So I have entered the blogging phase. Wow, what a day to start.
July 12, 2009. I am sitting here with my two favorite pity party
friends, Ben and Jerry. So I will start my story or blog here....

July 12, 1981. I had just graduated high school. I was hoping
that my life would start to get better, but I knew it would not.
My hopes of going to school and becoming this great business
administrator was quickly going down the drain. I was pregnant.
I knew college was out for awhile. So, after letting a summer love
know that I couldn't go to Alaska with him, I got married to
Steve Rankin, on July 12, 1981. Yeah, it was rocky, yeah we
were in love, we thought, yeah I was pregnant. We had broke
up right after graduation. I knew I was pregnant, so I event-
ually had to tell him. The day after I told my parents, I was
married. Yes I was very bitter.

So we eventually bought our first house. We were so proud
of ourselves. Uncle Lamar and Steve spent the next eight
months getting it ready to move in. We brought our
second child home. Our third child was brought to that
house too.

We then moved to Hooper Utah. We so did not fit in, that
is until the kids started playing soccer.

I know the time spent with Steve was worth having my
three kids. I wouldn't trade them for anything in this
world...Mandy, Michelle, and Cliff.

In 2000 my Dad died, Steve and split for the final time,
and I did some drastics things to change my life. Yeah
I have made a lot of mistakes, some that have changed my
life in the most negative ways. But I will deal with that
like I do every day.

In August of 2004, after Cliff had graduated and living
in Texas, I met C. Richard Craine...at first, I thought he
was a big @%#hole. But the buggerf was persistent.
In March of 2005, we moved in together, and on Christmas
Eve 2005, we got married in my mom's front room next
to the christmas tree. Just a few people there, we were
so nervous I felt like everyone in Ogden could feel my legs
shaking. But we are working on it everyday, we are happy.
I am happy.

Between us we have 13 grandkids. Six are actually mine.
Ryan, Destiny, Michael, Melanie, Zander, and Jacob.
Wow, I have had quite a life. Yes some heartbreak,
and alot of happiness...so this is where the blogs start....