Great News!! (Long)

Hello all! I am sorry it has been so long in between my posts. It seems that since I talk to most or stay updated on Facebook, I am not on my blog as much. I am trying to change that though!

My husband has a job!! He has been off work since February of this year, he is very ready. He has enjoyed his time at home with the boys this summer, taking them to the splash pad and the park, and has gotten many things done around the house, but he is ready. He starts Monday morning with Anheuser-Busch! He will be working days part time at 32 hrs per week starting out until a fulltime position comes available, but they have great advancement opportunities and benefits. He is in an entry level position, trying all areas until AB decides which area would be the best for him. They work 4 days a week, either M-Th or T-Fri.

We have taken on a couple of other side jobs of cleaning and mowing my office and my sweeping and mopping a friends salon to help with what we are losing since he will be part time and putting Dominiq in childcare all week. I pray that it will not take Kelley long to get a fulltime position though!

We took Dominiq to an in-home childcare like 3 miles from our house on Monday. He stayed half a day. He did awesome! The lady was so shocked by how well he did and is so glad to have him! That makes me so happy and a lot less worried! He has been home for like the past year and a half either with Kelley or my sister in law. Before that he had only been out of the house for about 5 months at in home childcare. I know this will help him in all areas; speech, social, etc.

Eriq starts 2nd grade next Wednesday! He is excited to go back to school and see all of his friends. He is hoping to be in the same class as his best friend, Benjamin. We will find out on Tuesday afternoon ! He will be going to Ben's house after school and possibly sometimes before school depending on Kelley's schedule. So that will save us childcare, and he will get to play with Ben!

CKC starts here next week! I am not taking any classes but will go to the Vendor Faire and crop at A Memory To Crop in BA. The following week I fly to Lacey's, my BF, to take 3 Donna Downey classes! Whoo Hoo!

I will stop here! Just wanted to update on everything so far! Thanks for reading! Will post again soon with some pics!

More cards

Here are a few more of the cards and charms I made for the Week 5 of Thinking Inking with the Ranger Alcohol Inks. I love the way the flower turned out! I have made a few more things for the class I will share later plus some layouts! I hope you like these!

Cards and LO's

Here are some cards I have done this week for the 2 peas Thinking Inking class using Alcohol Inks! They have been so fun to play with, and I know I will be finishing a few others!

Here are the LO's I said I post for the LSS challenge! The first one is of Dominiq, and the second set is of Eriq. The pics were taken last year by my BF while she was visiting for CKC!

Prayers

Just a quick post on a quote I found on my BF's page:

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. ― G.K. Chesterton

I am also asking for prayers that my hubby hears about a good job soon. Things are really getting tight, and we might have to start looking into our options. I have faith that everything will fall into place, just need a little support. Thanks all!

Not Much

Not many new things going on around our house. I entered a LSS double page scrapbook challenge, and I found out today that I won a class of my choice! It was fun and got me to do some scrapping since I have been more into cards lately! I will post some of the pics in my next post.

I got a plane ticket last week to fly to Oregon and spend a few days with my BF the end of August! I am so excited! Plus, we are taking 3 classes with Donna Downey while I am there! So Cool! I will get to meet my BF's family and see her hometown! Just so awesome! Thanks Lacey! ;)

Eriq has enjoyed his summer so far! We wish we could take a vacation, just do something, but with Kelley still out of work, it isn't possible right now. He has been so great! He has been taking them to the splash pad, to the park, and to the library! I know they are loving spending time home with daddy! I wish I could stay at home with them also, but I have to work. Shucks! LOL!

Dominiq has still been going to his speech therapy classes, usually every other week. We have seen such an improvement in his talking or trying to! This past week has been awesome!

I joined Weight Watchers a few weeks ago. I had done this on my own a few years ago and lost 55 lbs. I know I could do it again, I just felt like I needed more support and accountability this time. So my sister in law and I joined together to give each that push! In 5 wks, I managed to lose almost 8 lbs, and I am stepping up my workouts. I have been walking with a friend in the evenings and last night we walked just over 4.5 miles! Whoo hoo!

Well, maybe I had more to say than I thought! Will post again soon with some pics!

Family

So, I have posted a few pics of recent happenings! I got a blue strip in my hair! LOL! I just wanted something funky! Then pics of Dominiq over the weekend. He woke up from his nap on Saturday with a slightly swollen eye, 2nd pic. The 3rd pic is on Sunday after he woke up that morning. The dr said it was either a bite or a blocked tear gland. He has been on antibiotics and is all better now. Thank goodness! The last pic posted is of Eriq explaining something to Dominiq, I think about frogs, so cute!

Cards

I know it has been awhile since I have blogged. I am posting some pics of cards I have made recently. There is also a Father's Day card from a sketch but for some reason I am not finding it right now. I will update family stuff in my next blog soon!