Happy Birthday, Rex !!!!!!

Our boys

Can this be~yup, it is!!!

Look lively, Soldier!!!!!!

This wasn't suppose to happen. This young man was not suppose to reach his 16th birthday let alone his 29th one!!!!! He wasn't suppose to get his driver's license or go to Prom or be president of Chef Brigade or graduate from high school or serve a mission or work for Safeway or finally ending up at Disneyland and be Pluto of the Year~TWICE!!!!!!! To say we are so grateful for his love, support and what he brings to this family is to say the least!!!! People are so grateful to have Rex cross their paths both face to face and under a "head"!! He is kind, humble, focused, loving, caring, trustworthy, loyal and noble!! I am so grateful and blessed to be his earthly mother. We love you so much, REX!!!

Opposite ends of the equation......

Benji~2011

Shamoms~2011

Okay, so here is the greatest example of how opposites can attract. The stud on the top of the hill, stately, focused, so GQ and then we have the mascot/cheerleader, crazy, never stops being spontaneous, so crazy! We absolutely love these two because they so compliment each other and have easily rubbed of on each other hence Benji can be crazy and Shawna can be focused!

The spouses of our children are awesome and Verg and I love 'em like our own!!

We are so blessed for this family unit and eternity will be terrific!! Love you all!

Well ..............

Can't let March escape without a blog to make this year complete!! Geez where have I been. Today Verg and I decided to usher in Spring by planting some flowers and cleaning up out front. Well, Mother Nature also decided to let the wind blow at sub-hurricane speed so it was so much fun to try and rake up dried out tumbleweeds and try to put them in the trailor! Mercy!!!! Did the best I could and it does look alot better!!! Now it is a race to see who can become the "boss" of the terrain~~~~~the newly sprouted tumbleweeds OR me!!! Believe you me, I will go out fighting, Round Up is my new best friend!!! Oh yeah, you are history little tumbleweed sprouts, HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gotta love the Irish ....

Sometimes I wonder if in my line of ancestors, a bit of the "luck of the Irish, somehow crept in the New England Leighton-Hatch lines and took on the color of green! I love St. Patrick's Day and my favorite movie for this holiday is "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" in which Sean Connery had one of his first movie roles and Walt Disney left nothing for the imagination on how the "wee people" lived, loved and superstition-ized the world! Oh and why I think I have Irish in my line, some of my relatives have a short fuse, love for the "drink" and no-holds-barred attitude! Although green has never been one of my favorite colors, it's growing on me.
So "top of the mornin' to ya", "watch for the pot at the end of the rainbow" and "the wee people are everywhere", on the love of the Irish and Happy St. Patrick's Day (still lovin the Mustangs of Western New Mexico)!!!!!

So this year will be better.....

I told myself,"Self, we need to do better on our blog" so I can have the hard copy done for my posterity. I really would love to have a camera like the girls so I can have really great pictures when I want them. This is important to me as is going to the Temple, Family History and my scrap booking. So 2011 focus on what is important and what is needed to keep my sanity and my eternal salvation!!!!
So can Mimi do this ~~~~you bet, ONWARD AND UPWARD!!!!!! No whining, no complaining and absolutely NO EXCUSES!!!!!!!!!!!
CARRY ON!!!!!!!!!!!1

Soooooooooo how did my Saturday go?

Really great!!!! Verg and I got a SleepNumber bed and decided that if ONE person can put it up in a hour, TWO people could probably do it in a half hour. NOT!!!!!! It took us 3 1/2 hours to put that bed up but I think it will be so worth it. Verg and Kipp were switching back and forth over the chair in our bedroom. It is shorter than our old bed but it is 4" wider so now I will have to get new bedding, DARN!!!!!!!! I will let you know how it goes even though the instructions say it might take 4 to 5 nights to get the right adjustment!!!! Wow, it's so sad when the highlight in one's life is a new bed!!

Edward Jones: Making Sense of Investing

Edward Jones: Making Sense of Investing


This is my "swan song"!!! How I love working for this company under the tuledge of Kerry Lawson!!! I was released from my job of ten years at Safford High School due to budget cuts. It was heart-breaking and with me being the insurance staple, I felt trapped. It so happened an Edward Jones was looking for a full time BOA (branch office administrator), so I went to apply. The husband and wife team thought I fit what they were looking for so I felt confident I had the job. After a phone call from the FA telling me it was with much struggling they decided to hire a BOA with 5 years experience, thanks but no thanks. Come to find out, she was from Kerry's office and Kerry was told by her she was going back to school. Now an Edward Jones office usually contains only a FA and a BOA. Kerry was alone for 3 weeks, taking care of EVERYTHING he had his BOA do. I got another call from Edward Jones' corporate office of this part-time job and went to Kerry's office where he had hired Gayle Wright. I met with Kerry and even though I needed a F/T job with benefits, I knew this is where I needed to be!! Best decision of my life, Gayle is my sister-friend and even though Kerry is an A-typical personality and can be very moody, I LOVE MY JOB!!!!!