Six months gone by aready!!?

I can't believe six months have already passed since my last post! Wow how time flies. So here is a small update:

Alana turned 4!!
--- Can't believe it, but there you have it. I now have a big 4 year old!

We had the roof on our house in La Grande fix/changed.
--- It needed done for awhile and we're glad that it finally is - one less headace

David has been officially layed off.
--- a new chapter in our life is about to begin as he attempts school. We are excited to move on and for David to start doing what he's always wanted to do "when he grows up" - lol

And now that he's layed off we can attempt to do our back yard project that has been waiting for us for two years.

And that is about the sum of it for now - no major bad stuff lately and we are truly grateful for that and will take what the Lord is willing to give.

Bambi's mom was in my back yard!

I know, I know - not really that big a deal up here in the mountains but seriously she must have felt very secure in my back yard to sit there for who knows how long and hang out. This picture was taken last Wednesday the 13th - the day after we came back from our trip (maybe she thought our house was abandoned or something?). The funny thing was we thought at first she was a male deer with a big rack but the "antlers" ended up being weeds - ha ha.

Yay!!!

I got my camera back - I missed my baby (he he) and the greatest part is Canon fixed it for free!!! Go Canon. I love warranties - I just barely squeaked in under the year mark so they fixed it and sent it back for free - Thank you Canon!!!!

UGG!!

Yup that's about how I feel at the moment - UGGY (interpert how you wish).

I can't even tell you how many times I have started this post - there is so much going on I just get overwhelmed every time I think of writing it - so I quit. I'll try and break it down a bit. So I'll start with Voc Rehab.

They basically told us no - but yesss... - Let me explain... David wants to be a Mechanical Engineer - and the Voc Rehab people don't like to put people through this program (any engineering program) because of the VERY high failure rate that is associated with it. And you have to be EXCEPTIONAL in math. So if he tried now and failed that would be it - they give you ONE try and ONE try only. No do overs - nothing!

So, seeing as he doesn't have a very good track record in math (he didn't pass his last college algebra class - 10 years ago) they told him to study up on his math and then take their test.

So here's our plan - For the next couple of terms David is going to take a math course each term to get caught up in his math. He will also either be driving truck or finding some other job to get us by until then. The Voc Rehab guy told us about a CDL certification school in Baker that lets Vets go for free (when we called to apply they actually told us everybody can get in for free).

Oh yeah, another thing Voc Rehab guy told us was that they will only put us into a college that is in our area (like EOU) so we have to move to the area where we want to attend school (that would be Cheney) for Voc Rehab to pay for it. So I'm not sure exactly when we are moving but we would like to get our house up on the market ASAP - the sooner the better. We will probably move out soon and live with my parents until the house sells then find a place up in Cheney to buy/rent. That would be one good thing about him driving truck - it doesn't really matter where we live and if he's taking distance ed math courses he can study on his down time. Buuut I would hate for him to be gone so much and that is a HUGE downside of him driving truck! Decisions, Decisions...




As for the other things going on in our life...

We had a little scare with our sweet little Alana - Last Friday we went to the Doctors for some goopy stuff in Alana's eyes - which ended up being pink-eye. But that's not the scary part - as he was listening to her lungs and chest he heard a clicking noise coming from her heart that concerned him - he wanted her to get checked out, so we set up an appointment with the hospital for her to get an electrocardiogram (utrasound of the heart) the following Monday.

Can you say a little stressed out all weekend?? Remember we had just found out about the Voc Rehab stuff so we had some MAJOR life decisions to make in that regard and then this!! And to make matters even worse, I woke up sick Sat (I am still not feeling 100%) and then Sunday night, my glasses broke! (not to mention stressing out about how we are going to pay for all this)

Okay so Monday morning we go in and the tech guy does the ultrasound of her heart and THANKFULLY there is nothing wrong and Alana did AWESOME laying there for 30+ minutes letting him look at her heart (the sucker he gave her helped a little, hehe). (oh and we also found out the hospital will pay for it due to our financial situation).

So many blessings... the Lord has a plan for us all.

Summer tagged me

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?

Attending blue mountain community college



2. What are 5 things on my to do list?



Pack


Fix up our house

(okay - so ours isn't this bad)


Sell our house


Move to Washington



Get David through School

(this is where he wants to get his Mechanical Engineering Technology degree)



I know these are all really big things but this is what I have been thinking about A LOT lately and what I know we need to get done.





3. 5 snacks I enjoy

Ice cream




swiss rolls



Nachos








4. If I was a millionaire what would I do?



Pay tithing, Pay off our debt, pay off our families debts and put away some for kids college and a rainy day. Oh and we would probably buy a few nice things like a boat and a lake house. And we would probably donate more to the church too, and we might travel some - as I think about it more the list keeps getting bigger and bigger... I'll stop now:)





5. Places I've lived


Juneau, Alaska

(isn't it pretty? I would suggest everyone go there and visit but don't live there unless you like A LOT of rain!!!)

Windsor Vermont

(this isn't a picture of windsor - just vermont)



Nampa, Idaho




and of course...





6. Some Bad Habits


Chewing my nails

(no idea who she is)


Eating food that's bad for me (but soooo good!)




Having a messy house


7. Jobs I've had

my first job was






I was a stock person at Kings Department Store in Nampa





I worked at a child care center



I worked at a bakery/deli in a gas station

(my favorite part was putting the frosting and sprinkles on the doughnuts)



I worked in Yellowstone and cleaned these cabins there.


and we always had to put these cute little bears on the sink in the bathroom (no idea who the girl is - it's just a picture I found)


And now you know a little more about me