Wow again so much time has passed since I have blogged. I am going to try to blog more often for those who do not have Facebook, and for my Step-Mom, because my Dad is not good at communicating our goings on. School is out and we have reached some seriously hot days. We started summer out with a trip to Oregon for Josh and Staci Glasmann's wedding. It was such a beautiful event. We are happy to have Staci as part of The Glasmann Family. Shortly after we got back, Morgan got her permit. I have been a nervous wreck. She has been driving about a month now and is doing much better. On June 18 Hailey started diving lessons at the local pool. She loves it. Sara started swimming lessons and is doing very well. Also in June we celebrated Mimi's Birthday (Mimi is my Brothers fiance). We all decided that none of us wanted to entertain and have a mess to clean up. So we ended up at the Spanish Fork Reservoir. We had a lot of fun. For a while now, Morgan has had trouble with being nice to her loved ones. Mostly her Sisters, Mom, Dad, and Grandparents. We started seeing a counselor and found that Morgan is still mourning the loss of her Grandma Barbara (my Mom), and her Uncle Greg (Ward's Brother). They both passed away at the same time 8 years ago. Since we have been seeing the counselor, Morgan has been so kind, and loving to those she was being "mean" to. Morgan is generally a loving, kind, selfless person. It broke my heart to know that the root of her issues was being afraid to loose those she loves the most. Hailey as we all know is such a tiny little Young Women. She weighs in at 56 lbs. and is around 4' 8". She has been on anxiety meds since she was 5. I recently took her to a D.O. (Doctor of Osteopath). She told me that if her anxiety isn't under control, then nothing will be (she has a tendency to have multiple tantrums that she cannot control). Her anxiety meds have been upped (ahhhh so nice), and she has been put on L-Glutimine. The L-Glutimine has amino acids and many other things to hopefully stimulate some growth. We'll keep ya'll posted on that. We are still waiting to hear whether or not the sellers bank will accept the offer we made on the house in Provo. We are applying for a grant to help with a down payment. If we do not qualify, there is another program we can use. I'm thinking that if we use the second program, we may be able to live anywhere in Utah County. We really love the house we have chosen in Provo, so we'll just have to see. I have a lot of pictures I want to post, so I will do that in a new post. I have to figure out how to get them from my phone to blogspot. TTFN

There is a light at the end of the tunnel

Finally after 6 years of renting, we are so close to buying a house I can taste it. Our credit score is looking good, our income is looking good. It's just a matter of paying down some very small credit cards, and we are there. We hopefully will be purchasing before the begining of the school year. We have finally come to the conclusion that we can be happy without being house poor. We are planning on buying a house that is well BELOW our price range in hopes to finally beable to enjoy life. To do this, means it will be small, old, and need a lot of work. In 3 years our Morgan will be 18. I desparately hope she chooses to stay close by to attend school. I would also like to report AGAIN how much I love my new postion at work. I should have done this right out of High School I so love it. Here are some FUN things we have done at work, suasage up the nose, sea shell in the ear, stitches several times to the face area and one huge v shaped cut on a knee. My favorite is weighing and masureing the newborns. It really makes me miss my girls as little ones. We have a ton of fun now. I am really excited for them to be big, but I know I will hate to be an empty nester. Right now we are in Ontario Oregon. That is where my Dad lives. He is going in for Cateract Surgery. My Step-Mom doesn't want to drive 1 1/2 hrs home with a whinny man. LOL. I am so lucky to have the best Step-Mom ever. She loves us so much and loves my girls. I feel so blessed to have a husband who is always so willing to come up here and fix things around the house. He never even complains about it. So, as the title reads "There is a light at the end of the tunnel" I feel like all of our hard work will finally pay off and we will be homeowners again soon. My best friend said "it's probably a train!" LOL NO NO it's not. I love her humor. TTFN

Sickness has taken over

Well, I have been sick with some virus or another since Feb. 12!!! I guess with the new position as an MA at work it comes with the territory. I am really counting on the fact that next "sick season" I will have built up a better immunity. I foolishly thought I had quiet the immunity as it is seeing as I was the first person they saw when the sicky's come into the office. But now, I am up close and personal with them. Taking temps, swabbing throats, wiping down the rooms, etc. I have had spit fly onto my face several times. At anyrate, I have had one heck of a problem with my sinus'. I get one day where I think I am starting to feel better (just need to gain energy),and B I N G O I am sick again. I am hoping to either get better or head to the Dr. on my next day off.

