Thank you !!Happy Memorial Day!
Monday, May 25, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Life in general.
So I decided that it was finally time to update this thing. Life has really not been all that crazy - honestly it was just downright laziness! I just don't really feel like there's much to say but then when I actually get down to it and start writing it turns into a book!
At the moment I am at my sister house in Wyoming for a visit. It's been good hanging out with her kids and getting to know them better. She needed me for a few weeks, so what are sisters for but to swoop in and save the day! (he he he) I love you sis!!!
David is "back home" at his brothers who we are currently living with. We only lived in Cheney for 6 weeks before David found out that he could get his degree closer to family in Richland, Wa at WSU's extension campus. So we have been living with Tony and Sarah who have been great to let us stay with them at their home in while we try and get back on our feet. He recently got a job at Red Lion as an Engineering Supervisor. It's basically what he did at the hospital but in a hotel setting. He also has a little more responsibility then he did at the hospital - should be great experience for him even if it's not the funnest. The sad part is it doesn't pay better than the hospital but it keeps David looking forward to school! He should start next spring to pursue his Engineering degree.
Alana is of course still the sweetest little girl ever! She loves copying everything anybody has to say - so we really have to watch it. Her favorite expressions are "Oweee!", "tankyou", "Eat!", and "Up Peeeaase!" She is so fun to have around and we still can't believe how lucky we are that she is actually our little girl!!! I will try and get some pictures posted once I get back home to Washington.
Oh and my sister-in-law Nancy who I talked about in my last post is doing okay - she is living with my parents who live in the same town so her daughter can continue to attend the same school. I know she appreciates that her family came out if it okay and that she has family who she can rely on. She was also greatful to be able to get some insurance money out of her rental insurance and she was also amazed to find, in the burnt out shell of their trailer, her wedding ring! She had put it in a Fred Meyer's jewelery box and when she found it, it was all melted around the outside and even a little of the inside but the ring was pristine!
That is all for now.
At the moment I am at my sister house in Wyoming for a visit. It's been good hanging out with her kids and getting to know them better. She needed me for a few weeks, so what are sisters for but to swoop in and save the day! (he he he) I love you sis!!!
David is "back home" at his brothers who we are currently living with. We only lived in Cheney for 6 weeks before David found out that he could get his degree closer to family in Richland, Wa at WSU's extension campus. So we have been living with Tony and Sarah who have been great to let us stay with them at their home in while we try and get back on our feet. He recently got a job at Red Lion as an Engineering Supervisor. It's basically what he did at the hospital but in a hotel setting. He also has a little more responsibility then he did at the hospital - should be great experience for him even if it's not the funnest. The sad part is it doesn't pay better than the hospital but it keeps David looking forward to school! He should start next spring to pursue his Engineering degree.
Alana is of course still the sweetest little girl ever! She loves copying everything anybody has to say - so we really have to watch it. Her favorite expressions are "Oweee!", "tankyou", "Eat!", and "Up Peeeaase!" She is so fun to have around and we still can't believe how lucky we are that she is actually our little girl!!! I will try and get some pictures posted once I get back home to Washington.
Oh and my sister-in-law Nancy who I talked about in my last post is doing okay - she is living with my parents who live in the same town so her daughter can continue to attend the same school. I know she appreciates that her family came out if it okay and that she has family who she can rely on. She was also greatful to be able to get some insurance money out of her rental insurance and she was also amazed to find, in the burnt out shell of their trailer, her wedding ring! She had put it in a Fred Meyer's jewelery box and when she found it, it was all melted around the outside and even a little of the inside but the ring was pristine!
That is all for now.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Awful day!
I'm at my parents house right now and Thursday night my Dad got a really bad phone call from my sister-in-law, Nancy (my brother Scott's wife) that I'm truly grateful didn't turn out to be a REALLY bad call.
Nancy and her two kids have been living with her Grandmother for the past eight months and the trailer they were living in burned to the ground Thursday night - it was awful and my heart goes out to them - I love you guys sooo much!!! And I'm truly grateful you all are okay!!!!!
I've been watching her kids all day while they go shopping for clothes and sift through the ashes to see what they could salvage today - it's been an exhausting and tiring time.
The only thing they had when the got out of the house was their pj's and Nancy grabbed her purse thankfully.
Whew what a day!!! I'm going to bed.
Nancy and her two kids have been living with her Grandmother for the past eight months and the trailer they were living in burned to the ground Thursday night - it was awful and my heart goes out to them - I love you guys sooo much!!! And I'm truly grateful you all are okay!!!!!
I've been watching her kids all day while they go shopping for clothes and sift through the ashes to see what they could salvage today - it's been an exhausting and tiring time.
The only thing they had when the got out of the house was their pj's and Nancy grabbed her purse thankfully.
