My grandchildren Jimmy Pace in 6th grade and Alicia Pace in 4th grade came up to the ranch to live with us because their parents Greg and Louise Pace were living in a 2 bedroom condo with 5 kids. Louise's two kids, Danica and Justin, Megan-Greg and Louise's daughter, and Jimmy and Alicia were all in one bedroom. It was too crowded. Jimmy and Alicia lived with us several years until after they graduated from high school.
Soon after Jimmy and Alicia came to live with us we took them to Hawaii. We took them to the Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu. After we saw the sites on Oahu, we took them to the Big Island of Hawaii where we had a condo in Kona. We took them around the island to see all the points of interest there. Jimmy took a surfing lesson.
First they went to Elk Trail School. Later they went to Shady Cove School. When Jimmy was in 8th grade and Alicia was in 6th grade they transferred to Prospect School. Jimmy played football and basketball, and golf. Alicia was a cheerleader and played volleyball and was in the band. We went to most of their games which took us many miles for some of the away games. Jimmy did well in sports. Alicia's volleyball team went to State two years-her junior and senior years. I became a meber of the school board for many years. Jimmy graduated in 2004. His senior project was to take flying lessons. He took Grandma Kaye over our ranch and even flew into the airport at Prospect. Then he went to junior college and then to heavy equipment school in Eugene. He has worked in California, Vancouver, Washington and around Trail. Alicia's senior project was on becoming a beautician. She then went to Phagan's Beauty College and has since worked in Medford and Bismarck, North Dakota, as a beautician. As a school board member, I got to sign and hand out both of their diplomas.
I have put in a beautiful vegetable garden every year that we have lived here. The first year we were here I put in a family orchard. I have spent ten years on the Prospect School Board. The board has gone from easy to complicated. Prospect School became Prospect Charter School a few years ago.
When Megan, Greg's youngest daughter, was in 4th grade, she moved up here with us because she was having a very difficult time in school. When she got here, Kaye had her tested for learning disorders. They found she had ADD. She was on medication until she was 13. She started to do better in school. She still has a hard time concentrating on her school work. She had great success with Mr. Zeller in the band. She played the bass. She also sang in the choir. Greg and Louise came up to see her at Christmas and Spring Break. She spends every summer with Greg and Louise in California.
I had a very bad illness in 2008. I nearly died. I became very ill on a Wednesday night and started throwing up. The next day I was very sick and called Kaye, who was substitute teaching and told her I needed her to come home and take me to the doctor. They couldn't get someone to take her place until lunch time. She hurried home and took me to the emergency room at Providence Hospital. They took me in and put me in the hospital. It was determined that I had pancreatitis and needed my gall bladder taken out. They gave me drugs to get rid of the infection before they could take my gall bladder out. That took about 3 days to get it under control. All that I remember was that Jimmy came in and held my arm. The anesthesiologist told me that he was going to take care of me during my gall bladder surgery. Kaye and lots of family were there, but I don't remember it. They did the surgery on Sunday morning. All I remember was dreams about being kidnapped and put in the basement. I was trying to figure out how I was going to jump the kidnappers when they came in the room. I thought if I slid down to the end of the bed I could get out of bed without the alarm going off, but it didn't work. Evidently they had to strap me to the bed because I kept pulling out my tubes and was trying to get out of bed. They had to have someone be with me all of the time. Kaye was there every day, but I was unaware of it. Other people, including Kim Marhsall's family and Cathy and Marvin, Alicia, Megan, Jimmy and people from church were there and I didn't know it. I had two blessings. I couldn't talk so that they could understand me. I told Cathy to get out of there, that people were trying to kill me and that she wasn't safe and to leave and don't come back. Kim had her whole family put my name in the temple in many different temples. The following Friday morning I woke up and could think clearly and speak. I had been unconscious for 10 days. When Dr. Bailey came to see me when I was so sick, he was afraid I might not survive or end up with brain damage. They sent me home on Friday. I was home on day and I couldn't urinate. Kaye took me back to the emergency room. I was in terrible pain. They had to put a foli back in my bladder to get rid of the urine. I had to wear it for 15 days. Then I started to feel better and gain some weight back after they took it out. I had a great home nurse named Anna and physical therapy that helped me recover.
During 2008 and 2009, Kaye had both her knees replaced and back surgery for sciatica. The back surgery left her with back pain and pain down her right leg. She also had two bad shoulders, the left a torn rotator cuff and the right shoulder needs to be replaced.
In 2010, Megan has become a cheerleader and is very busy at Prospect High School. She is a sophomore this year and very pretty. Alicia is engaged to a nice young man, Mitch Jaffe. He has done three tours of duty in Iraq. On October 10th, 2010, Jimmy married Stephanie Harsha. She has a 7 year old daughter named Hailey. They are expecting a baby boy named Carson James Pace. Justin (Louise's boy) is going on a mission to Salt Lake City. Danica is living in Santa Cruz. Greg and Louise have moved into a new rental in Bonnie Doon.
Cindie and Rob are busy in Utah. Cindie flies a lot and Rob is trying to start a new business. Amber and Roger lived in the same area. They have 6 kids between them. Austin and Stacie lived down by Kennecott Copper Mines where he is an engineer. Casey and Ashley live in Idaho Falls by Casey's family. Adam is back from his mission and going to BYU Idaho.
Cathy and Marvin have been busy this year shutting down their old fabric and framing store and moving into a smaller place where they will only do framing. Lisa and Greg Mapel are busy with Gavin, Amy, Dylan and Kaye and Ethan are busy with work and kid's school activities. Ryan and Melissa and their 5 boys moved into a nice new rental house in Eagle Point. Dustin is separated from Lina and is going to work in Pruneville, Oregon, as an electrician for a while. Ian is working on getting his GED.
My sister (Fern) Sis is in a rest home in South Dakota. We went to see Sis and Ken last summer. Sis is 85 years old now. Sis' real name is Rhoda Fern Anderson.
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