Category Archives: Family Life

Jonny ran in the 800 Meter Run in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Championships today at Jessie Owens Memorial Stadium located on the Ohio State University Campus in Columbus, Ohio.  An hour before his race, we had some severe thunderstorms roll through and it delayed the meet by over an hour.  When he finally got on the track he ran a 1:56.14, which is only his third best time, but was enough to get him 8th place and a place on the medal stand.  He looked like he was about done with about 250 meters left in the race, but he fought back and ended up finishing strong securing 8th place and then holding off two determined challengers.  He ended up being the 1st Junior to finish the race.  The other 7 in front of him were all seniors.  We are excited to see what next years track season has to offer!

Jonny on the medal stand for the 800 Meter Run at the 2016 Ohio High School Track and Field State Championships

Jonny with his medal

State Championship 800 Meter Run Medal

Congratulation to Jonny on his first outdoor Track and Field State Championship berth and a solid performance in District, Regional and State.  We are all so proud of you and happy for your accomplishments.

The official score can be found at FinishedTiming.com.

The video from the race is below.

Jonny rebounded from Wednesday’s performance and ran the 800 Meter Run Finals this evening in the Regional Championship Meet held at Pickerington North High School.  He ran a new personal best of 1:54.04 and took 4th place which puts him in the State Championships.  With 200 meters to go he was in 6th place and took over 5th place with just under 200 meters left.  At about 90 meters left in the race he passed another runner for 4th place and finished strong beating the 5th place runner by almost 3/4 of a second.  Here are the official results from FinishTiming.com.

Just to show how stacked the district he was in was, all 4 runners who advanced from Jonny’s district also advanced to the State Championship.  No other district in the region advanced a single runner.

He will run on Saturday, June 4th around 6:10.

For the last couple of months we have been getting a visitor in our back yard. He drives our dogs crazy and lucky for us so far, he has left our chickens alone. Let’s hope it stays that way.

Ashley had her hooding ceremony yesterday with her Grandparents in attendance.  We can now introduce her as Dr. Ashley Lukins!  We are very proud that all of her hard work earned her one of the 117 Pharm-D degrees from the graduating class of 2016.  She already has a job working for CVS and still needs to complete her Pharmacy Licensing for the State of Ohio before she can practice as a Pharmacists.

Ashley’s Hooding Ceremony

With all the time she has been spending in classes, on homework and all the internships, she will think she has a lot of free just holding a full time job!  Congratulations to her on a well deserved degree,  We couldn’t be more proud of her.

After Hooding Ceremony

Jonny is going to prom this year with Riley Bruck. They were going with a group of kids from the track/cross country team. They all met at the Bryn Du Mansion for pre-prom pictures. From there they went into Easton to the Sakura Japanese Steakhouse. Then they drove back to Bryn Du Field House where the prom was being held.

Granville Prom 2016

Granville Prom 2016

Jonny and Riley

Jonny and Riley

Stephanie was on spring break the week of March 14th and her and Marcus too a trip a Myrtle Beach, SC.  They found an economy hotel that was on the beach that still had vacancies.  The room was very dated and worn but clean.

They enjoyed the beach as well as some of the local attractions like Barefoot Landing and the Ripley’s Aquarium.

Marcus caught one of the local lizards using a technique he saw on TV.  He took a piece a long grass and made a lasso, put it over the lizards head and “roped him!”  They both said it worked well and were surprised by their success.

Overall they had a nice short trip from Tuesday until Friday that week.  They both looked like they got some sun when they came and visited.

Ashley and Shane added a new member to the family today.  She rescued a little dog to help keep Apollo entertained.  She picked him up from the Licking County Animal Shelter.  She named him Thor and he is very active and friendly.  He thinks everyone is his friend and he and Apollo get along very well.

Thor after being picked up from the Licking County Animal Shelter

Jonny started his Junior of high school today.  According to Nikki he was pretty happy to watch the bus drive by and walk out to the car and drive himself to school for the first time.

Stephanie turns 19 today.  Nikki and I took her, Marcus and Ashley out shopping and to dinner at FlipSide for hamburgers yesterday.  We also picked up an office chair for her room for her birthday as well.  We also ordered her a backpack a couple of days ago, but that won’t be delivered until next week.

Happy Birthday Stephanie!!

Stephanie is preparing for her Sophomore year at OSU and is moving in with Ashley today into the apartment.  She has been preparing her room for several weekends now patching, painting slowly moving things in and hanging things on the wall.  Her and Nikki moved her bed today and the last of the things she needed.  Ashley and Stephanie have assembled her bed and Shane was able to help Ashley and Stephanie carry the mattress upstairs to the bedroom and she is spending her first night as a renter in the apartment!