January 2016

Jan. 1st: Gordon started to get sick the 26th of December and we found out this morning that he has RSV. Luckily he has not been in the hospital. We started the day out by letting Daddy and Gordon rest while Everett, Vin and I went and picked up donuts for breakfast. Anthon and I, of course, had to have the giant ones from Ridley's.  Anthon was off work this day but Gordon was still sick so I took Everett and Vinson sledding. We only went for about an hour and I assume we could have kept going for several hours since we were having so much fun. Those two boys sure know how to have fun!
    Our friend Kasi and her boyfriend came over to the house to pick up the king size bed we were getting rid of and to hang out. We ordered pizza and visited and the guys played some video games.
I hadn't seen Kasi since Everett was a little baby. They live in Tooele right now. It was so great to catch up and see each other.
     I had been feeling like I should get a little part time job to help our finances and help us reach some financial goals that we are working towards. I decided to jump on KSL and see what I could find. I had been considering a bakery and prep cook job but both would take time away from the family and we would have to pay a babysitter. I found a job listed at Clementine Farm in Lehi (which is fairly close to the house) as a laborer to clean horse stalls. I went ahead and called on it and it was from 4:30AM to 7:30AM two days and week and then I can sub when they need me. It pays $9 an hour which I feel is a good amount of pay and I don't miss out on time with my family. I started the next day. I have to get out close to 3:30 to pump or feed Gordon but it hasn't been too difficult so far. The job is work but I enjoy the peacefulness of that time in the morning and the quiet. I only hear the animals and can listen to whatever I would like on my headphones.

Jan. 2nd: I went to the job this morning and I think I will like it. It hard work but I enjoy that I am working the whole time and not just standing around.
     Everett is a funny kid. Sometimes he gets dressed up in all kinds of stuff and calls himself a rescue robot, a monster or whatever. He keeps life fun and interesting.
     Gordon was staring down Anthon's Dr, Pepper can this evening. He found it pretty interesting and it was really cute.

Jan. 3rd: Vinson starts primary at church as a Sunbeam and Everett advances to the next class. The Erickson's will still teach Everett's which I'm super happy about and Fipe Higginbotham is going to teach Vin's class. Later in the day after we came home, Vinson mentioned that he didn't get to play with the toys are church. I bore my testimony during sacarament meeting. I know how important family is in my life and part of the reason I realize that importance is because of the Gospel. The Gospel brings me true happiness and so does my family. We plan to focus the most on our family and what we need this year.

Jan. 4th: I worked again today and it was a lot more work than a normal day. We have to clean almost the entire stalll out since it is so low with saw dust and then we have to add saw dust to all of the stalls. I worked until 8am this time. I was extremely tired throughout the day but that's life. Sleep isn't the most important thing.
     Vinson started preschool at Miss Nisha's school today instead of Miss Crystal's. Getting to school at 9:30 was kind of a challenge for me. I typically like to workout at 9:30 so I was always depending on someone else to drop Vin off and I didn't like that. He was excited for a change but I know he will miss his other school as well.
     The boys were so cute today as we cuddled on the couch before gymnastics. Vinson took a little nap but Everett stayed awake. I feel like since Gordon has been sick, that they have missed out on more cuddling and attention.
     I worked out tonight and hit at 75# strict press. I can't remember if that is my best or not but according to anything that I had recorded in Wodify it was my best. The WOD tonight was a really good workout for me. I was able to RX and I beat one of the coaches Shyanne for the first time ever I think. It's only because she is sick but I'll take it.

Jan. 5th: I've been trying to go grocery shopping since Anthon and I did some meal planning but with not being able to take Gordon out in public it has proved to be impossible. I was going to go last night but then they asked me to work today.
     My sweet friend Celeste watched Vinson and Gordon for a little while this afternoon so I could go get the things on my list. I picked a couple things up for her as well. It was a great trade off.
     After having our Expedition for over a year I finally learned how to pop out the console for the 6 CD changer. Not sure why I didn't see the eject button before but somehow I missed it.
     The boys played in some sugar today with toothpicks and scoops and were making some letters, shapes and other designs. Those kinds of things are always a mess but the boys love it and so I love it.
     I worked out again this evening and hit a PR for back squat. I was able to get 175# which last year this same time I got 165#. I plan to hit 200# by the end of the year.
     I started training my neighbor's son twice a week in exchange for him picking up dog poop twice a week. It's a lot of fun and I am already seeing a ton of improvement in his form on different exercises. I don't know that I will ever find a job I like more than training people towards their health and fitness goals.