Melody Stone:  

There have been quite a few changes going on here in Oregon! All the Stone girls are out of college. Yahoo! Adrianna is still In Eugene working for the U of O club sport office, Alison is living in Portland & working for her dad in Lake Oswego while Amanda is in Seattle doing research for the VA. Mike is staying too busy at his private accounting practice with plans to retire soon (who can say 70?!) so hopefully he makes it that long!! Melody (who finally, after 35 years being deaf) had cochlear surgery in 2015 & loving the hearing life which has made her new travel much easier. She is the new NW coordinator for Creating Friendships for Peace (CFP) & getting to visit Cyprus whenever the air miles allow!! Life is great in 2019 & it’s getting better every year I get to Be here! Enjoy life & try to Keep smiling no matter what is going on at the White House 🤪🤗! December 2014 Our oldest (Amanda) is now in Florida (Gainesville) working on another degree. We had a good trip delivering her in August and got to see her new apartment & meet her roommates She will be there 5 years and then we'll see where she lands. Alison & Adrianna are thriving in Eugene (what other option did they have with mom & dad both being Ducks?!) but are looking forward to being done summer 2016. Mike & I are enjoying the empty-nest adventure (although the girls ion Eugene aren't gone long enough for us to get too familiar with them being gone~!). We enjoyed having my dad here for his 80th b-day before he headed off for a cruise with my brother & his kids over the Christmas holiday. We're hoping 2015 brings lots of family time as we deal with my mom's passing in July 2014. Many ups & downs this past year (Mom's passing, Mike's sister passing in April, my sister getting married on July 2nd and Amanda starting grad school- but we are learning that family is #1 and how precious our time together really is. Have a great 2015 & stop by Tigard any time you are in the area. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moving right along now that we're into 2013! My oldest daughter (Amanda) just graduated from Oregon State on June 15th (with a degree in Bio-engineering) & will be moving to Bend in late July to work at the new Oregon State University Medical clinic there. It's unpaid but it will be experience which is what the grad schools want. She'll be getting a paying job to fill in her 'open' hours. The other great news for our family is that my other daughters (Alison & Adrianna) who had spent their freshman year at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction have decided to come back to Oregon & are in the process if filling out applications & trying to get transferred before the deadlines. It looks good for us to have both of them back in Oregon for this school year. I haven't found a job but am still looking and Mike seems to still be able to keep them all happy (sometimes that has harder than it should've been!). Mike & I are happy to finally have all the girls in college (isn't that a milestone in itself?) and are enjoying their college stories (of which Mike is more than happy to add his own adventures to). We are enjoying the empty-nest stage of child-rearing but haven't had too much of it since Amanda has come home pretty often during her last 3 years in Corvallis. Mike & I enjoy seeing them whenever we can but will make the trip to Eugene whenever we need this fall (whether for football games or apartment decorating). Stay happy & enjoy the ride! Please don't forget to stop by if you are in the area as there is always a cold Mikes lemonade in the frig for anyone who shows up on our doorstep & an empty bed in the spare bedroom for anyone that wants to stay a few days.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Life in late 2009 UPDATE: It's almost Christmas and we hope that Amanda makes it home on the 21st (even though she is flying through Chicago!). My twins are sophomores in high school and our oldest has been in Syracuse for this year studying engineering but if planning to return to Oregon and enroll at Oreg...Expand for more