Happy Birthday Addison!!!

Happy Birthday Addison

Christopher Tate Barrett

Max

... I am SOOO grateful to have my husband HOME!!!I just had a call from his instructor at Sage Driving school and he was very complimentary about Max. There is not much he can't do and if he can't he will figure out HOW to! Every day he tells me how how nice it is to be treated good by his employer. It is really nice to have him home at night. Right now they are assembling the pieces and parts that they transported from LOS LUNOS!They are hoping to be in production very soon so its a busy time in this YUCKY weather.

And Thanks Greg for making our BLOG SHREKISH!!!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!!
Shane has been home and has been way busy visiting all his friends. It has been nice to have him around and he looks great! It will be nice to have him home for GOOD. He has enjoyed his Harley!! I wish it could have been warmer here. I think Shane was able to have some relaxing time. I was going to take him to Salt Lake in the morning so he could fly to Hawaii but just found out Ed is.
We had a simple Easter dinner and I enjoyed My folks being here.My Mom said Thanks for thinking of us. Max's boys went to Bea and Ed's. Evidently there were no At Home holiday activities when they were young, so the kids went to the Grandparents. I guess that is what happens when you have a combined family. I should be able to resign myself to that.They keep their traditions and It has been tough for me when I always had the holiday at my own house and or my folks. I just can not leave my folks alone for holidays. They have spent the last 3 Christmas's alone.My grandiose idea of having "OUR" family here was just that!!! Grandiose! Our next Phase is Chris adapting his holidays with Amandas family . The traditions here are not his anymore either.I am really not looking forward to him being gone. He has been such a great blessing to me.He is such a self reliant person. Enough of this!! As you can see I really don't care for holidays!!
We had a robbery today at the Ireland Bank. I had been there about and hour before. They said he had a walkie talkie in his pocket and figured others were involved with him.They showed him on the cameras and Chris and I listened to the scanner while I finished baby Kaden's quilt. I was really deep into thought working on the sewing machine and Chris sneeks back there and pops a bag and yell stick em up... LOL Choking the little poop was an option.. He delights in that!!.. I told him I hope you don't do that to Amanda.. He said"I DO" but she beats me up..lol

Weekend

Max got home friday night and once again I am glad to have him home. We enjoyed some quiet time watching General conference and relaxing.We had a little time together last night and I made him watch Twilight in the theater room. Max was headed out to go to Priesthood Session of conference and he could not get the truck door open because his sweet wife had locked the doors when I came home from picking him up at Johnsons . Todd Solomon came over to unlock it which was great because Max says wel just get the extra key in your purse.. LOL It was in the truck in my purse. Thanks Todd for saving us again.
Chris and Amanda called from Fruitland. They had been on a house hunting excursion and put in an offer on a new home there. Chris and Amanda were at the Durkee Cement plant too showing Amanda where he was going to work.

Baby Boy Shaffer arrived on March 27

Tony , Brandi and Addison welcomed Baby boy Shaffer last night . He weighed 8 pounds and 12 oz and was 21 inches long. He came by way of
Ceaseran section . We are so happy he is here! He is a BIG !!CUTIE!!

Bryce and Mr Marsh Valley Contest

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.