Weekend Visit...

I am not very good at taking pictures to share! I had every intention but every time I thought about it I was with out my camera. I was able to snap a few with my phone, but they aren't the greatest.

We had all kinds of fun at our sleepover with Jocey, we didn't have much time but we did manage to fit all of the important things in! Like play with the puppies, Jocey just couldn't believe how excited they were to see her and how much they love her. They kept giving her kisses and kisses and more kisses! She say, They love me so much! Jenni wanted to play the Wii but Jocey would much rather get puppie kisses! She was also able to fit in Cinderella III (but only because we couldn't find Cinderella), eating cake, jumping on the trampoline, and going to church. She was a trooper for not knowing what to expect, I think she really enjoyed primary, expecially the goldfish that Diane kept slipping to her!!! There was no hesitation on going to sit with her class during sharing and singing time or going to her very own class. (Much to Jenni's dismay. Jenni was really wanting Jocey to go with her.)

We had a wonderful visit and I am so very thankful that we were able to spend some time with Savanna and her family.

Blogging...

Savanna and Tory decided to come 'home' to Hurricane for the weekend. (Savanna is my sister that lives in Phoenix.) I was so excited when I found out, we haven't seen them since just after Christmas! We got up and headed to mom's to visit and yes, yes I "forced" her to start a blog! (Once she got started on her playlist there was no forcing involved!) She says not to expect much, I told her that it would take less than five minutes to post now and then, but after all of the time that it took to set it up she doesn't quite believe me. (of course the time it took doesn't have anything to do with changing the background half a dozen times, or making that playlist!!) Jocelyn had so much fun playing with her cousins, it was so cute when she said to her mommy, Thanks for letting me go to the park so many times with my cousins Mommy! (this was as they were heading to the park 2 blocks away for the third time!) We are having a sleepover at our house with Jocey tonight and taking her to church with us in the morning, os I am off to borrow a dress for her from a friend! I will post pic's of our visit soon!

I also helped Ashley (with her dad's permission) to start a family blog so now we just need to work on Mom and Lester's Fam!

On the Road

After spending 5 days in Salt Lake for testing, training and orientation George hit the road last Friday afternoon (13th) headed for Reno. Unfortunately the weather was not very helpful and once he reached Reno he was stuck for 4 more days! They had closed the roads to California and that is where they wanted him to be. Finally, yesterday he was able to head out, he made it to his destination last night and unloaded this morning. Now he is on his way to load up and make a trek to Tempe, Az.
George and I both have sisters in that area, so I am sure that there will be no layover time and he will have a load waiting to go out as soon as he hits town!!!! LOL... Isn't that the way it always works. (Maybe he will get lucky and have an evening that he can spend visiting, and be able to get some time away from what I call his "studio apartment"!
As much as I hate him being away I love him that much more for the sacrifice that he is making for our family.

Bitter Sweet

Today has been a bitter sweet day in our household. George has headed to Salt Lake to go through some training and orientation for Knight Trucking. He is hoping to be officially employed and in a truck by Thursday.
I keep trying to remind myself that it is a good thing to be employed, but I am unable to convince myself that any employment that takes you away from your family is good. There have been a boatload of tears shed, and I am sure there are more to come. I am thankful for a busy week ahead of me. I will be tending kids at the beginning of the week and helping mom at Lin's with Flowers for Valentines Day towards the end of the week. The next week will be the challenge when life as normal resumes (or so to speak). I will be grateful to not have any bill collectors ringing and the mailman to not be dumping past due notices at our feet. (So far we have been blessed to be able to stay on top of everything). So I say to myself.... One step at a time, One Day at a time and before we know it this will all be a distant memory.

New Blog!

Ok, not that I have been keeping up with the TWO blogs I already have, but.... I am adding another to the list! "What's Four Dinner?" www.whatsfourdinner.blogspot.com

It is a shared blog with the Dinner Group that I belong to. There are four of us and each is assigned one night (Mon. - Thurs.) Each of us cook four meals on our assigned night and the rest of us kick back, (yeah right!) more correctly we concentrate on all of the other tasks that always need to be done! My night is Thursday!!! So, I cook 4 meals on Thursday and take around to the three other families. I have been a "member" of this Dinner Group since right after school started and let me tell you I would not want to change it anytime soon! I Love not only the convenience of it but also the new variety of meals that we are experiencing!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!

We are now venturing in to the blogging world with our meals and recipes of the week.