Sydney’s new haircut…

March 19th, 2012

Sydney decided to cut off her bangs based on a conversation I had with her previously when she cut her hair. 1 month before this haircut she decided to give herself bangs. I discussed with her how the style of her hair was not designed to have bangs. I also let her know that it could have been done but through someone that knew what they were doing for her hairstyle. Well… This haircut she said she did was because I explained she was not suppose to have bangs. She took scissors and cut all the way up to her scalp causing a professional to have no other options than to shave her head to mid scalp. She is getting baptized on April 1st, I have family coming in from AZ, her hair is not growing yet and so this is what we get to have. She decided to cut her hair March 10th. I asked her after this being the 3rd time she has cut her hair if she was going to do this again and she said “no way, this looks ugly and I don’t want this ever again.”

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New Year is coming

December 27th, 2011

With 2012 coming in a few days I decided to make some real self reaching goals and re-evaluate our finances. I have a very strong faith in my Heavenly Father and I know He will be there for us and we will be guided to wherever we may need to go. We are in the right direction but with many obstacles in our path it definitely makes it more challenging. The one thing I do know about is trials. The way out of them to me depends on the journey you take. Sometimes I have taken the wrong path like so many others have done but I always end up on the right side of the path eventually. For some reason it always ends up being different each time a trial begins. Hmmm… I wonder why that is… I know, it’s a challenge for us in life to help us do better because our Heavenly Father loves us that much. I really hope I am ready when the time comes for us to return home. Whether it be now or another 100 years or so… I know what I have to do to get there and it all depends if I make the trials I face end up on the right path of my journey to meet the final destination.

2012 will be another great year to face a new journey for the correct path.

Happy 2012 everyone!!

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Christmas

December 24th, 2011

I have so much to be thankful for this Christmas. My girls will finally have a Christmas from us this year. The last year I can think of that we actually provided Christmas for them was when Sydney was 4 years old. She is now 7 turning 8 on the 14th and to me that is way too many years for them to go without Christmas from their parents (us). I have felt guilty every year from that time and I am just humbled right now that this year we can provide them Christmas from us. We have and still do struggle financially and the reason we were able to do it was because of the layaway options from Wal-Mart and K-Mart. It became difficult when we pulled them out but we were already committed at that point.

What I am most humbled about is what Sydney said a little while ago. She said “All I want for Christmas is to be loved”. I was completely silent because I was trying to hold back the tears. I have the best kids, they both feel that way and they don’t expect gifts this time of year. They both have said they loved getting gifts but they also have said that’s not what Christmas is about.

We have discussions regarding Christmas and we read from the scriptures regarding the true meaning of Christ’s birth and Sydney has always said that Christmas isn’t about the gifts but the celebration for Jesus coming to the earth. She also has said that gifts are nice to get because Jesus received gifts from the three wise men. I can’t be more proud of who they are and what they both believe in. Kayla just recently stated the meaning of Christmas to her is hard to put into words.

Sydney is more open about her feelings and spirituality and Kayla is more quiet but I know they both have the true meaning of Christmas in their hearts and that is all I can ask for. I have never told them to think this way but I am very proud of them for what they have chosen to focus on.

For me Christmas is the time for giving, to love everyone, to have a Christlike heart, to be humble for everything we have and what we have to offer to our Savior Jesus Christ. I am truly grateful to all my friends and family who have shown me how much they care and love me no matter who I am. My husband Matthew has always given me everything I could ever imagine and that is his true love for me through everything I have been and will be. The most important gift is to be together forever throughout eternity. It is very hard at times to love me completely and he loves me above and beyond anyone could ever dream of. He is my bestest friend and I feel honored to have him as my husband. He is what Christ has asked us to be. I love everyone and I am happy to know I am loved back.

Merry Christmas and may the spirit of Christ dwell with you.

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My memory

December 13th, 2011

I am always very sad and overwhelmed these days. My memory is so bad now that I can’t remember week to week anymore. It’s also effected my employment status. I can’t seem to keep a job for longer than a month now and that started when we moved here to Utah. I just hope I can push through this somehow and start supporting financially again. Very frustrating to me considering I’m the one that never had employment issues before now.

Well… Faith is keeping me strong and that’s what helps me get through the days.

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Snowing

November 5th, 2011

We had rain that turned to both rain and snow flurries and then it was straight snow which was all night long!! We had snow on the ground today and it only melted slightly. Sydney played in it but no one else did. I’m not even cold here. That’s so crazy!!

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Winter time

November 4th, 2011

We have been in the low 60′s all the way down to low 30′s these past 2 weeks and finally we had snow Tuesday but it only lasted morning through mid afternoon and then it was gone. We are definitely coming into our cold winter phase but it’s starting later than last year. Last year it began the week of Halloween and it was lovely. This year it’s looking like next week or later before we get the winter snow. I can’t wait for the winter wonderland to begin!!

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Cornbelly corn maze fun!

October 10th, 2011

This FHE night with Matthew’s siblings and there families here in Utah was a ton of fun! I love hay and corn mazes and this one was HUGE! We sat by a fire pit in the end waiting for Sydney to enjoy a few more laughs on the bouncy pillow. It was sprinkling on and off so it got cold from time to time but not for me until we were starting to head out to go home so that’s where the fire pit comes into place. Fall here is so much fun with everything that comes with it.