Whew what a day!!! I'm going to bed.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
oops sorry forgot to explain
Oops I forgot to explain what it was that she was walking across - it's a grate covering an old oil furnace that doesn't work anymore. I can understand her dilemma too, it's open all the way down and is kinda scary to walk across - I don't even like to walk across it myself!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Cheney and back again...
Well just thought I'd update on what's been going on with us.
We decided to take another trip up to Cheney/Spokane to look at places and see if any rentals appeal to us. At first we thought we'd look in Spokane cause I thought I might like to live in the "big" city for awhile if David decides to get a job with a trucking company where he would have to be gone for over a month but then I realized that Spokane may just be a little much for this small town girl, sooo we looked in Cheney and think we found a house that will work for us. It's 3 bed 1 bath (teeny tiny bathroom) but it would work. Tiny kitchen as well but there is plenty of storage space for all our "junk" to go. That's about it for the house hunting.
As for our sweet little girl, she is doing great - teething like crazy and just as joyful as ever. She's actually teething so much that she's bruised the tips of both her index fingers using them as teethers. Ouch. That's about it - I know boring but maybe next post will be that we actually got a place up there!
We decided to take another trip up to Cheney/Spokane to look at places and see if any rentals appeal to us. At first we thought we'd look in Spokane cause I thought I might like to live in the "big" city for awhile if David decides to get a job with a trucking company where he would have to be gone for over a month but then I realized that Spokane may just be a little much for this small town girl, sooo we looked in Cheney and think we found a house that will work for us. It's 3 bed 1 bath (teeny tiny bathroom) but it would work. Tiny kitchen as well but there is plenty of storage space for all our "junk" to go. That's about it for the house hunting.
As for our sweet little girl, she is doing great - teething like crazy and just as joyful as ever. She's actually teething so much that she's bruised the tips of both her index fingers using them as teethers. Ouch. That's about it - I know boring but maybe next post will be that we actually got a place up there!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
16 months old today!!
(I'll just warn you right off the bat, I'm sick so this post may not be all that coherent)
Things my sweet Alana loves to do...
Dance around in circles when she hears music
Play hide and seek with her cousins
Ride in her new wagon she got for Christmas
Getting her coat on and going outside
(and I mean she loves this - she's not even particular
about who it's with as long as shes going to!!)
Mooching ice cream off Grandpa and Grandma
(well any food for that matter)
Mooching food off anybody actually
Her binky still
Putting clothes around her neck and running off with them
(my bras in particular for some reason)
Our phones
Saying "Hi", "No" (of course), "tant to" (thank you), and "num num num" (for food)
She has grown so much and we just love her more and more everyday,
I don't know how we ever got so lucky to get such a sweet tempered little angel.
(Thank you Heavenly Father!!).
She loves her new Christmas toy. It spins, makes music and you can move the pieces around - what more could a kid ask for?
Playing with cousin Keegan's new toy he got for his birthday. Alana's cousin Jeramy is likin the piano part. Funny story about this, notice she loves the microphone, well in church the next day I had to give the closing prayer and for some reason David wasn't able to take her so I took her up with me and she decided she wanted to try that microphone too!!
Just this last Sunday - at my sisters ward. I love this outfit on her!
My baby was so sick the other day - this was after a huge mess (from both ends - YUCK!!!) and we were at a hotel of all places!! And she wasn't done - she did the same thing today - at least we were at home for that one though.
This video is of Alana thinking that everybody was singing to her - she's so funny!!
Things my sweet Alana loves to do...
Dance around in circles when she hears music
Play hide and seek with her cousins
Ride in her new wagon she got for Christmas
Getting her coat on and going outside
(and I mean she loves this - she's not even particular
about who it's with as long as shes going to!!)
Mooching ice cream off Grandpa and Grandma
(well any food for that matter)
Mooching food off anybody actually
Her binky still
Putting clothes around her neck and running off with them
(my bras in particular for some reason)
Our phones
Saying "Hi", "No" (of course), "tant to" (thank you), and "num num num" (for food)
She has grown so much and we just love her more and more everyday,
I don't know how we ever got so lucky to get such a sweet tempered little angel.
(Thank you Heavenly Father!!).
She loves her new Christmas toy. It spins, makes music and you can move the pieces around - what more could a kid ask for?
Playing with cousin Keegan's new toy he got for his birthday. Alana's cousin Jeramy is likin the piano part. Funny story about this, notice she loves the microphone, well in church the next day I had to give the closing prayer and for some reason David wasn't able to take her so I took her up with me and she decided she wanted to try that microphone too!!
Just this last Sunday - at my sisters ward. I love this outfit on her!
My baby was so sick the other day - this was after a huge mess (from both ends - YUCK!!!) and we were at a hotel of all places!! And she wasn't done - she did the same thing today - at least we were at home for that one though.This video is of Alana thinking that everybody was singing to her - she's so funny!!
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