First job

Tymber got to work at the fair this year. It was her first real job. She had babysat before but this was different. She worked for the Price family. The same family Autumn has worked with for several years. They are such a great family. They have 3 booths. Snow floss B's and apple. Tym started out in Apple but had a tough time counting change back. It's a super busy booth so they moved her to B's. Its not quite as bad. She worked Sat Mon Fri and Sat then Sat night she helped them take down. She was there that night until 2 A.M. Normally I wouldn't allow that but Autumn has done it several years and without a doubt I know she is safe with the Price family.

She got her face painted for free.

Autumn did too!

Elder Holland

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Elder Holland was coming to BYUI for devotional and Autumn called me and invited me to go with her. Of course I wanted to go. Who wouldn't want the opportunity to listen to the words of Elder Holland. The place was packed. Im pretty sure there was not an empty seat anywhere. The spirit was pretty incredible. Everyone was talking and as soon as Elder Holland walked out everyone stood up and you could hear a pin  drop. The spirit grew incredibly strong at that point. It gave me major goosebumps. He laughed and told everyone to sit down there was no need to stand he wasn't the Prophet. It was funny. He spoke on how to obtain happiness. It was a really good talk and worth watching.

What a fun spiritual experience. I was so grateful Autumn invited me.

Sold!

We finally got an offer on our house today. Friday we got a different offer and the couple came in and really low balled us and came back with a list of things they felt needed done. Most of it was stupid stuff. At first we weren't even going to counter but finally decided to counter. One condition was they had to sell their house first and we could continue to show our house but if another offer came in they had 72 hours to tell us if they could close in 30 days. Honestly we didn't feel good about the offer but were afraid nothing else would come along. We were going to send the counter in today at 3.

At 1030 this morning my realtor called and said another couple wanted to see the house. They had seen it before and fell in love with it but their house wasn't sold. Their house finally sold and best of all they are pre approved. They wanted to come at 1 to look at it. I was kind of freaking out because I had to work until noon and we needed to clean. Tym didn't feel good so she had stayed home today. Luckily she was able to do quite a bit for me and Rich is able to do small things like dishes etc.

My realtor Ann told me if they liked it they were prepared to make an offer today. We cleaned and left then came home. About an hour later Ann texted me and said there was an offer coming in and she would be here soon. She then texted back and said it was 500.00 less then our asking price. That was a full 10,000.00 more than the other offer. We were shocked. When she got here she told us how nice the couple is. They are older and don't have kids at home but grew up in Blackfoot and just sold a house in Salt Lake. They have been praying and praying our house wouldn't sell until theirs did. Here we had been praying and praying our house would sell haha.

Ann said they have family here and are so excited to move back and best of all they LOVE our house. This made Rich and I so happy. They didn't have a list of nit picky crap and didn't ask us to fix a thing. Both Rich and I feel so great about everything and so completely blessed. It was really important to us that someone love the house as much as we do. 

We are scheduled to close Oct. 30th and maybe sooner.

I know I'm going to be sad when we start moving but I am so ready to be done with this chapter in our lives. I'm ready to pay off medical bills be debt free and best of all no longer be a slave to this house physically and financially. God really does answer prayers when they are needed most and I have no doubt His hand was in this and helping everything along just as they should be.

Batgirl

Nananananana it's batgirl. My girl is such a nerd and freaked out when she saw these footsie pjs. I couldn't resist getting them for her. 

Virus

There is a nasty virus going around right now that is affecting many kids and some adults. The first week of school Tym came home sick. Then Hope got sick. Nast cough/cold crap. I hardly ever get sick and when I do I bounce back pretty quick. This stupid cough has settled in and I just can't shake it. It's been about 2 weeks. I ended up taking Tym to the dr today because her thumb was all swollen and infected. We thought it might be a spider bite but ended up she has cold sores on her thumb. It's super painful. He gave her a prescription and if it doesn't work then another one to start In a few days.  I decided to get checked out as well and he told me I more than likely have that stupid virus and put me on 2 prescriptions. So far Rich hasn't gotten it and I really hope he doesn't with his back. 

