Happy 9th Birthday Zachary!!

My only little boy turned nine years old on Sunday Nov. 18th. He is spoiled rotten since he is the only boy in the family. It's hard to believe how fast he is growing up. We had a little party for him Sunday afternoon. Of course as usual I let each one pick their special birthday meal. He chose Lasagna and garlic bread. A very simple meal to put together, and of course another wonderful cake by our friend Cindy Marroquin. She does such a beautiful job decorating. We had a few people over, our good friend Gay, our new neighbor and friend Larissa Hunter and her parents who were in town, Zola & Stanley and Grandma Brown.
Life is so busy right now. That's another whole blog to come later. But it's nice to sit back one day and celebrate life. Happy birthday Zach Man! We love you lots!

The last week....where did it go?

Where do I begin? This past week has flown by. We have been very busy in the office, and I just haven't had time to be on the internet for myself too much. So I am a little slow in posting, so we'll do the last week all in one shot.
Let's start off with Meagan. She ran into the corner of the glass table in our dining room. One of the kids were chasing her and guess she hit it just right. I had just taken the corner bumpers off about 2 weeks ago. So, we had blood everywhere and she got a nice shiner out of it. It's looking better each day. Thank goodness she didn't need any stitches.
We also had tropical storm Noel moving through our area and we received lots of rain. So this was making it impossible to dodge the raindrops and try and go door to door for trick or treating. So, we opted for the comforts of indoors and headed to the mall. This was our first experience doing the mall thing. And boy was it an experience. We entered the mall through JCPenneys. Went out into the hall and Boom! There were hundreds of people standing in a line. So you squeezed in line with the rest and made your way around the mall in a circle. They had people stationed outside the stores with candy handing each child like one piece. Needless to say after many people running you over and walking for hours. We came away with barely anything. We had 4 bags going and got not quite a candy dish full when we got home. So lets chalk that one up as experience. I suppose everyone went to the mall with the same idea of staying dry. There were hundreds of people everywhere!
Meagan has her days in the office. She is frustrated at times. But we are working on a part time sitter to get her out of the office a few hours a day. She is quite the ham sometimes.
It was good to see Tim & Sharron Teed. We went out to dinner with them to Bono's. A great BarBQ place. We had good food and some nice conversation. Always nice to slow down and enjoy life. That's been kind of hard to do lately.
Back in the middle of another week. Always plenty to do, Thursday evening we have 2 parent teacher conferences. Does the madness ever end??






Meagan's first black eye. And this looks good compared to the first day.



All my little trick or treaters


Meagan didn't care about any tricks, She just wanted the treats. She helped herself to a sucker once she figured out what they were giving her



I guess when you get up out of your seat, you stand the chance of losing it. Meagan decided my chair looked like a comfy place for a nap one day



It was good to have Tim & Sharron Teed in for a few days over the weekend.



The kids engrossed in conversation after a delicious dinner



Mommy & Meagan enjoying some after dinner conversation




This is Meagan, playing around in Dad's office. She loves to climb on everything. Somedays she is quite a handful.

Happy Birthday Jessica!!!

Today is Jessica's 12th birthday. Time is flying by so fast. We celebrated with a party on Sunday. Each child gets to pick their own birthday dinner. She chose Spaghetti and homemade meatballs. Below are a couple videos and a slideshow of the days events. Happy birthday to a special girl who is growing up way to fast!

Jessica blowing out her candles on her cake







Jessica is opening the gift from my parents up North. All the kids like grandma's boxes because they all get some kind of trinket.

Meagan and the icemaker

For those of you who think I have dropped off the earth, I have not! The last few weeks have been very busy. Trying to juggle a full time work schedule, homelife and everything in between sometimes gets the best of me. It's been several years, like 10 yrs since I have worked at a job fulltime. We are getting many people stopping by the office to check things out. We are getting our agent appointments and visits from the many companies we are writing with. So this is keeping us on our toes.

