Happy New Year

From our family to yours.

Hello Family and Friends,
I have been getting requests for some wedding pictures. I will try to add them, but I might need to get some help. I am hoping Hillary will show me how to do colages when they come to visit for Christmas.

Congrats

Oct. 2008
Emma and Brennik are MARRIED!!!. Everything was a great success. The reception was held the night before the wedding, and all went well. Emma was brave and made her own wedding cake. It was so pretty and it tasted good too. Jason assisted using his drywall skills he immaculately frosted the cake to perfection. What a great team. maybe there is a catering business in the future for them? Lots of guests came and greeted the new couple. The next day was perfect weather and the sealing was was very nice. Brennik's parents hosted a luncheon after the sealing at Eva's (our favorite mexican food restaurant). The couple rushed away to a short honeymoon in Sedona. Brennik's parents came over to our house after the luncheon and we got acquanited. What a nice family. Emma and Brennik are living in Hartley and Jason's house in Gilbert until they get their own house. It was great to have all of our family around for this special occassion. Good luck to the new couple as they adjust to married. life. I will post some pix as soon as I get them.

fall 2008

Hi Family
More changes are still coming our way. Since my last post:
Hillary News: Tyler and Hillary have moved to Henderson, NV. Tyler got a great job there. They are getting settled into their new life. Hillary might get a part time job to keep from being bored. Tyler had some training in Colorado for 10 days so Hillary came to Snowflake to visit, it was great to have our whole family under the same roof again. And everyone got along too.
Emma News: Emma graduated from Cosmotology on Sept. 13th and moved back to Mesa to be closer to Brennik. Wedding plans are progressing quite well. Announcements should go out first of October. Hartley and I are throwing Emma a bridal shower on Oct. 3rd. Emma goes through the temple on Oct. 11, then the big day will be on Oct. 18th. After that Emma and Brennik plan to get a house and live in Queen Creek.
Hartley News: Jason, Hartley and Halle are still living with us, which I think is great. it is fun to have them around. Halle says the cutest things. Jason seems to be enjoying his new job and he is doing very well at it. I think Hartley and I are co-existing quite well. We take turns making dinner and cleaning up. Lane is enjoying having another guy around too. Jason and Lane come up with all kinds of "guy" things to do.
Lane News: Lane's Safford project is over so he is back home. The company doesn't have another job starting right away so he is trying to find odd jobs to do. Health news: He had a mole removed from his nose a month ago. It turned out to be cancerous so they had to go back in and do more work on it. Halle saw him and said "grandpa did a dog bite you?" He has a cut across the point of his nose and up one side, which if you can imagine has left him with a nasty looking black eye and a swollen face. But he should recover just fine.
Heidi News: I am still working full-time. My boss left in July, and they didn't want to replace her. Instead they split her duties between me and the other lady in the office. Which keeps both of us very busy. But it is a good company to work for. They are flexible if I need time off for whatever reason. I have a stake calling now. I'm in charge of the stake web-site. Which hasn't been too time consuming until now, when I need to get the stake calendar ready for the upcoming year.

All is well with us, hope all is well for our extended family.
Love you,
Heidi

Changes

Life is full of changes but I think we have been given more than our fair share this past year.
It all started last November 2007; Heidi got a full time job at an Insulation company in Snowflake. A few weeks later Lane's job ended. A few weeks later Hillary announced that she was engaged. In March 2008 Lane started working for a new company as a Construction Superintendant. His first location was in Overgaard, AZ (a small town approximately 30 miles/30 minutes away). On March 22, Hillary married Tyler Christensen. In April, the company Lane works for assigned him a new job to supervise in Safford, AZ (approx. 4 hours away) working Monday-Friday and coming home on weekends. In May 2008 Emma graduated from high school. In June 2008 Emma moved to Mesa to stay with Grandma for a few weeks. In July 2008 Emma annouced that she was engaged, planning to be married in October to Brennik Maxwell. In July 2008, there were some management changes at Heidi's employer and Jason applied for one of the openings. He was hired on the spot and two weeks later Hartley, Jason and Halle moved to Snowflake. August is right around the corner. Emma will be coming back to Snowflake to finish Cosmotology School and to make wedding plans. Tyler will be graduating on August 16th, and will be looking for a job, I wonder what changes that will bring? Lane's job in Safford should reach completion in late August...I wonder where they will send him next? Then October will involve another Brinkerhoff wedding. wow what a year. we are very blessed. Hopefully we wll all remember to give thanks.

summer fun

Hi Family,
We had a great Father's Day/Halle Birthday Weekend. It was great to see everyone, even if we did it is shifts. Halle is growing up fast....3 years old. Lane enjoyed all his presents, and the food, and goodies and seeing his girls (and the guys too).
so what's coming up? Emma is quitting Ed's after 2 years? and will be going to Mesa later this week (june 21st) and will be staying with grandma through July. Then she will be back to Snowflake for about 6 weeks to finish Cosmo then back to Mesa again. Lane will be working in Safford through August. So lets do the math here....mom and Emma minus Emma = mom will be alone during the month of July, yikes!!!! Then in late September, Lane and I will officially be "empty nesters" does that mean we are old?
I am getting more responsibilities at work and a little more pay...that will be the fun part. Alot of changes will be happening at my work during the next few weeks. It is finally getting hot, really hot, we have hit 95 a few times and we turned on our ac for the first time on Father's Day. Guess that is all to report for now. Maybe july will be full of more family fun, Pioneer Days, and birthdays are all ahead....Love you, Mom

Hi Family,
Exciting things are happening this summer. Coming up...June 14th is Halle's Birthday #3, Happy Birthday Halle, and then Father's Day. A few days later, June 21, Emma will be off from Cosmo and will be in Mesa for the month of July. July: Pioneer Days, July 18-19...lots of fun, hopefully we can all get together. a week later is Mom's Birthday on July 25th. August: Emma starts her last semester of Cosmo, Aug. 16th is Grandma's Birthday #77, then Hartley's birthday on the 18th, yikes she is up to #26. I am trying to create a list of all the important dates, anniversaries, birthdays and stuff like that so we can all know what's happening and keep up with all the fun. Have a great summer....love you guys, mom

graduation weekend

May 23-26, 2008 Emma's graduation weekend: Graduation was a little interesting, wondering if we would get drenched with the rain but luckily they moved the ceremony inside and it went well. It was great to have all our little family together to celebrate. Lately it has just been me and Emma around, quite a contrast to have ALL of us together. Lane came home from Safford and enjoyed seeing everyone. Jason was a BIG help to Lane with the floor tile, Lane needed a buddy to get him going. Hopefully now we can keep it going and gradually get it all done. Hartley was a big help to mom with all of her computer questions. Halle had lots of fun with grandma in the 'Play House', she is talking more and more and it is fun to see her interact. She seems to really like all the animals at our zoo. Hillary and Tyler; they were fun most of the time. But you guys need some vitamins, always getting sick on us...hmmm. what are we going to do with you? Now on to our Emma...she had a special friend come hang out with us, Brennik. It was fun getting to know him. He seems like a great guy. Maybe we will see him again. Who knows what the future will bring, probably some ups and some downs. But whatever happens we always have each other to help us get through whatever trials come our way. Families are great. Thanks for a awesome weekend. we should do it again soon. ........................Mom

Testing...testing...

Mom and Hart can now both post on the family blog. Hill and Emma, if you would like to post on the family blog, email one of us so we can tell you how.

First Blog

Hey everyone, this is the new family blog! Post a comment if you have any ideas or suggestions.