So, Nate is going to be starting a new job right after the new year. Why? There is a myriad of reasons...the most prominent is just that it was time. It was funny because he wasn't looking. The job found him. He interviewed once and initially felt like this may not be the job for him. He tossed it back and forth quite a bit. However, after his second interview he felt much better and more confident about this job. He was able to negotiate a nice package and so he decided to take the job. Starting Jan 1, Nate will be the newest employee at ...drum roll please....PARKER HANNIFIN. This is a very large company. A billion dollar international company. Not what we are used to but something I think will be beneficial to us. Big companies come with nice perks. Better benefits and better money. They have a manufacturing division in SLC that makes o-rings. They make really big o-rings...like the kind that go into street pipes and stuff. That is where Nate is going to be working. What is an O-ring....if you don't know I am probably not the one to explain it to you. :)
Anyway, Nate will be a do-it-all guy. He will turn a process currently being done by hand to a process done by a machine. He will design the machine, build the machine, install the machine, and make sure it works right, write the manual for it and essentially be the father of it. :) The huge requirements of this job are both the good part and the bad part. Nate has had a hard time being a desk man. He sits and designs all day, every day. Not really what he had in mind when he chose engineering as his career. So, with this job, he will get to do lots of different things. I hope he will enjoy it. I guess I will have to update again after he has been there for a few weeks.
We are thankful for the other jobs that have brought Nate here. He couldn't be here with out the experience he has gained from all those jobs. :) It will be an interesting new year. :)
Friday, December 23, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Boogie Nights
At our house when things get boring the music comes on and we get crazy. I do have 3 girls now. :) Those girls really know how to shake it. I love that about them. For me, music has always been cathartic. I still like to turn it up when I am alone. My girls did, however, inform me that I dance wierd. WHATEVER! Apparently I won't be invited to dance with them in public. Sheesh! At least I can participate in the boogie nights at home. :)
Friday, December 9, 2011
That Didn't Last Long
Well, my daily thoughts lasted all of 2 seconds. :) At least they lasted that long. It is 4am which seems to be the only time I sit down and do this anymore. Christmas is coming. One more week and I get a two week break. So excited for that.
Our family is pretty excited for Christmas. I haven't done a stitch of shopping yet...but we have enjoyed putting up lights and listening to music and generally reveling in the season.
Sarah is no exception. She loves the Christmas tree and the Geo Trax train we put underneath. The kids are beside themselves and can't wait for the big day.
(By the way, Sarah is up crying right now. Will she go back to sleep on her own?)
Ben had a couple big moments last week. First, he finally received the patches for his Bobcat and Wolf.
Ben has had a great time in scouts and was pretty proud of himself for the achievement. Ben also promoted to a purple belt in karate. 
Awesome...except for the sparring gear he has to have now which will cost us a pretty penny. I don't know how that don't have to disclose all these little side expenses at the beginning. Check out this video of Ben's awesomeness. As you go up to get your new belt you get to do a trick or kick or whatever.
Thank goodness he bounced right up from that. :) His hand stand was pretty awesome though. He told us the surprise at how long he held his hand stand was what actually brought him down.
Anyway, it is now quarter to five. I have got to at least attempt going back to sleep or I will be a bear tomorrow...I mean, later today. :) That is not acceptable. Tis the season to be Jolly, right. :)
Our family is pretty excited for Christmas. I haven't done a stitch of shopping yet...but we have enjoyed putting up lights and listening to music and generally reveling in the season.
Sarah is no exception. She loves the Christmas tree and the Geo Trax train we put underneath. The kids are beside themselves and can't wait for the big day.
(By the way, Sarah is up crying right now. Will she go back to sleep on her own?)
Ben had a couple big moments last week. First, he finally received the patches for his Bobcat and Wolf.
Ben has had a great time in scouts and was pretty proud of himself for the achievement. Ben also promoted to a purple belt in karate. 
Awesome...except for the sparring gear he has to have now which will cost us a pretty penny. I don't know how that don't have to disclose all these little side expenses at the beginning. Check out this video of Ben's awesomeness. As you go up to get your new belt you get to do a trick or kick or whatever.
Thank goodness he bounced right up from that. :) His hand stand was pretty awesome though. He told us the surprise at how long he held his hand stand was what actually brought him down.
