Private Blah!

When people set their blogs to private, I usually forget and have to catch up on a months worth of posts to feel reconnected to that person. If you are like me, lucky you, you don't have a lot to catch up on here. Setting myself to private has caused me to do the exact same thing to my own dang blog.

Hmmmm...I haven't even finished up the posts and pictures from Easter. Someday.

PVHS-ers! Remember this guy?

Good old Officer Brown! For those who didn't attend Pine View High School, he was the cop that worked full time at the high school. He was well liked and respected, and everybody thought he was the coolest. My guess is the trouble-makers wouldn't agree, but that's okay.

In his spare time, when he isn't arresting bad guys, he is the lead singer of the local St. George band, the Lawn Darts! They opened for Kansas and it was fun to see him do his thing. I spoke to him afterwards and he is as cool as ever. He was stoked when I asked him if I could post this video!

Kansas Concert

My dad gave us some tickets to the Kansas concert! They were performing at the Tuachan Amphitheater. How cool is that? Kansas is a 35 year old rock band that were around before I was born....and they still rock! It was so much fun! After the concert, I told my dad that if I had to choose 5 songs that I feel I grew up with, this song would definitely one of them.



And on another note, did you know I married an Oompa Loompa? Just kidding, honey!! Corky had been golfing that day and forgot the sunblock. The combination of that, then sitting next to me, and me being white and the closest to the flash, his "orangeness" was inevitable!

CannonBall!!!!

While spending time with my family in St. George over the Easter weekend, we got a lot of swimming in. The outside temps were quite chilly, but my mom and step dad decided to splurge and heat the pool for us to enjoy! The temperature outside were the low 60's, but the pool was a warm 95 degrees! It was like swimming in a giant bath! We enjoyed being outside, even if a bee attacked my face and stung my cheek! (There is a sweet, cynical revenge in knowing that a bee just died because it stung you!)

It was Drake's first time in the pool and that kid loved it! (Jess, I think he looks like you in this picture!)

Gracey pretty much perfected her cannonball! After watching Home Alone 2 as often as she does, I knew she would be wanting to get it down!

And then there is Emily! I can't help but laugh when I see her in her swim get-up! As much as I ask, she doesn't want me to help her fix her goggles!

A Little Explanation....

I feel like such a sell-out. I honestly vowed that I would not go private....ever. I didn't want to live my life in fear or paranoia that someone was out to get me or my family. I mean, if someone wanted to find me, all they had to do is look up our names in the white pages. It is public record. I was well aware that by googling our names our blog did indeed come up, but I was always mindful of not posting pictures of schools, driver license #, or even pictures of my kids friends who I didn't ask for permission to post. I liked that old friends were able to find us.

My tune has changed. Not radically though. I am not scared by any means, nothing remotely scary has happened to make me go private. The thing that is going on though is that Corky's plant that he works for is shutting down. The company itself is doing fine, but they are phasing out the manufacturing plant here in Kingman. That is bad news for nearly 76 local employees, other local businesses, and the community. Luckily for us, Corky is being transferred within the company. He will continue his work as an Operations Manager, still being employed by Southwire.. We are grateful for the opportunity that he has been given to continue working for them. They are a great company that has treated our whole family incredibly well.

With his transfer though, he has gotten a lot of criticism. Understandably, people are upset by this closing and are a little resentful that Corky is being transferred. Of course, there are employees that understand that when the business isn't seeing a profit then changes need to me made. Sadly though, there are plenty of employees who feel entitled and want to put the blame on someone else.

Anyway, Corky has gotten wind that some people who aren't too happy with him, are knowing more about his personal life than he has personally shared. While we have nothing to hide and are proud of our family blog and its content, neither of us feel comfortable knowing that people who don't like us are searching it out. One guy at work came up to Corky and said, "Is it true you were thinking about going to medical school?" If that information was found through our blog, then someone was looking back at posts from over 2 years ago.

Another reason to go private is not just because it is creepy knowing that people who don't like us are looking, but also I want to be sensitive to them. So many people are losing their jobs when the only thing to really blame is the economy. It sucks. We both are sad and worried about their families and hope they can find employment soon after this summer. It would just feel wrong of me to document our move, the job, and this new chapter in our lives that we are so excited for, knowing that people who aren't so fortunate are reading.

With all of that said, I can look back at all the hard work and long hours that Corky has put in (that I usually griped about) and be so grateful. I am so grateful that he has shown his value with this company. We have been truly blessed since Corky made the decision to get out of the army. His hard work and attitude has paid off thus far and we can only pray that the blessings continue to be great!

And now that I have babbled on and on, is anyone curious to where we are moving by the end of the summer?? Huh?? :)

I will let the picture do the talking!


I better start now and brush up on my "Little House on the Prairie" knowledge!

Locking it Up!

I vowed to not ever do this.... but for the time being, it is for the best.

We are going to make our blog private for a while.

It is such a pain in the booty, I know.

Blogger has a limit of 100, I know that too.

Not that I think we are super popular, but we do have a good amount of traffic. With aunts, uncles, cousins, and then all the friends we have made in the bajillion places we have lived, it happens! If we exceed the limit of 100, I will create a second (identical) blog to accommodate. We don't want to leave anyone out.

Leave me a comment with your email, send me a message on facebook, shoot me an email, or give me a call.

Like I said, we don't want to leave anyone out. Blogging has been a GREAT way to be in touch with friends. If you are old friends, new friends, my friends, Corky's friends, friends of friends, parents of friends, etc., please give me your email.

Lots of explaining to come!

Cinderella Hair

Corky snapped this phot of Gracey a couple of days ago while she was in the bath. He wanted her to see how her hair looked like Cinderella's hair.

Camera's are so much better than mirrors!