Wow, a whole month has gone by! We started out by all getting terribly sick with colds/sinus infection when we first got here. That took about 2 weeks to pass through, but mean time I started my new job (sick). Because of the sickness and general chaos, we are still unpacking! So much fun. My new job is great so far, but I can honestly say that rather than stay in the float pool, I am thinking once my trial period is up I am going to probably choose a permanent floor to work on. Stew has been back and forth to Salt Lake several times already, and just headed back today to pick up Mom, who is going to come stay with us for awhile. Someday soon, I hope to post some updated pics.
Stew and I have also been busy with our Master's classes in mental health counseling in our spare time...ha.
20 March, 2010
12 February, 2010
Packin'
We are madly packing! I've got to work Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. We head to Denver Thursday afternoon for Mattea's cardiology appointment, then on to Idaho!
We are showing the house on Sunday to potential renters, so please keep us in your prayers! Renters at this point would be a blessing so we don't have to make double payments every month.
I have to say I am tired, and even more tired thinking about the week ahead of us.
We are showing the house on Sunday to potential renters, so please keep us in your prayers! Renters at this point would be a blessing so we don't have to make double payments every month.
I have to say I am tired, and even more tired thinking about the week ahead of us.
05 February, 2010
We have a place to go now
Well we just signed a lease on house in Idaho and will be leaving NM in just 14 days. Yes it will be a very busy time for us.
We have to pack up everything that is going and throw out what isn't. No all the kids get to go Darn!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will still have to return to paint and clean when everyone is gone, oh joy!
Lou has to find someone to watch the kids and get settled in at the new place and then go to work. But it is day shift and no longer Nights. So in a few years she can be maybe a normal person and go to bed at night.
Everyone seems exicted about having grass again and also being closer to lou's family.
Her mother is moving to Idaho also and we are looking for a place for her as she has decided to be closer to her daughter.
We are racing to get this first class done at college and then we get a one week break before the next class and hopefully everything here will be done by then.
I think that is all at the moment other than the last two snow storms and we are to get another one this weekend.
I just hope when it is time to leave the weather is mild and sort of warm and no storms as it is almost a 1000 mile drive to our new home.
We have to pack up everything that is going and throw out what isn't. No all the kids get to go Darn!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will still have to return to paint and clean when everyone is gone, oh joy!
Lou has to find someone to watch the kids and get settled in at the new place and then go to work. But it is day shift and no longer Nights. So in a few years she can be maybe a normal person and go to bed at night.
Everyone seems exicted about having grass again and also being closer to lou's family.
Her mother is moving to Idaho also and we are looking for a place for her as she has decided to be closer to her daughter.
We are racing to get this first class done at college and then we get a one week break before the next class and hopefully everything here will be done by then.
I think that is all at the moment other than the last two snow storms and we are to get another one this weekend.
I just hope when it is time to leave the weather is mild and sort of warm and no storms as it is almost a 1000 mile drive to our new home.
03 February, 2010
More snow...IDAHO!!!
We are in the midst of yet ANOTHER snow storm, several inches more fell while I slept today. We have over a foot of snow on the ground right now...
And the news of the week is that I have accepted a position on the Clinical Support Team at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise, IDAHO!!! So please keep us in your prayers as we search for a place to live and prepare for another chapter in our lives.
And the news of the week is that I have accepted a position on the Clinical Support Team at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise, IDAHO!!! So please keep us in your prayers as we search for a place to live and prepare for another chapter in our lives.
30 January, 2010
Still here...
Life is busy as usual.
We've had a crazy amount of snow this winter, with almost a foot dumped on us in the last week or so. We had to push my car out of the driveway the other day, not to mention our dirt road that didn't really get plowed. I love my new Accord for every kind of driving except in snow. It kind of skids everywhere. That's when I do like Stew's big 4WD Ford truck.
I've been applying for, and interviewing for, LOT of nursing jobs in UT and ID. Now I have a possibility of job offers in both states. Hopefully this coming week will bring a decision and a plan. I've started trying to organize all our stuff. Ugh, what a job moving is.