Anyway, it is now quarter to five. I have got to at least attempt going back to sleep or I will be a bear tomorrow...I mean, later today. :) That is not acceptable. Tis the season to be Jolly, right. :)
Friday, November 25, 2011
Daily Thought #3 -Small Miracles
Well, it hasn't been totally successful but this is my 3rd post this week. I would like to express my gratitude for small miracles this morning. Let me elaborate.
Last night we left our Thanksgiving party about 9:30 pm. We had a wonderful day and really enjoyed our time at my parent's house just hanging. Maybe I will blog that later. Anyway, of all the stupid things, we were totally out of formula. What?! Yes. I dropped off the kids and went looking for an open grocery store. I drove from Lehi to Lindon. The only place open...Walmart. I don't know if you knew, but their Black Friday deals started at 10pm last night. I had no choice but to try to buy formula at Walmart. By the time I arrived there were already 10,000 people in line to buy there Black Friday treasures. All I needed (as desperately as I needed it) was a can of formula. I pressed my way through the crowds to the back of the store, grabbed my precious treasure and headed to the front of the store. On my way up to the front I decided I would just get $20 from the atm and buy my way to the front of the line by asking someone to pay for my formula and keep the change. I could hardly get passed the people crowding the checkout stands. I found a break in the crowd and headed for the atm. When what to my wondering eyes appeared...a check stand with only 4 people in line. I literally walked right into it. Seriously, I was so grateful.
It was funny. When I got home last night with the formula for Sarah, I told Nate about my luck. He told me he had prayed for me. :) We had been talking on the phone while I was driving around looking for somewhere so he know I had been forced to go to Walmart. Prayer changes things. I know, it was a small thing. I could of waited in line for an hour and a half. It wasn't that important. Maybe it was coincidence. I choose to see it as a blessing from a sweet Heavenly Father. :)
Next little miracle. We threw away our pathetic, cheap, broken artificial tree last year. Well, this year, we were faced with buying a new tree. Do you know how much a decent artificial tree costs... Wowzers. Anyway, we saw that Home Depot was going to have a tree door buster. $50 for a 7 1/2 ft. pre-lighted Christmas tree. They opened at 5 am. Nathan, my hero, got up and made it to the store by about 5:10am. He walked in and said he saw lots of people in line with the tree. He knew it was pretty hopeless. As he was walking around looking for the display a Home Depot employee asked him if he needed help. Nate showed him the tree in the ad and the guy said they were all gone...but he offered Nate the display tree. :) He gave Nate a note and told him to go pay while he got the display tree down and brought it to him. :) Yea! Nate just bumped into the right employee. We have a lovely new tree sitting in our living room to decorate with our kids tonight.
It was Thanksgiving yesterday. I can't really put adequate words to all that I have to be thankful for. This year we were able to buy our first house. That has been such a blessing and wonderful thing for our family. Our kids are very happy here. Nate and I are very happy here. We are close to family, which is so fun. We have some other blessing waiting in the wings that we are excited about as well. I sometimes wonder why God keeps providing for me when I am such a slacker. He is so patient and kind to our family. I love my Heavenly Father. I don't deserve his patience but I am immeasurably thankful for it. I don't deserve the small miracles but they come frequently.
Last night we left our Thanksgiving party about 9:30 pm. We had a wonderful day and really enjoyed our time at my parent's house just hanging. Maybe I will blog that later. Anyway, of all the stupid things, we were totally out of formula. What?! Yes. I dropped off the kids and went looking for an open grocery store. I drove from Lehi to Lindon. The only place open...Walmart. I don't know if you knew, but their Black Friday deals started at 10pm last night. I had no choice but to try to buy formula at Walmart. By the time I arrived there were already 10,000 people in line to buy there Black Friday treasures. All I needed (as desperately as I needed it) was a can of formula. I pressed my way through the crowds to the back of the store, grabbed my precious treasure and headed to the front of the store. On my way up to the front I decided I would just get $20 from the atm and buy my way to the front of the line by asking someone to pay for my formula and keep the change. I could hardly get passed the people crowding the checkout stands. I found a break in the crowd and headed for the atm. When what to my wondering eyes appeared...a check stand with only 4 people in line. I literally walked right into it. Seriously, I was so grateful.
