changes

Well I will start by apologizing for neglecting my blog. I recently found out that I got into the piratical nursing program. So I will be starting that in January.
Brett will be headed back to Montana in March, back to his job that he had there before. The girls and I will stay here until I am done with school and then we will get to go over also. Brett is very excited to get back there. He was very disappointed with his job here. They were very concerned on how many patients a day they could push through. He would sometimes see 30 people. He would then no get home till 8 or 9. S needless to say he can't wait to get back to a clinic where they actually care about their patients.
Sophie lost her fist two teeth. Her bottom, middle ones. The first one Brett pulled. Then Kaylie and Soph were jumping on the trampoline and Kaylie accidentally kicked soph in the mouth, loosening her tooth. A couple days later Kalyie tied dental floss to sophie's tooth and slammed the door. Out came her tooth. She was so excited to lose her teeth an to get a visit from the tooth fairy.

Baby Joseph

On October 8th my little sister Jana had her little baby boy, Joseph David Hughes. I am a very proud aunt and my girls just love him so much. Her husband david was out to sea when Joe was born, but returned a week later to meet his newbaby. He is so cute with his son. They had to return to Sand Diego where David is stationed over a week ago and I miss them all so much. Jana is required to send me a picture a day and it so so exciting to see what I will get each day from her. So here he is

THis is my SOphie with her cousin

Little jaundice(spelling) here

They live in San Diego so he gets to dress in spring clothes.

Aint he so sweet. I miss them so much. I have never been to close to Jana before, but she came for about 5 months and stayed with our parents. We grew very close and it was exciting to be with her through her pregnancy. I was there for the birth and got to cut the cord, it was awesome.

On another note, two weeks ago I taught Sophie to ride her bike without training wheels, she took off right away and has not stopped since. She loves to ride her bike. Kaylie doesn't know how and is to scared of wrecking to try. Sophie brags about it and it makes Kalyie so mad. So i asked Sophie to please stop, so she says, "i loooove riding that bike" I had to try so hard to not laugh. It was very funny. So she enjoyed riding all around while kaylie sticks to the scooter. Rissa rides her tricycle and even rode it back and forth to the school twice in one day last week, I was surprise that she didn't get tired, but I told her before we left that I was not gonna carry her bike home, so if she didn't ride it all the way we would leave it on the side of the rode. She did it and was so proud of herself.

yippee

Just eanted to let everyone know that I got into the LPN program here in Medford. I will start in Januray and finish in September. I am so excited and am glad to have one less step to my finishing goal of my RN. Thanks to all who have supported me through all this school. My Mom especially who has helped so much with taking care of my girls and gets to do so for the next 9 months. She is the best

Sophie's Funnies

I had to tell everyone some really funy things that Sophie said to her Grandma Patty. I hope I get the stories correct.
Sophie told Grandma that when she grows up she wants to be a dentist like Grandma. Grandma says, "well maybe we can work together"
Sophie says, "Grandma, you will be dead by then"
Poor Grandma

Then when it was almost Soph's birthday Grandma tells Sophie that she is ging to be so big, But Sophie tells Grandma "well Grandma I actually am not gonna be any bigger just older"

Sophie's 6th birthday and first day of kindergarden

Here are some pictures of Sophies Party. She obviously had it Tinkerbell.

September

This September brought a few fun things. Over Labor Day weekend we got to go back to White Sulphur and vist all our friends and enjoy the fun festivities of a small town. We got there just in time to go to the Demolition Derby. Our good friends Keri and Dave organized this event and it was great. It turned out to be a huge gathering. there were lots of people there. It was such great fun, the girls didn't know what to think of it but they had fun running into lots of old friends and playing with them. The folowing day we went to church and saw many frinds there as well. Then we went to the rodeo which was also packed. Marissa loved this with all the horses and cows. Our little pal Seth also rode a sheep and we all got a kick out of that, but he did great. We got to go watch some kello wrestling with a bunch of drunk annoying people and also to a street dance. You gotta love a town when they close off there main roads to have a dance. We realized how mucvh we missed it there and are now aching to be able to go back, someday, hopefully. If not there then some place similar. I really miss Keri and really want to be able to see her more often, I haven't had such a good friend in a long time and really miss the fun times that we had with her and her family. She has such great boys and my girls just love playing with them. I pray that I will be able to stay close to her, she has such a strong testimony and teaches me so many things.

Kaylies Baptism Picture

I didn't get any at her actual bapstim, I was to pre-occupied and had many people visting and totally got sidetracked, but I did take these pictures of her in her dress before her baptism.

The last few weeks

Well it is 2:30 in the morning and I am at work with nothing to do, so I thought I would try to do some catch up on here. So if this sounds funny, it is because I am soooo tired.
I started working a few weeks ago, I work in the pediatrics unit. I love it. I love the little people so much better than the big ones, sorry ya'all. They are so sweet and innocent. yes it is so hard to see them sick, but they need someone to care for them and love them, and i get to do that. It is so gratifying being able to help these little people. They are always willing to give a big smile and are for the most part happy. The hardest part is the poor parents, they are so worried and I don't blame them, I would be be and have been. So I feel blessed to have a job that is fun yet gratifying as well.
The girls have enjoyed having me gone. I am an on call worker, but had been covering for a lady on maternity leave. I was suppose to work four ten hour shifts a week. Nights. But luckily I got called off allot. So anyway the girls have been spending time with my Mom and Aunt Jana and have been loving it. Jana and Mom are great with keeping them entertained and doing fun little things with them.
I am so glad though that the maternity leave lady is back and that I only have to work one day a week. I have had to slack on some of my home duties and Brett has been so great at helping out at home with the kids and dinners.
Brett has been putting in so many hours at work. He is suppose to be working four tens also and has actually been putting in usually twelves. There are three providers at his clinic and one of them has been out sick alllllllot. SO he has all his schedules patients and then also all the walk in patients(from the walk in clinic) as well. Busy days with usually about 20 patients each day. He is sure missing White Sulphur now. They would never see that many, but he will really be bringing in some extra flow.
Anywho, Kaylie was baptised on the 2nd. It was such a wonderful, spiritual and emotional day. She was so pretty in white and so very excited. My Mom spoke on baptism and then she was baptised by Brett. She was so happy when she got out, with a huge smile on her face. Then her Aunt Marjie sang her a beautiful song and said some really sweet things to Kaylie and told her how much she loved her. Then Brett's mom spoke on the Holy Ghost. She and I had a really hard time holding the tears in. Brett then gave her the Holy Ghost and it was awesome. He had a hard time not crying as well and he gave her a wonderful blessing. I want to thank all of you who came, and all of you who have played important parts in her life. She is a happy, fun, sweet, smart and silly little girl. She has learned so much from so many people and I am grateful to you all for all your love, support and knowledge that you have shared with her as well as my other girls and me.

The Wreck

So this is

what we came home to after camping this weekend. Drunk driver swirving all over the road chose our vehicles to hit. The truck hit the boat and the boat hit the neighbors truck. He was an illegal immigrant who probably has no insurance. We wont find out for a week, but I can pretty much guarantee that he doesm't, he just gets a slap and the wrist and a free ride back to Mexico. And we get some wrecked vehicles that we get to pay for. What a justice system huh?

Camping and afterwards