Long time no post.......

Things have been a little crazy the last month or so. I am now officially an employee with the State of Utah. Although I have been working for them for the last year, I was not in a merited position. One came open in my office, I applied for it, and was it was offered to me. I finally have insurance, personal time, sick time and holiday pay. So nice. I haven't had the full package in almost 2 years, since I left Page Brake, and it feels nice to get back to having all those perks. At the same time, I am now working more hours as well. I went the whole summer on 3 days a week, and it is a bit of a shock to me, and to Jordan, to be back working 5 days a week. But, the paychecks will be nice.

Bryce's Aunt Toni was married last Saturday the 19th, in Bluebell Utah. We went out and stayed the night. Sunday, as everyone was helping to clean up, and getting ready to head home, Bryce thought it would be a good time to injure himself. He was playing with Jordan, chasing her around the yard, and jumped over her. When he landed, he rolled his ankle. We were all sure, including the ER doctors, that it was a break. After doing X-rays, we found out it was a bad sprain. Lucky us. I am afraid that he is in for a long healing process though, as good as he is with taking it easy.


I finally broke down and cut Jordan's bangs. I will have to find a before picture, but here is the after. They were a little crooked at first, but at least she can finally see. That is what matters, right? She talks so much, but most of the time it is just babble, or as we call it "Jordanese" She does have some understandable words:
Mama
Dada
Nana
Papa
Oos (I am pretty sure this is Shoes)
Hat
Horse
Night Night
She loves to repeat you when you say something. She tries so hard to talk to us, and it is the cutest thing.

I have to say, a good friend of mine lost his neice to a rare, inoperable brain tumor, called dipg a few months back, and it has really given me a new look on life, and how blessed I am that Jordan is healthy. I really could not imagine what her family goes through on a daily basis without their beautiful daughter/sister/neice/grandaughter/cousin. (if you are interested, check out the link under my "Families that inspire me" section on the right. Her name is Sadie Huish, and she was an amazing girl with more strength than I could ever dream of having) If you ever find your way to my blog Tiffany, please know that I think about you and your family often, and your strength has truly been an inspiration to me.


I also got brave and had my own hair cut. I have kept it long since before I started High School, only cutting a couple inches off here and there. So, this is the shortest I have had in about 15 years. I was a little apprehensive at first. I loved the cut, but I was scared to death about having to style it myself. I can now say, after a week of having the cut, that I am feeling more comfortable with styling it, and loving it too. I am so glad I did it. In fact, I am thinking of even going a little shorter in the next couple months. We'll see if I really have the nerve for that.

Just one more mention before I end my post. Another friend of mine that I worked with at Page Brake, lost his wife yesterday. They aren't sure how it happened, but he found her on the floor, first thing in the morning. They have 3 children, with 1 of them being on the extreme end of the Autism spectrum. She was the one who stayed home and cared for him, although Jerry was laid off from Page Brake in July. So, he has not been working, and now will have 3 children to care for on his own. Please just keep him in your thoughts or your prayers, no matter what your beliefs are. They are going to need it in the next couple weeks especially.