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!

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...

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...)

Mattea and Minnie

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!

Give Kids the World- Mattea's Wish

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....