SO Did you miss me? I know I haven't posted anything on here for SOO long and I am way behind but I do have a good reason. Well ok I have several, the first being is that I have another blog-- yes I know its almost like cheating on you but I promise it's worth it. www.zaelitroots.blogspot.com has been taking up all of my blogging time for the last 8 months or so. Its a snapshot of all of the family history that we have on Andy's side of the family. Its almost to where I would call it stage 2 finished which is quite an accomplishment, just take a look at it and you will see why it has been consuming my time :)
The second reason is that my poor husband doesn't have a job any more and its amazing how it cuts down on my free time. Yes, Andy did work for Cabela's until July 24 (yes just 2 days before his birthday wasn't that nice), One day when he was the only manager on duty a guy came into buy a gun and the checkout people who do all of the back ground checks etc didn't do the background check on this guy (he was a CCP guy not some crook, so don't freak out) However, Andy had looked at the paperwork a little while before they checked him out and had told them to make sure they ran the back ground check and signed that everything else was in place etc. Unfortunately, even though that is all he had to do with the transaction, because he was the manager on duty, and Cabela's has a one strike policy, he lost his job. So needless to say he has looked for alot of jobs, but hasn't found the right one yet apparently. We know that Heavenly Father is looking out for us, we have been so blessed its really been amazing.
Let me see what were the highlights of 2012.
We were evacuated from our home when the mountains to the south of us decided to catch on fire. We spent 3 fun filled days hanging out at Grandma's house and getting spoiled. Tony and Andree where evacuated to (they are on the other side of the valley from us with the mountain in between) so they came to it was a very interesting impromptu vacation.
We went on 3 camping trips during the summer and didn't get to finish any of them! The first one we went on at the very beginning of June and got snowed out, it was just to cold to stay in a tent. Thank heavens Andy's parents had come with us and we got to hang out in their trailer because it would have been much worse. The second camping trip we went on Cabela's insisted that Andy be back for an impromptu manager meeting so we had to come home early. The third camping trip we went to Jordanelle for a family reunion and someone decided to start a fire there too, so we where evacuated-- again. Our goal for 2013 is to finish just one vacation the way it was planned :)
The kids all got bigger (Cole is now about 6'1 and was offically taller than his mother early in the year). Really its hard to believe how much they grew! Lexi skipped 2 sizes she grew so fast and the other girls officially made it out of little girl clothes and into teenager clothes (heaven help me).
In October we lost Andy's Grandpa Zaelit. It was a heart wrenching experience to see Grandma Zaelit mourn for him. The funeral was beautiful and it was amazing to see how may people came to it and the viewing, he was an amazing man who touched so many people. I am so grateful to have married into such a wonderful family.
As for 2013 its only a month in so I am not too far behind- YEA! Cole has been in drivers ed (yes its very scary!) but he is turning out to be a pretty careful driver, I just hope that he stays that way. He turned 16 on Feb 1st, but isn't quite to the point where he can get his license and I am ok with that.
Mara turned 12 on Jan 28 (I am not sure that I am ok with that), she is growing up so fast and is definitely having a hard time trying to decide if she really wants to grow up or not. I am sure that she will figure it out in time, I just hope its soon.
Taylor is almost 14 and she is totally a social butterfly! I can hardly keep up with her. She definitely is going to put me through the wringer though. She has definite ideas about how she wants things to go and usually they are contrary to the way that I want things to go. Thank heavens her Dad and her have similar temperaments because he has an easier time dealing with her than I do.
Lexi has become very grown up, in fact at times I think she is trying to pass her older siblings. When Mara started going to YW on her birthday it really hit me that she is my baby and so we try to do something just the 2 of us while the rest of them are away on Wednesday nights. She does have a best friend that lives 2 houses down, every other weekend, during the weekend we see just about nothing of her at all as it becomes a Maddy and Lexi priority weekend. Its been good for her though to have such a good friend and they are so much alike that its pretty scarey!
Well in the next couple of weeks our house is going up for sale. Kindof a scarey leap to take, but the bank (for some odd reason) likes to be paid and if we can sell this house before they foreclose it will be alot easier on our credit. We know that the Lord has a plan for us, he isn't showing much of his hand yet, but that's ok I think that I can handle living on faith just a little longer. I know that something good is coming I just wish I knew what it was and when it was going to get here. But that just isn't the way that it works.
