Super Excited

Adam is starting school up again in January. I'm a little bummed because I'll never have the car, schools 45 minutes away. We will see how this semester goes, we might need to move closer.
He is really excited which makes me feel really good. I've been helping him set up scheduling and counseling. I feel like a PRO and I really like doing it. Too bad the school's classes they offer don't always work so well with his work schedule and it is causing a little problem! I had every semester with 3-4 classes and a max of 12 credits. It was wonderful. We had to switch spanish for math because the upper level spanish class is already full!! It was so sad. Adam will have more credits to take and I guess he could take out his history class but it will just make us more behind. If we can register for these classes tomorrow he will be set! It's going to be so hard, but its just a jump start to what lies ahead! I am really recording this publicly so I can remember and we can have in stone some future plans!!

This is the rest of his under-grad career plan! You may notice there's not that much generals or spanish left.
Generals
Creative Writing, Fitness for Life, Intro. to Psychology
Spanish Degree
Translation, Business & Professional Spanish, Advanced Conversation/Composition
Individualized Minor
(required for major & future schooling)
Biology II, Genetics, Calculus, Chemistry II, Physics I, Micro-Biology, Organic Chem I, Statistics, Organic Chem II, Anatomy, Bio-Chemistry, Physiology, Physics II
* He doesn't actually need them all, but you have to take some to take the others and if he does take them all he has more options in the schools he applies to*

If you are intrigued to find out what our poor Adam has decided to to with his life you can give him a call and maybe he will let you know!! By the looks of things we'll be here for 3 more years and he's gonna need all the prayers WE can get!!

Change & Challenge

Ok, I am ready to talk about it.

Adam enlisted in the Navy this past January. He has a ship date set in September. Adam choose his #2 job choice just to get in so he could take a test to get the language job he wants. We are still waiting for the other job so we can switch. We kind of felt abandoned, and set aside on the switch. Our 1st choice isn't as important to them as it is to us. Already feeling the effects of the Navy running and choosing our live style. I am not talking bad about our choice because we are very excited! We planned to do something. This was a big step and it is filled with security and stability. Enlisting was plan C, all of the other plans fell through and we kind of settled on this because he wants to please me and give me stability, give me some road to the future. We have been pumping ourselves up for this step and then... PLAN D comes along. Since plan D has booted up the Navy has been a little more persistent. Weird how that happens.

Maybe plan A & B didn't work out because Heavenly Father doesn't want us on the military path. Military is hard on the family and we really have a very different view on how we want to spend our lives together. Plan D: We are moving to MISSOURI in less than a month. Adams best friend invited him to be a partner in his new growing company. Yes, that sounds a little nuts, especially in the time we live in right now. Yes, we have prayed about it and will continue to pray about it. We truly want to follow the path that Heavenly Father wants for us. We know that these big decisions are so hard. It's the "both are good, one is better" fork in the road decision. There is a particular job right now in the business that we are hoping to get and that everything will turns out right. We have faith and a warming feeling that if we don't get IT something else will come but we'd really like it to happen sooner than later. We would love it if you could pray for this and for us.

Adam finishes school May 7th and we are going house shopping that following week. We are going to give this a try for the summer and we still have to option to ship out in September if our feelings change. Like I said we have faith and a comfortable feeling about this move. We are very excited and we need warm fuzzies sent our way for such a big change and challenge!!

I'll keep you posted. Hopefully, I will get back to my blogging self. I needed a little break! Lots on my to-do list.

First Times for Everything. Good Mom/ Bad Mom.

Yesterday i knew something was up. J was really sleepy and he was super cuddly with mommy which is very unusual. He also had a runny nose and a small cough. He woke up at 4:30 again unusual and wanted to sleep with mommy and daddy. This morning he was still coughing so we put our list on the walk in and headed to the doctors. While getting everything ready J tipped off the bed for the first time. I caught his leg and helped his fall but it still got him ralleyed.

While waiting at the doctors he was so cute, quiet, and adventurous. His fever was down and his nose wasn't runny and he stopped coughing. I was starting to think I came for no reason. Once, we got in she quickly checked him and said the has THE EAR INFECTION in both ears. My poor baby wasn't fussy and pulling his ears at all. His first illness! awe..

We sent his persciption to Wal-mart. They only had 1/2 of it. We called 6 other stores until finally we found it at Wal-greens. We got to the car and by this time I have been running around so much I had to pee so bad. I buckled my silent teary eyed baby into his seat and started up. When we got the stop sign he was screaming! It was very unusual. I figured the ear ache kicked in. I started to sing to him. It kept going and was sounding very distressful. I turned around. The car seat wasn't buckled to the car and had flipped over. WHAT A BAD MOM!!

When I got him out to get our other perscription he started at his ears. Finally, it looked like it was what it was! We are home now and my sleepy baby won't fall back to sleep after his medicine. Darn being sick.

Please pray for my sweet little baby to feel better soon!! He is just so sad!

2:00 Today

He is out the door and ready for his interview! This is a big step for us and we need lots of prayers and good luck wishes! Atleast Adam does.. Good Luck Babe!!




NO wonder so many people mistake him as a girl.. Look at his eyes, he's just so pretty!

Need A Prayer

Okay, I am ready to talk about it. However, I need to go to sleep soon so I will probably be leaving some things out.