We have officially changed our Family Night to Sundays. It is near impossible for us to do it on Monday nights. Today we decided to take a ride up the Spanish Fork Canyon. We had a nice time, saw lots of Deer, and took a small hike. It was a lot of fun.

Recently we put Hailey on Vayvance. She has lost 2lbs.(we are working on getting her to eat more). The good news is that she brought her F in Pre-Algebra (which it has been all year). To a B!!! Yay Hailey!!!

Morgan turns 15 in 2 mo. She will be getting her drivers permit. Although Morgan is a great kid with straight A's, She is so mouthy. Very disrespectful to her siblings, parents, and other adults. I am at my wits end with this issue. I welcome all advice. Ready? Go!

Hailey Starts soccer this week and is so excited. She has her games on Wednesday nights. Great, I work every Wed. night, and Ward has to take Sara to dance. This just sucks! No nice way to put it.

Sara just finished two competitions for clogging. She won 7 1st place and 3 2nd place. I am so proud of her. She gets to compete in the nationals in May at Lagoon. TTFN

Happenings

Hello Blogging World....

We have been keeping busy here as usual. We've had illness, and work, and school. The girls are doing great. Morgan is starting registration for High School. She really wants to try out for Cheerleading....hello 640.00 in fees. That may not happen. Hailey is starting Soccer this month, and Sara has Clogging dance competition this month. She would love to attend BYU's Clogging camp this summer but we may not be able to send her this year.

I absolutely love my new position as an MA. It has been keeping me moving and I love it. This month we get to see Hunger Games at work. They rented out a theater and we are allowed to bring 1 guest. I am really excited.

Ward and I both had our 41st Bdays the last 2 mo. and our Sara turns 10 in March.

We are looking forward to purchasing a home in Sept. of this year. We have decided to buy as cheep as possible. We are really sick of purchasing at the top of our range and being house poor.

Well...TTFN PS below are our family pics. There are only 3 of them for now.

Well, not a whole lot has gone on since my last post. I thought I would do an update on my new position at work. I LOVE IT! I stay screaming busy. I love that too. There isn't anything I hate worse than not having enough to do at work. As a receptionist the last 5 years I sat on my duff and provided service to those who came in and those that called in. It was great. Super easy and I loved catching up and staying up to date with my co-workers. Which now I don't even have time to wave at them. Anyway, I went from 5 years of sitting to not even being able to think about sitting. By the time 4:00 pm comes, my hips, legs, and feet are killing me. Once I get home,well ask my girls I am in my recliner for 1/2 hr or so till my legs and hips stop aching. I am really out of shape. I've learned many things in the last 3 wks. How to scrape poop out of babies diapers and send off to the lab, Urine Analysis, gag kids with the swab to test for strep, weigh, measure, do a PKU and of course poke the legs of poor unsuspecting kids. Actually most of them cry the min. I call their names in the waiting room. I've witnessed wart removals, toe nail removals, cast applications,and circumcisions, I still need to observe a cast removals, spinal tap, stitches, and I am sure there are other things I haven't even thought of. So, like I said, I love it.

The family is doing great. Morgan saved her babysitting money and bought herself a laptop. She thinks I am mean for not bowing at her wants and serving her with a sliver platter of whatever she wants. Notice I said wants. I make my girls save their money, and if there is anything they WANT they have to buy it.

Hailey is doing great in 7th grade. She is a social butterfly and always has a ton of friends all the time. She will probably play spring soccer but we are still undetermined at this point.

Sara is loving her clogging class and will be competing in March. I am hoping to get her into the clogging camp at BYU.

Ward well same thing as always. Working his butt off, and serving his women. Today he baked cookies with Hailey. It was so fun to watch them. He also loves our primary class and as I, he gets good laughs from the things that little 4 yr olds say in class. One of my faves...Q: Why does Jesus want us to choose the right? A: I could smell hot dogs in my Mommy's tummy.

Well till next time. TTFN

New position at work

Why, O why is it so hard for me to update this blog...???!!!!!

Good News!!! I was offered a CNA Position with my current employer. I started on Tuesday. I love it. I stay really busy which is what I thrive on. I have been learning new things everyday. I have also poked a lot of cute kids with needles (their Immunizations) :(. Today I was able to watch the freezing of a plantar wart (very painful), and a circumcision :( ! It did not make me sick at all just sad for those poor little boys. Thankfully they won't remember it.

