Cindy met Dan about 11 years ago. They met on the job. Both are carpenters. Dan decided to be a carpenter because his father was also a carpenter. Me? Well, I just kinda fell into it. I was working in a factory making a whopping $3.25/hr. I was at a friends and they were trying to talk one of the guys into coming to work for them because they needed people. (They were doing house foundations). They told Bruce he could start at $6/hr. I thought, "Wow! $6/hr!" So I asked if ti was something I could do? Everybody laughed, but Dennis, who was the foreman of a crew. He came and told me if I was serious, to show up at the cafe' in the morning at 6:00. I figured how much harder can it be than lugging hay bales. So I showed up...Everybody took bets on how long I would last. The owner of the company said, "she will be gone by tomorrow at the latest", and sent me to pack 8' simeon forms all day. The next day I was so sore I could hardly move! I put enough Bengay on that your eyes watered if you got within 10' of me. But I found that I really liked the job and had a natural aptitude for it. One thing all of my bosses have said is that I have a good work ethic. That is something growing up that Mom and Dad would insist on. Mom and Dad might have despaired it would ever stick when I was younger; but it did and has benefited me ever since.
I have 3 children:
Lee- is 26 yrs old. He is living and working in Provo, UT. He is a whiz at computers. He aslo likes playing video games and bike riding.
Kaysha- is 20 yrs old. She is married to Colin Kitten, yes that means her name is now Kaysha Kitten. We got a good laugh out of that one. She is going to college to get a teaching degree. She is currently working at Bath and Body Works. She is also considering a degree in Business Management. She has done so well at Bath and Body Works that she already assistant manager. They live in Windsor, CO.
Christina- is 13 yrs. old. She will be going into the 8th grade next year. Her favorite things are horses and her cats. She was accepted for AVID(an advanced placement program) for next year, and we are waiting to see if she gets to be a web leader (they pair up with a 6th grader and help them with the transition to middle school).
We live in Bonney Lake, WA. It is a wonderful place to live. Lake Tapps is a glacier fed, man made lake 5 minutes away. We go swimming and boating there quite a bit. we have Mt. Rainier National Forest 30 minutes away. Yes it is a volcano, so far dormant. We like to go camping up there a lot. And we have the ocean just a little over 2 hours away. Yes it does rain here a lot but everything is so green and pretty all year long. I lived in Las Vegas for about 6 years. then went to San Diego for about 6 months them the move here. My best friend Donna moved here from Colorado at the same time as me. At first we told the kids "no you can't go outside and play it's raining" then as time went on and it was still raining the response was "here let's put on your rain coat and boots if you are going outside" then as more time went on "fine go outside a little rain won't kill ya".
Most of my favorite memories are of growing up on the farm. I loved the horses just like Christina. We had a swing in one of the trees, it seemed to go so high when I was younger.
I remember Steve and I loved James Bond movies and playing spy. We also liked Star Trek, but Steve always got to be the Captain and I always had to be Spock.
Dan loves sports! You name it, he loves it. I always pick the opposite team as him just to have a little fun. He golf's. I don't know how to golf, but people tell me he is really good. We both love NASCAR. Kasy Khane is from Enumclaw, WA just 15 minutes away so we always cheer for him.
I am most like Mom and Dad in that my kids are a very big part of my life. Our favorite vacation spot? Mesquite, NV because it is not as expensive as Las Vegas and is sunny of course.
I have 3 children:
Lee- is 26 yrs old. He is living and working in Provo, UT. He is a whiz at computers. He aslo likes playing video games and bike riding.
Kaysha- is 20 yrs old. She is married to Colin Kitten, yes that means her name is now Kaysha Kitten. We got a good laugh out of that one. She is going to college to get a teaching degree. She is currently working at Bath and Body Works. She is also considering a degree in Business Management. She has done so well at Bath and Body Works that she already assistant manager. They live in Windsor, CO.
Christina- is 13 yrs. old. She will be going into the 8th grade next year. Her favorite things are horses and her cats. She was accepted for AVID(an advanced placement program) for next year, and we are waiting to see if she gets to be a web leader (they pair up with a 6th grader and help them with the transition to middle school).
We live in Bonney Lake, WA. It is a wonderful place to live. Lake Tapps is a glacier fed, man made lake 5 minutes away. We go swimming and boating there quite a bit. we have Mt. Rainier National Forest 30 minutes away. Yes it is a volcano, so far dormant. We like to go camping up there a lot. And we have the ocean just a little over 2 hours away. Yes it does rain here a lot but everything is so green and pretty all year long. I lived in Las Vegas for about 6 years. then went to San Diego for about 6 months them the move here. My best friend Donna moved here from Colorado at the same time as me. At first we told the kids "no you can't go outside and play it's raining" then as time went on and it was still raining the response was "here let's put on your rain coat and boots if you are going outside" then as more time went on "fine go outside a little rain won't kill ya".
Most of my favorite memories are of growing up on the farm. I loved the horses just like Christina. We had a swing in one of the trees, it seemed to go so high when I was younger.
I remember Steve and I loved James Bond movies and playing spy. We also liked Star Trek, but Steve always got to be the Captain and I always had to be Spock.
Dan loves sports! You name it, he loves it. I always pick the opposite team as him just to have a little fun. He golf's. I don't know how to golf, but people tell me he is really good. We both love NASCAR. Kasy Khane is from Enumclaw, WA just 15 minutes away so we always cheer for him.
I am most like Mom and Dad in that my kids are a very big part of my life. Our favorite vacation spot? Mesquite, NV because it is not as expensive as Las Vegas and is sunny of course.
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