Adam has been applying for Coast Guard's College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative for 2 months. He has done TONS of things. He finally felt great about something he wanted to do and something that could possibly be accomplished in a decent amount of time. He hasn't give up even with all these "things" that have got in the way. Transferring schools was a pain in the rump. When we realized we were unable to go to school in the fall that college still wanted us to pay 1,200 for dropping our classes on the first day of school. We had to appeal and we got that cleared up. Then we had to sign up for school again for spring, they want your first child and his little dog. It has been a crazy struggle and all these issues keep rising up, they only tell you something new once you finish one thing. Thankfully Adam got accepted again. When they transferred his BYU credits they took everything except for the 4 classes he tested out of. That made a mess because that puts us down to 48 credits. We need 60 for the program. We ran up to the school today and found out it is possible to take the tests for their school and pay for the credits. We are just relieved that aren't full tuition value. If Adam passes the spanish examination for all 4 lower level spanish classes that will give us 60 credits and we can still apply and finish school within 2 years. He is taking that test tomorrow! Spanish is spanish, and he knows the language so we are not worried. He's done it before! Frankly, we are relieved.
We have encountered many of these "stumps" through this process and many people would have given up a long time ago. Which they have, Adam is the only person right now applying for this program in this area. I am so grateful for Adam's perseverance in something he feels will be beneficial for him and his family. The updates on the application: He has done his health physical passed perfectly, scored a GREAT score on his ASVAB and did all his backgrounds and paperwork. We are waiting for 2 more letters of recommendation (which has been a struggle all it's own). Adam then needs to write an essay and turn it in to his recruiter. Then they send in the application and before school starts, WE HOPE!!!!! the board can meet with him and interview him for their program. It has been stressful and you know how anxious and impatient I get! But, like I said, Adam has really taken great responsibility in this endeavor. He needs the rest of his stuff ASAP so the interview people don't go out of town for holiday and stuff, he also needs to get those credits! Isn't it amazing, if Adam didn't take even one of his classes so far he wouldn't be able to apply. We know all these stumps are worth something. Hard things are worth it, right!!

Talk about hard things... I finally got a subbing job. I am a little nervous because I don't know southern kids and I am kind of rusty in the bossy classroom teacher compartment... and I'll be subbing which might possibly be the hardest job in the world. Any how, please keep me in your thoughts and send warm fuzzies my way, because I am hoping for a SUPER wonderful day!!! I LOVE teaching and I don't want monster children who hate sub's to kill that in me.

Thanks.

Ear Infection?????

Help! Jo has a low temperature. It has never been over 100 and his is normaly a really sweaty sleeper. He has been really fussy lately. I think it may be his teething because he eats his hands non-stop all day. The part that worries me is the many times a day where he pulls his ears. Does this mean something is wrong? or that he has just found his ears. I wish I had insurance for his four month appointment. I was just going to go to health department for shots. Ghetto huh?? How sad, I guess I just need to make an appointment. What are other signs?? and how can I make him feel better mean while. He has slept A LOT lately and cried the other half of the time. I know he is not feeling well because he gets calm when i strap him to me or rest with him or hold him close. He really gets me confused when he smiles and laughs during the day. My poor baby and what a horrible mommy I feel like.

She's My Mom!

My mom turns 45 next month on July 8th. Rose Marie was born in Bronx, NY and lived there throughout her childhood. At 19 she joined the Navy. While in the Navy she married my dad, joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, had 3 children, recieved her bachelors and masters degree, tranfeered over to officer status and traveled the world on the Abe Lincoln and the Ike air craft carriers. She worked in the field of weapons and had many leadership postitions in the military. Although this 5'1 125lb woman seems small and fragile she is "hard core" and you didn't want to get on her bad side. She was put in a situation where she had to work and provide for her family and she never let down her responsibilites. She retired last February after 23 years of active duty service.

Momma always wants the best for her family. She has high standards for them and has given all she can to make them happy and to provide them with things to succeed in thier lives. Although she has always worked hard she has ALWAYS remained a lady. She loves looking beautiful, latin dancing, word find puzzles and shopping. She has a weakness for nice shoes and purses. She sees what she likes and she gets it. She has worked hard for all the beautiful things she has, including her children. Among many things she taught me to always get my eyebrows waxed, to give my unused things to Salvation Army, and to always feed the missionaries or any one who comes over.

When I was a young adult I became unactive in the church and it was her who constantly put my name on the prayer list and pushed me to join institute. Without her constant push and sometimes annoyance she is the reason I have gained the testimony I have. She is the reason I am a strong member today and the reason I was able to come to a realization of my purpose on earth. Although at times I thought she was making me the most miserable person, she is the one who introduced me to the way of true happiness.


To me, my mom has been superwoman. She has always done it all and never slowed down. Unfortunatly, last month she had a breast tumor removed. She has been diagnosed with breast cancer and all my thoughts about her are changing. After her surgery I couldn't stay long to see her because I didn't want her to think I was sad. I left the room sick inside almost in tears. For the first time I saw my mother as a little girl, hurting and sick from the side effects of surgery.

She has to go through 16 weeks of chemotherapy in hopes that her cancer will go away. They say it is a cureable type but they are not sure where the cancer is coming from. Next week is her second treatment. Adam has been so nice to sacrifiice his education at BYU to travel with me to my mom's so I can give to her what she gave to me, constant care and love. A little chance for me to return my appriciation. My mother is Heavenly Father's little girl and every day I notice that more and more. She is not superwoman and she will not be able to do it all. I just hope I can be there to support her, to help her, and that with her kids there and  her grand-baby, she will feel her purpose in this trail.

I ask that you will have a prayer in your heart for my sweet mother. That she will be able to fight the dis- ease that has attacked her body. I will be sure to post her progress throughout the next 6 months. Heavenly Father has provided us both with comfort and confiedence. I love my momma and I really hope that she doesn't mind that I posted this.

Like this months Relief Society message stated: " [We] were taught and prepared for the circumstances [we] would personally encounter in mortality.." What a relief that we are truely able to handle all that is asked of us!!