Taking The Challenge

So I just went back and started college for the first time in 14 years... Not sure I was ready for the first night I went... I had to laugh because my instructor said to take out the syllabus that we were supposed to print off the blackboard so we could go over it??? What??? What the heck is a syllabus??? What the heck is the blackboard??? Boy was I in for a treat :) I decided I was from the stone age and needed to get my butt in gear and figure out what the heck I needed to be doing. WOW RIGHT... I really enjoy my social work classes and think I'm really going to LOVE this profession!!! I know the world is in need of people who want to help others and put themselves out in the public... Our house has changed a lot with me going back to school and working... Poor Mitchell has to do a lot for his young age while I am gone for the two nights of school... Trying to do homework with kids is another story... We took from Owens unemployment for that whole year to work our butts off and get where we really want to be in this life... We also learned that it really doesn't matter how big your house is or what kind of car you drive to be a successful person at all... It's doing what you love and loving what you do... Owen is the happiest person in the world being a chef and I will be the happiest person in the world being a social worker and helping others in my community... We may never be rich with money but we will be rich with HAPPINESS... I really learned what matters in life throughout the year... We had quit a while to ponder the things of importance to us as individuals and as a family... We may have a tough few years ahead of us right now but it will sure be worth it at the end of the long road... I know that I have lots to learn in this life and boy am I ever ready for the challenge... So take it from me that it's NEVER to late to change the person you are into the person YOU WANT TO BE... It's NEVER to late to get your college education and have that profession you have always wanted... If you are in question about what you want to be when you grow up just take the leap and go for it... It will be the BEST DECISION you HAVE EVER MADE!!! He NEVER said it wold be EASY he said it WOULD BE WORTH IT!!!

2010 Family Photos 11/18/2010

This year I made sure to get our family pictures done... The kids have all grown up so much and when I look at them I think where did the years go??? I love my family so much and they are all so beautiful with such cute smiles... I am so thankful that I was so blessed to be a mom... What a blessing it is to be able to raise such wonderful children and to go through all the ups and downs together as a family... I tell my kids no empty chairs... That means I want them all to live their lives so we can be together forever in the eternities and have no empty chairs... What a BEAUTIFUL family we have... I Love Them All ...

Change

Remember this quote from a few months ago... When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. ~Victor Frankl~ Well I ponder about the changes I need to make all the time... One change that I decided to make is just to sit down and really enjoy reading a good book... I never have done this NEVER... I have always had to be cleaning, doing laundry or something that has to do with physical labor to feel like I am doing what I need to do as a Mom-Wife... I decided one of the changes I needed to make is to make some time for myself and really put myself into a good book... So I grabbed one off my bookshelf and just stared reading... Owen couldn't handle it at first but he got used to it... He took some pictures of me reading because it was so different for him to see me doing it... SAD I know but just like the quote says we are challenged to change ourselves... I can say that I really love going through the trials we are facing right now... I am learning so much about myself having to take a good look at myself and the changes I need and want to make in my life... It's NEVER to late to change the person you are into the person you WANT to be...

ksl.com - Loan modification program leads Utahns into deeper trouble

ksl.com - Loan modification program leads Utahns into deeper trouble

Owen and I were told to apply for this program when he was laid off from ATK and in March we did... We just received a letter from our bank almost 7 months later telling us that we didn't qualify because our loan is owned by outside investors that won't give our bank permission to change our loan in anyway... The letter said the only thing we could do is keep paying our mortgage... I read this article today and this just made me so thankful we never stopped paying... I am so upset at how our government is treating the American People... What are they thinking??? They have paid the banks to do this to us and the banks our just taking advantage of us that are struggling money or not... Can we trust the government to help us??? NO Can we trust the programs that they "say" are going to help us??? NO, SHAME ON YOU!!! Look what you have done to all these poor people and I'm sure you don't even care not one bit do you??? Well I care and I am so sorry for everyone that has been taken advantage of... If I could I would help, but as you know by my blog we are unemployed and unable to find work even after almost a year of being laid of from ATK Launch Systems you know that company who built the rocket motor for NASA who Obama said he would support the space program but did he do what he said NO and now over 3,500 people have been laid off just in 1 year with more layoffs planned in January 2011... This my friends is the truth not only my truth but as you see many others... I NEVER in my life thought I would be living this nightmare and I'm sure you didn't either... I just have to take it one day at a time and just pray that one day it will be better... I know that the Lord is helping me each day to be able to get through this trial in life... We all have them they just come in different ways... If we look to our daily blessings and not just to the trials our days will be better and we will find happiness in the mist of the sadness... ONE DAY AT A TIME!!!