Da New Job!!!

Ammon started a new job a few weeks ago with P & H Minepro. The company's one and only job is to build and repair the crane-shovel thingy's pictured above (they are huge-oungous!!!!). It's a well-established corporation and a ten-year contract with the Arizona mines, so needless to say, we are hoping for good job security. By taking this job, Ammon gets $8.50 more an hour and can work up to 72 hours a week with over-time. This means he could earn almost $100,000 in a year!!! We have been praying for months for something like this for Ammon, and we are both so VERY grateful for the work of the Lord in our lives!!!

When it Rains it POURS!!

Well, our house has heard of Ammon's new job and of our extra income and slowly bits of it have started to mutiny on us!!! We had to replace a portion of the roof a few weeks ago and put a ceiling fan in the master bedroom so that Ammon can sleep in the heat of the day. However, we were unprepared for the broken toilet, swollen and collapsing front door or a broken fence. And of course, the other day, I made it worse by smasking the back window a little too hard, and shattering it to bits. We are grateful for the blessing of Ammon's new job and appreciative that everything has held up until now, but SHEESH!!!

Plus we now have an army of cans to finally take over the world!!!

Can-Smashing

You know you've been married awhile when you find smashing cans to be a good date-night activity. Ammon made this can-smasher during a slow day at work. I was very proud of course!!!

Da Loop 202 Opening

Since Ammon's dad is a big-wig at ADOT, we went to the official opening of the last leg of the Loop 202 freeway. It was hot and a lot of walking (about 4 miles total), but we got some awesome pens, a free meal, and the chance to say to our grandchildren, "We were there when..."

Sibling Rivalry

Girl against Boy!

Meeka and Bowser

duke it out to win the

ultimate prize of a

dirty old sock!

Da Boys!

I finally figured out how to download a video!!! Anyway, this is a fun video of Ammon playing with his new buddy! Bowser is about a year and a half, which puts him around a teenager for a dog, so there's still some playfulness in him. This video also shows how big Bowser is as well as how big the two puppies are, now six months!

Bowser

After months of trying, we finally have a boy!! Bowser is now our fourth child, as we always dreamed of having. At 110 pounds, he's no light-weight. Bowser (formerly Boozer) a Harlequin Great Dane (mix-ish) that's fixed, house-trained, and best of all, FREE!! Long story short, it was Ammon's dream to have a Harlequin Great Dane, so we couldn't pass up the opportunity! He's a great dog and has been a ton of fun! Plus, he really scares all of the Mexican kids that seem to think it's fun to wander onto our front yard or kick our back fence. With a bark like his, I don't think we have to worry about ANYBODY!!

Welding Away!

Ammon's co-worker took some photos of him at his shop. I think it's really AWESOME since they don't let visitors in the wherehouse for fear of damaging eyes with the welders. ... I SO PROUD!!

Poker with the Missionaries

We feed the missionaries, and what a bad influence we have become... playing poker...

drinking (root) beer...

the HUMANITY!!!