Elsa Ochoa Finkbonner

Since 1989......well I had a life of my own before kids. Donny and I traveled a lot, and I worked as a medical assistant up until I had my first born, Jake. That was the beginning of a whole new chapter in my life as a stay-at-home mom. I believe I was pregnant with Jake at our 10yr. reunion. Then I had Miranda, and then finally my little Malia. Miranda looks just like me and Malia is just the cutest little thing, she looks nothing like me, but posesses my personality. Anyway, Jake had an accident in Feb. of 2006. It not only rocked our world, but I think it rocked our whole community as well. I posted Jake's website so you can see everything about him, and us and what we've been through so that I don't have to explain it all here. Anyway, all is good. Still HAPPILY married after 13 yrs. and 3 kids later. Our kids go to Assumption Catholic School in Bellingham, so I don't have time to have a job elsewhere. I'm their bus, I help with their homework everyday, I help in their classrooms once a week, and then on the days that I'm not with them at school, I'm at the gym trying to defy the aging process and gravity! Oh! If forgot! I do have a job (what a bonehead)! I coach gymnastics on Friday's to school aged girls (5,6,7yr.olds). It's fun, I like it. So, that's it.

There's a lot of school stories. I don't know. But what I do know is that it is so great to read everybody's profiles here. It appears that our classmates have succeeded in their own way and are pretty happy in general. I've gone to school in the Ferndale area since I was 5, starting at Custer, moving on to Skyline, and then Vista and finally at FHS. What an honor it is to be from such a tight-knit community. I see so many people that still live here and I think it's great that we all feel comfortable enough to approach eachother and catch up on the last 20yrs. Everybody's pictures that have been posted looks GREAT!