It’s a Family Photo Thing

I’m so excited to share our new family photos.

We’re again preparing our adoption profile to begin our search for our next addition. That means we needed great new photos.

Thanks to our awesome  photographer.

    

Paperless

I just received my utility bill. Ok, I just opened my utility bill. It probably arrived several days ago. Chandler is now offering a paperless, electronic billing option. For “greater convenience and enhanced security, while also being environmentally friendly.” It will also save the city thousands of dollars every year.

Why not sign up?

We offer a similar service to our pool customers where they can have all of their invoices and statements emailed to them. We can do all transactions via the internet. It saves our company hundreds of dollars a year, is better for the environment, and is easier to keep record of. 25% of our customers have requested their invoices be emailed to them.

I am grateful to have 25% less invoices to fold, stuff, and stamp (well, Luke usually does that part). This month though, the service has been a bit of a hassle. We updated to Windows7, installed the newest QuickBooks 2010, have been having wireless router problems, and emails to my cell phone have stopped working or completely freeze up my phone. Several patches, port creations, calls to T-Mobile, help from brothers, and reboots later we’re up and running again. Except for my cell… a new one is coming in the mail.

It may be a hassle, but it’s worth it.

Join the environmentally friendly craze and at the same time you’ll save the companies you do business with a load of money.

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Puerto Penasco

We had a fantastic little vacation in Mexico.

We stayed on the 7th floor in a beautiful and clean condo 100 feet from the beach.

 
The weather was amazing!

         

We even saw some dolphins from our balcony.

 

We cut our trip short though because Masie started having respiratory problems Thursday night. We thought the best thing for her might be the clean ocean air. We stayed another day, but by Saturday morning she was much worse. It took all of her energy to take a breath. A security guard at the complex pointed out the room where a doctor was staying, but he either wasn’t there or saw us coming and didn’t want to help.

It was a little scary being in a country and not knowing the language or where to go for medical attention. We decided to race back to AZ to take Masie to the doctor. I’m not sure what we would have done if it were a real emergency. It taught me a good lesson though to check out the medical facilities before leaving on vacation.
Masie had bronchiolitis, and we started her on breathing treatments right away. She’s breathing clear and is back to her old rambunctious, mischievous self again.