What a great yet busy year. We had our ups and downs and we have been blessed.
We were lucky that when Mike lost his job he got a new one quickly, even though it was stressful getting there and not knowing what was going to happen. It has been a great job for him. I sometimes hate the 12 hour shifts, but at least we can cover our bills and eat. Not much else, but as long as you make enough to survive is great. I like this company. We were able to go to Snowbird for the work party and try as many as we had time for rides they had. Maybe if we go next year we can get more. It has good benefits and even though he is working the holidays this year, the pay will be great.
The kids are doing good with school. Abigail has learned cursive and is still loving math. Brooklyn is loving first grade and is going to extra classes to help with her reading. Xavier is doing two preschools. One is a joy school and the other is an online preschool. Which he has learned a lot, now if I can just get him to write his name. Ezra is learning and talking a lot. He will sing the alphabet and can count to ten. He turns 2 in a week.
I have started school again. I try to study everyday but sometimes it is hard when all my kids are home. I am hoping to work so we can afford to move out of our apartment, but we shall see. Just need to get through the classes first and pray that I pass.
I am hoping 2016 is as good as 2015 or even better.
12/31/2015
7/02/2015
Once again it has been a long time. Life just keeps passing quickly.
Mike is still liking his job at IM Flash. The 12 plus hours a day are hard. He works Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and depending if he is working days or graveyard he works on Wednesday or Saturday. It is nice him making more, and hopefully someday we can get into a house. He is going to have a sleep study soon to see if he has sleep Apnea.
I am doing good,just trying to work on my cross stitching. and keeping up with 4 kids. My grandma Smith passed away in April. It was hard but she is now with grandpa Smith again. The middle of April she had a stroke and was given the option to be on a feeding tube and live in a rest home for the rest of her life or just go home and let herself pass away. She decided that she wanted to go home. We all got a turn to go stay with her and take care of her. It was so hard to see her that way.
Abigail finished out her 2nd grade year and is looking forward to go to 3rd grade, she even got the teacher that she wanted. She loves to read and loves math. She turns 8 next week, so we are getting ready for her baptism. She is really excited. I bought her a white dress and a tent sale for $10 it was originally $100. We got her in swim lessons this year and she loves it. She will jump in pool and swims under water. I hope she will keep it up. She is going to do fall soccer, I also got her in a soccer camp at the end of July.
Brooklyn finished kindergarten and to her excitement her teacher is moving up to first grade with her. I guess there was a few teachers that wanted to trade grades and her teacher was one of them. She is like I already know and love my teacher. I really like her teacher too, so it is fun. She is excited that she gets to eat school lunch next year and stay all day. She played soccer in the fall and when I say play she kind of stood there and looked around and sometimes went and kicked the ball. But she loves it and wants to do it more, she will play again in the fall. She also did swim, but didn't catch on like Abigail did.
Both girls are making lots of friends in our neighborhood and are always out playing, I sometimes have to take them water so they will not get dehydrated.
Xavier loved doing preschool and is excited to do Joy School again next year, with a few different people. He is also going to do UPStart which is a preschool program by the state. He just has to do it for 15 minutes a day on the computer. He loves his bike this year and rides it everywhere. He has decided he wants to do baseball and so we got him in a summer program that will teach him t-ball. If he really likes it then we will sign him up for spring baseball. He is excited to turn 5 and keeps telling us he will get glasses like his sisters at age 5. I said we will see. He has friends to but doesn't like to be bossed around by them. So he will come in when people start bossing him around. He is growing like a weed he is already in 5T clothes.
Ezra he is one of the funniest yet stubborn boys. If he doesn't want to do something he will scream. He will be 18 months old on Monday. We are still taking him to nursery on Sunday. He is learning new words all the time. His new favorite thing is when you ask him for a five he will come up and lick your hand then walk away laughing. One day he decided he was done with his high chair, we let that last for one day then when he was climbing on the table we put a stop to it. He loves going outside and walking around the house we are trying to teach him he can't go in the road though. He loves going places and if either Mike and I put on shoes he will get his and say go bye bye.
Hopefully I will post again in a few days with pictures.
Mike is still liking his job at IM Flash. The 12 plus hours a day are hard. He works Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and depending if he is working days or graveyard he works on Wednesday or Saturday. It is nice him making more, and hopefully someday we can get into a house. He is going to have a sleep study soon to see if he has sleep Apnea.
I am doing good,just trying to work on my cross stitching. and keeping up with 4 kids. My grandma Smith passed away in April. It was hard but she is now with grandpa Smith again. The middle of April she had a stroke and was given the option to be on a feeding tube and live in a rest home for the rest of her life or just go home and let herself pass away. She decided that she wanted to go home. We all got a turn to go stay with her and take care of her. It was so hard to see her that way.
Abigail finished out her 2nd grade year and is looking forward to go to 3rd grade, she even got the teacher that she wanted. She loves to read and loves math. She turns 8 next week, so we are getting ready for her baptism. She is really excited. I bought her a white dress and a tent sale for $10 it was originally $100. We got her in swim lessons this year and she loves it. She will jump in pool and swims under water. I hope she will keep it up. She is going to do fall soccer, I also got her in a soccer camp at the end of July.
