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A few of you have asked about our house. Well, we are still working on it. We are waiting for the final sign off from underwriting and then our lender will order some docs and send them to title and we should be ready to sign on Monday the 17th. To me, that all means that we're waiting...waiting...waiting.... to those of you who have purchased a few houses or who are in the industry, I'm sure that sentence means more to you than it does to me.
For those of you in town-don't forget-we're having a very exciting moving day on Saturday the 22nd! Come one, come all...and bring a friend or two. PLEASE!!!!! Contact Nick for information on what time to be here, etc...THANKS!!!!!
I decided to write down and add up all the words that Preston can say. He'll be 18 months old next week so I think he is pretty advanced....here is most of the words he can say, I am sure I am missing a few...HiByeSillyAshleighdaddymommygrandpagrandmabananayogurtonepeaspleasei love youonoffoutdiaperbottlenursewipesmoviecar ridewowyummyoh boyconnercooperboobienippleoh ohpoopieowgonoyesballmorego awaydoggieheyni-nightreadyfishnosecookiecandycheesejuicewaterbroccolichickenappledrinksippybelly buttonsupraeyenosestorejazzredwhiteblackbluepurpleI think thats it so far..... pretty good though, right?
Well, it was bound to happen. I have been having so many good days at work that it was about time for me to have a bad one...well tonight it happened. In a nut shell-I was the cashier at the Self Check out area. One chick stole a movie... One guy got in line after I put the "Lane Closed" sign up and when I told him he needed to go to another register he got mad, threw the hat he was holding at me and flipped me off. I immediately called security, but he was already out the door. Shortly after another moron got in that SAME closed lane and when I told him that it was closed he threw a freaking wine bottle opener at me that he was going to purchase and as he was walking out of the store he screamed as loud as he could "This store is a pile of S***!" I was obviously shaken up...I really didn't expect that reaction from customers and I seriously didn't think buy a HAT was THAT important! Whatever, I mean maybe it was....whatever! I am just very glad to be home now, to have the day off tomorrow...and that it's my birthday...happy 28th birthday to me! :) Hopefully my work life will get good again.....
After a month at Wal-mart I have been asked to be a Manager. My availability is limited since Nick works full-time. I also don't want to work full-time so it's hasn't been a possibility for me to take any other position than cashier until now. They are in dire need of at least 2 more managers and many more evening, nights, and weekend cashiers. Since they are so desperate, I have been able to negotiate my own schedule. Once I get the official word from my bosses, I'll be overnight CSM (Customer Service Manager). I'll be working 2 nights on the weekend and then 1 short evening shift during the week. I'll be working about 20 hours/week which is more than I am working now by working 5-6 days a week! Nick and I were talking about how much gas I would use working almost every evening and traveling from Eagle Mountain to Salt Lake as a cashier vs. working as a CSM and only going in 2-3 days a week I'll be using much less gas! I think it'll be good all around. Anyway...that's my work update. I really enjoy my job and the people there and I am really excited about this new challenge!
Since Preston's last illness ended he has been obsessed with Yogurt-or as he calls it-"O-doh". From the very second he see's my eyes open in the morning he is asking for it "O-doh, O-doh, O-doh". And he'll keep asking until he gets it. Or, anytime we open the fridge he'll be right there saying it over and over and will pull one out of the fridge to try to get us to let him eat it. It's pretty funny actually.
Yesterday, while eating his yogurt he saw the bananas on the counter and asked for a banana too "nana" so I gave it to him...he decided it was best used as a spoon first for his yogurt. Eventually he would eat the yogurt covered banana. It was really cute. Since his illness he has eaten 2 yogurts and 1 banana every day! Wow! What a funny kid......
Yesterday I asked Ashleigh how primary was. She started by saying that it was really good-they sang I am a Child of God, they talked a lot about Jesus and they watched a video. She and I sang I am a Child of God together on our drive back home from church. I asked her what video they watched and she said it was about Jesus being put on the cross and "the bad people putting pins in his hands". She said that "Jesus looks different in the video"...I said different than what? She said he looks different than how I remember him.....hmmm.... anyway, the rest of Sunday was good, I didn't have to work for once so we all went to the Call's for dinner, we took them to see our new house, we had a good time. Ashleigh went to bed just fine-the way she usually does. Preston slept clear through the night in his own bed and it was great...until about 5am.....
Ashleigh woke up crying REALLY loudly and hard-almost screaming-and calling for daddy....Nick went to her and she told him that she had a bad dream that bad people were putting a crown of pins on her head and making her bleed!!! She was hysterical and so sad! Nick calmed her down and they both went back to sleep. She woke up again about 30 min later and this time I went to her....not knowing what she told Nick, I was less sympathetic (I was VERY tired and annoyed that she wouldn't go back to sleep-I felt bad the next day when I realized why she was really crying) I got her back to sleep.
The point is, I am a little upset at Ashleigh's primary teachers for showing them this video. Obviously there are some good principles in it, but she is only 5! She freaks out when she watches big kid cartoons! She is WAY more sensitive lately by the things on TV than most kids I think and I just wish they had told us parents ahead of time so we could take her out. What's funny is, I kept thinking about her during Relief Society and I couldn't get her off my mind....I kept thinking--we should go home early, but then kept telling myself that I needed to stay, this is where Heavenly Father wants me....now I'm wondering if I should have listened to myself and taken her home. Oh-well....I am going to call her teacher(s) tomorrow and enlighten them as politely as I can. Poor Ashleigh---she is afraid to go to sleep tonight!
Preston eating a cookie
We played Hide-and-seek. Ash hid under her bed...Preston was curious and decided to go under there with her....
Don't worry, they got out just fine! :)
Preston trying to go UP the slide-drives me crazy!
Ashleigh-always posing! 
Preston trying to figure out where to go next-can you see how red his fingers are?
One of MANY fun slides! 
These swings were great! I've never seen them before, but the kids absolutely loved riding in them!
Yesterday, while eating his yogurt he saw the bananas on the counter and asked for a banana too "nana" so I gave it to him...he decided it was best used as a spoon first for his yogurt. Eventually he would eat the yogurt covered banana. It was really cute. Since his illness he has eaten 2 yogurts and 1 banana every day! Wow! What a funny kid......
