Humbled, Greatful but Rough

This week has been a rough week and I knew that it would be last sunday....we had so much going on this week and I knew I would be up late for much of the week and when I say late I mean I was up past 1am for 4 of the 6 nights this last week. And when you are short on sleep you are so much more emotional and can cry at the drop of a hat (at least I am). Crue had a science project a book report project and a 18 chapter to finish to get his AR points all by wedensday night so that played a huge part in my lack of sleep and on top of that we had to finish Bob's second step in the process of his border patrol application.....which was over 80 pages long. It took us 2 night of staying up late to finish that but we got it done and sent in. Yeah! Now it is hurry up and wait, which stinks. We really need Bob to get this job and we feel good about how it's been going so far and feel that Heavenly Father has heard our prayers, and at the same time it is so hard to be struggling like we are financaily right now.....but I am so humbled and greatful for all the support we have gotten from so many and don't know how we could ever repay all the help we are recieving. I am just so thankful for my Heavenly Father and I know he is walking with us through this time and will never leave us if we just have faith in him....and I do!

I totally forgot that I started a blog

It's been almost year since I posted on this blog.....and to tell the truth I totally forgot that I had started one. Our computer that we had stopped working and we were without a computer for 6 months before we got another one and I just forgot that I had this. Anyway, I started looking at old my old posts (which werent very many) and had forgotten about those things that had happened at that time and realized that I really need to blog about little things that happen in my life and my families life so I dont forget and can go back and reminise and have a record. It gets so overwhelming when you try to think about what and who you should blog about so I guess I will just start out slow and a little at a time.

So, here it goes...............Bob has been doing construction for the past 2 years trying to make ends meet and it's been good at times and very slow at times, due to our dragging economy. We have really been praying about what we should do and where we should be. Well, a few months back Bob decided to apply with the Border Patrol and he filled out an application......the process to get accepted into BP is very long and can take 6 months to a year. Anyway, to make a long story short he has made it to the 2nd step. On Thursday he had an oral interview in front of 3 BP agents and its a pass/fail interview, so either you continue on with the process or your declined right there on the spot and he passed with flying colors. We were so nervous but now so excited! Now he just has to get through the medical test, physical test and background check which should all be pretty easy......I hope. It would just be so nice to have a little financial securiy and maybe a retirement. Bob is such a great person and I know if they give him the chance he will be awesome. Just say a pray for us that we are making the right choice and if this is what is right for Bob and our family that things will continue to go well.

Now for a short little spot on my son Grey who is 14 and now a freshman in High School.....it is so weird to say that. I don't feel that old....but I am! Anyway, he tried out for the soccer team this year and ended up being 1 of 2 freshman that made the varsity team. He is so excited to be on the team and not only that we have gone to his first 3 games this week and I can say that he definitly deserves to be on the team. He is such a talented athelete, though he is young and a little intimidated to be playing with seniors he really is doing awesome. I wish he had a little more confidence but I am sure that will come with each game that he plays in. His 1st game was so exciting.....we ended up tying and having to go into overtime and then to penalty kicks. Each team had 5 PK's and whoever scored the most wins the game.....well, the coach chose Grey to be the 5th guy to kick the PK and we were up 4-3 and each team had one guy left to kick so if Grey scored we won the game but if he missed the other team had a chance to tie the game again and Grey scored! It was so fun to watch. Besides being a great athlete he is such a really good kid and I am so proud of him.

So, I guess that is it for now but I am really going to try and post weekly so I can keep my memories alive mostly for myself.......cus I really do have a bad memory and I want remember all the good, bad and funny things that happen in my life.

Why don't they listen?

Why is it that boys don't listen? This morning before school the boys (Crue, Reese an Tieg) were running around playing swords and I told them several time to stop because someone was going to get hurt..........and what do you think happened? Yep.....one of them got hurt and had to go to urgent care. Poor little Tieg ran into Crue and hit the tile floor face first, knocked out his already loose tooth and put a nasty cut on his upper lip. Luckily, it was on the inside so it did'nt need stitches but probably would have if it was on the outside. He just has a very bad cut and a big fat lip. Tieg said..."Mom, why does this always happen to me?" It's not the first and definitly not the last, but I just wish they would listen to me!

Then and Now...Pepper 1 year later!

We have now had our precious baby girl Pepper for 13 months. I can't believe how fast time goes by and how much they change in just one short year. As most of you know we were done having kids after our 4th boy Tieg who is now 5 and unexpectedly got pregnant with our little girl Pepper and now I can't imagine our family without her. She is such a fun, easy going, super smart little girl. She turned over at 3 months, starting scooting around at 4 months, crawling at 5 months and walking at 8 1/2 months and she is already saying words like mom, dad, baby, ball, binky, dog, kitty, juice, hi, bye and much more......I'm sure she will be talking in full sentences by 18 months. She is happy most all of the time and so friendly to everyone she meets, I love to dress her in pink and she already has a pretty good collection of shoes. She loves to play with her brothers and I have no doubt that she is going to be one tough little girl. We love her so much and though we have a house full, we wouldn't have it any other way!

My Tieg

Ithought I would post a little bit about Tieg, our 5 year old. For those of you that don't know....when he was 18 months old he was rushed to Seattle Childrens Hospital and recieved a blood transfusion and was diagnosed with Iron Deficient Anemia and we were told that he would have to take iron for 6 months but then he should be fine. We moved to Tucson and we thought that he was fine but a year later we noticed that he was getting a little pale and weak looking so we took him in to see a doctor and found that he was once again iron deficient and so for the past 2 1/2 years we have been trying to figure out why he is loosing blood, which is causing him to be iron deficient. We have seen allergist and GI doctors and had endoscopies and a colonoscopy and we have found out that he has alot of food allergies and he has been diagnosed with Esonophilic Esophogitus Disorder which is causing his bleeding in his GI Tract. Now the hard part is finding out exactly what foods that he is allergic to, whicn can be very difficult. He has been put on an elemental diet (liquid only) and we add 1 food in every 8 weeks and rescope to see if he has an allergic reaction to it.....so for right now he can have apples and pork. The hard thing is finding foods with other additives in them and that are all natural. I feel so bad for him, but I have to say he is such a good sport about it. He does have his moments when he is sad because his brothers and sister can eat whatever they want. The last scope he had we told him that he would get to add a food in after we got the results and he was ecited about that and asked if the food we added could be donuts......I wish! They tell us that some kids grow out of allergies and I hope and pray that is the case for Tieg and that someday soon he will be able to eat whatever he wants!

What to post?

What to post? My sister Denise set up my blog for me and made it all cute and showed me how to do stuff on it and now I don't know what to post.....I am not the best writer and I am not that interesting and definitly not as whitty and funny and my sisters, brother and sister in-law. So my dilema is....what to say!? Anyway...if anyting funny or interesting happens soon I will post or if anyone has any good suggestions on how to get started that would be great!