Mattea is making baby steps of progress every day. She's insistent on attention and now that she's learned how to climb onto the couch, she's got to join me whenever I'm sitting there. And for the first time ever, the other day I smiled at her and she smiled BACK at me!!! She's normally a smiley girl but has never imitated or returned any sort of communication like that before. We did take her up to Ogden UT for a neurodevelopmental evaluation and are beginning a learning program for her with lots of interaction and structured activities.
Unfortunately, Kory has sabotaged his private school experience due to poor grades due to incomplete homework, schoolwork, and disruptive behavior in class. Now we will be back to homeschooling. He's apprehensive and rebellious. Should be interesting. Gotta love teenagers.
Serena, up in Orem, UT, and her family may be buying their first house and I am thrilled for them! I will be so happy to see them out of a dark basement apartment and into a much larger, sunny house with a big backyard for all those grandkids. She's excited. I'm excited!
Stew and I have begun our new career track working on our Master's degrees in Mental Health Counseling. We've got a ways to go but I am really excited about the required classes and so far I am impressed with the online university (Walden).
And finally, I am gearing up for Feb, Mar, Apr and May birthdays all coming up quickly.
I haven't forgotten to post all the holiday and Orlando pics, just haven't gotten them developed yet, so I will have Christmas in Feb on the blog. I hope everyone is having a wonderful New Year!
We've had a crazy amount of snow this winter, with almost a foot dumped on us in the last week or so. We had to push my car out of the driveway the other day, not to mention our dirt road that didn't really get plowed. I love my new Accord for every kind of driving except in snow. It kind of skids everywhere. That's when I do like Stew's big 4WD Ford truck.
I've been applying for, and interviewing for, LOT of nursing jobs in UT and ID. Now I have a possibility of job offers in both states. Hopefully this coming week will bring a decision and a plan. I've started trying to organize all our stuff. Ugh, what a job moving is.
Mattea is making baby steps of progress every day. She's insistent on attention and now that she's learned how to climb onto the couch, she's got to join me whenever I'm sitting there. And for the first time ever, the other day I smiled at her and she smiled BACK at me!!! She's normally a smiley girl but has never imitated or returned any sort of communication like that before. We did take her up to Ogden UT for a neurodevelopmental evaluation and are beginning a learning program for her with lots of interaction and structured activities.
Unfortunately, Kory has sabotaged his private school experience due to poor grades due to incomplete homework, schoolwork, and disruptive behavior in class. Now we will be back to homeschooling. He's apprehensive and rebellious. Should be interesting. Gotta love teenagers.
Serena, up in Orem, UT, and her family may be buying their first house and I am thrilled for them! I will be so happy to see them out of a dark basement apartment and into a much larger, sunny house with a big backyard for all those grandkids. She's excited. I'm excited!
Stew and I have begun our new career track working on our Master's degrees in Mental Health Counseling. We've got a ways to go but I am really excited about the required classes and so far I am impressed with the online university (Walden).
And finally, I am gearing up for Feb, Mar, Apr and May birthdays all coming up quickly.
I haven't forgotten to post all the holiday and Orlando pics, just haven't gotten them developed yet, so I will have Christmas in Feb on the blog. I hope everyone is having a wonderful New Year!
23 January, 2010
Please help Lauren's dad...
Multiple sclerosis is a devastating disease...please help sponsor Lauren whose dad has MS. Just click on the title to this post and it will take you to her sponsor page. Even $1 will help...
22 January, 2010
Parker's Mama is having a really cool giveaway!!!
Check this out, I was excited! I thought these were pretty cool! (Click on the title to this post...)
02 January, 2010
Mattea and Minnie
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Give Kids the World is an amazing, wonderful escape and a dream come true! This picture is just an example of this gift we were blessed with. We thank them as well as Make-a-Wish Albuquerque for the wonderful week we just experienced!!! We will treasure the memories forever!
01 January, 2010
We've been traveling...
We've been in Orlando, FL all week for Mattea's Make-a-wish trip. I have two disposable cameras full of pics plus what they will give us tomorrow on a disc to take home. Once we are home, I will post a detailed account and lots of pics. Highlights include meeting Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, and other characters, and even Santa himself was here. There were lots of fun activities both in the theme parks and at Give Kids the World resort. And to top it off, we got to meet a very special Reece's Rainbow family today. Details to come soon....
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