This is just a writing post, no pictures.
So I finally have a facebook page, thanks to Katie.
I have not decided if I like it yet or not.
I am confused about exactly what to do with it.
I have getting tons and tons of email's now of people wanting to be "friends".
I don't know if I have time to keep up a blog, read emails and keep up a facebook page.
So, you all out there tell me WHY it is a good thing to have a facebook and what the heck do I do now that I have one???
Thanks :)
The whole family!
Brian & Katie
Kyle - Missionary in Tampa
Adorable grandkids - Sean
& Audrey
Following:
Straight A's
Katie has decided this year it's ok to be smart and get good grades. She has worked hard and it paid off! Now I'm waiting for her to ask me what she will get for it.
On the Pitchers Mound Ready to Play
The big moment ... we all took a guess at where he would go and mom guessed right.
The team is celebrating after beating Entiat for the first time in Pateros history. Final score: 2-1, and yes Katie pitched the whole game. Her pitching coach was pretty darn proud of her (and of course mom too).
Spring Sport Awards Night
Not to brag but Kyle at Spring Sports Awards at Pateros HS where he received the following: team batting champion, team MVP, All-League MVP, Male Athlete of the Year for 2008 at PHS.
Two brothers who love the game!
Lined up ready to play in a district play-off game in Kennewick, Wa. Unfortunately this was the end of the road for Pateros and Kyle's high school ball career, they lost.
Pateros High School Baccalaureate 2008
Kyle's graduating class poses after their baccalaureate ceremony which was help at Pateros United Methodist Church. It was a nice ceremony and it was interesting to experience another religious service. I had never been to church where they play an electric guitar during the hymns. They also have two singers with microphones who sing along with you. The pastor had a good message that "God really does love you".
Waiting for his turn to bat at the North Central Washington Senior All-Star Game in Wenatchee.
Katie and friends
Katie and a few friends waiting for graduation to start.
Kyle's all smiles!
I am smiling on the outside but a little sad on the inside. Brian and Kyle will both be moving on in September to bigger and better things.
5 comments:
I have been asking myself the same questions ever since I started my account!
Good: a way to keep in touch with people who use fb but don't blog or respond to other emails, and a little window into your kids world.
Bad: friend requests from people you hardly know, and the volume of posts - it is easy to miss people's news in all of the random "farm games" and "questions answered".
Use: I check mine about once a week and click directly on contacts who I want to check in with. So... if you ever really need to get in touch with me, text first, then email or blog. I probably won't get the fb message for a few days! :)
First, it's perfectly fine to ignore friend requests. I think most of these people send out massive amounts of requests and won't notice if you don't friend them anyway. Second, you must learn how to block things on Facebook. You go to the right of a post, like Farmville or Mafia Wars or favorite color quiz or whatever, and an X box appears. Click on it and then you can choose Hide all Farmville, HIde all posts by this person, etc. I hide all games, plus some posts from people who like to update several times a day about their latest lunch, gas fill-up, etc. Does that sound mean? But it limits my posts to ones I'm actually interested in looking at. Then I can just look at it for about 5 minutes a day and see everything I'm interested in.
On the positive side, I find out things about people that I wouldn't have otherwise. Plus it's a way to keep up minimal contact with friends I don't talk to as often.
Yes, I love facebook. It's the easiest way to keep up with family, friends. I love to catch up on what all my nieces and nephews are doing among others. Like Shareen said you must learn to hide games, quizes ect. Also many people use facebook...blogs take a bit more work and emails are most of the time long. Facebook you can just post a quick hello or whatever and be done. I check facebook at least once a day, sometimes more. :)
oh, and don't 'friend' everyone! I had to go back to defriend some people because they were writing too many annoying things and honestly I don't care about what they are eating for dinner. So, texting is the best way to keep in touch with you? :)
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