The Smith Family Blog

David got a letter in the mail today informing him that they were going to withdrawal the conditional hire from Airway Corrections Center. No explanation was given as to why just that he was no longer on the hire list. This is so frustrating, we both had this feeling that he was suppose to work there, but then things like this happen. He still hasn't heard anything from the juvenile probation officer job and I am trying to stay positive but this is really starting to wear on me and on David. The frustrating part is that we want to move on. We want to buy a house and to do all that grow up stuff and we just aren't sure why things are not moving any faster in David finding work. It is nights like this that really question my faith. David is being real strong and just keeps reminding me that his patriartical blessing says he will find employment and so I guess all we can do is trust. I worked on some decorations for my office today. I had boards left over from Kalaree's

Well I started back. I spent Monday rearranging and organizing all the psych stuff at the central office. Candace (the other school Psych) and myself got our desk arranged and then we sat down to start ordering stuff. It is so nice to be able to just order and not have to go through this whole committee process. We ordered our chairs, a new test, and protocols to tests that we currently use(it is going to feel like Christmas.) My desk looks rather pathetic. Candace has been teaching for 30 years, so she has all the cool office stuff. Me, on the other hand am starting from scratch. I am sure by the end of the year it will look good but still I have two offices and nothing cool to put in them. Tuesday was my new member day which was great. It was rather weird since I had interned there I knew everyone already and had actually gone to lunch with a couple of them the previous year. Which was funny because I was back in the back of the room and they were all talking to me (yes the

We had Braidey this week and Kalaree went to stay with Grandma and Grandpa O. It was a nice time. Kami and Braidey do get along quite well and I got a lot of laughs out of their conversations. Here is a sample of one from the other day: (Not sure what was said before this to start this conversation but this is the part I heard.) K: Braidey, if my arm turns black I have to go to the hospital. B: You could go to the doctor. K: No it would have to be the hospital. B: Doctors are the hospital. K: No hospitals are where you go when you get hit by a car or you need apple juice. (The only two times Kami has gone has been when she was hit by the car or when she got dehydrated from vomiting.) B: Well at my hospital they are doctors. K: Our doctor is at her office not at the hospital. B: Yea so!!!! It then went on to be this whole one up thing. I was just sitting there wondering when her arm would turn black and where that came from. We did have a lot of fun while Braidey was here. We start

The primary activity went well. We didn't have a alrge turnout but it was still nice. We just did those old childhood games. We played "catch the bacon," "jump the river," "tic tac toe (human)," and "duck duck goose." We served otter pops as a refreshment. Super easy and really fun. Then that night we had a girl's night out at Applebee's. About ten women showed up and we all just sat around and talked. It was a blast. I so needed to get out and spend some time without kids and to also relax after all the stress of the research. David and Kezri made it in on time on Sunday and it was so good to see them. I really missed my Kezzy girl. She was wearing the cutest outfit too. She really did get some great school clothes this year too. Grandma Jean made allt hree girls very pretty quilts. Kami's was yellow, purple, blue and pink, Kezri's was pink and sage green and Kalaree's is blue, red, white and pink. Other t

Thank Mikaela for this one. I usually ignore them but I got harassed tonight about not doing it. Jobs I've had 1. School Psychologist 2. Service manager at a manufactured home place 3. Child photographer 4. KFC Getaways: 1. My Parent's 2. Seattle 3. any place to shop 4. just going on a drive Movies I put on Repeat 1. Ten things I hate about you 2. Pretty women 3. Pretty much any Disney cartoon 4. Guilty Pleasures 1. Shopping 2. Girl's night out 3. Sleeping in 4. chocolate and peanut butter ice cream Places I've lived 1. Spokane, WA 2. Moses Lake, WA 3. Ronan, MT 4. New Plymoth, ID Places I've been on Holidays 1. My parent's house for both Christmas and Thanksgiving. 2. My sister's for Super Bowl, got to love the big screen. 3. Home for Christmas eve 4. Favorite Foods 1. Steak 2. Roast beef sandwiches 3. Chicken gravy and mashed potatoes (you know the school lunch thing) 4. Italian First Kiss Location Closet of the neighborhood boy or was it the sandbox, I

I hadn't updated the blog since Wednesday, I had a couple of things come up that will be explained later in the blog. My defense went fine. As expected there were some items that I had to correct. I had until Friday to get them in. One being my grammar, I have never been very good at writing. Then some mistakes that I made, 2 am writing tends to cause these appartently. Update some charts and add some information on reliability and validity of the measures. So Thursday I did all but the grammar, then Thursday night Mikaela edited it for me and I sent it off. I got feedback today that it looked fine and that I am officially done. WOOOHOOOO!!!!!! This last month has been absolutely horrible. I am so glad that I can finally just be a working women. I have decided that there is no reason for me to watch that new show coming out in the fall called Kid Nation. The idea behind it is that a bunch of kids are given a chance to start their own town without adult supervision. Well

The last three years of my life boils down to one day. How sad is that? it is 1 am and I am still up trying to get everything done. I now have to throw together a PowerPoint and then I can head off to bed. I have been so close today to losing it several times. Kalaree is an angel, she has really stepped up to the plate and makes me so proud to know that she is that kind of a girl. My portfolio ended up being 177 pages. The research is 25 pages. I am so ready to be over with this and pray that it goes quick and painless. I am not sure what I will do if I don't' get the approval. I am so scared that the committee will be like no not good enough, you need to go back and defend again in the fall. I am so emotionally and physically exhausted right now. It is amazing how when you really feel like you have nothing left you can push threw. Guess that is what the Lord means that he won't give us anything that we can't handle. I know that this was all his plan. I c

Kalaree had her first Sacrament meeting talk on Sunday. I know confusing since she wasn't suppose to have one till the 26th but what happened was that she was originally scheduled for the 12th and then another young women wasn't able to do hers on the 26th so they traded. Well the bishopric member in charge of reminding the youth about their talks called her on Thursday to remind her and she told him that she had traded. He thanked her and then called the other girl to only be told that she wasn't available so he called Kalaree back and asked if she could do it anyways. Kalaree did a beautiful job. She wrote her talk all herself. She got resources and scriptures and even threw in a story. She says she wasn't nervous however she did read it straight from the paper. But she said she read it because whenever she looked up she lost her place. It is so hard to believe that she is old enough to be talking in church. She is growing up to be a wonderful young lady.

