Volleyball and Baseball

Just a few pictures of the boys and their chosen sports. Ahhhh, springtime!

Gray Hair

Someone once said that your kids will cause gray hair. Well, it is so true. I first want to apologize to my mom and dad for their gray hair which I am sure I caused. I totally expect Rebecca, Tara, Steven, Logan, Emma and Kevin to someday also apologize to me. Recent gray was cause when Tara stood in the door and said, "Dad, I totally didn't see your car parked in the driveway when I backed out of the garage." This would not have been so bad except that the car that she backed into was a truck and it belonged to LVMPD, my take home car for work. It was minor damage, nothing that baler twine and duct tape can't fix, however there is more to this story. Both Rebecca and Tara have now wrecked more cars that don't belong to them than both Ruth and I have our whole lives. And, Tara has now wrecked both the front and back of the PT Crusier. Again minor and the car still runs but the gray hair keeps coming.

Trip to Payson, AZ

Craig and I took a quick trip to Payson, AZ in April for his National Guard reunion. We lived in Payson for about 2 years, although it seems much longer than that. Right after we moved to Roosevelt, UT, his unit was activated to go to Desert Storm. His paperwork had been stalled, so he had to go with them. They were in Saudi Arabia for 6 months. He hadn't seen any of them for 18 years! We could hardly believe it had been that long. We were a little nervous to go, but thoroughly enjoyed ourselves once we got there. All the guys had a great time remembering their time together, and all the wives learned things we never knew. We went to Flagstaff on Friday night, then on to Payson Saturday morning. We explored the town and found all 3 of the places we lived in. It was a little strange. For some reason I remembered everything being bigger than it actually was. After the reunion we left for home. So...our whole trip was about 30 hours! It was really fun and we took lots of pictures, so beware!

This is the bridge being built near Hoover Dam. It was so amazing to see something like that up close!



This is the newspaper office Craig worked for.


This is our first apartment. We were upstairs on the right.

This was our second place. We lived in Ruby's basement.

And this was the third place. We lived in a pre-fab home on the spot where I'm standing. Below is "the meadow" out our front door.

This is the hospital where Tara was born. She was the only baby in the hospital that day.



A giant Saguaro cactus.

Craig and his army buddies.

All of the guys at the reunion.

The guys in Craig's platoon.

This was just an unlucky turn that ended up being a lucky, awesome find in Kingman. It looks like the sheriff in Cars!

Where's the sun?

It's BARELY partly cloudy outside today, and Emma and Kevin said to Tara on the way to school, "Dang! Now we won't be able to play shadow tag."

Baby Charlotte is here!

After much anticipation, Baby Charlotte arrived on May 11, 2009 at 2:51 pm. She weighed in at 8 lbs. 2 oz. and is 20" long. Rebecca and baby are doing fine; just tired. Rebecca had an easy delivery after a trying start; she was slow to dilate, but then went from a 4 to a 10 in about 2 hours! The baby simply came out without any pushing! In fact, the nurse delivered the baby because the doctor didn't get there in time! What a great story she'll have to tell. Here are a few pictures we took yesterday. We think she's a keeper!

Welcome to Reno...

After working the valley as a motor officer for 7 years I got to know my way around the city pretty well. I also learned that I could get from point "A" to point "B" and pass several 7-11 stores where I could refill and cool off. With this also came the curse that has become the well known new website dadquest.com which is similar to mapquest.com except you don't need a computer. I am just a phone call away. So let me explain...no time to explain, let me sum up. My two oldest, Rebecca and Tara cannot find their way out of a wet paper bag. Both Rebecca and Tara have now mastered getting lost while trying to get to or home from the Las Vegas Temple. They have each called me and said the words "I am at Cheyenne and I-95, am I close to home". I laugh and say, "Welcome to Reno". If you know the Las Vegas valley the Temple is on the far east side. Cheyenne and I-95 is on the far north end of the valley. The Jex house is on the far south end of the valley. Our house is two miles from any freeway and both Rebecca and Tara have managed to get lost and end up on the far north end of the valley while trying to find home. Where did I go wrong.

Kevin and Frost

Kevin fell asleep with Frost on his chest one night. This is how Tara found him. So cute...we just had to snap a picture!