Love the Planet your on is back!

Addison has finally decided to start blogging again on her blog, Love the Planet Your On. She has alot of things to post about, so keep watching her blog for new posts. To visit, just click on the link.

Love the Planet

Handel's Messiah and Thanksgiving

I'm sitting here this morning listening to the Messiah. And the chorus playing while I type is Rejoice Greatly!

Today I am rejoicing greatly in my three munchkins. Our breakfast conversation went something like:

Addison: Since I'm on the green team at school I need to participate in the school clean-up.

Elias: Who's on the Red Team?

Mason: Me too taste, Me too taste! (As he grabs for my orange juice.)

I wonder what else I will have to Rejoice in today?

I swear I only keep this blog so that I can have a handy place to store links to other blogs.

We have a lot going on in our lives. I swear! I blog all the time inside my head. Unfortunately, I seem to be allergic to the actual writing part of blogging.

So, to fool myself into thinking that I'm not actually writing, I'm going to make a list of things that have happened to us in the past month. (Like brainstorming - you know, not reeeeal writing)

And maybe I'll throw in a picture or two for kicks.

1. Got really gripped about not having jobs.

2. Got really happy because Douglas got a job.

3. Douglas started new job.

4. Took the family to Utah to visit grandma and grandpa.

5. Rode more miles on a bicycle than is good for my tender, nether regions.

6. Celebrated Mason's 2nd birthday.

7. Saw dinosaurs.

8. Got a great new haircut.

9. Drove 800 miles by myself with three kids in the back seat.

10. Stayed inside for an entire week while trying not to breathe ashes from humongous forest fire in the mountains above our town.

11. Casually looked around for teaching jobs in SoCal.

12. Was told that no teaching jobs were available.

13. Was told by same person that I was to interview for non-existent job.

14. Was offered teaching position. ( I think it was the haircut)

15. Now scrambling to arrange daycare and lesson plans.

And I now have a good reason to keep posting updates on this blog - to prove that teaching algebra to middler schoolers hasn't actually killed me.

Mom's Beach Day

Lounging on the sand, listening to the gentle swishing of the waves on the shore, the cry of the  seagulls . . ahhhh the beach.   For my next trip, I think I'll try it without the kids.  

Wahoo!

Douglas has a new job and starts tomorrow.  This is a wonderful job and is an answer to our prayers and the prayers of family and friends in our behalf.  

We are so grateful to the Lord for His grace and His love for our family.  Douglas has been out of work for over five months now, and during this period we have had some real ups and downs emotionally.  But, our prayers and pleadings with Heavenly Father were always answered with the peaceful feelings that only come from the Comforter.  Time and time again, Heavenly Father made us aware of His great love for our family and His awareness of our situation.

Not all of our trials our over, not by far!  But it is very nice to see one piece of the puzzle fall into place.  We continue to pray for guidance and direction for our family.  We are trying to follow God's plan for us, because we think it just might be a lot better than we can figure out for ourselves!  LOL.

A little bit about the job:  Douglas will be working for the in-house promotions department of ABC.  He is working in the post production department as a line producer.  He has been hired on as a free-lancer, but the job has no immediate ending point.  So we are employed for the foreseeable future.  He was recommended for the job by a woman in our ward who works there.  We are so grateful to Patti for her generosity of spirit.  The job has a few perks - it is relatively close by.  No more long hauls to Santa Monica through hours of awful traffic - yeah!  And, it is a regular work week - 40 hours.  So no more crazy weeks where Douglas gets home at midnight and is back out the door at 8.  

We love you all.  Thank you again for your prayers in our behalf.