So this is the week. It all boils down to this week how sad is that. Anyways here is what I need to get done and what days I have to finish it in. Monday: Finish the research paper, including results and discussion. Tuesday: Finish the portfolio and PowerPoint for my defense. Wednesday: Keep it together for just a few hours to be totally done. Thursday: Clean the house, You would not believe how much of a disaster a house can look when there aren't any adults around. I also will have to head out to get everything for the Saturday primary activity. Friday: Totally relax and maybe start a new crochet pattern. Saturday: Primary Activity that I am in charge of. Doesn't that sound like fun. Sunday: Pick up David and Kezri from the airport. Then I can prepare myself for a whole week off. I can't believe a whole week. Imagine that out of a three month summer I get a whole week. Well kind of. I will be driving to Moses Lake to drop Kalaree off for the week and then

A 4:30 trip to the airport is not fun. I hate that whenever I have to wake up earlier than what I do usually I spend most of the night watching the clock. So needless to say I didn't sleep much last night. The plane was suppose to leave at 6:20 but they were suppose to check in at 4:45. We got there early of course since both David and Kezri were overly excited about getting on the road per se. They made it through security rather quickly and then had an hour to wait till they were able to board the plane. Somehow there flight went way faster than what it should and a half hour layover turned into a 2 hour layover simply because their plane got in way early. Their second flight was a propeller plane. Very loud, is how Kezri described it. She seems to be having a good time. When I last talked with David they were just starting to load the truck and Kezri was watching Hannah Montana. I just submitted another revision of my research. Hopefully I will hear something rather qu

I was on the phone today with my visiting teaching companion (I have to say I just love her.) In the mean time I am telling her how much I am hating this research and how I can't wait till I can finally be done with it. She asked how much longer and I told her on the 15th. Her in her wisdom said well it sounds like you are giving birth. You are miserable the month before just so you are willing to go through the pain of child birth. So appartently I am giving birth to this research. It make perfect sense now. I have to go through all this garbage just to really appreciate what I am doing. Kind of sick if you think about it, I sure wish there was a better way to learn to appreciate things. So right now I have a delivery date of August 15th. I just pray this isn't a large 5 pound paper.

David was conditionally hired today at Airway Heights Correction Center as a Correction Officer. The conditions are that he passes the physical fitness test as well as the psychological tests they did today. He will be on call to start but will be coming in right at the holiday time so therefore a huge likelihood he will be full time. Then once a supervisor requests him to be on his team he moves into a full time position with a better pay yet. This also gets him into the union so he can move amongst the positions that open up, which is a really good thing. Kalaree has her appointment tomorrow with the dietitian. I am thinking that it isn't going to really be much of an appointment. We have her diet sheets to take with us. So Hopefully she will at least help us with menu ideas for Kalaree. But really not much else for us to do. She has lost weight. She is back into clothes that she was into at the beginning of the school year last year. So that is a plus. I am hoping she

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...Not really. I am still working on my thesis. I meet today with my chair and with my second to discuss what exactly needs to be done and to schedule a room for the 15th. I also have to run my official transcripts into Medical Lake so they can start working on my contract for next year. So a dual trip out that way today. In my off time, or breaks so I don't go blind from looking at the computer screen all day, I have started working on a sweater for Kami. Kezri also picked out a really cute sweater that I plan to start to. So that gives me two projects. On top of getting things ready for David and Kezri to leave this Saturday, I just pray that I am done with all the writing by time they leave.

Friday: We headed out on Friday to Ellensburg. Leaving later than David wanted but I feel was the perfect time knowing that in Ellensburg there is nothing to do. We pulled into Ellensburg slightly after 5. Checked into the Motel. David's dad was already there and we decided to head out to dinner. We ate at this restaurant called the Matterhorn. It wasn't bad. I then headed to Fred Meyer to pick up a few forgotten stuff and David and the girls and Grandpa Mike headed back to the Motel to swim. When I got back to the Motel I swam for a bit while David and his dad played around with their cell phones. I then ran to the grocery store and grabbed a small cake and pop and we met up in Grandpa Mike's room for a game of cards and cake. We then headed off to bed, I had a big day the next morning. Saturday: I didn't sleep well Friday night, I was way to worried about missing the test. I was up way before the alarm on my cell phone and wake up call. I got dressed and was

I finished the dreaded dress. It turned out so pretty. I am truly glad I frogged it and redid the skirt. Kami loves it. We did have a problem about the ribbon. She wanted all these really ugly ribbons (Hello Kitty) I finally got her convinced on this other one but she was not totally pleased till I told her she could have a wooden doll if she let mom win this one. Yea for the dollar aisle in JoAnns. We headed out this morning to the park and got some really nice pictures of it. I have set a date to defend. I finally got a confirmation on a third and he can only do it the morning of the 15th so that is when it will have to be. Just means busting everything I have to get it done before then. Kezri's wart is gone. She pulled of the last of the dead skin on it yesterday. She is so happy to finally be back down to 5 toes. Now if only we can keep her from getting them back. I will take a picture later today and post it tomorrow. We head out tomorrow for Ellensburg. I have m