OF COURSE…. No pictures of Kayla ~ she is miss prissy pants when it comes to pictures being taken!!

Tags: Fall, Family, Fun, Laughs, Maze, Rain, Weather
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Back to Medical Assistant possibility…

October 7th, 2011

I applied for all different kinds of jobs this past week and the Medical Assistant positions had no openings at that time. Well I didn’t hear back from any of them So I tried again to apply for Medical Assistant jobs and this time there was a list of them I could apply for so I did. Well I did get a call from 2 applications I submitted both of them were phone interviews and one of them asked me to come in for a personal face to face interview which was this morning. The interview was awesome and I feel really good about it. The only thing is they may have someone that interviews after me that’s better but I still did a great job regardless. Decision to come back for a 2nd interview will be on Monday or Tuesday and they did hint they would be asking me to come back so that is fantastic news.

Waiting game now… I’m very impatient when it comes to this so I have to really focus, (which is hard), on other things!!

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Change in career path

September 28th, 2011

I have hit a very dead end for my Medical Assistant career for now so I have decided to go back in time and start doing call center customer service again. I have prayed many times regarding employment and I was doing good on and off for a short period of time with interviewing and then it came to a halt where there were no responses to any of the jobs I had submitted applications to. All I received were emails stating I was not selected to continue. After careful consideration and contemplating with a few of my friend’s I came to the conclusion that a change in pace might be what the Lord is asking of me. I had this thought about a month ago but when I applied for a different job type I would immediately get a call to interview at a Medical Assistant job I had applied for so I figured if I made this change and it wasn’t the direction the Lord intended me to do I would be reverted back to the Medical Assistant direction but this time after applying for 2 customer service jobs now I have not had this interruption occur.

The first job applied for is at a location 5 minutes from my house with great benefits and set schedule. Referred to me by my next door neighbor who is a trainer for them.

Second job applied for was today (yesterday, 09/27/11) for Delta Airlines reservation sales agent which was a very extensive process which took me 12 hours to complete. It took that long because they want every month accounted for in employment going back to 2001. Well after just putting in employment dates I got a message stating gaps between them which caused me to have to re do entire employment section AGAIN!! This was so frustrating, long, and tiring to do in the first place because going back that far in employment most people don’t have records for anymore. Well… Lucky for me I did have all employment data starting from when I first became employed at age 16. The only issue I had with the entire process was it was very time consuming and tedious.

Delta Airlines is the definite job I would love to be employed with. I just hope, will continue to pray, and do all I can to stay in the right direction so I will have the opportunity for this to become available to me and be a chosen employee for them. I previously worked for America West airlines doing this exact job and I know exactly what benefits I would have again and they are absolutely amazing!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE let this work. I really need a job and even better one that I would love to do!

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Las Vegas

September 22nd, 2011

I went to Las Vegas September 3rd, 4th, and 5th because my sister was having her bachelorette party there. All my sisters and my mom were there but there was some moments that brought out drama issues. Family gatherings usually cause those moments to surface; however, we had a lot of fun, actually part of it was fun.

One of my sister’s (not the one who’s getting married) had caused a lot of problems for me and my mom. She drank excessively, used fowl and I mean FOWL language that caused my other sister’s (one who is getting married) friend’s to say they don’t ever use that kind of language anymore unless they are around it LIKE THAT!! She would throw a fit anytime things did not go her way or she was not the center of attention and she wasn’t the one the event was for. She was drunk the entire time. In Vegas it was really hard for me to watch her self destruct. She actually said right in front of my mom the last day we were headed home “Thank goodness (different word was used) for our aunt because who knows where we would be if it wasn’t for her”. Now granted we had some rough times with our mother from time to time actually most of our life until the last year or so but my mom had her own reasons for that and she is and has been trying really hard to change that and improve her relationship with each of us now. I know it was rough growing up but I also know each day is a new day and no should be treated that way especially when she resolved all her issues with my mom and had really got close to her. They went places together and talked about things just in general and had everything repaired as if it was all erased. It was and still is really hard for me to just sit back and watch her attack my mother after seeing the relationship they had grown so hard to fix. It was a very harsh weekend being around her. I know I have to be the bigger person and forgives her as well as be humble regarding her actions. It was and still is very devastating to just watch her life tumble in this direction in fact what is sad about the entire situation is she she has a son who is president of the teacher’s quorum in the young men’s class and I am hopeful that doesn’t trickle down to him since that age is so impressionable or even her daughter who is 10. Satan loves more than anything to destroy families that are doing what the Lord has asked us to do and when I mentioned that to her several months back she said she didn’t need a lecture. All I can do is pray for her and hope she can repair her family back to where she was that day she got married in the Las Vegas temple. It wont be easy but it is doable if you are ready and determined to come back.

So after all that at least I was able to be with my mom and my other sisters that were there and we had a lot of fun together. I did enjoy Las Vegas, it was fun to see the good things in Vegas which was very hard sometimes but it was there. Being on the strip was very busy but I got to see the different characters, the water show from the Belagio hotel, walk through places that made you feel like you were actually there for example; Italy was set up to seem real with gondolas.

It was a fun trip overall and I had a very nice drive going and coming back all by myself mostly coming back home considering the weekend events that occurred and it was very, very nice.

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