Spring Break 2009

We finally had a break in the weather where we could get out of the house!!!! I forgot how much being outside helped the boys be calmer in the house. We are definitely park people. I have been taking the kids to the park since we lived in Texas and before Christopher could walk. I love living right next to one!!! And I love the fact that the weather is finally starting to warm up. I love the smells and the fresh air and being able to open up the windows!!! And I love being able to open up the back door and telling the kids to take it outside and run, run, run!!! Soon we will be planting a garden and taking lots of walks and playing soccer!

We were at the park today (along with everyone else!) and I took some fun pictures. If you want to see all of them, well most of them, check out my facebook albums. But here are a few of my favorites!

Kyle's Baptism

Caden and Katy ready for the baptism, as cute as ever.

We had a wonderful weekend this weekend. Kyle turned 8 on the 2nd and was baptized at our stake baptism yesterday. It was a fun day with family around. Kyle's grandpa bear flew in just for him. His papa baptized him and his grandpa bear confirmed him. It was nice to have all of our family there. Kyle had a special day!!!! Thanks to all who helped his day be special.

Kyle and his papa

Kyle and his grandpa bear

Kyle's 8

We have had lots going on these last few weeks. Kyle turned 8 on the 2nd of February. He had a great birthday. We celebrated with nana and papa and grandpa Hawkley on Sunday night. Then on his birthday we celebrated with Jake's family. Grandma took him out for icecream and some shopping as she does every year. They love that tradition. He got lots of presents and had a great week. He also got to start scouts on Wednesday and he gets baptized on the 28th. Grandpa Bear is coming in for that weekend to confirm him. We are looking forward to that special weekend.

On a harder note, the divorce is final now. The judge got the paperwork signed pretty quickly, faster than we had anticipated. Jake is in Kentucky working with the Guard for 10 days and when he gets back will have his own home. I start a new job this next week and have been very blessed to have things fall into place at the right times. With the economy the way it is right now, I am so grateful for a job. This job just fell into my lap and is exactly what I needed right now. I hope that it goes well and I can work towards the things that will benefit me and my children. Thanks everyone for their support and well wishes. This time for us has been tough, but I have felt the strength that I need and peace to know that things are going to work out well.

Just a note

Life has been crazy these last few weeks. Once Christmas was over with I was able to start working on getting my nursing license reinstated. I had to do 80 hours in a job setting under the supervision of an RN. I finished that a week ago. I was able to work at the VAMC and really liked it there. Now I have to get my resume out and start looking for a job. Even with the nursing shortage, jobs are slim picking, especially when you want to work a night shift. I hated working the evening shift from 3-11:30pm. I missed my kids sooooooo much. I missed talking to them after they got out of school. I missed snuggling with them before putting them to bed. I just plain missed them. But I have to remember that things will work out how I need them to and Heavenly Father will bless me. My kids are resilient. I think it will be harder on me to go back to work than it will for them to have me gone more. I wish I had that strength.

Christopher was supposed to start basketball last week. I was so excited for him to have this opportunity to get out there and have that social experience. Well the very week before he was supposed to start, he fell on the ice at school and broke his arm. It took me 3 days to take him to the doctor. I wanted to make sure it was really broken and not just bruised before I paid all that money to get him seen. Of course our insurance had changed and we had a gap. Of course...... But he broke both his radius and his ulna. They put him in a splint and told us to come back in a week. When we came back, they said it was healing but thought a different splint with more support would be better. So now we are on splint number 2. Luckily we have not needed a cast. We are at least grateful for that. As long as it is healing in the splint we won't need a cast. He is bummed that he doesn't get to do basketball. But that is life. Ever changing and never boring.

At home things are tense. Jake is still living here in Katy's room. The divorce is almost final. We are just waiting on the judge to sign the papers. It will be nice to be able to move on with life..... Whatever life may bring......

Here is a picture of Katy with a few of her favorite things. Her binky, her blanky and her baby.