Eighty-Eight, Eighty-Eight, Eighty, Eighty, Eighty, Eighty, Eeeiiiiighty-Eight!

That was the chant at pep assemblies while in High School.... Each class yelling out their graduating year, the older group, the louder they were, and yes, in 1988, we the Senior Class were LOUD!

Twenty years later and we are still a loud group! I learned this over the past weekend at our high school reunion activities. The reunion committee planned a fun filled weekend and it was fun to catch up with a lot of class mates that for some reason or another I lost contact with over the years (and some of them right from graduation day, pretty sad!)

So Friday night there was a meet and greet at Tanners in Platte City; which is owned by a classmate and her husband. For Saturday they planned an event at The Deuce at The National’s Golf Club in Parkville MO. Then on Sunday a tour of the school (Oak Park HS) and a family picnic at Oak Grove Park.

Out of a class of over 500, there were just over 100 pre-paid for Saturday night’s event, so they were not expecting too many to show up all weekend... Well to start off with at Tanners, they only staffed for a turn out of around 50 to 75 and there ended up being well over 150 there, which was where I learned that we are still a loud group. Then on Saturday night, they had the pre-paid and another 64 pay at the door for a turn out of over 200. Sunday was the smallest turn out of the whole weekend, but after the partying that happened on Fri & Sat, I was actually not too surprised.

I also got to reconnect in a smaller non-formal get-togethers with the following classmates which was a blast! Jason Snitker, Lisa Mall, Mellisa Crawford, Laura Watilo, Diane Niemeck, Lindy Williams and Rhonda Hott. On Saturday afternoon, we met at Brookside neighborhood pool (in Gladstone) and on Sunday afternoon we gathered at Lisa Mall & Hubby Steve’s house in the Northland and had Mexican food and Margarita’s (which were YUMMY!!!).

Now another thing that is cool from another alumni student from OP is that he has created an OP History website and has taken the yearbooks from over the history of the school and scanned pictures in... It is a fun site to look at; if you want to laugh at the styles over the years take a look: Oak Park History You will see me thru the 84-85 to 87-88 pictures here and there.... I was in all of the Bands thru all four years. I was on the Cambia(our yearbook) Staff in 87-88. In 85-86 I was a pep-club leader.....

Picture time! (you can open the pictures larger within photobucket and scroll thru all of them if you would like)


Rhonda's two adorable children with Laura

Rhonda & Lindey


Lisa & Jason

Rhonda & Laura

Laura

OPHS main gym

Ted

Barbie and son

Laura & Chris - Celebrating 12 year!


Jason & Braydon

Melissa & Mike

Jason & Braydon

Steve & Lisa and one of their darling dogs (they both looked the same and now in pictures, I have NO idea which one is which! so this is Ted or Tarful)

Jason and another darling little one!

& one of Lindey's cutie pies with one of mine!

For Fun - Top 10 Songs of 1988
1. Faith, George Michael
2. Need You Tonight, INXS
3. Got My Mind Set On You, George Harrison
4. Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley
5. Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns N' Roses
6. So Emotional, Whitney Houston
7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Belinda Carlisle
8. Could've Been, Tiffany
9. Hands To Heaven, Breathe
10. Roll With It, Steve Winwood