packing

I have been packing like crazy!! I hope it will help lift the load off Daniel, when he has to move everything by himself at the end of June. I started packing on Friday, and have 12 boxes so far. The living room is DONE.  The "laundry room" is DONE. I am just waiting for the dishwasher to get finished and then the kitchen will be done!UPDATE: Kitchen DONE! I also scrubbed the top of the cupboards today. I would not be surprised if the last time they were clean was when this place was first built. IT WAS DISGUSTING.  Next it is the bedrooms closets and the children's toys. I am hoping I will be done packing everything I want packed by tomorrow.

I actually do not mind packing. It helps me get rid of the junk that has been sitting in the cupboards, under beds and in the closets.

Owen has officially said his first word. RILEY. My Mom made the comment that her children's first words, were the words they heard the most. I however, think it is because she has him help her do her evil work.  I am always finding them in the middle of a big mess together! He loves the attention he receives from her and follows her around the apartment like a lost puppy dog. She does a good job sticking up for him too. Yesterday in primary, she stood in the middle of him and another little boy who was trying to steal his bottle.(Since me and Dan both are in nursery Owen has no other choice then to come with us.) She put her little hands on her hips and starred the kid down. The little boy walked away and Owen's bottle stayed safe in his chubby little hands! It was really cute and made me giggle.

Riley, cut her hair AGAIN. This time I am not going to try to fix it, just cover it up. Which I try doing by putting hair bands in her hair with giant flowers on them! If she takes them off she looks like she is losing patches of hair and going bald.  It seems she always does it before a big event... I am thinking she is never going to have beautiful long hair.  On a good note, She is almost ALL the way potty trained. She has went #2, in the toilet all last week and never in her pants! TMI, sorry. She did wet her pants a couple times, but it is because she does not want to stop what she is doing, so she waits until the, very.last.minute.

Derrick, is of course just "Derrick". The other day he made me laugh, and I told him he was so silly. He replied, "Well yeah! Heavenly Father made me this way. He knew I needed to make you giggle." Also, every night when he says his prayers, he will ask for Daddy to get the phone call.He is so sweet. Him and Daniel are such great buddies. He has already expressed a couple of times how much he is going to miss his Dad when we are in Oregon.  Makes my heart break a little...

Choose Your Love, Love Your Choice

I entered this picture in a photo contest this week. I really want to get picked!!

I have not posted anything in a while. That is, I have not posted what is going on in the Clement household…

We are surviving.

A couple of months ago Daniel started applying for new jobs here in Utah, and in Boise. The plan was that if he was to find a job here, he would work until the end of the summer, then we would move to Boise to go to school. Well about a month ago Dan got recommended for a great job here in Utah. He is supposed to be on a “list”. We have been waiting two weeks for a call... Our little family has been on pins and needles waiting, so we could plan our summer.

My Mom has kindly offered for us to stay with her for the summer. Actually she has offered her house for all eternity, saying if we needed we could stay with her until Daniel could find a job there. She is so sweet. I am so blessed to have someone who cares so much about my family. We really thought about going to Roseburg for the summer or until Spring semester started in Boise... WE LOVE OREGON! However, it would not be wise to move to Roseburg with nothing in hand.  Especially since it seems, the “recession” has hit Roseburg hard. Finding a job there that pays good is almost impossible. Finding a job there that pays anything it seems is impossible.  

Since we can not find a job here in Utah, Boise or Oregon last night we decided what our little family need to do...So the kids and I are packing our bags, and going to with my parents house. Daniel is staying here, working, packing up the apartment, putting everything in storage, and staying at a friends house. He is going to be working hard. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful, hardworking man in my life. I already have stated to miss him…

I actually have already started packing things. I know he would do a great job, I just like knowing were things are. I like the way I label!!

Daniel is hoping he will still get the job in Utah, and if he does the plan is to stay here. I would come back in August before Derrick starts school. We have prayed about this decision, we feel good about it. It is a great opportunity. It will help us get out of dept. Plus, Daniel will still be able to go to school. He would start in January taking some Internet classes at the UofU, or BYU. The best part, we would not have to get financial aid for him to afford to go to school!!!

What if Daniel does not get this job? Then we will more than likely move to Boise this fall, like we had originally planned. We need to work some things out with the financial aid department... However; until Daniel can secure a job in Boise we will not have enough money for our entire family to move down. So I would continue to stay with my parents, until he can find a job.  Thankfully Daniel has somewhere he can stay, if it comes down to that.

For those of you who say “But, you prayed about going to school in Boise. You said it was the right thing to do.” We still do. We still feel really good about that decision. But, we also feel really good about the decision to stay in Utah. We have prayed day in and day out, about both decisions. BOTH feel right.  This last week I was listing to President Monson’s talk he gave at the priesthood session this past General Conference. It was about marriage and trying to make it work no matter what the circumstance. I loved that talk, but it also made me realize something else. We have choices given to us in this life.  I knew this before but it is confirmed to me once again, our Father in Heaven lets us choose. Isn't Agency WONDERFUL?! In our cirmcumstance, one choice is not necessarily better then the other. It is how we go about after we make the decision that matters. How we trust in our Heavenly Father and have faith in him. How we turn to him always, not only when life gets difficult. I love finding the little message in Conference talks that are hidden it seems just for me! Over the last couple of months our family has been faced with many choices.(I have no idea if I am writing choose, or choice in the right way? I think I may be a little sleep deprived. So if it is wrong please forgive me and please still be my friend!) Should we stay in Utah, should we continue working for Layton, should me move back to Couer d'Alene, should we move to Oregon, should we go to school in Oregon, should we move to Boise, should we go to school in Boise, can we afford to go to school, if we do go to school how will we pay our bills, should we stay and try to get a different job in Utah?? (SORRY FOR THE LONG LIST!) We have finally narrowed it down to two. They both are righteous choices. They both will help our family. We have prayed and prayed about both decisions.  We are trying to have have faith... 

We have no idea what is going to happen. But, we have faith in our Father in Heaven. We know that what ever happens it is because that is what he wants for our family. Our first choice would be to stay here. We would love to get this job, it would help our family out so much. I can not believe I am saying this, but I would love to raise my family in this valley. I love having so many temples at my finger tips. I love getting to drive by the Salt Lake temple. I love the mountains, especially in the winter time when they are covered in snow. If we do not get this job? It will be a blessing to be in Boise. To be so much closer to our family. To actually have family that lives in the same town, BLISS!  To actually live in Idaho again, HEAVENLY! It would be so much easier to register our car. Plus, I would not have to take a written driving test again, I could just walk in change my address and renew my license!! 

We will continue praying, and continue hoping... What a wonderful thing the power of prayer is. I think I would have gone completely insane these last couple of months, if I was not able to get on my knees and pray whenever I could.

Made My Day!

Some days you just need a good laugh.

Here you Go!

Courtesy of Riley Pie Pie.