It was funny. When I got home last night with the formula for Sarah, I told Nate about my luck. He told me he had prayed for me. :) We had been talking on the phone while I was driving around looking for somewhere so he know I had been forced to go to Walmart. Prayer changes things. I know, it was a small thing. I could of waited in line for an hour and a half. It wasn't that important. Maybe it was coincidence. I choose to see it as a blessing from a sweet Heavenly Father. :)
Next little miracle. We threw away our pathetic, cheap, broken artificial tree last year. Well, this year, we were faced with buying a new tree. Do you know how much a decent artificial tree costs... Wowzers. Anyway, we saw that Home Depot was going to have a tree door buster. $50 for a 7 1/2 ft. pre-lighted Christmas tree. They opened at 5 am. Nathan, my hero, got up and made it to the store by about 5:10am. He walked in and said he saw lots of people in line with the tree. He knew it was pretty hopeless. As he was walking around looking for the display a Home Depot employee asked him if he needed help. Nate showed him the tree in the ad and the guy said they were all gone...but he offered Nate the display tree. :) He gave Nate a note and told him to go pay while he got the display tree down and brought it to him. :) Yea! Nate just bumped into the right employee. We have a lovely new tree sitting in our living room to decorate with our kids tonight.
It was Thanksgiving yesterday. I can't really put adequate words to all that I have to be thankful for. This year we were able to buy our first house. That has been such a blessing and wonderful thing for our family. Our kids are very happy here. Nate and I are very happy here. We are close to family, which is so fun. We have some other blessing waiting in the wings that we are excited about as well. I sometimes wonder why God keeps providing for me when I am such a slacker. He is so patient and kind to our family. I love my Heavenly Father. I don't deserve his patience but I am immeasurably thankful for it. I don't deserve the small miracles but they come frequently.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Daily Thought #2
Random Daily thought #2 is only being written because Sarah woke back up about 30 minutes ago and is now happily playing on the floor with my shoe. She can crawl now. Did I mention that before? Cutest thing...that is going to really add to the work I have to do. We need gates for the stairs and possibly to keep her out of the kitchen. Who knows what she might find on the floor in there.
I am tired, but thankfully, tomorrow is a low key day at work. No schedule. Just paperwork. So I guess if I am up all night I will survive. I just finished reading Michael Vey. Good story. Very easy read, which is what I always like. Let's face it, that's the only thing I like these days. :) The majority of my meager brain power is spent on other things.
Next week Ben will finally get his first scouting patches. The Bobcat and the Wolf. He is a Bear now. This ward has been awesome for scouts. Ben is also in Karate...he enjoys it. I am just thankful to see him like something besides video games. :)
Yawning...and the baby has now found a piece of paper to entertain her. Energy level seems to be high. Go to sleep my little one. Go to sleep my little baby. That is a song, right?
I am tired, but thankfully, tomorrow is a low key day at work. No schedule. Just paperwork. So I guess if I am up all night I will survive. I just finished reading Michael Vey. Good story. Very easy read, which is what I always like. Let's face it, that's the only thing I like these days. :) The majority of my meager brain power is spent on other things.
Next week Ben will finally get his first scouting patches. The Bobcat and the Wolf. He is a Bear now. This ward has been awesome for scouts. Ben is also in Karate...he enjoys it. I am just thankful to see him like something besides video games. :)
Yawning...and the baby has now found a piece of paper to entertain her. Energy level seems to be high. Go to sleep my little one. Go to sleep my little baby. That is a song, right?
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Daily Thought #1
In an effort to try to warm up to my blog again I am going to try to enter random daily thoughts until the end of November. I will see how it goes.
First random thought - Isn't she sweet. I still can't get over how much I enjoy her. I love all my kids, but Sarah has been so easy to really enjoy. I don't have so many little ones hanging on my leg. I can enjoy focusing on her and catering to her while the others handle most things for themselves. It is great. She is truly adored by all at our house. A very popular little lady.
Then there are the rowdy children. I sat in church this morning with my rowdy little bunch, thinking, Ugg. Why do you have to be so noisy. We were at the front of the chapel. Ben, Rachel, and Emily were playing hang man together. They would have continued to have a great time had it not been for the mean mother who separated them. They don't know how to whisper or play so people can't hear them. They think that as long as they are sitting they are being reverent. At the same time, they are the excitement and fun of our family. Everyday at our house is crazy and I really do love it. I love the things we do as a family. I love my kids bursting personalities that have no boundaries. My life would be utterly incomplete without them.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
I Miss My Blog :(
Happy Fall! Looking for good ways to fit blogging into my not so flexible schedule. Taking suggestions. :)
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