carra is promoted

Carra is going to be a freshman in high school. Hanna is going to jr.high Vash will be in 4th grade tim in 1st & thats that

Family Reunion

OK, it is 3 weeks past the 1st now. So where is the family reunion?

And by the way, congratulations Brian. You don't need to apologize, I just didn't know (but was guessing correct) what the comment was for. If you were in our ward, you wouldn't have any vacation to go to the family reunion because you would be using it for funerals :) So you may want to convince the family to have the reunion is Santa Fe or something :)

Baptism of Macy and Bethany

Aaron has a contract on his house to sell it and he has made a deposit on a house in our stake. That will make Macy and Bethany's baptism on the same day, July 14th. I have checked with my Bishop and he says it would be fine for us to do them at our wards service, 9:30 AM since we are the ward that is scheduled first for the day. It will save some travel for those who come. Ye'all are invited and then to our house afterward to have some eats and play time with the cousins. Too bad it is the same day as Jen's 40th birthday party (which by the way will start on Friday the 13th). So come on down for a visit the night before and we can put you into an air conditioned room for the night and let the kids go wild.

They Rest of the Story

All,



Mike I do want to apologize for not making contact with you yet. I have for the most part touch based with just about everybody all I lack is the top three of the family and maybe the bottom one. It has been a huge adjustment for everybody in our family. Here is the whole story on Tuesday night they called and ask for Kristi and Myself to meet with the Stake President. So for 24 hours everything was going through our heads on what it could be. But both of us knew what it was and we just didn't want to face it. We were told Wednesday night that they were going to split the ward Sunday and we are calling you as Bishop of the Star Heights Ward and you need councilors by then and don't tell anybody. So we went with it and needless to say there were many sleepless nights leading up to Sunday. Come Sunday, which was mothers day, the stake presidency walks in right after sacrament meeting and the buzz started right then. They released the bishop of the Star Heights Ward then announced the boundary changes, had all those people that were in the boundary changes stand up and called our old Bishop as they Bishop of the new ward. They then had the rest of us stand up and then they did the Bishop thing in the Star Heights Ward. People were afraid that I was going to pass out on the way up to the stand. It was a mind numbing experience something that we won't forget for a long time. It is still a mind numbing experience. Things have not slowed down hopefully this week it will slow down a bit but time will tell.



I am trying my best to touch base with everybody I am slowly doing that If you feel the need to talk call Kristi at the house and she can give you my work phone number.



Thanks to everybody and yes I can still say that I will box the ears your ears to all my sisters and still tell my brothers to go jump in a lake or off a cliff or whatever I feel like.





No really it is still me folks just things have gone really crazy.





Love you all



Brian

BISHOP BRIAN

Mike,
To answer your question Brian was made Bishop on Sunday. They have not announced that publicly yet, in fact Brian went into hiding as soon as the family found out. Do not bother teasing him. He is not responding to his full mail box from me!! I guess he needs to hear JJ's words again.

We only tease those we love!!

We know he will be a great Bishop!

And Now, ... The Rest of the Story

So what is the story. The grapevine doesn't grow outside of Arizona (or may Utah).

Just thought I would sent out a little hint for Brian.

TALK SLOWWWW........

If you don't they will never know what calling you are asking them for.
Love You!!

Mom stiches

Her Stiches are out already and she is doing good. She had them removed yesterday. I told mom to go blog what happened and i hadn't checked I guess i need to go show mom how to blog But i really think she likes it when people call her. Holly

What's going on

OK, you Arizona monkeys, what do you here on Mom's condition? Don't you know it is your job to keep the rest of us (un-)informed?

Identity Theft Protection

Mike sent out this information a while back and I am posting it again with a personal note. I had a phone call two years ago from Child Protective Services asking me why my minor daughter was employed full time. I at first laughed and thought it was funny ( I knew my kids were at school). I can be slow at times. Bethany had had her identity stolen. Criminals use this since at the time you could not pull credit reports for a minor child. I first called the police department and told them what I had known at that time. I was told that I had to know if her social security was being used for employment only, identity theft, or credit fraud and that they would not move on it until I knew what the full situation was. The Social Security Administration told us that they did not care if someone was paying into the system illegally, just if someone was getting paid illegally. I had to jump through legal hoops and join groups emailing legislators to get laws passed in order to get this information. I also was fortunate enough to do computer work for a law firm that deals specifically in credit law and was able to get directions on how to proceed several times in the last two years. You may now write the credit beareaus and ask them to lock your child's credit until they are 18 years old. All of our kids credit reports are now locked. Today we finally were able to call the police with an address
and phone number of the company where Bethany's social security number is being used. So without further rambling here again is the email Mike sent us because it needs to be retold and we need to monitor our kids identifying information.

An Attorney's Advice :

Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice!

A corporate attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company:

- The next time you order checks have only your initials (instead of first name) and last name put on them.

- If someone takes your check book they will not know if you sign your checks with just your initials or your first name but your bank will know how you sign your checks.

When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check processing channels won't have access to it.

- Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. Never have your SS# printed on your checks (DUH!) you can add it if it is necessary. But if you have it printed, anyone can get it.

- Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine, do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel.

- Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or abroad.

- We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security number, credit cards, etc.

Unfortunately I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieve(s) ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online, and more.

But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know:

We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. But the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them easily.

- File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where it was stolen, this proves to credit providers you were diligent, and is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one).

But here's what is perhaps most important: (I never even thought to do this).

Call the three national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and Social Security number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name.

The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit.

By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done.

There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend. (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them in their tracks.

The numbers are:

Equifax: 1-800 -525-6285 Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742 Trans Union: 1-800-680-7289

Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271

We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along just about everything. Pass this information along. It could really help someone you care about

Paul

MOM

Talked to Mom this morning as they were leaving for Flagstaff. In my limited knowledge of Dermatology. She is having a Basal cell cancer removed from her nose. This is not a invasive cancer. In fact Mom told me Mike had one removed last winter. Is that true Mike?? Basal cells if lest untreated can be disfiguring, they spread in the skin only- outward . So They need to be removed quickly. best case scenario- she will have a few stitches. Worst case she will have to have some plastic surgery. I told her she needs to get rid of that Walker nose anyway! She will be fine- topical anaesthesia only. From her description they are using the latest technique which is called MOHS. they take tiny slices and flash freeze it and send it to the path right then. When the report comes back- ALL CLEAR. they begin to pull the skin together. Hope this is not to much info for anyone-Isn't modern medicine the best. Anyway thought all of you would like to take a deep breath this morning - she will be fine. Remember your faith and that is the opposite of being fearful!
LOVE YA!

Smart Sister

And just to let you know how smart your sister is, I was reading a blurb from Business Week titled,The 25 Best Affordable Suburbs in the US, and what was there but

Mukilteo, Wash.

with an average house price of $358,000. So I don't know what passes for affordable these days but they did say that with an average house price of less than $200,000, you can pretty much bet on no decent jobs. Welcome to Idaho Falls. The violent crime index is 49, the cost of living is 141 (ouch, double ouch), and the Secondary Test Score index was 104.

So sorry to Orem, you lost out to Kaysville; and Rancho Mirage or whaterever, you lost out to Sandia Heights. And Phoenix, you ain't got nothing, so you can't win.