't know only a few married names) Juniper Miles, Consuelo Fernandez, Alex Degher, Loma Wolf, Amanda Guay, Emily Johnson James, Duane Tewa, Becky Moore McKay, Lisa Sechrist, Marilyn Lund Johnson, JJ McMahon, sitting-Laura Wheeler, Mike Epperson, Lina Cabalnina, Sierra Rose, Sonora Rose 

 This is my favorite picture taken that night. After the big group picture was taken, they broke us down by our Elementary schools. These are the people I have known the longest. My family moved to Flagstaff from Mesa, just a few weeks before I started Kindergarten. Interesting to see how we all turned out from Mrs. Hains Kindergarten class. Laura Wheeler, JJ McMahon, and Sonora Rose were in that class with me. 

 Curtis had his reunion at the end of August. He was reluctant to go also but ended up going and having a great time too. Unfortunately, I couldn't go with him because of traveling with kids (mostly Trey) the older kids were in school also. Curtis needed to go to San Jose that weekend to help his Mom and sisters, so it worked out.

Treysonitis Virus

Our sweet baby Trey earned the title of "Treysonitis virus" by Dax. 

 One day we caught Trey climbing onto the desk and wreaking havoc on the computer. Dax said "that is the worst computer virus you could get" so true. The name evolved and has stuck because he is a huge stinker at this phase in his life. The horribleness all started once he could walk and of course climb soon after. The climbing got worse once he figured out (by watching his brothers) that if he removes the cushions from the couch, it gives him a lower base to climb onto. 

We used to have the family room as a designated safe area for him. We arranged the furniture to pen him in, and he couldn't climb out. It was awkward for anyone else to get in and out of (climbing over furniture) but we didn't care if it kept him contained. Once he figured out how to remove the cushions, climb onto the couch then over the arm, he was home free and it was just ugly for the rest of us. He gets into everything. He has also figured out that if he can't reach it he can just pull a chair, stool, big toy etc. to get into something else he shouldn't. He has been known to climb onto the top bunk and wake up whoever is sleeping up there. He has also gotten a bad rap sheet at the gym daycare. He is usually very good at the gym and I have no problems dropping him off. I often feel guilty when I pick him up and there are 5 screaming kids and the poor workers are trying to control mayhem when I come to pick up the happy one playing nicely. 

 The past few times I've picked him up they told me he was being mean and pushing other kids and stealing their toys. On a side note, I wasn't totally shocked by this because Dax went through this phase, and he was kicked out of every place we went. The gym, the nursery at church, the play area at the grocery store, preschool, etc. I really hated it when Dax went through that phase but he has turned out to be such a sweet, kind boy, it is not so scary to see Trey go through this. Back to Trey, the gym daycare worker told me that they tried to put him on time out but he thought it was funny, which annoyed them even more. Time out is funny for Trey. When we put the older boys on time out and he sees them standing and facing the wall he goes over and does it too. He thinks it is a game. So the workers were getting very frustrated with him and I don't blame them, they have their hands full there. I tried to lay low from the gym for the next few days, I thought maybe I had been going too often and he had had enough. I took him back after about a week off and I was paged to child care, never a good thing. He was getting kicked out. This time he was actually getting a written warning. OOHHH I know scary. Actually, for me, it is, because if the gets another one he gets kicked out for 2 weeks. Which means I can't go and get some time to myself. So I'm not liking it, but I understand.

 I had to laugh at the write-up. Where they wrote the reason for the write up they wrote "beating up babies" hahaha beating up babies, he is a baby. If they are not walking they are kept in a separate area. So these "babies" are pretty much around his same size and age. So pretty much he was beating up his own kind. He is an extremely light sleeper, the other day Dax had a friend over playing and I wanted to wring his neck when he opened up Trey's door while he was sleeping and woke him up. I said what did you do that for, he said I wanted to check on him. We do not check on sleeping babies at this house, then they are no longer sleeping. When we went to Flagstaff a few weeks ago we put Trey in the same room as Curtis and I, even we would even roll over in bed he would hear it and stir. Sometimes he would go back to sleep, not always-very frustrating. This is one of the reasons he is very unfun to travel with. He does have an awful lot of cuteness in him as well. The all-time favorite of anyone he comes in contact with is his "knuckle bump." He was starting to give high 5's, but Derek taught him "knuckles" Everyone loves to see him do that one. Whenever the neighbor kids see me at school with him they have to come over and give him "knuckles". Strangers laugh when they see it. He is starting to say quite a few words. Hi was his first, then uh-oh was next (a favorite of all 3 at this age) here you go, but it sounds like herego, ball, yes, welcome, Mom, pretty cute when he walks in and says "Hi D" to Derek, I guess he picked up with me calling him D. The other day Curtis sneezed and he said "bless you" then I heard Trey sneeze and he said it to himself. pretty funny. He is starting to mimic whatever you say the other day I was talking about money, then he started saying money. I guess his snuggly and cuteness makes up for his stinkiness, so we are not ready to sell him yet.