Pete's graduated and...wait for it....he has a job too!! :)

For the first time in about 15 months, I can honestly say that our lives are starting to relax and get back to our own kind of normal.

Pete graduated from WyoTech and moved back home on March 25! That was a happy day at our house!!
Pete was blessed to obtain 2 job offers in one day just a week after getting home! We feel so truly blessed!
He accepted  a job at Dimicron, where he has worked before. They were anxious to have his skills back! :) We will actually have health insurance for our family again for the first time in over a year. Yay!!
I am so grateful for Pete and his sacrificing so much for our family!

I am nearing the end of my schooling journey as well. In 3 short weeks, I will finally be a licensed Master Esthetician!!! I am so excited and have absolutely loved every aspect of esthetics! I can't wait to pamper family and friends from home too! ;)
I am also directing the local Distinguished Young Women program for Orem, Lindon and Pleasant Grove (formerly known as the Jr. Miss Program). I LOVE these wonderful girls and they are so talented! I started off working with the program as the talent specialist helping each of the girls with their different talents and all aspects of their performance. I was aksed last year to take over as director, which I thought I could handle ok...but then they sprung 2 additional cities on me! I have been a deer in head lights since Dec., but I have such an AMAZING committee, and things have been going so well! Our program is scheduled for July 9, 2011. I am praying that we get some great money for these girls to use for college! They deserve it!

Christian, who will be in 7th grade next school year, has chosen the trombone to play in band! He is determined to learn to play well...I am excited to hear him start his band practices in the summer.

Zach is finally 9! Somehow now that he's 9 he feels so much older. He is such a funny kid and is always spying on me with his SpyNet watch he got for his birthday. He will be going into the 3rd grade next year and thinks it's pretty cool that he's almost a year older than all his classmates.

Marchus LOVES hanging with his brothers. He is obsessed with money (funny experience post to follow soon), and he also loves snuggling with his mom still! He's my baby and it's been easier for me to let him grow up since he still lets me snuggle and love on him. :) He is excited to go to first grade and be at school "all day!"

We have been so extremely blessed the last few months, and I am so grateful for the light that is emurging from the end of the long tunnel we have been in for the last year.
Heavenly Father sent me 3 of the most courageous and wonderful boys in the universe!! They have seen and dealt with trials and hardships that they weren't expecting. And they've dealt with them with faith, love and forgiveness. They are wonderful examples to their mom!!
We have a long road ahead, and a lot still to learn. But I am so grateful for the progress we've all made individually, and as a family!

What comes next??? I'm excited to find out! :)

For A Special Man

Dedicated to my amazing and strong husband! I love you Pete! I won't let go...


It’s like a storm


That cuts a path

It’s breaks your will

It feels like that



You think your lost

But your not lost on your own

Your not alone

I will stand by you

I will help you through

When you’ve done all you can do

If you can’t cope

I will dry your eyes

I will fight your fight

I will hold you tight

And I wont let go



It hurts my heart

To see you cry

I know it’s dark

This part of life

Oh it finds us all

And we’re too small

To stop the rain

Oh but when it rains



I will stand by you

I will help you through

When you’ve done all you can do

And you can’t cope

I will dry your eyes

I will fight your fight

I will hold you tight



And I wont let you fall

Don’t be afraid to fall

I’m right here to catch you

I wont let you down

It wont get you down

Your gonna make it

Yea I know you can make it



Cause I will stand by you

I will help you through

When you’ve done all you can do

And you can’t cope

And I will dry your eyes

I will fight your fight

I will hold you tight

And I wont let go

Oh I’m gonna hold you

And I wont let go

Wont let you go

No I wont