Happy Birthday Lexi

Happy Birthday Lexi! I know this is REALLY late (you are already in bed) but I just wanted to post and tell you Happy Birthday! I am so glad that I have had the chance to spend so much time with you lately. You are such a big help to me! I hope you had a good day. You were so happy because you didn't have testing today. I love watching you play with your brothers, Kayden and Koy LOVE spending time with you. You have such a special bond with them. You can get them to do ANYTHING! You are so special! You are growing up so much, I hope you know how much you are loved by so many people. I am glad I got to have a special day with you on Saturday and take you to get your birthday present.

I love you Lexi!

Happy Birthday!
Love,
Aunt Nicky

Please Say a Prayer! I Love you Grandpa

If you can't tell who he is, he's the one with the kids sitting on his lap with the bald head! :)

"PaPa Rue" was taken to UVRMC by ambulance early this morning for Congestive Heart Failure My dad said he hasn't been out of been for a few days. I am guessing he might be going to the ICU, but I don't know. My Grandpa Rue is well known in Emery County. He grew up in Orangeville and he married Nellie Ann Olsen (yes, just like the name from Little House on the Prairie) He was a woodshop teacher and he taught drivers ed. In the summers he was always in the mountains. He LOVED showing the grandsons the mountains. He eventually got the opportunity to work in the District Office, that's where I remember him always working. He LOVED working with his wood. He made a nice woodshop out back and he had a special craft that not many people have! My grandma Nell died in Sept 1979 and Grandpa married Grandma Carol in the 80's (not sure of the date) I just know all the grandkids were there sitting on the fireplace. :) After Grandpa retired from the district office he got the chance to work on the school board.

When I got the phone call from my dad about grandpa about 3:30, it was something I was not expecting! So whoever is reading this, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE say a prayer for my grandma tha teverything will work out the way tthat it needs to work out.

Happy Birthday Chantel

I know this is late, but I've been busy all day!

I was able to call Chantel bright and early this morning (my time) and wish her Happy Birthday! (then got to talk to my little Morgan) I hope you got to enjoy the day with Barrett and Max and Morgan! :)

Changes

All I can say is I love my new job!!! It is different, but it is a good different. It has been a big change to actually get my full 40 hours in a week. I am so glad that this opportunity was given to me, I don't think I would have ever done it if it wasn't presented to me.


I found this quote and I wanted to share it..

Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there.
-- Amy Li

I know the past few weeks has been hard for the family and I hope that my sister knows that I will always be there for her. I know I have probably said some things that has got her upset at me and I am sorry about that. I know you are making the choices that are going to be best for you. I don't know everything that is going on (I actually don't know much at all) and you know, I am ok with that. I just hope that you know that I will be here for you whenever you need me. I am just a phone call away and I don't care if it's 1 am or 6 pm. I will always be there for you. That's why we're family :)

Other then the changes at work, that's been the most changes for me. It's nice having a new perspective of things at my work. I just love working for Myriad though. It is such a good company to work for (even if they do have us do mandatory overtime lol). Overall, you know you are doing a good deed! :) Now that I'm out of training, it's REALLY nice not to have to be at work at 7:30 in the morning and I'm back to my "normal" shift.

When one door closes, the next one opens...

I know it has a been awhile since I wrote last. What a rollercoaster I have been on! Just last week, I went from being REALLY REALLY high one day to REALLY REALLY low the next. I did a lot of crying, but I took care of it. If it wasn't for a lot of great friends (and wonderful family to talk to), it would've been a lot harder!

I did get a great experience that I never thought would come... I got a promotion at my job!! The best thing is that the door just opened up for me, I just took the opportunity when it was given. I walked into work one day and got an interview for Customer Service (no, I will not be on the phones). I am really really excited about it. It didn't take them long to make the decision and I started some training today and I will officially start next Monday. I don't think it could've come at a better time in my life. I look back at everything and I really needed this. I have been at this company for 2 1/2 years, and I really needed this. It was hard to accept the position because I am so comfortable in Data Entry but I really needed to move on. I am so grateful for being given the chance to do this.

With the low I had, it was probably the lowest low I've had in a really long time. I got some pretty harsh news that I wasn't expecting and it really took me by surprise. I am so thankful for the wonderful friends I have that helped me get through that. I am also SOO grateful for my family for being there for me. I got the news at work, as soon as I got off work I called my mom and I just cried to her. She helped me realize that I deserve so much better. I also talked to Nancy and she helped me out a lot. She knows how I feel about somethings and how hard it is to have to go through what did and what I still go through. I did realize that my friends and family will always be there for me no matter what. They are my strength when I need them.

I know I don't tell them enough but I am soo thankful for everything that my friends and family do for me. This past week, I really depended on them for so much! I have the best friends/family anyone could ever ask for! :)

I hope that you know that because I haven't kept up to date on this, isn't because I don't mean to.. I really had to deal with a lot last week. If I could express what that rollercoaster was I would. Some people just won't understand. I know if some knew what it was, their response would be "get over it" or "move on" but for me, it's not that easy. It just takes time (and sometimes a lot of crying)

Taking Chances

The day FINALLY came! Me and Tammy got to go see Celine Dion at the EnergySolutions Arena on Sunday. The concert was originally set back in November but they had to postpone it because Celine Dion got sick. Our seats were WAAAAY up in the nosebleed section but it was worth it! She puts on an AMAZING concert! I am so glad I got to go with Tammy. She is such a huge Celine Dion fan.

I went and picked Tammy up at her house and we got pictures together so when Tammy downloads those, I will try and get a picture of that. We rode Trax into downtown so we wouldn't have to worry about parking, so we went to the 3900 S station. Trax was already packed so we ended up standing on the train. When we got to the ESA, we got some food and went and found our seats. The opening act was Gordie Brown. I would recommend seeing him. He had the whole arena laughing! Then the big Celine Dion came out. She did some new songs and some of her old hits. The show was not complete until she did the Titanic Song!

I just want to say thank you to Tammy for letting me come. It was amazing!

Tyler

This handsome lil man needed to go into emergency surgery last night. His shunt had broke off and needed to be replaced... again... Surgery went well but please keep him in your prayers! Too many brain surgeries for him, but they are so grateful to have good neurosurgeons who take care of him! If you want to read more about what happened, you can check out Nancy's blog here! Tyler is such a special lil boy! I hope he has a fast recovery. I love you Bubba