About the Winn Family
Coming to a site and finding a total stranger asking for money must invoke a variety
of emotions. It certainly would for me if I were coming here out of my own curiousity.
This page is simply going to give you some idea of who we are as a family and how
we've tried to manage life since December of 2001.
It would be best to start with an explanation of who I am, what I do and why I'm
now investing time in this website. My name is Rex Winn and I am the father of Grant,
Katie and Paige Winn. Grant is my oldest son at 6 years of age, Katie is now 5 and
half and Paige just recently rounded the corner of being 2 years old. In December
of 2001 I was a Software Engineer for
Micron Technology, Inc. here in Boise, Idaho.
At the time Micron was the worlds leading DRAM manufacturer and we had plenty of
work to do in maintaining that position. My job was to participate
in writing the backlog and inventory management system that Micron used to manage
it's parts around the world. I enjoyed my work and enjoyed being a 'micronaught'
during that time. In February of 2003 Micron laid me and 1300+ other technology
workers off in one of their largest layoffs in company history. I had some tough
choices and the best option at the time was to try and finish my degree in Computer
Science from Boise State University. I embarked upon this task for about 3 semesters
before realizing my family was starving and things were getting really bad. So I
formed my own company
Code-frog System Architects, Inc. here in Boise, Idaho back
in April of 2004. I've worked for myself since then and
you can visit my site to learn more about what I do. In that time I've also become
an
MVP for
Iron Speed, Inc.
makers of a truly fantastic product here in the U.S. and used heavily
by a variety of very well known companies.
My wife's name is Deanna and since Katie was born she's been a stay at home mom
for obvious reasons. Yes, we did try having her work but that got very complex as
it required having a registered nurse care for Katie, awkward work schedules and
it quickly became more expensive for her to work than to stay at home. Since that
time she has tried a few home operated businesses but the demands of caring for
Katie and making sure my wife's work didn't interfere with my company made it necessary
for her to focus on being a mom. I might add that on most days she probably puts
in longer hours than I do and that's a nod to mom's everywhere if they work or stay
at home.
We are a very dynamic family that has learned to cope with a lot of change and make
the most out of things. We probably get more excited about microwave popcorn than
most and we certainly enjoy sitting outside and just relaxing as our children discover
the world around them in our back yard. Presently we are hibernating. Summer is
in full swing, our children are out of school and we are just trying to slow things
down a bit and get orientation for our plans for this fall which will be here soon
enough. This fall my son will start first grade, Katie will begin kindergarten and
Paige will get drug along for the ride and to provide moral support of course.