I got back from Logan tonight. I spent the night at my mom and dad's house while my kids spent some time with their friends in Logan, Utah. We went with the Brown's to a hot springs in Idaho and it was really warm water surrounded by gorgeous scenery. On the way home, we stopped to get a hamburger and then the girls spent the night with the Brown family. Trey and I spent the night at my parent's house and watched a cool movie about Charles Lindburg and his flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Today we spent a lot of time at their house and I went on a bike ride around the neighborhood. My dad took me to look at his motorhome he is getting worked on, putting new carpet in, etc. I had a fun day and the kids had a lot of fun too. Some pictures I took at the hot springs and my parents home.

Today I watched General Conference and I went shopping at Walmart and Dollar Tree for Easter. Jeff thought he had national guard duty today but went in and they weren't there so he called someone in his unit and they said it isn't until the 10th of this month. He wanted to fly back to Alabama to start framing the house soon. We haven't heard anything about his possible full time job opportunities so I'm not sure what is going to happen. Our rent runs out the end of May when school is out so we will have to make a decision soon if we are staying here or moving back to Alabama. The kids are dying hard boiled eggs for Easter right now and I made home made cinnamon rolls for the holiday. The house is kind of a mess because some of my kids have been sick and not feeling too well. I guess I need to do some Saturday cleaning so I better go for now.

Today is Friday. I subbed for a fun fourth grade class today in Orem, Utah. The class was decorated so cute with ocean scenes around the room. The class was pretty good for me because they had a substitute before that they weren't very good for and they were in trouble by the teacher so the teacher had some pretty severe consequences if they had a bad report. They kept asking me how their behavior was throughout the day. We are out for Spring Break this comming week and General Confrence and Easter Sunday are this weekend. Jeff still hasen't heard anything on his jobs, so I am a little concerned about it and hoping we will hear something soon. I try to stay busy everyday in the schools and I enjoy the work. My uncle David sent a family book with personal histories in it and I have loved reading it this week.

Today has been a good day. I woke up early and cleaned a lot of my house. I then took the green honda (it was my mom's car and then Diane's and now mine) and washed it good inside and out. I walked a little bit for exercise but every step hurts me because I have plantar fasicitas and I will probably go bike riding for exercise soon. I picked Heather up from her friends house and then came home to get ready to go to the Young Women's Confrence in Salt Lake City, Utah. We met with some good friends from Logan, Utah and ate some good mexican food and then headed over to the confrence center. I loved all of the talks and the music. I'm looking forward to General Confrence soon. After confrence, we had a snack at Cold Stone. It was a good night with my two girls, Lauren and Heather. Jeff stayed home with Trey at the house.
I have been studying for the Praxis test that I need to take the end of April to be able to teach in Utah. Jeff has put in for several jobs here in Utah and we are hoping to hear from them soon. If nothing works out for us here in Utah we will be heading back to our home in Alabama because we have land that is paid for there and a basement that is started. The children love their schools here and friends and they would love to stay here if everything works out. I also love it here because my family is so close. I have parents in Logan, Utah and brothers and sisters in Sandy, Provo and Draper Utah. I'm so thankful for the church and the strength it gives me in my life. The church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the church I belong to and I love it with all my heart and hope to be an eternal family one day. :) :) I love my parents, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins and the wonderful examples they have been to me. I am a Republican and also love my country and the Constitution of the United States. I hate to see what is going on right now in our government. My husband graduated from BYU in Political Science and loves politics so we keep up with everything that is going on.

The health care bill was signed into law today. I am totally against this and do not like the way our country is heading right now. The federal government is getting too powerful and too socialist! Some of our freedoms are being taken away and we will be forced to do things we don't want to do.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!! Today has been a good day. I actually didn't have any jobs today so I went on a long walk and then went to the Orem library for a little while. It turned out to be a nice sunshinny day today. It suppose to be nice all week I believe. Jeff put in for some military jobs, so hopefully we will hear good news about that. It's kind of crazy right now since Jeff has been out of work for over a year now. Hopefully we will have some good things happen for us and our family. His work situation depends on where we will be living, so it's kind of important. I try to think positive and have faith and work hard at what I am doing and things will work out for us.

I just finished writing a long paragraph and found out it went to my daughter's blog instead of mine. This morning I looked on the Kelly website to find a job and two jobs were posted for substituting. Mountainville Academy is a charter school in Alpine, Utah (a school I worked at last year as a fourth grade teacher's aide) I went there Monday and today, so it has been a good week. The class seemed to like me and at the end of the day a cute red haired girl asked me to meet her brother that was in kindergarten so I met him and he had the same red hair as his sister. She said she liked me as a teacher, so that made me feel good. Jeff and I have been looking at some more houses in the neighborhood and also land that is for sale. We found some land that we really like that overlooks the gorgeous view of the lake; we are thinking of purchasing the land and building a house there near the same area where we live now. The wind was bitterly cold today and last night I heard it rumble on the windows of our house, it can get pretty windy here. It is suppose to snow and rain this weekend so winter is still lingering on for a while. My mom is in town with my sister Diane and her new baby Kate Donna Owen. My mom's name is Donna so Diane used the name Donna in her middle name. My dad is an amazing man and is working on a project that he has been doing for some time. My parents are great examples to me and I really feel blessed to have such wonderful parents.