Better late than never.....

Hello everyone, yes it has been over 2 months since my last posting. Sorry about that. Things just haven't seemed to slow down at all. But, things have gotten better, so I guess that is all that counts. For those of you who don't already know, Steve is working back at RC Willey. The work load at Redman was little to nothing, which as you can imagine his paychecks would match that. So after a while of looking, he came across an ad that RC Willey was hiring. He called down and spoke to management and a few days later he was re-hired. So he has been working there for a couple weeks now. It also happens to be the end of the term for Steve, so he has had loads of homework and finals to do. I am so grateful to have such a great husband who gives 100% effort to make life better for our family. He is absolutely wonderful and I don't know what I would do without him.

Isaac is doing awesome in kindergarten, in fact now that Isaac is learning how to read, he tries to read everything. Yesterday Steve and the kids came and picked me up to go out to lunch together. We went to Taco Time and as I was looking over the menu, the kids meals seemed a little pricey to me. So I asked Isaac "What do you want?" He said "I want a kids meal with a hard taco." Due to the fact that a kids meal was nearly $5.00 I said "Honey, I don't know if they have kids meals," thinking I could just play it off. Then Isaac said "Yes they do mom, see up there under the purple sign it says Kids Meals." Well, I was stuck and therefore we got the kids meal. Anyway, he is doing really well and is always anxious what the next school day will bring. Whether it is computer day, library day, P.E. or his favorite is free friday when they get to pick what centers they get to do.

Audrey is looking up to her big brother and is ready for pre-school. I haven't signed her up yet, but I probably ought to get cracking on that, I know they fill up quickly. At night she likes to "read" stories to me and she always asks when she can get a backpack like Isaac and go to school like Isaac. She is growing up so quickly, they both are. I can't believe that my baby girl will be 4 years old in just a couple of months. Where has the time gone?

I am still working full time, it is a huge challenge and makes things crazy for our little family, but it has to be done. I just have to keep reminding myself that it is a blessing that I am able to help provide for my family, because we certainly would be in a different place if I weren't working. The hardest part is when Audrey cries in the morning when she doesn't want me to leave and the days when Isaac asks if I would please take him to school. I am sure that if I were not a working mom, I would probably take those things for granted. But those are the things that I treasure. I am very grateful for my wonderful sister in law, Suzi, and my mother in law, Kaye that are so wonderful to help take care of my kids while I am working. I don't know what I would do without such a wonderful family!

I will try and post some new pics soon, we did get family pictures taken back in November, but I wasn't super happy with them. All in all, we are doing pretty well, and I want to say thank you to all those who have helped make things a little easier for us.