Double Digits

I can't believe my baby is 10 today. Time goes so fast it is crazy. Yesterday she went to the pool with Her friend Jen and Tymber. Today I worked and the girls went to church. Hope wanted homemade chicken soup for her dinner. My parents were going to come but I have has a nasty cold and my mom can't get sick so unfortunately they had to stay home. I made chocolate chip zucchini cake chicken noodle soup and also pumpkin muffins. We got her some luma bands a cute little coin purse and a pogo stick. Autumn and Jaron got her a giant giraffe se named Gloria. Happy Birthday sweet Hope we sure love your sweet spirit and spunky personality!

Second First Day

So much for the kids going to school in Pocatello. Sometimes when you try to do something you hope will make your children's life easier you end up screwing it up more. This was one of those face palm stupid parenting times. 

We went ahead and enrolled them in school here. Hope really liked her teacher but is also excited to be back with her old friends and at her old school. Tymber was a little more upset because she loves Highland so much but we needed to do what was best for her overall. Living with someone else was not it. So we put her in the new Charter High School. It is where she would have gone anyways. Most of her friends are there and she will be okay until we get moved to Pocatello together as a family.

One thing that I know for certain, it sure feels right to have my girls back with me. My heart is happy and they are too.

hospital stay

I seriously cannot say enough good things about the hospital and staff with Rich and his surgery. The surgery center is Idaho Doctors Hospital  and used to be a birthing center. Dr. Allen and his partners own it now and it is just a spine center. It is a little place and the nurses told me the most patients they have ever is 6-8 but is is usually around 4. There were 3 including Rich when we were in there. This means beyond excellent care for the patients. There is two day nurses one RN and one CNN and also 2 night nurses. They are extremely pleasant and professional. Because there is so few patients the nurses have a lot of extra time and they are willing to come in and visit and spend as much time as needed. Any time we needed anything at all the nurses were there in under 5 minutes. You could tell they genuinely cared.

They also have the most amazing food ever. Seriously who says that about a hospital. Everything was fresh and amazing. I felt bad Rich didn't feel better to enjoy it. The hospital provided me one free meal a day, either lunch or dinner. Tues night they brought me bow-tie pasta Alfredo with chicken and all these fresh vegetables mixed in plus cheesecake. The next night I had the most amazing smoked Gouda chicken wrapped in bacon. Seriously it was better then anything any 5 star restaurant could put out. It was served with this fluffy yummy rice a green salad fresh steamed veggies and this chicken. I was so so stuffed but  I couldn't stop eating. We wont even discuss the apple crisp and ice cream I had for desert. I felt so bad Rich was having a really bad day with a lot of pain and didn't want anything to eat. I could have happily let him stay there another week so I could eat. HAHA I'm kidding (or am I?)

Wed. night I was getting ready to go home and the massage school showed up to give free massages to the patients and anyone else. I seriously could not believe it. Once again Rich was so miserable he didn't want anyone messing with him and wanted to sleep but I was all about a free massage. She massaged my neck, shoulders, arms, and hands. It was pure heaven. Even the nurses got massages!

Tuesday and Wed. night I knew Rich was in excellent hands with the nurses so I was able to come home and get some great rest. it was hard leaving him but at the same time I knew I had to take care of me while someone was able to take care of him because once we got home I was the care giver and  there was no one to help me. Smart choice, it has been a rough 5 days since he has been home but each day is getting better and he is getting stronger.

 Beautiful flowers the staff had delivered to him.

 little itty bitty ketchup and mustard. They cracked me up.

 My smoked chicken Gouda wrapped in bacon dinner. My mouth is watering just looking at this picture

 Rich taking a walk outside at our house without his walker and also getting some much enjoyed fresh air on the patio. Its amazing what a good mood he was in after spending 20 min outside.

Hard Lessons

All along I have had a schedule in my head. The house would sell before school started, we would be moved and settled in a new place, then Rich would have surgery and we would get on with our lives. HAHA what a joke. Heavenly Father is sure wanting me to learn some tough lessons right now. I just wish I would hurry and learn it so we can stop living in a mess and get my family back together.

One thing I have really been concentrating on is not letting my fear get the best of me. I know things are done in HIS time and I know there is a reason things are not happening how I so selfishly want them to happen.

I have been reading my scriptures and also a lot of LDS talks lately. Especially when I feel like I can not handle much more. We have had many many tender mercies over the last week.

I know whatever happens in our future we will be watched over and protected.