Don't Give Up

Every one of my extremities has been crossed for the last little while, hoping Jordan will get a job. It is so hard to not become discouraged. He recently interviewed at a company four times and then was told he didn't get the job. We were so sad, but it just so happens that one of our neighbors works there and after wards told Jord that everyone was upset that they didn't hire him. The project that he did for them he said was amazing, and they ended up hiring someone fresh out of college. Isn't that how it goes, no one cares about all the experience my husband has and his MBA, it's that they want cheap labor! Anyhow, we won't give up.

Then I will have to admit that I was beginning to contemplate blogging anymore when I realized I can't quit, at least not for another year and a half. My parents recently left on an LDS mission to Australia. So if you thought my blog was lame before, well it's going to get worse because I will be posting for grandparents now!

I thought we did well this year to have the commercial Easter stuff on Saturday, but Easter Sunday was still overshadowed by something else, my parents. They had been in the MTC the week prior and had a glow about them this last weekend before they flew out. They will greatly be missed, but I am also excited for them and this awesome adventure.

Roxey's Easter loot on a small budget :)!

I put chocolate chips in her eggs. She loved them!

Jord giving Roxey a pep talk before her first Easter Egg Hunt.


The kiddies were told that no eggs were hidden in the flower beds; however, one insisted there was one. She was right, only it was a REAL egg!


We may have to go over to Grandma and Grandpa's while they're gone just to use this swing!

Roxey's cousins on my side.

Cousins on Jord's side.

Hunt #2!

Random: the other day Roxey brought me this handkerchief. I kept doing silly things with it, but it didn't suffice. Come to find out, she wanted to wear it. Already her girly "I want to play dress ups" side is coming out.

She also loves being quizzed on flash cards. They are constantly strewn about our home which is driving me crazy!

Finally, she loves Elmo, but we already knew that! What I was going to say is that she loves to play hide and seek with him. She is really good at finding him in tough spots, and she loves to feed him.
Silly girl!

Walkin' and Talkin'

So it's official, Roxey is all over the place now. Though she still occasionally falls, thus making me worry about stitches again, she is doing much better and can change directions at a moments notice. She has also taken to signing. Many people have made me stress that I am turning her into a mute, but for now I like that she can sign. She has very few words in her gibberish vocabulary, so I like being able to communicate with her through signs. Her favorite sign right now is book. I took her to the library today and she was in heaven, it was almost embarrassing how loud she was due to her excitement. Couple that with a book about Elmo and you have got a happy Roxey!

In reading a friend's blog, it made me realize that I never talk about myself. There's no denying the fact that once you have a child your world revolves around them and I love it, but I also need to still help people to know me. So here it goes...

With Jordan still out of work, you can imagine things have been tough for us. I have been amazed at how the Lord has blessed us and each month we seem to get by (though the hospital would sure appreciate it if we paid our bills I bet). Jordan has searched high and low for a job. I have been shocked by some of his stories about the interviews that he goes on. He had a very promising one today, so we will keep our fingers crossed. Our family and neighbors have been so kind to help us out and even our Bishop has given us work. Due to our situation, so many people have asked me if I am going to go back to teaching. The thing is, I don't think the Lord works that way. He clearly told me to quit my job; therefore, this is a trial of my faith. To make some extra money, I clean a mortuary early in the morning 3 days a week. Yes, there are deceased people there occasionally, but I try to not focus on the morbid side and am grateful that I barely miss any time with Roxey. As has happened before during unemployment, Jordan has been fortunate to get more work with his side business and recently he has been able to help with viewings and funerals at the same mortuary. I think we would both agree that this is not going to cause us to change our career paths, but it has been a blessing at this time strangely enough. (If any of you watched the Bachelor, we sure got a kick out of the gal that was a mortician, we could relate to how Brad felt!)

I love being a mom, but I will admit that some days I feel like they could film my life for a sequel to Groundhog's Day. The warmer weather has sure helped to brighten our days. Just the other day Roxey and I went outside and jumped on the tramp and played on the swing set. (Both of which we do not own, but our neighbors are so kind to let us come over whenever, in fact there has been talk about never putting a fence in so that our kiddies can have a huge play land. I don't know how they benefit since our yard has cement and grass, but we're certainly not complaining.) Another thing that has helped me lately has been my calling in the church. It is amazing how I would never in a million years imagined me being a Young Women's president, but the Lord knows me and it has been the best thing. It is a great combination of using my spiritual and creative juices. I was able to teach this last Sunday about temple marriage which was perfect timing since Jordan and I are coming up on our 5 year anniversary next week. It was wonderful to reflect and also instill in our young women the importance and immense blessing it is to be sealed to your family for time and all eternity. I love putting together little handouts for them to remember the lesson by, here is what I gave them this last week:

This picture was horizontal but blogger changed it and I can't fix it, sorry!

Then this week for our activity, I needed to have Personal Progress interviews. Knowing that they wouldn't come if it were just that, I called it a Pep Rally and said that we would be playing the Wii. When they got there, I split them into teams and they had to come up with a cheer or pep talk to get each other psyched about doing their personal progress. They were awesome and of course I had pom poms to make them even more peppy. One of the girls gave me a hard time for not doing one myself, so instead I did a headstand while they said the YW theme. Then they were able to play Just Dance on the Wii(I need to get this game, it is a great workout!) while myself and one of my counselors interviewed them.

Like all callings, it does get overwhelming at times especially because without fail you have something every week, but it also causes me to think about Roxey and how much I am going to appreciate her leaders and the impact they will make in her life. Hopefully I am doing a good job and not causing too much permanent damage!

Well, cheers to warmer weather and my husband getting a job here REAL soon!