Cody's baptism

I will never forget Saturday December 19th for as long as I live. Our oldest son Cody was baptized and Vaughn, Grammy, and I got to go. It was amazing to witness my little boy turning into a fine young man. His baptism was in Sahuarita were he and his brother now live with their new Mom and Dad. We were just very blessed to be a part of Cody's special day, and Cody was more than pleased to see us there. So was our little man Zachary.

Have tons of pictures to go threw and figure out which are the best to post in my next blog, but for now I am tired and need to go to bed. I will post more later with pictures of the baptism.

Here's your sign

Okay I know that I am a big girl, and that I could stand to loose a good 30-40 ounds or more.

But when I have 2 people in less than a week and a half come up to me and ask me What I'm having and when I am due. I know there's a really bad problem. Especially considering we have two girls at work that are both 5 months along with somewhat big belly's.

So I have made a promise to myself that I am going to start eating better and tryibng hard to lay off the sweets.

Wish me luck!

Proud of myself

Today is my oldest son Cody's birthday. And although it is tough to not see him on his birthday I have to say that I did pretty well today. I only cried 3 times through out my whole shift at work. Which is truly amazing.

Cody,

I really hope you are having a great day and got lots of presents. We'll see you on Saturday when you get baptized.

Love,
Mom

And the Moral of the story is...

Okay so the last couple days I have not been sleeping very well. So needless to say when I go to work I am tired and cranky. Well last night I finally got tired of being up until 3 am for the 4th day in a row, so around 2am, I took a sleeping pill that my doctor prescribed to me a while back to help me sleep .

BIG MISTAKE! By the time the pill finally kicked in I was out like a light. I ended up sleeping from around 2:30am until almost 3pm. Not good considering I was supposed to be at work at 9:30am.

I called my manager and she explained to me that this is the kind of thing that could get me fired from other jobs, but not from this one since this is a training facility to help me do better in other jobs. I explained to her that I'm very aware of that and thanked her for not terminating me.

The moral of the story this time: Never again am I taking something to help me sleep. Next time I will just have to suck it up

Seriously??

So I'm at work and it's already 7pm. the time we close. A lady walks in to the store and I tell her ma'am I'm sorry but were closed. She says she only wants to get one thing and it will be really quick. Again I tell her sorry but we are closed and need to get everyone out of the store now so that we can clean up and go home on time.

To this she replies: " It's because I'm Jewish, that's why you won't let me get the item."

I reply " It has NOTHING to do with your religion, it's just time for us to close."

Seriously? How the heck am I supposed to know that she is Jewish? And even if I did it has nothing to do with what religion she is. Some people really don't make any sense to me.

Bishop's Shopping Night

Yesterday was the start of our two say event at work. It's called Bishop Shopping Nights. What it is, is a night especially designed for those LDS or non families that have talked to a bishop and gotten an order to go Christmas shopping.

The nice part about it is these families don't pay a dime for the things that they are getting.

Anyway, as I was saying this all started last night @ 6:30 and kept going non-stop until 9:30. I don't know how many people were there but we had a line for 3 hours so that gives you an idea.

I felt like the jolly fat man himself as I helped these people with their orders, well okay maybe not Santa but at least an elf.It was a truly amazing sight to see all these people be able to put gifts under the tree this year even though they are not able to afford them. It made me stop and think how truly blessed I am to be a part of this, and how much my life has changed because I am a part of the church.

I am not going to fib, I will be one of the families that gets to go shopping like this for our children and for my husband and I for clothes.But I am waiting until Friday to do this so that our customers are able to get what they need first. Never fear we will still be able to get some really good stuff.

I just want to take a minute and thank God for all the many blessings he has given me and my family this year. I love you Heavenly Father and words will never express how much this means to us.

Proud Mommy

Okay so he's not a baby anymore, but he will always be my baby.

I'm talking about my oldest son Cody who will be turning 8 on the 15th and getting baptized on Saturday the 19th. I am so excited to be a part of this, as well as my husband and my mother-in-law. We have been waiting for this day for 3 years now, and I can't believe it's almost here.

Part of me wants to shout for joy, because I know my son is growing up and this is a big step in his life. But another part of me wants to cry because my son is growing up. I feel like one of those mask with the Smile Now, Cry Later theme like this




More will be posted with pictures. Keep a look out for it