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.

We're off again!

Here we are back from our 4th of July weekend and we are leaving again, but no fear we will be back soon and hopefully with good news. We go to Boise tonight for a trip to the VA to hopefully see about the Voc Rehab program and hopefully they'll give us an answer while we are there and won't make us wait 2-3 weeks for a written response (wishful thinking I know). More than likely we'll still be waiting for a decision when we get back though. My parents will be traveling with us so we are looking forward to the company on the long drive. We shall see, wish us luck!!

Just stuff

Okay so I've had a lot of people asking what is going on with us moving or whatever we are doing, so here goes...

As most of you know David was fired a while back, so in looking for a new job for him we found out that because he is a disabled veteran he can (hopefully) get vocational rehabilitation and may be able to go into a different job field.

We believe this would be the best thing for him because within the last year or two his back has been progressively getting worse and continues to bother him. He has a herniated disk in his back which is aggravated by walking for long periods of time or whenever he lifts heavy objects.

So what he would like to ultimately do (when he "grows up" as he likes to say) is to get a degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology, which is a very hands on job and yet not the "grunt work" as my father so eloquently puts it.

That is where Voc Rehab comes in. They have to decide if David could potentially work in the same field he worked in at the hospital or if he needs to be trained in a different area. Basically they want to get him into a job with the least amount of money out of their pocket as possible. So they may not like the idea of putting him through 4 years of college when they could potentially put him through another program for cheaper.

So right now we have an appointment to talk with a Voc rehab counselor in Boise on the 10th of July and if all goes the way we would like, we will be moving to Cheney, Wa so David can go to school at Eastern Washington University. If we get the funding from the VA, David will have all his tuition paid for along with books, fees, and whatever else he needs (like a laptop that the program requires him to have) and we will get help with living expenses as well.

Hopefully all will go well... I will post when I know more. Just ask if you have any questions I am more than happy to answer :)

Our wonderful coast trip!!!

Wyatt on the porch at the beach house.

Me just chillin at the beach house we rented (actually the one that Tony and Sarah and Angie and Jason rented and they were nice enough to let us stay there. THANKS GUYS it was a lot of fun!!!)

What's a beach trip without diggin in the sand and water???

First time on Daddy's back in the back pack.



"Eww get that thing away from me cousin Matt!!"

What a cutie!!

Alana hammin it up at the beach house.

Me and Alana at Hatfield Marine Science Center
She loved checkin out the fish, she kept watching them going back and forth. (on a side note it was neat to see Terri Irwin and her two children there, Bindi and Bob. Terri even commented on my sleeping baby saying how cute she was, and she even had to have her son come over so he could look at Alana and told him "look at the cute baby". I thought that was sweet)

Alana lovin it on Daddy's back

My niece Addy was checkin out the pretty sea stars at seal rock

Me walking down to the beach from the beach house we stayed in.

The sea lion we saw at seal rock

David roasting some hot dogs at South beach

JR and Kylab have a fun albeit cold time at the beach (notice JR's red and very cold legs)

As you can see from the pictures we had a lot of fun at the coast, it's been a couple years since we went so we were definitely due for a trip there. Although I wish it had been a little warmer - I don't know what I was thinking either cause I packed Alana's clothes like we were going to a California beach or something and I forgot any coats - I guess I'm just excited for the warm weather (it's a little too warm now though, can't win can we?) Well it's late and I've been forever getting these pictures up - I'm going to bed.

Father's Day!

David's first father's day!! And might I say what a great and awesome father he is! I love you so much honey and so appreciate all you've done for our little family.


This is my dad and a couple of his grandkids giving him their father's day gifts. It was such a fun day and the kids all had a blast. Happy Father's Day Dad - I love you!!

This is my little brother, Scott and his daughter, Jaydin. She was giving him her father's day gift. Happy Father's Day to you too Scott!

Bees!!

Okay so as you all guessed - yes they are bees. Lots and lots of them!! They decided that the tree in my sister, Brenda's, back yard was a good place to make a nice little hive!! I have to say that at least it was in her back yard cause we were having a yard sale that day in her front yard. Yard sales and lots of bees = no good! I think that would have put a damper on things!

Oh yeah I almost forgot to mention that my brother-in-law Richard (not Brenda's husband) just happens to like bees or at least he used to have some hives of his own (for fresh honey) and he still had the beekeeper stuff so he got all geared up and took the bees away - my sister was very happy to say the least. (I don't know what Richard did with the bees - I should ask...)

On a side note, it feels like just yesterday that I made that post - where does all the time go? David's been off work for two months already and it feels like just yesterday that he was fired.

What is it?

So do you have any idea what this is?


I thought it was pretty cool.


Leave a comment and tell me what you think.


I'll post in a couple of days and say what it is.