Brooklyn finished kindergarten and to her excitement her teacher is moving up to first grade with her. I guess there was a few teachers that wanted to trade grades and her teacher was one of them. She is like I already know and love my teacher. I really like her teacher too, so it is fun. She is excited that she gets to eat school lunch next year and stay all day. She played soccer in the fall and when I say play she kind of stood there and looked around and sometimes went and kicked the ball. But she loves it and wants to do it more, she will play again in the fall. She also did swim, but didn't catch on like Abigail did.
Both girls are making lots of friends in our neighborhood and are always out playing, I sometimes have to take them water so they will not get dehydrated.
Xavier loved doing preschool and is excited to do Joy School again next year, with a few different people. He is also going to do UPStart which is a preschool program by the state. He just has to do it for 15 minutes a day on the computer. He loves his bike this year and rides it everywhere. He has decided he wants to do baseball and so we got him in a summer program that will teach him t-ball. If he really likes it then we will sign him up for spring baseball. He is excited to turn 5 and keeps telling us he will get glasses like his sisters at age 5. I said we will see. He has friends to but doesn't like to be bossed around by them. So he will come in when people start bossing him around. He is growing like a weed he is already in 5T clothes.
Ezra he is one of the funniest yet stubborn boys. If he doesn't want to do something he will scream. He will be 18 months old on Monday. We are still taking him to nursery on Sunday. He is learning new words all the time. His new favorite thing is when you ask him for a five he will come up and lick your hand then walk away laughing. One day he decided he was done with his high chair, we let that last for one day then when he was climbing on the table we put a stop to it. He loves going outside and walking around the house we are trying to teach him he can't go in the road though. He loves going places and if either Mike and I put on shoes he will get his and say go bye bye.
Hopefully I will post again in a few days with pictures.
3/03/2015
Never say never
After my baby sitting job last year, I was like never again. But back in September I went to the bus stop to get Brooklyn from the kindergarten bus. A little boy got off, but his parents were not there. Since I have talked to them a few times, I decided to walk the boy home. As we were walking there his dad pulled up. He said that their babysitter just decided she couldn't watch their kids anymore and if I knew anyone on a temporary basis. I said I could do it until they found someone. The kids are both older, plus it was only 2-3 times a week. 5 months later I am still watching the kids. I find out next month if I will keep baby sitting or if they will move. I won't mind either way the kids get along really well with mine, and like I said it is only a couple of times a week.
3/02/2015
new job
The end of December we found out Mike's job of the last two and a half years was going to relocate. They were going to lay off the majority of the people. Only took 2-3 guys with them. So we started the long journey of looking for a new job.
Mike had a few interviews that basically sucked. They lasted about 10 minutes max. He then had a phone interview with IM flash. It was supposed to last a half hour but ended up lasting over an hour. They then called him in for a 3 hour interview. Problem was it was scheduled the exact same time as one of my old roommates weddings. Luckily a sister in my ward was able to come and baby sit our kids. Problem with the job he was interviewing for needed to start the middle of February which would of made us lose the severance package. But when the middle of February came and went we knew that wasn't going to happen. But we still hadn't heard from them.
A couple of days later Mike sent me a text to not make dinner that night, and that he would call me. When he called he said that he got the job at IM flash and that he was starting the beginning of March which worked out perfect with his last job.We were so excited.
His first day was today and he said he thinks he will like it. We found out his schedule today. He will be doing shift work 6:30-6:30 switching from days to graveyards every 4 months. He will start with graveyard. He works Sunday through Tuesday and then every other Saturday. I hope it works out.
Mike had a few interviews that basically sucked. They lasted about 10 minutes max. He then had a phone interview with IM flash. It was supposed to last a half hour but ended up lasting over an hour. They then called him in for a 3 hour interview. Problem was it was scheduled the exact same time as one of my old roommates weddings. Luckily a sister in my ward was able to come and baby sit our kids. Problem with the job he was interviewing for needed to start the middle of February which would of made us lose the severance package. But when the middle of February came and went we knew that wasn't going to happen. But we still hadn't heard from them.
A couple of days later Mike sent me a text to not make dinner that night, and that he would call me. When he called he said that he got the job at IM flash and that he was starting the beginning of March which worked out perfect with his last job.We were so excited.
His first day was today and he said he thinks he will like it. We found out his schedule today. He will be doing shift work 6:30-6:30 switching from days to graveyards every 4 months. He will start with graveyard. He works Sunday through Tuesday and then every other Saturday. I hope it works out.
1/06/2015
Happy Birthday Ezra
I can't believe my baby is one. Here are a few pictures of him since my last blog. Boy am I a slacker. Hopefully I will have more posts sooner than later.
He is usually a happy boy.
He found my box of pears and decided he needed to eat one.
Showing me how he can stand up.
He does cry sometimes.
He really has a cute personality
He got one bottom tooth and one top one first then the others grew in was so cute.
He loves his dad. As soon as Mike gets home Ezra will go up to him and follow him around.
This is how the boys did temple square. At least he got a nap I guess.
He loves the fan at Grandma's house. He played with it for a half hour.
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