I am doing an 8 weeks to a better you challenge and one of the tasks is to journal every day. So, after three years of not blogging, I decide it is time. Now WHERE TO BEGIN...
Lets go back three years years to fall 2009. Life was good. Adam was working and MIS and I was staying home with the kids. Kaden started kindergarten at Greenwood Elementary and Kyle was attending Funshine Preschool at the P.G. Rec Center. Kloe had her first birthday and was as rough and crazy as her brothers. She loved to play anything superheros and her favorite was Bumblebee from Transformers.
In Fall 2010 I decided to take a position teaching 1/2 day kindergarten at Meadow Elementary. I brought Kaden and Kyle with me to the school where Kaden had Miss Monson and Kyle had Mrs. Kendall. I enjoyed teaching with my kids at the same school as me, especially having Kyle in kindergarten. Everything was going great. We had our home up for sale and was looking to by a house in the area. However, that December everything changed. Adam lost his job at MIS and life threw us some curveballs. I learned a lot during this time of trial. I grew a lot closer to my Heavenly Father and was completely dependent on him. I had never experienced such difficulties and needed the Lords hand in my life as much as I did then. I grew to love and appreciate him in a way I never had imagined. I never realized how much you can learn and grow from trials in life as I did during this time.
After much prayer and fasting Adam decide in the summer of 2011 to attend the police academy. He started in June and graduated in December. We are so proud of him and this accomplishment. The summer was kind of a challenge since Adam was gone every night and all day on Saturday (and I was primary president) but we still found time do do our summer traditions. In May we went down to St George for a family reunion with my family. We stayed in a beautiful home with a swimming pool where all the cousins could run wild and have fun together. We also went to Cherry Hill, which is heaven on earth for my children, for cousins camp. We had the pass of all passes so we spent many days at Seven Peaks and nights at the Owlz games. Like usual we weren't home much because we were out having fun somewhere.
Fall rolled around and life changed real fast. I decided to take a teaching position at Timpanogos High School teaching Early Childhood Education. This was the best situation possible for our family. I only taught every other day for 2 periods and I got to bring Kloe with me. She attended the onsite preschool while I taught. The night before school started we found out that we were expecting BABY # 4! We were so excited and a bit overwhelmed. Kaden and Kyle were still attending Meadow where Kyle now had Miss Monson (who became Mrs. Barton) and Kaden had Mrs. Sorenson.
After Adam graduated from the academy he applied for police officer positions EVERYWHERE! This was a challenging/exciting time in our lives. We had so many mixed emotions and decisions to make. We had to put a lot of faith in out Father in Heaven to guide us where we needed to go. In May Adam accepted a job at Nature's Sunshine were he is currently working now. It's a great company and he had good potential to move up quick. We will have to see what comes of it.
April 29, 2012 McKinley Mae joined our family. She was born at 12:52 a.m. at Utah Valley Regional Hospital in Provo, Utah. We have loved every minute spent with her since she has been born. She brings a joy to our home that we couldn't live without. After about a week, I went back to school to finish out the year while dad stayed home with our new bundle of joy.
As you can see life has been crazy but fun. I have so much to be grateful for and have seen the Lords hand in many ways help me and my family.
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