Today is my Birthday....I realized how much I love going to work on my Birthday. I got balloons, doughnuts, and Birthday wishes. When I got home, my girls made me a Happy Birthday banner and put it on the garage door. Then I got to go on a scavenger hunt to find a present from my Sara...2 movie tickets, and skittles. Morgan gave me a beautiful card and a cozy blanket and pillow. Hailey gave me a really cute card telling me how much she loves me with a Reese Peanutbutter Cup. My favorite! The girls also made me a cake, and Ward went out and got one of my favs...Pizza and bread sticks.

We had a fun Christmas with lots going on. Over all it was a lot of fun. We had Family at our house Christmas Day, and the Day after. We also had a lot of fun on New Years Eve...had a party at our friends house with lots of silly string, fire works, and yummy food.

Sara had her first two Clogging Performances in the month of Dec. she did great and decided to do compitition next year. TTFN

It's Official

We have a new calling. After going with out one (well for me at least) for well over a year, we were asked to teach PRIMARY! Really? I thought. I've been in Primary (except for the last 16 mo) for over 12 yrs. Now you can see why I did not jump into the acceptance seat right a way. After remember the paragraph in my Patriarchal Blessing about how I will "help to mold the lives of his children", and after much thought and prayer, and after having a family mtg. Ward and I happily accepted our new calling. So back on the Primary wagon we go.

We had a crazy busy weekend. My Dad and his wife came for the Thanksgiving holiday. We had a ton of visitors and 2 events going on each day. Well, except Thanksgiving Day. That was just one huge one. Friday we had a huge Mexican feast which my Brothers Girlfriend, her Sister and I made. It was so yummy. Then Friday night we took stuff for turkey sandwiches to the Hotel that my Dad and Jean were staying in and let the kids swim in the indoor pool. Sat. we had leftover Thanksgiving dinner, and Carne Esadas for lunch. Sat. night we went to Orem to visit my Cousin and her family. Sunday we slept in, and went to church. Phew....I am pooped. I was with out some of my meds this month, and I can really feel it. Now it will probably take me another month or so to get back to feeling great again.

Well, that was our Holiday in a nutshell! TTFN

Life Happens

Life has been sad for me this last week. Our Bishop's Daughter passed away from a 10 yr battle with cancer (she was 30, and a member of our Ward, and was the YW Sec.). I get that she is better off and that we all live and die and that we will see her again. I did not get the opportunity to get to know her well. I do know that she was an amazing person. She accomplished a lot in her lifetime. I mourned so so much for her Mother. Her Mother is an amazing women. I hold a special place for her in my heart. Even though we have lived in this ward for only 5 months, I have come to love her and look to her as an example.

Next, I am sad that all the opportunities I thought I had to be a CNA have fallen through. I can't decide if I want to spend more money, and time and go re-take the skills test. I have put out over 40 applications between Oct. and Nov. and have not had one call.

Finally, we were called to a calling, which I am not at liberty to speak of yet. For the first time ever I did not jump to the acceptance seat. I sort of unloaded on the poor Bishopric member who was meeting with us. Ward's jaw dropped to the ground and he was irritated at me enough that he did not speak to me for a bit (like 1 hr). After we got home (we had met just before sacrament mtg). I was able to explain to him why I said what I said. So for a few weeks we pondered and prayed. I remembered some of the words of my Patriarchal Blessing as well. Well, a few days ago, we met with the Bishopric member again. We happily accepted our new calling. Well, guess what? We have already received blessing in just the 2 short days that have passed. Also I should note that the Bishopric raked over a few other callings and kept coming back to this one. The Lord's will shall be done, not our own. :)

So even though it seems things have been gloomy, things are looking up and we all know that in order to know happiness we must know sorrow.

At this time of year we are focusing on our blessings. I am going to list a few of mine/ours:

1. The blessings we receive from being dedicated members of The Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints.

2. Our Family...when everyone else walks away...your family is always there standing firm.

3. Friends who love us as their true friends, who carry us along the road when we want to give up. Friends who love us for who we are even when we don't choose the right when we know we should.

4. Our beautiful children. although they give us a run for our money sometimes, they mean everything to us.

5. Both Ward and I have been able to stay fully employed during this economic mess.

I think I will stop there because honestly...I could really go on forever. Can we ever list everything we are blessed with. We are blessed with so much. TTFN!