Sweet Blessing Day

Tepanyaki, yummmm. :)

Last night we took the kids to Tepankyaki for a special family dinner outing. We had a wonderful time! As we waited in the lobby to be seated, a nice man gave our older son his buzzer(the thing that lights up and vibrates when it is your turn to be seated) so that he could hold one since our daughter was holding ours. It was just a simple kind act, and brought the cutest smile to our sons' face. I whispered to Josh that I was glad that there are still good people in the world. We were both proud of the kids and how well they behaved at the nice restaraunt. Perhaps we'll skip McDonalds A LOT more often and save to eat out at nice places.

After dinner we headed home, and then heard the news about the events happening at Trolley Square. How saddening it is that people get the the point that they are willing to go to a mall and shoot random people- for no apparent reason. The news reported that the 18 yr old had a shotgun and a hand gun, and a back pack full of ammo- It's disturbing that he actually did take 5 lives, and ended his by not surrendering to the police. I've been a little shaken up by the event, because it happend here in the Salt Lake Valley. It makes you wonder if we are ever really safe anywhere... but has been once again a reminder to live each day to the fullest, and to cherish my family a little more.

We are in the process of packing to move, and Josh packed up our camera! I have some hopefully nice pictures from the day that we blessed our baby boy. I'm anxious to get them posted.

Hurray!! We are FINALLY moving.

It may not be to our own house yet, but we found a 3 bedroom basement apartment last night. We have put our deposit down, and given our 30 day notice to our current apartment complex. I'm so anxious to get moved. The house is on an acre of land, and the owner has a swing set, and sand box. As we were driving down the street to find the house, we noticed that most of the homes have horse property- with horses. :D

We survived without Josh, but alas he is leaving us again this week for a night, possibly two. I'm glad these tradeshows only come a couple times a year. I'll have to post some pics of what it is that he building at the shows... it's quite impressive. Sounds like the show has gone GREAT for the company. That is always a good thing.

Anyway, need to get some laundry done. Oh joy. :)

He's lost and gone forever.... or just a few days.

Well Josh just left a bit ago to drive down to lovely Anaheim, CA- where it will be arounda lovely 75 degrees. I'm a bit jealous, can you tell? I'm a bit uncomfortable knowing I'll be without a Hubby for a couple days. The only time we've been away from each other for a night was when I went to my Grandparents house in ID for two nights. It was at that point I decided I didn't really want to go on any more trips without him. Now we have 3 kids which makes it that much more difficult. Anyway, I'm sure I'll survive somehow. We have two Grandma's who I know I could call and ask for help at any moment if I needed it. I had considered just going to stay with my Mom for the whole time, but then I know for sure I would get NO sleep. I guess we'll take it day by day.

I got our taxes filed last night. Hurray!! I love direct deposit- we should have our federal return within 9 days. Sad to say that most of our return will be going to pay off our sweet little boy. But that's okay- better spent on him, than on lots of toys that we don't need.

Well my little boy just woke up from his nap and is calling from his crib- what a patient little boy he is. I'm glad I'll have our babies with me, perhaps it'll help me be a little less lonely. Wish me luck!!

A big thanks to Mr. Sandman.

I think it must be a miracle, I currently have 3 sleeping children! This is not a common occurance, but I am enjoying the silence. Josh is extremely busy with work again. His work is preparing for the upcoming CHA conference in Anaheim, CA. He has been given the responsibility of setting up and taking down at the show... I think he may be a bit overwhelmed, as he's never been to one of the shows before, but he will do great.

Today I have been working on a daily sticker chart for the kids- to help us do all the things we need to in a day. I think it will help ME out a lot- structure is good. I'm hoping it will help the kids be a little less bored each day as well. I can't help but be a bit anxious for some warm weather so we can spend a little time each day outside. We have considered finding a new apartment again, because our lease will be up at the end of February. It would be nice to have a place where we are a bit more comfortable playing outside, and a place where we could go for walks with out being close to the heavy traffic. I guess we'll see. We are surviving here, even if we are CRAMMED in to our little place.

I applied for a work-at home position doing data entry. I recieved an email yesterday from them asking for some typing test results and such. The email indicated that training would begin next week!! I haven't heard a word today, so I'm guessing they have filled the position- probably for the better though. They wanted someone who could work 10 hours on monday, and 8 hours on Tuesday. That would be some hectic days, and leave me with some very deprived children.

I better get off and really enjoy the quiet for a few minutes before the kids wake up. :)