Hopefully it wont be another year before I get on here but you never know ;)
The second reason is that my poor husband doesn't have a job any more and its amazing how it cuts down on my free time. Yes, Andy did work for Cabela's until July 24 (yes just 2 days before his birthday wasn't that nice), One day when he was the only manager on duty a guy came into buy a gun and the checkout people who do all of the back ground checks etc didn't do the background check on this guy (he was a CCP guy not some crook, so don't freak out) However, Andy had looked at the paperwork a little while before they checked him out and had told them to make sure they ran the back ground check and signed that everything else was in place etc. Unfortunately, even though that is all he had to do with the transaction, because he was the manager on duty, and Cabela's has a one strike policy, he lost his job. So needless to say he has looked for alot of jobs, but hasn't found the right one yet apparently. We know that Heavenly Father is looking out for us, we have been so blessed its really been amazing.
Let me see what were the highlights of 2012.
We were evacuated from our home when the mountains to the south of us decided to catch on fire. We spent 3 fun filled days hanging out at Grandma's house and getting spoiled. Tony and Andree where evacuated to (they are on the other side of the valley from us with the mountain in between) so they came to it was a very interesting impromptu vacation.
We went on 3 camping trips during the summer and didn't get to finish any of them! The first one we went on at the very beginning of June and got snowed out, it was just to cold to stay in a tent. Thank heavens Andy's parents had come with us and we got to hang out in their trailer because it would have been much worse. The second camping trip we went on Cabela's insisted that Andy be back for an impromptu manager meeting so we had to come home early. The third camping trip we went to Jordanelle for a family reunion and someone decided to start a fire there too, so we where evacuated-- again. Our goal for 2013 is to finish just one vacation the way it was planned :)
The kids all got bigger (Cole is now about 6'1 and was offically taller than his mother early in the year). Really its hard to believe how much they grew! Lexi skipped 2 sizes she grew so fast and the other girls officially made it out of little girl clothes and into teenager clothes (heaven help me).
In October we lost Andy's Grandpa Zaelit. It was a heart wrenching experience to see Grandma Zaelit mourn for him. The funeral was beautiful and it was amazing to see how may people came to it and the viewing, he was an amazing man who touched so many people. I am so grateful to have married into such a wonderful family.
As for 2013 its only a month in so I am not too far behind- YEA! Cole has been in drivers ed (yes its very scary!) but he is turning out to be a pretty careful driver, I just hope that he stays that way. He turned 16 on Feb 1st, but isn't quite to the point where he can get his license and I am ok with that.
Mara turned 12 on Jan 28 (I am not sure that I am ok with that), she is growing up so fast and is definitely having a hard time trying to decide if she really wants to grow up or not. I am sure that she will figure it out in time, I just hope its soon.
Taylor is almost 14 and she is totally a social butterfly! I can hardly keep up with her. She definitely is going to put me through the wringer though. She has definite ideas about how she wants things to go and usually they are contrary to the way that I want things to go. Thank heavens her Dad and her have similar temperaments because he has an easier time dealing with her than I do.
Lexi has become very grown up, in fact at times I think she is trying to pass her older siblings. When Mara started going to YW on her birthday it really hit me that she is my baby and so we try to do something just the 2 of us while the rest of them are away on Wednesday nights. She does have a best friend that lives 2 houses down, every other weekend, during the weekend we see just about nothing of her at all as it becomes a Maddy and Lexi priority weekend. Its been good for her though to have such a good friend and they are so much alike that its pretty scarey!
Well in the next couple of weeks our house is going up for sale. Kindof a scarey leap to take, but the bank (for some odd reason) likes to be paid and if we can sell this house before they foreclose it will be alot easier on our credit. We know that the Lord has a plan for us, he isn't showing much of his hand yet, but that's ok I think that I can handle living on faith just a little longer. I know that something good is coming I just wish I knew what it was and when it was going to get here. But that just isn't the way that it works.
Hopefully it wont be another year before I get on here but you never know ;)
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