A New Past Time

Well, Hello there Family and Friends!! After several suggestions and down right demands; we have finally enlisted in the Bloggers world!! Oddly enough...it was Jeff that finally put his foot down and said I had to get it done!! So here I am...I am sure I will get better with time so bear with me!!

Life is finally getting back to normal for our family! We are still at Jeff's parent's house...ugh! We are looking for a house in my sister's neighborhood, so it is in the works but nothing is available right now! I have returned back to work full time!! I am back in my store that I had before the surgeries. I haven't quite decided if that is a good thing or not but I am adapting! I returned to only two employees and a major loss of customers!! I have rebuilt my staff (most of which were my employees that left when I was out). They came back when they heard that I was back! Unfortunately, the customer flow hasn't picked up as much as I would like!! I have lost a lot of regulars!! I have been able to go open the store in the mornings and get my "books" done, then I leave to get the kids up and ready for school. Then after I have dropped them off at school I go back to my store. I have also been able to pick them up from school! Sometimes I have to go back for an hour to finish up a few loose ends, but Kylie doesn't mind the opportunity to be left in charge for an hour!!

Jeff is LOVING his job!! He has really made an impact on his branch since he has been there!! He has had to replace his entire office staff (except one that started 2 weeks before him) since he has been there! He has had to drive a company van to Park City twice a day to transport some employees. He is in the process of hiring a new van driver so that he does not have to take the time out of his day to drive up there! He will finally be able to focus on the more important responsibilities of his job! I think he has finally found his niche in the workforce!! He is going to Moab in a couple weeks for "business" aka..GOLFING! His company is taking a few customers to moab for a golfing tournament! His trip is paid for by the company!!! He is way excited about it!! I am happy to see that he is settling in to a career that he loves!!

Kylie is blossoming quite quickly into a young woman. I can honestly say I was not prepared for the emotional outbursts that have been occurring!! She has really struggled over the last few months since I have been "out of commission"! She can be the happiest, most loving little girl one minute and then she hates you and everyone around you the next! I know that it is part of life but that doesn't mean that I have to like it!! We are spending ample time talking her through the maturity process...okay wait... I am spending ample time talking her through the process! Jeff will not have anything to do with it!!

Kasey has just recently started Karate!! He goes with his cousin Dylan! He has been begging us for over a year to take lessons. My sister Andria had put Sydney and Dylan in the classes, but Sydney never took to it so my sister asked if Kasey wanted to take her place! She had already paid for it and didn't want the money to go to waste! How could I say no? Kasey is doing well in school...his teacher has deemed him Mr. Popularity! We hesitantly gave him a rip stick for his birthday..he hasn't gotten hurt yet!! I have enforced the helmet rule and he has been really good to obey! (I put the fear in his mind)

Kennadie is still just as cute a Kenna-Bug as ever!! She recently lost her top two front teeth only two days apart!! She looks adorable!! I will post pictures later...when I learn how! She LOVES kindergarten..she especially loves Mondays!! I have started volunteering in her class on Mondays since I have been back on my feet! She is a pretty smart cookie! She is the only one in her class that is working on real math problems!! She can count by twos, threes, fives and tens!! She is slowly catching on to multiplying the small numbers! She is one of the top readers in her class!! She thinks that is pretty cool! This past week when they were passing off there reading folders, she didn't pass off her book! She was devastated!! I had to remind her that she was still doing great and not to rush it!!

So that is a run down of how things are going for us. I will make sure to post as much as possible to keep you all updated on the happenings!! Time for me to get kids in bed and get myself to bed! I have to wake up around 3:30am to get ready for work!