What is with not so smart questions?

Okay, so this post doesn't sound all that great, but I'm trying to figure this one out... I got a call on our house this evening and the man asked me how much we were asking for the house. I told him we were asking $173000.... TOTALLY AWESOME deal for around here...anywhere really for the size of our house.. We have over 2400 sq. ft of living space... 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bath. Huge laundry room. Large living and family rooms and a good size kitchen and dining room. Our backyard has only one neighbor to the back since it's not in the subdivision on that side.

Anyway, the man asked me tonight if we were totally firm on the price... then he asked how low we were willing to go. I told him that he's getting a great deal as it is, so it would be hard to say. Then he told me to talk it over with my husband and see what we would go down to.... Do you think I'm stupid or something? NO WAY!!! I'm not telling you or anyone else what I am willing to go down....that's nonsense....

Okay, I think I'm done venting... I'm not too worried about this showing... if it's the right family then things will work out and if it's not the right family, I'm not worried. I want the RIGHT family to buy this house for them. I know that the right family is out there and will find their home soon :) AND for the right price :)

Okay, so now I need to go clean and get after my children who are not in bed :( grrr.... maybe they will get some chores to do :) There's always chores that need to be done...hehehe

Day of Sorrow or day of Faith?

Tim just left after we had our family scripture study and family prayers. It is so hard to have Tim leave first again. I was hoping that we would never have to do this ever again...be separated that is.





I'm still hopeful and praying that it's not as long as last time.









Now, on a lighter side....Josh had his first set of football games yesterday. He did a great job and is getting the hang of things. He is really enjoying playing tackle. There were 6 teams that played yesterday in a jamboree. This was so that all the kids could have a chance to just play each team before the REAL games begin. Josh is on the Falcons team.



The Cowboys were getting hurt so bad during all the games. They started with 22 kids and ended up with only 14 left to play when the coach called it a day for them. Some of the kids got hurt worse than others... it is so sad to see kids getting hurt. All of the kids had a chance to experience "taking a knee" and waiting for the injured to get off the field.









There was great sportsmanship shown by all the kids. Tim was able to be at this first jamboree, but will miss the very first GAME this week.
















The game that Josh plays this wednesday is at the High School field. "Under the lights" He's so excited about that one.

24 plus hours till meltdown?

We have a little more than 24 hours left with Tim. He was able to get tomorrow off so that he can spend the day with us before he leaves us. Josh has his first series of games tomorrow morning, which will be the only ones that Tim will be able to be at and watch.
We took the house off the market and put it up by owner again. Bold move, but it has to be that way. So we're praying for the family that needs our home so they can buy it. Selling the house ourselves allows for an easier purchase and a lower price. It's so sad how bad the market is. Too many houses are being built so no houses existing can sell :(
I will keep everyone posted as to our goings on.... you'll know when we have a buyer :) You may even be able to hear me :) Thank you all for your prayers and love.

Dallin's story

Dallin brought home a paper that he wrote in school the other day about books. Here is his writing that he did....

I like books because the first time I read, I imagined that it was real.
Books are good for you. They'll make you imagine everything.

Isn't that the cutest :) Well, I'm biased to :) I love that he loves books and reading. For his birthday he got a majority of the set of magic treehouse books. He loves them and organizes them all the time :)

Erie similarities

Does this situation sounds familiar to anyone? I hope you'll find it somewhat humorous and then start praying for us :)

Tim put in for a transfer a while back. He was called for an interview last week and scheduled for his interview in Ontario for yesterday. He went down for his interview and was hired. Tim is now transfering back to SRCI . We are happy about the transfer as it is what we've wanted.

Now, here are the erie similarities.... ready????
I'm homeschooling Josh and Kyler is in kindergarten......

erie similaraty 1- When Tim transfered to Hermiston, I was homeschooling Aaron and Josh was in kindergarten

The boys had just started school

now this similarity I don't want to happen.... it took until the end of the school year for our house to sell :( NO WAY!!!!! I'm not looking forward to being a single mom again. I don't have my friend Ang here ;) I know that the only reason I was able to hold on and make it through the tough times was the tremendous support that our family was so richly blessed with in New Plymouth.

