Stephanie Cropper (Hobbs):  

Life I left Kingman as soon as I could around 1995 and moved to Las Vegas where my husband and I opened our own business and built our first home. I had my first daughter (Heather) in 1994 just before leaving Kingman. My second daughter (Summer) arrived in 1997. Think God or whoever...that my family was all still in Kingman, because just 3 months after my youngest was born....my girls daddy, my husband was killed in a car accident. I had tons of support and was able to keep my head up....by drawing straingth from my girls, family, and friends. I met my current husband on line in 1997. (Just 3 months after my husband died.) On some crazy leavel...we connected right away. He lived in Salem Oregon and I still in Las Vegas. We would take turns flying to see eachother every few week for about 8 months. There was never a day go by where we did not talk to one-another. I asked him to move out to Vegas with me about Christmas of 1998. I had to see if things would work for us on my ground. I had way to much to risk by leaving my house (the only one my girls have ever known), my business (the thing that was keeping the roof over our heads), and the close-ness of my family. So he moved in and we started doing life right away. We got married Augest 1999. After many trips up north to Salem and Seattle to visit his family....I fell in love with the ways of his family, the slow pace of life, the green of the trees and plants, the damp rainy days, and the clean air. I had to move. We left Vegas in 2002 and bought an older home on 2 achers with a year-round creek running through the back of it. This is my heaven! My husband runs a branch of the family ...Expand for more