New Job

This morning I gave my two week notice at my present job. I was offered a position with Pinal County Superior Court doing the same thing I do now. It is closer to home and going away from the gridlock of the commuters. The reason that I post this is that my cell number will be changing as the one I have belongs to my employer. I will probably get a new one as soon as the new pay rate kicks in. Yes, the new position pays better. The down side is the scenery of the new office as the prison is on the other side of the parking lot. Yes I have seen prisons before but never wanted to get this close again. Life is truly cyclical.

New Temples in Arizona

We are so thrilled about the two new temples for Arizona. It will be such a blessing for our family members. First the one announced for the Gila Valley, Marie is so overwhelmed with gratitude for this blessing for the Saints in Eastern Arizona. One sad note, now my sisters won't come and visit that much with a temple right at home. The new temple in Gilbert will be a blessing for Paul and Holly and their families. Marie and Mary Jean are working hard on the New family Search and hope to have lots of names for temple work very soon. We are truly blessed to all live so close to temples.

Cache your way to fun at the family reunion

Something fun to do at the family reunion. This must be a hunt family tradition, go where the fires are burning. Just kidding, the last time they came to Idaho Yellowstone was burning down and then they want to see the remains of Vallecito, go figure. Anyway, on to the caching:

This is first in series of four caches that will take you to all 15 of these great carving. The first 7 are visited in this section, which can be completed in less than an hour.

The Tour of Carvings Project is a comeback story of the Missionary Ridge Fire of 2002 near Durango in SW Colorado. Between June 9th and July 28th, over 70,000 acres were burned costing $40.8 million and using 4000+ fire related personnel from all over the country. Vallecito Lake is home to thousands of Ponderosa Pine trees with many over 200 years old and standing up to 175 feet tall. A former resident Paul McGinnis called his parents during the evacuation asking what was to become of the damaged trees. When told they could probably be milled into lumber, he suggested carving them into firefighters and animals impacted by the fire. This would pay tribute to all concerned. After a winter of carving by local artist Chad Haspels, the tour of carvings is on display.

Most of the carvings are mounted on concrete piers and can be found all over the lake area. Each one stands 18 feet tall and weighs around 3000 - 4000 pounds.

Hard lessons of life

Last week Roy took Olivia to the store to spend some hard earned cash, she has been saving. She bought the deluxe edition of Sims. They came home and tried to load it on the computer only to find out that it is part of a package that we already own. She was extremely disappointed and made me take her back to target although I explained to her that they would not take it back, so to dry the tears I told her I would try to sell it on the family blogg.. Anyone interested??? It is the sims Deluxe Edition (look it up if you need more info) She bought it for 21 dollars and wants to try and sell it for $15. Let us know if you are interested
Olivia and Valerie

From Jenn

Since Jen has called instead of blogged... She would like to have everyone log on to www.goodreads.com and that will help us know what book are good to read and keep in touch on reading i think i sent invites well let me know what you guys decide sounds good to me i always am looking for something good to read against my families wishes.;)

Susan

hey susan did you get a blog?? Whats the address we can link it to this blog and we can all look at your fam.