I did it before and I know I can do it again IF I HAD to, but I don't want to... kicking and screaming right?

Anyway, I just wanted everyone to know of our transitions again and ask for extra prayers and help in selling our house and that our kids can make the transition with ease.

September 1st means SCENTSY MADNESS

Today is the first day to order from the new catalog :) I'm so excited about my open house tomorrow as there are so many cool new things that scentsy has done :) They added small plug in warmers that plug right into the wall like a nightlight.

They have also added some very pretty new warmers...these warmers have a reactive glaze on them so they will all look different from each other :) I can't wait to see some of the new warmers and have some plug in for my house.

I'm having so much fun with scentsy right now and have had a lot of success. I had a party last friday night which was HUGE and had a lot of parties scheduled off of that one. Tomorrow is my open house and then Thursday is another party for a teacher. Another friend is also having a basket party. She's taking my basket testers to work with her so people can smell and order.

I have another teacher that wants to have a party as well, she just has to figure out when :)

I am so very excited for this month as I am promoting to a "certified" consultant and now will be getting 25% instead of 20%. I've made a goal for myself this month to have at least one new recruit consultant on my team. So far it's just me on my team :( I'm sure the day and time will come when I can add more friends to the scentsy family, but for now, I'm just working and having fun.

If you're curious about the new things I've been talking about, go check out the catalog on my site :) There are so many wonderful new things this season.

Happy Birthday Dallin !!!!!

Dallin is 7 :) Well, on the 31st, but I wanted this posted before Sunday morning :) Here are some pictures honoring Dallin :) He had a rough go when he first came to us, if any of you knew us then, you know some of the trials Dallin had in the beginning.

When Dallin was 2 weeks old, 911 happened. When Dallin was about 2 months old, he quit breathing and turned blue... thankfully Kaylyn was just down the road and came to help out. When Dallin was about 6 months old, he weighed only 10 pounds. From the time Dallin was 2 months old to the time he was 6 months old when we had our fire, Dallin had to be on a nebulizer for his breathing. He had a really hard time breathing since he was 2 weeks old and we went the rounds with the drs...

We are so blessed to have Dallin in our lives and in our family. He is a pure joy and a delight to have around. Dallin absolutely loves learning and reading. He also enjoys being active and playing with anyone and everyone. He's a very friendly kid who loves and is very easy to love.

This year Dallin is looking forward to reading more books and being in second grade. He's now counting down the days until next year when he turns 8!!!!!

First day of SCHOOL

The first day of school was tuesday the 26th...it's been a very crazy busy last few days.Monday night before school, we had our Back to School family home evening...this is where we have our first "school" lunch for the year. I got these trays like they have at school and we eat a traditional school meal. This time is was turkey gravy with mashed potatoes, green beans, fruit cocktail, fruit pie and juice. The boys love this annual event. For the lesson, we talk about rules of school and why it's important to keep learning. Then we have the EXTRA special event to finish off the night :)

Aaron started high school and rode his bike to school. He enjoyed his first day of high school...this is what he said about Ag science "It's yummy" I guess they did a bubble gum experiment on which gum gives you bigger bubbles... I'll let you know what they decide so you can get the biggest best bubble for your buck :D

Brandon started seventh grade and has decided to play the trombone for band... too bad we're not closer to Ferrara's so he can get some pointers from Bro. Ferrara :( He needs them, so if you want to send any our way, that would be much appreciated :D

Josh had his grid kid football sign ups on tuesday and the draft tonight. It was so funny to watch him get his gear for football...there's no way he could have played last year, even if he wanted to :) He's super tiny. xs for everything, even the helmet which is too big by the way :) He's really excited about playing "tackle football" I got the paper about grid kids and he said he wasn't playing football ever again, then I told him it was tackle. He then quickly changed his mind :D He LOVES tackle. There are a lot of boys Josh's age playing, whom he knows, so it will be good whatever team he's on :)

Dallin started 2nd grade and loves it. He had to miss his second day of school to go to the dentist in Tri-cities. He was sad, but excited that we could go shopping after wards :D At the dentist, they had game systems everywhere in the waiting room so the little boys could play while they were waiting for Dallin to be done :D It was so nice to not have to worry about josh and Kyler getting bored while they were waiting.

