April 2014
- I got a new job. I now work for BYU Campus Accommodations. This was a huge blessing for our family. It included a pretty significant raise that allowed us to go from taking student loans each year to no student loans. I felt extremely grateful for the opportunity and have enjoyed working here.
- George and I were asked to do the maintenance for our apartment complex. It started out crazy and for the first few weeks we were working over 40 hours a week gutting an extremely disgusting apartment. This was a second blessing because it provided free rent for 10-15 hours (supposed to be anyway) a week. Perfect for while George is in school.
- At the end of the semester, George was in the machine lab and the guy in charge there offered George a job. George was then able to get the job approved as an internship and was able to fill all of his internship hours for his major.
May 2014
- Due to the maintenance job, we switched wards so we weren't in the same wards with those we do maintenance for.
- George was called almost immediately to be the assistant clerk working with finance.
- Shortly after, I was called to be the Primary President. Wasn't expecting that one and it definitely wasn't an auxiliary I was looking for a calling in but it has been a great growing opportunity.
June 2014
- We were slammed. Life was crazy. We were both working full time and pooped by the end of the day each day. We were feeling blessed but crazy busy.
July 2014
- George and I decided that with our life as crazy as it was, why not make it crazier.
- We attended a foster care information session and felt like we were where we need to be. We walked out of the building after the info session and turned around and went right back in and got signed up for the classes.
- George and I completed all 32 of our foster care class hours in 3 weeks. We also got all of our paperwork in.
August 2014
- Crazy busy and waited for our licensor to contact us.
- They misplaced our paperwork and she went on vacation so we had to wait.
September 2014
- School started. Four semesters left. We can't wait.
- George is still working at his TA job but has decreased his hours to 6 hours a week. He is also still doing maintenance at our apartment complex for about 10 hours a week (sometimes more).
- We completed our Home Study and are now just waiting to hear from DCFS. We are also waiting for our license in the mail but they told us that everything was good to go.
- We've also been working with our fertility doctor but we're not having success. We'll see what happens.
- In the meantime this month, we took a couple nieces and a nephew to the circus and we had so much fun. George took a couple nephews to a football game with him. We plan to do a fun activity with each of our nieces and nephews.