I went home the other night and while fixing dinner Meagan decided to push a chair up to the fridge and help herself to some ice. Well, you can't tell in the video but she changed it to the water button and was running water all over the floor. Of course Andrea had to help her out and change it back to ice, so she proceeds to have ice shooting out at some point. This is the fun I have to deal with on a daily basis with Meagan. She keeps us young!

7 random things about myself

I have been tagged to tell 7 things about myself. I'm not sure I can think of anything to say but here goes:

1. I recently got my Insurance License so I can start working in our new office and help my husband by being his secretary. Scary! I didn't think my little ole brain could handle all the info to pass the class. But I did it. And now I am back to work. Yeah for me!

2. Our last child was born at home with a midwife. We loved every minute of it and if we ever had to do it again we would surely do a homebirth. It was nice being in our own comfort zone and not worrying about leaving the kids or waking anyone else up to have to go to a hospital. That was the best choice we ever made!

3. I have an amazing husband that although our parents had known each other for many years, we never really new each other personally until a fluke thing of me hiring his mother to cater some food for my parents 25th anniversary, and while doing so he called home from college in Florida to talk to his mother and she proceeded to put me on the phone to say hi. It was all over from there. We went on our first date in August of 1989 to a local campmeeting in Ohio. We talked on the phone, and as Rod says I wrote him books for letters while he was in Florida at college and at Christmas he asked me to marry him . We were married in April 1990. So a short and sweet dating and engagement for us.

4. I have been through 2 house fires. One when I was in 6th grade when my parents house burnt. Thankfully I was at a friends an my parents were at work. But my dad came home to it. And the second was Rod & I's house in 1994. Rod was able to rescue Britt to get her out of the house and our dog. Although we lost our whole house and most of our belongings we learned that life is more precious than any valuables you can own.

5. In high school I was a school mascot for 2 football games my senior year. I had to dress up in Indian garb and paint my face and run around and get the spirit up. And cheer with the cheerleaders.

6. After my parents house burnt , roller skating was the big thing. I started rollerskating every weekend. I became a really good skater and took art lessons to learn how to dance the waltz etc on skates. I also learned how to do jumps such as axles, sowcows,and all those wonderful jumps ice skaters can do. I actually was in a few competitions, but never placed anywhere.

7. I am an only child and spoiled rotten by my parents. And to this day I would have to say they still spoil me with nice gifts at christmas. I love my parents very much!

I'm not sure who to tag because I think everyone has already been tagged. So if you haven't been tagged by someone, feel free to consider yourself tagged and do the same on your blog.

The New Office

We are officially in our new office. Things are looking good and getting organized. We have a few minor details to finish up. We are writing business and learning new things everyday. Meagan is adjusting to being in here with us. She gets along pretty good except at nap time. But we are getting through it. She usually sleeps about an hour in the afternoon for me. I bought her a little matt to lay on while she is asleep. We are excited about this bigger space and the new lines of business we have expanded into. So anyone who needs Auto or homeowners or business Insurance including liability, health or life Insurance we would be glad to give you a quote if we possibly can. Just more practice for us! And with some companies we need to run a minimum with them our first month even if we don't write the business. So look us up! Directly across from Circle K in Hobe Sound.








The outside of the building

The front door with lettering on it:HSBR Insurance

Conferance room minus the table

Waiting area

This is our kitchen area. Waiting on end caps for countertops and a large refridgerator


This is our training room for agents and clients for seminars

This is the messy room for now. A work area to pack AFLAC and Blue cross and other brochures for group meetings



This office is currently awaiting one of our other agents


Rod & Kevin's office



Me at my desk working away



The printing and fax area



Meagan likes standing at the door and waving to passing cars

Meagan our little dancer

Meagan loves to dance. Every time she hears music she will usually do her own little jig. She loves to shake her little booty! She has recently come to love doing the chicken dance. So anytime she can get ahold of her chicken she will start in. I have tried many times to get a good video of her, but she usually quits the minute she sees the camera. So here is the best I can do. Enjoy!








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