Kyler started kindergarten and was SO excited. He woke up bright and early and had a great attitude. He got his clothes and got dressed before I could even get downstairs :) socks shoes and his backpack :)

I took Dallin and Kyler to school and walked them to their classrooms. Once the door was open for Kyler's class, he was gone...no hug :( but I did get a HUGE hug when he got out of school. Today, he didn't even want to hold my hand, but he did give me a good bye hug :)

Today was Josh's first day of classes and things were so crazy. I'm glad that he only had 4 classes to do today. He's learning about Oregon history this year and has new curriculum with ORCA so it's a new learning process for a while.

We'll get the hang of these new schedules one of these days :)

Time?

Where has the time gone? I can't seem to find it? We went to Aaron's band performance tonight for his marching band.... is it at all possible that I could have a child that old? NO WAY!!!!! My baby can't be old enough to be in high school :(

It was so nice to see him marching and doing so well. I looked over at him a few times and saw him having a great time with the band and getting into the drumline beats :) It was so great to see him getting into it and having fun. Even this evening when we dropped off some socks for him before the performance, he was talking to people and visiting :) It was wonderful.

I know, i sound shocked. I just can't phathom that I have a child old enough to be in high school... I know, I sound like a broken record.


Well, the boys start school next tuesday. I'm still having mixed feelings about it as I want them to go to school, but I don't at the same time. I want to be able to go to the school and help out, but I've got a homeschooler :) I am happy about that. I'm excited to work with Josh this year. Josh is really excited as well. This year is going to prove to be a challenge with the new schedule changes for everyone and Kyler's half days.

These are pictures of Aaron growing up on me..... The one above is my oldest and my youngest. One starting high school and the other starting kindergarten. Thank goodness for memories.

I was just wanting to post something about our goings on. I didn't take my camera tonight for Aarons performance.... My mind was gone....sorry. I will get a picture of Aaron in his marching uniform though...he looks quite nice. This year will be a good one for Aaron to get to know more kids and do more things...drama and swimming and golf are things he wants to do :) Wooohoooo!!!!!!!

"A Lesson for today"

Okay, today is Sunday and I was reading the talk for my lesson next week. The talk that I'm giving a lesson on next week is Pres. Uchtdorf's talk "A Matter of a Few Degrees"

This was a talk from the priesthood session of conference.

Pres. Uchtdorf tells a story of a sightseeing plane bound for Antarctica. The pilots had no clue that the settings were off by 2 degrees. This altered their course and they were bound for an active volcano that rises about 12000 feet. By the time the pilots became aware of this problem, they were already doomed :( Pres. Uchtdorf likens this to our path and journey in life... when we falter ever so slightly.

In reading the talk this morning, my heart just ached. Things have been a struggle for us here lately. We've never struggled so much spiritually in our lives. I'm not sure what the Lord is trying to teach us, but it seems as though we're resisting the teaching. hmmm..... Some things we know NEED to be done and happen, but why we're still here waiting for the house to sell...we're not sure. There must be a purpose, but what that is, well, only the Lord knows. Thank goodness He knows.

No matter how much we struggle or ache, the Lord is right there beside us....feeling what we feel and routing for us. Back on track is the key...what are we doing or not doing in our lives to limit the Lord's blessings coming to us.

I guess this is what I've been struggling with. I want so badly to do something or be somewhere and it's just not happening yet. We were hoping to be moved before school started, but again, that's not the plan for us...so we're starting school here. Maybe the reason we're still here is for one of our boys and school....don't know.

I'm grateful that the Lord is in control and not me. I'm grateful that I can turn to my Father in Heaven and have peace in knowing that I'm loved and that He's watching over us. I'm grateful for each day that I have to cherrish my boys and their love. I'm grateful that the Lord has blessed me with the wisdom to know what is best for my boys and the ability to do it :) I love my boys.

My picture of the footprints in the sand is a very fitting picture that i'm so grateful that I did when we were on the coast :)

I do hope that everyone has a blessed sunday.