So, I'm new at this whole blog thing, so it may take a bit for me to figure it out, but I thought I'd give you the big updates as they're happening in our family! For those of you who don't know, Scott is the manager of the Fred Meyer Jewelers here in Ellensburg. We moved (back) here in November 2008, and we said we'd be here 3-5 years. We had moved out of Ellensburg to Olympia because we really don't like it too much, but they dragged us back here to promote Scott to manager, so we said after that 3-5 years, we'd be trying to bust out of Ellensburg again. Our big desire has been to go (back) up to Alaska. Scott worked on the Yukon River going between Dawson City and Eagle, AK for the summer before we got married and absolutely fell in love with it! Anyway, our ultimate goal has been to move up to Alaska. Out of the clear blue, the regional manager of the FM Jewelers called Scott up and offered him the store in Juneau! It was a year-and-a-half earlier than we had planned on even beginning to look at stores anywhere.
Soooo... now that this dream job has opened up, what do we do? I was JUST in the processed of being hired by KITTCOM (our local 9-1-1 dispatch agency), and what about the kids??? For those of you who don't know, we've got three foster kids. We've had them for about a year. The hearing to terminate the bio-mom's rights was set for April, but it got pushed back to September. We hated to turn down this job when we have no idea what's going on with the kids, and the State has really jerked us around about them since day one. But at the same time, we don't want to push the kids into yet another foster home just as they're doing so well and are really settled down and adjusted into our family.
Finally, we've decided to take the job. Scott's going up on July 14th, and I'm going to do my best to be a single mom until the hearing. After the hearing, I'm heading up to Alaska to be with my hubby (hopefully with kids in tow!). Anyway, that's what's going on in our lives right now.
he Mahoneys this weekend! It's very likely to be the last time we (Scott, more especially) get to see them for a while, so they decided to come up to see my musical and to get to spend some time with us. Thanks!! I know that our kids LOVE spending time with them. Kelton and E are about the same age, as wellas Malli and R. Korban and K are a few years apart, and I know Korban gets a little annoyed with him, but man what a good example Korban is for K! Thanksfor humoring him, Korban!
kids! They got a kick out of that. "Mommy! I'm not Papa!!" The next night, K & R went to the show AGAIN with Grandma Layne and Auntie Lori, and we actually dared to send E with them too! He just sat right on Auntie Lori's lap the entire time, and was soooo good! It was too cute, 'cause at the very end of the show, we all come out in our night gowns and bridal veils, and everyone was quiet, except E seemed to think that was funny, and I heard his little giggle on stage. Bless my heart, he's cute! Anyway, thanks for the great weekend, Mahoneys! We're sure going to miss being able to see you so often! And everyone else: come to the show! It closes this weekend! My parents are taking tickets on Thursday, and K gets to hand out programs, which he's excited about. It should be cute!
Hey there! I just wanted to share some pictures with y'all (as much as I can with the restrictions we have on the kids. One of our favoritethings to do as a family is go on road trips! I have memories (whether they're fond or not, I'm not sure) of driving EVERYWHERE on vacation! Most memorable, of course, was the drive to Texas. I want these kids, who had never even been out of the statebefore they came to us, to have some of those memories. After a year, they're finally learning to survive in the car - E even falls asleep quite easily now! Here he is, trying to fall asleep, but his eyes just won't seem to stay closed! What do you do when that happens? Why pinch them closed, of course!
