Monday, May 31, 2010

A MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE

Pearl Rex-Hartzell was my Mom's cousin. She died March 24 at age 93. She didn't serve in the military in the traditional way. But she served her country in politics, helping military families and loosing 1 son in military service.
Here is some of her story, taken from her obituary.
  In her 93rd year Pearl Teenie Bullock Rex-Hartzell passed peacefully through the veil to be with our father, Robert R. Rex and two sons, Norman Dale Rex and Robert Alan Rex. She passed away on May 24, 2010. .Mom was born August 19, 1917 in a small log home five miles from Lonetree, WY to Evan Molbourne Bullock and Teenie Maliniemi Bullock. Her father died from a ranching accident when she was 10. She spent her childhood in the majestic foothills of the Uinta Mountains, Evanston, WY and Randolph, UT. Pearl graduated from South Rich High school where she met Robert R. Rex, whom she later married in 1935 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She studied Art at Utah State University and the University of Utah. Mom and Dad raised 11 children in their Randolph home. They boarded school teachers for many years. The homeless and abused also found shelter there. Mom and Dad operated the Triangle Bar Ranch near Randolph, raising sheep, horses, dairy cows and beef cattle at various times. Mom enjoyed over 20 years representing Rich County as a news reporter for the Uinta County Herald and Deseret News. Mom and Dad owned and operated the Country Inn Cafe & Hotel in Randolph, noted for home cooking, pies and cinnamon rolls. Mom also operated an insurance agency in Rich County for several years. In 1982 they sold the ranch and moved to Utah County in part so Mom could nurse and care for Dad as his health began to fail. He died in 1985. . In 1992 Mom married Emerson Hartzell of Orem, UT.  . Pearl and Emerson enjoyed 14 years of companionship together.
Their honeymoon was a trip to Houston, TX where Mom was a delegate to the National Republican Presidential Nominating Convention in 1992. They soon attracted the attention of the national press as, at the age of 75, they danced each evening at various balls. Emerson died in 2006. One of Mom's lifelong passions was dancing; she started dancing as a youth in Lonetree and continued until just five weeks before she passed. Never one to cherish idle moments or to leave her opinion unspoken, Mom was always active in church, community and politics. She had a remarkable love of God, Country and Family, and she dedicated her life in service to people. Converted to the LDS Church at the age of 16, she served in a variety of callings. Her specialty was working with the youth and, later in life, with the elderly. She became a champion of abused and forgotten children, the wives and mothers of fallen soldiers, the lonely and shut-in and more, either by direct involvement or through the numerous boards and committees on which she served. She served 25 years as the Utah & Western Regional Coordinator for The Families of POW/MIA in Southeast Asia (Vietnam). That service culminated in the 1996 location and repatriation of son, Capt. Robert Alan's remains from his jet-bomber's 1968 crash site on a lonely jungle mountainside in Laos. Of particular recent note is her service to the Utah County Children's Justice Center and as a member of the Board of the Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services. She shook the hands of three U.S. Presidents, their First Ladies, and a British Prime Minister and influenced the outcome of numerous local political races. Her clarion call is that we all be actively involved in the political process to help ensure the continuance of our liberties and to be active in improving the communities in which we live. Mom was but 5 foot 2 inches tall yet none of us ever looked upon her as small or diminutive. She was a giant in our lives and set a high standard for ALL of us to follow.
I first met Pearl some time after her marriage to Emerson, at a Bullock family reunion. She loved her family and her heritage.

Pearl telling a story from Bullock history.

R-L Emerson, Pearl, granddaughter, Anne Marie(also now deceased), Ronald.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY! And to those who have given loved ones to help make our country a safe place to live!!

Sunday, May 30, 2010

STAND WITH ARIZONA RALLY

The Stand With Arizona Rally was held at Tempe Diablo Stadium on May 29, 2010.
There was a big crowd and the start was delayed to let everyone get into the stadium.

The Rally started with The Pledge of Allegiance and Star Spangled Banner (The video might be a little jumpy, sorry)


Mike Broomhead of KTYI Radio was the MC.
This is a small portion of the speech given by Michael Berry from KTRH in Houston. He is sponsoring a Buycott by sponsoring Arizona Businesses on his radio show and by bringing a large group of supporters from Houston.


I didn't get the names of this couple. They were among the organizers of the rally. She is a legal immigrant from Columbia, who worked hard and got citizenship. Her husband translated for her and then gave a speech himself.

AlphonZo Rachel from PJYV.com was called up from the crowd to speak


There were a couple of music acts The last on I was able to hear was Ann Marie (I didn't get her last name).

The rally was long and we had to leave before the end, when Sheriff Joe addressed the crowd. His speech will be on YouTube soon.
There were a lot of good speeches, with honor given to the men and women who died in Wars, and Arizona Police officers who have died on duty, especially at the hands of illegal immigrants. Honor was also paid to Veterans who were in attendance.
There were a lot of people from out of state to support Arizona and the Buycott.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT TRAVELED TO ARIZONA TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Jordyn



Jordyn is 6 and she doesn't like people telling her she is cute, even though she is. Its OK to call her "Daddy's little Princess, or Daddy's cute little Princess."
She lost her front teeth a couple of weeks ago. No corn on the cob for her this summer.
Jordyn will be graduating from Kindergarten on Thursday. Since we won't be able to go we had a combined Birthday (for Dad), Kindergarten graduation party tonight.
Jordyn is growing up way too fast!


CONGRATULATIONS JORDYN !!!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

THANK YOU SOLDIERS

A third grade teacher wrote this song and taught it to her students and now it is on you tube!

After all the bad press over a few teachers who stepped out of line teaching songs with a political persuasion to our children, this one is one you will be so proud to hear! At the end of the song you can even order the sheet music!! Awesome! I hope this sweeps our Country and gets sung in all our schools!
Click & enjoy! Great message. (Third graders from Tussing Elementary in Colonial Heights, Virginia, on You Tube)
We need more teachers with this type of heart to teach out children today.
This is good.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY !!!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

MOTHER'S DAY PRESENT??????

Last May just about this time a stray cat moved into our backyard and left her 2 kittens with us. Little Kitten has hung pretty close to home, and will actually let me step outside and talk to her, as long as I have food in my hands.
Last week I was looking out into the back yard and along came Little Kitten (Now called Lil' Mama), with 4 new kittens for us. I tried to get pictures today while they were playing on the patio and eating . I got 2 of them.

This little guy had been laying in the bowl of food a few minutes earlier, guess that's one way to insure that the other kittens don't get in its way.
After 1 picture with the door closed and 1 with the door open, Lil' Mama decided to remind me she's still the boss, and chased her brood away.