Happy Birthday Chris and Anytime Now!!!

OK! already !!!!Could we just get this Baby here and GET MY HUSBAND HOME!!! I am sure Brandi and Tony have had enough suspense and I want my husband back.

Chris had a fun Birthday on the 24rth!! Thanks to Amanda Surprising him with his friends at the Go-Cart track in Idaho Falls,

Bryce before Mr MARSH VALLEY

MR Marsh Valley

Bryce has been going to several Mr. Marsh Valley practices very early in the morning. The Mr. Marsh Valley Competition is in the Performing Arts auditorium at the High School on Saturday night, The 21st at 7:00P.M.
He told me he was doing a Guitar Hero talent.

While Grandpa is away Grandma is playing!

FUN!!

This has been the month of Birthdays.. Danette's ( I am not sure but think it is the 1st, Stanley's March 7th, Tony's March 14, JJ March 17, Chris's March 24 and a new baby that I keep thinking will get here anyday.It looks to me that there is a pattern. We will see what this baby does to the pattern here. That is the fun part!!If it's a Shaffer or related to a Shaffer it is looking liking it is a 7 day thing..Of course it is a mathematical counting thing!
IT IS NO FUN BEING AWAY FROM MY HUSBAND FOR 2 WEEKS!!

243 Finished!

Hello, Here are some pics of my 243 finished. Got the action glass bedded and pulled it apart to clean it up and reassemble today. Ready to shoot soon. Chris

Chris's 243 he refinished and Built.

After two days in Los Lunas I am getting to know the hotplant fairly well. The process isn't too hard if I can learn all the controls.

TRUCKIN'

Here we go!!!
Max is off to Los Lunos New Mexico. Max and I took a Semi truck ride to The Flyin J to gas up. I had hoped it would make me feel more comfortable that he was takin to the road and headin south but....It didn't. I will say that there is not much my husband can't do. After all..." He is the best boat backer known to the civilized world".. Quote unquote and I know you kids have heard this more than once.We drove out of the cul-da-sac and I was not sure how in the world he could navigate the truck out and he did. He brought us right back in and backed up pretty dang good. He stated that most normal men would not even attempt it. I agreed but reminded him that he NEVER HAS BEEN NORMAL!
Life has a way of of making a complete flip flop and it has for us. If you would have told me we would be living like this one year ago, I would never have believed it. Are we grateful??? More than anyone could possibly imagine. My husband is being treated like he should have been treated for 24 years and he has joy once again. The only thing I regret is that when he was 21 that he could have had a full blown college education because he has a great mind and has had to work hard for everything he has ever recieved. I think he would have been great in the medical feild.
This opens a new chapter for us and turns a page. Max aced the skills test at his school(There have only been 2 that did that)and his grade 97.66 in his school was in the top 5 percentile. He is sporting about 5 new certificates that he got on his exit interview.He now has a full blown CDL with all the credentials to drive any loads.

The classroom part of trucking school is finished. I have to drive with the instructors and do the range test then I will have a class A CDL and have all the endorsements that go along with it. Johnson excavation has hired me and I am really looking forward to going to work. I am going to Los Lunas, New Mexico on the 16th of March and learn how to run the plant. I will be there for a couple of weeks then in a semi for a couple weeks going back and forth hauling it home. I am really excited for the new challenges and the new opportunities that are ahead. I really want to get to Tony's when the baby is born and hopefully get a Steel head trip in while I am there. I don't know if I will get everything I want but I'll try. The MV boys lost to Shelley last night in a play-in game so I guess they won't be going to state. Michael Wheat lost his championship match at state but still finished with an incredible high school Career. Cody Benjamin was the only MV kid to take first at state. Bryce has just started his last trimester at highschool. He will be starting track on Monday and is working at the Flying-J a couple days a week after school and track practice. He is the Stake representative for our ward with the Youth. He is the Senior class President and seems to be handling life well. He is learning to be a responsible young man. Chris has been out hunting Coyotes this winter and had a lot of success doing that. He is getting ready to graduate from college in the spring and is in the process of planning their wedding for this summer. He is moving to Fruitland and going to work in Durkee in May. They have been checking out the house market over there and found a few houses they like. It is fun to watch these young men grow up but in a year from now they will both be gone and I will really miss them.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY February 18 !!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 3 years WOOOHOOO

What a nice Valentines day. We had lunch with Katie and spent all day with each other. It was a very fun day. I think I am going to like having a normal schedule with normal days off. Truck driving school is going well and I am really looking forward to starting my new job.

It's a new Start...3 years going on 50

Well, It is almost our 3rd anniversary going on our 50th, and we have another NEW start...ready set go....Max has a new job and I must say I have not seen him this HAPPY. We are excited and can now see how the whole plan has been laying itself out. Max will have a full endorsement CDL and it will fall right in to what he will be doing. They are sending US to Florida for him to go to the school In March.
Max and I were very much wanting to be able to go to church together instead of only 4 months in a year and we now have weekends together and can maybe manage some camping trips in on the weekends. We are trying to build up a food storage along with what we have. Max had a permapak food storage and I checked it out on the internet and it was still good. I have been making our bread for awhile now and been able to use the powdered milk, potatoe flakes from the storage and am incorporating a little at a time into our meals. We were so blessed to have it and all the meat that we got this last fall.I want to get a little more structured meal plan going on. That is just full blown fun to me. We are eating a little healthier here. We have been able to completely eliminate the hotpockets and poptarts out.
Bryce also has a job now. He is working at flying J. He is also put a couple of applications out as far as college.He will be graduating from High school in May. Chris and Amanda are preparing to look at housing near Durkee where he will be working as soon as he graduates from ISU this May.
Tony and Brandi are pretty close to having their new little guy here . Shane is anxious to get on with life and be home with his new little family.
JJ has become a pretty good little fisherman. Max said he caught his 3rd one all on his own and pretty much shadowed Grandpa all day.
The salon is going very well and I am close to being able to close it in to a more structured schedule. I have been going 2 days a week to Blackfoot because Tracy had rotator cuff surgery. That came in handy right now. A friend of mine has been diagnosed with Ovarian cancer and I will have a 4 hour a week job cleaning at her home. That I plan to buy food storage with.
Shortly here I am going to begin writing a book. I have joked about it for years but between that and wanting to get back into my tole painting, I am wanting to start making some dolls and painting their faces....It never hurts to dream....Dreams are what life is all about.

Grandpa and JJ's first Fishing trip

JJ's first Fishing Trip

Bryce and JJ on JJ"s Fishing trip

The Look of Relaxation

Aunt Fiona shampooing Molly's hair

February 1st, 2009. Superbowl Sunday. Great game, great food, great company,fun day. Tomorrow new day for hunting jobs. I am in a biggest loser contest at Gold's Gym so I am offically on a diet.