TIME

Whoa! Time flies when you don't pay attention. The last two or three weeks have been such a blur. We have had check-outs and check-ins and everything in between here with our residents.
In the mean time, Bryant has grown about an inch and has really learned to be a help. Kayelynn has really discovered her words and sentence structure as well as her high pitched scream. Sarah has cut two teeth and loves food even more now (if that is even possible for her), and decided that crawling isn't that bad after all, but would rather stand and practices quite a bit daily! They all have cabin fever, but with the promise of sun and warmth the next 5 days we will be outside soaking in the sun and vitamin D!!!!
Jake is now done working his second job (the foot clinic) since he will be starting school in the next month. It'll be nice to have him home a little more in the day for a little while. I hope to pick up scrapbooking again and get all my pictures in order and into an album. It's a lot more fun to show off pictures when they are displayed in story form. I hope to also get my house decorated and organized just a little bit better too, in fact I have planned with a friend of mine to do a yard sale in about a month...I'll let you know how it goes.
We will be planting our garden this week and can't wait to begin the discipline of growing a rich, plentiful garden. I'll post pictures soon, we've had some fun moments recently.

Weekend fun

Jake and I decided to take the kids to Boise for the weekend at the last minute Friday. We went to see my parents and had a wonderful time!
We left late Friday afternoon and made really good time despite the wind. We had a full day Saturday. Jake went into my parents "park" and started taking out dead trees to replace with the new ones. The kids played in the yard with the dog and on the swingset and on the trampoline, they had so much fun just being able to run around in the yard and not have to be warned to stay away from the cars that drive by way too fast in our parking lot.
My mom and I went to a second hand children's clothing store much like Once Upon A Child, this one is called Other Mothers. Every last Friday and Saturday of the month they have a quarter sale, what a steal on clothing. I got about 80 pieces of clothing for just over $20 because on top of the good deal I had a coupon for $5 off!! We did really well, and I found a lot of winter clothes still in good shape that my kids can wear for the next couple of months...it's not getting warm here very quickly :)
We then went to the Deseret Book Ladies Night and had a ball.
We had a fantastic time relaxing and visiting. It was a good last minute decision to leave and get refreshed from both the vacation and the talks from General Conference. What a spirit we felt!
Now, we attack the week of check outs of all the students and prepare in 5 days for the return of them!!! What a busy two weeks this will be!

Nursing???

Eastern Idaho Technical College announced that they would send out the acceptance letters for the practical nursing program at the end of March...we have been waiting all month anticipating the day it would come in the mail and if finally arrived on Saturday afternoon (the last day of the month, of course). The day has finally come and now Jake is more nervous than ever...the letter is opened and sure enough the first word is CONGRATULATIONS! Jake made it into the full-time practical nursing program! He will start May 22nd and will attend school during the summer on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week from 8am-2:30pm. Once fall arrives he will be in school every day, all day and receive his LPN this time next year! It was a happy day yesterday. (Jake actually slept the whole night without an anxiety attack) :)