The B's Bulletin

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

October 2012

We were able to go to the homecoming game at BYU this year. This is the BYU marching band (including Jenner). We haven't been to a game for a long time so it was a fun date.

The Post-Game show.

We went to Cornbellies at Thanksgiving point with the M's family and my parents. I'm grateful to Z for always sharing fun and affordable events going on so that we can get together and have fun!

We attended a Multicultural Event at the Conference Center.

We celebrated Tayevion's 4th birthday. I thought the cake was clever.

G's Cinderella Halloween pumpkin.

G as Cinderella.

C in her first costume as "Cat Woman"

C in her second costume (for the daycare where she works, she didn't think "Cat Woman" was appropriate). 80's Aerobics Queen.

Trick or Treating with the M's.

October 4, 2012

K is now 21. She is a true adult now but not really to me she will always be my first little girl that was born 21 years ago. I'm so proud of all that she has done. Things haven't always been easy for her but she is a survivor and I love her just the way she is!!! Her birthday often falls on Conference weekend and so we have to adjust our celebrations accordingly. She opened presents in between sessions.

We went to dinner at Bucca Di Beppo before priesthood session.

Her birthday request was to have a Carrie Underwood deliver a birthday present with tickets to the concert. Because her daddy loves her so much he made that wish come true by making a card board cutout of Carrie Underwood. Now K can hang out with Carrie whenever she wants.

I got to go to the concert with K about a week later. It was AWESOME! I love to spend time with K.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

New Career and Job

October 1, 2012

I am always amazed at how my life always work out for the best. I graduated with my Master's in School Counseling in April and I have been looking for a job since. I didn't worry too much during the summer because schools take summers off for the most part. I wasn't too worried either because KC has a job that supports our family so I had about 6 months to find something since my main worry would be to get a job so that I could start paying back my student loan.

I knew that when school started in September I had to get serious about looking because that is when last minute jobs would open up and I had to start paying back my student loan in November. I started to worry because there just were not many jobs out there to apply for.

But as always Heavenly Father knows what's best! One day in early September I got a text from a friend of a friend who is a school counselor and was wanting to go half time. I was interested because I knew that half-time would be perfect for me this year for a few reasons: G is in half-day kindergarten and being half-time would give some time with her, it would allow me to learn with someone as I get used to being a school counselor, and it would give a good transition between being a stay-at-home mom and working outside the home full time.

I went to the school to meet with her. It happened to be G's first day of school and I was nice because it distracted me from being sad about my youngest starting kindergarten. Mandee was very kind and she was looking to go half-time because she was in the process of trying to adopt twin babies and her life was just too busy. We clicked right away and the connection was just perfect for both of us. As always though there is opposition in all things and I had another opportunity for work at WSU but it would be full time and although I would be paid more it would end up being less in the end because I would be working full time as compared to only working half time. I prayed about it but the decision was pretty easy as to what would be best for me and my family. To make a long story short, I started kind of training with Mandee through the month of September and then it was official in October. What a blessing for both of us!

The school I'm working at is called DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts. The only drawback is that it takes me about 25 minutes to get there from home. But I did get a pass for the Frontrunner (the train) so I can take that sometimes and not have to drive. DaVinci is a charter school that houses grades 7-12. The school emphasizes the arts and sciences (hence the name). It's a great school with smaller classes and more personalized attention for the students than a regular public school. I am working mainly with the junior high students (grades 7-9) and Mandee is working with the high school students (grades 10-12). I work about 2-3 days per week depending on the week and I LOVE IT! I love the opportunity to talk with students and help them with their academics and personal lives. It's challenging at times and I'm still trying to figure it all out but I'm learning and I think I am being useful to the students.

I'm still working a few hours a week at my previous job at the daycare where I work in the office and take care of the billing for the center. This works out well since I need childcare a few days a week for G before she goes to kindergarten. It all works out perfectly!!!

Sunday, November 4, 2012

September 2012

Sorry I'm getting so far behind!!!! Because I get so far behind on my posts I have to do a monthly one just so I can catch up. These are some of the events from September.

This is me trying to water ski! Our Relief Society had an activity where we went boating. I've never water skied in my life but I'll trying anything once right? Well my own water-skiing experience was pretty much a flop but we had lots of fun anyways!!!

Z&J gave us a night at the Alaskan Inn as thanks for watching the kids when they went on their trip. We had to use it before the end of September so luckily we have C home that could take care of things at home while we were gone for a night. It was such a nice getaway because it was unexpected. There were no expectations because it wasn't an anniversary or birthday it was just a fun night for the two of us!

We were in the "Eagle's Nest" Room and the bed was really high off the ground. The whole room was themed with eagles up in the mountains. We also had a beautiful view of the mountains from our room.

The Homecoming Parade. S was in it with dance company but I guess I didn't get a picture.

K gave G a spiderman shirt?

Cousin Jasmine got baptized and this is our favorite family picture!

We enjoyed having Jenner come to the baptism.

Beautiful Jasmine with G.

K's face-painting of G.

The BYU vs. Utah Football game with Cosmo.

Mom and Dad came out for Kade's farewell in Idaho at the end of the month. There was a BYU game on Friday night and since we don't get the game on TV we decided to go out to eat somewhere where we could watch the game. When we were leaving our booth at the restaurant mom slipped on the step because the booth was up high and she fell. We thought she was ok but when we left she wasn't feeling well and her wrist was swelling up so we went to an urgent care and then they sent them to the emergency room. To make a long story short. They were there till like 2 in the morning. Some bones had to be adjusted and mom had to wear a splint to keep it in place. It is a hard for mom not to have the use of her right hand!

On Saturday we had planned a day at Lagoon because CR still had some passes that he won with the spelling bee and it was University of Phoenix's homecoming so I had some passes to use also. We kind of just came and went all day with whoever was around.