New Job

Erland has applied for the Job as Head of Maintenance for the LDS Church's is our area. This is the first time in a long time i really felt good about his Job choice...he's done the Sawmill life since 1994. And he does need a change...he's been going with the person who does it now (Rick). It's like Job Shadowing...when Erland has a day off he goes with Rick. He shows him what to do and Erland does it all.  I'm really hoping this will help him get it.  If he does get it he gets a company truck that he can pick out. He can only use it for work but the pay for the truck, the gas and so on. He gets paid from the time he leaves his driveway. So he basically can set up his own hours...Which means i could go back to work! Anyway back to Erland...There's great benefits on his own. PLUS it's through the church so u know ur going to be around NICE PPL! Not around the bad language and smoking. A better working environment. 

Erland hasn't been professionally trained in a lot of the areas but if something major needs to be done. In plumbing ..electrical..ect he needs to call them...it's part of his job as keeping up with the churches keeping them looking nice. I'm really praying and hoping that he does get it...a small part of me is doubting. I hope I'm wrong. This will be really great for our whole family financially..... 

Kacie A.K.A The Twurp :)

A little blurb about Kacie...I have to recommend Kacie's preschool... Ot to Play. It has been so helpful and truely has made a difference in Kacie. 

Two years ago we as a whole family were concern that Kacie may have Autism or off the spectrum of Autism.  She has some symptoms very little eye contact, show very little emotion, Sensory issues, alot of scripted language.... there were a few others...but i had 2 years before she started kindergarden to get her some help.  Through alot of testing she was diagnoised with P.D.D Pervasive Developemental Disorder which is off the Autism Spectrum.  She has been going to Ot now since Sept 07.  She has speech, denelopemental and occupational theropy 5 days a week for half a day.   In one year what an amazing difference. She barely does any scripted language..Animals still bother her but its so nice now to go to our friends house with out her screaming her head off..I can take her any where i was limited to just Walmart to take her shopping forget the mall or other new big department stores or Fairs ect with huge crowds... it WAS  impossible but now she is great.  She has some sensory isssues that i can see that need to be worked on if we can get pass that she will be ready for KIndergarden in 2009!

Courtney

For those of u who don't know Miss Courtney Jean .....she was diagnose with type 1 diabetes in March 2008. Well she is doing really well with it. Giving her own injections pricking her finger. Very Awesome! Today we went to the Dr. to learn more about the pump. Which sounds all so over whelming at first but will be alot easyier on all of our lives. The pump if your not fimiliar with it... Is as small as a pager or a small cell phone. And it stays clipped to ur belt or pants. (Like a pager) Theres a long tube thats attached to the pump and to that is the patch thats the size of a quarter. Theres a needle attached to the patch that gets inserted in u. At a 90 degree angle. The needle gets pulled out leaving a little tube in u. So the insulin can get into ur body. Its the greatest thing for diabetics. No more shots. She leaves the patch on for 2 to 3 days and moves to another area..... the stomach and theigh! WEll she went home today with just the patch on so she can get the feel of it. They have numbing cream to put on the area it takes like 45 min to work so she didn't feel a thing. I'm kind of wondering how she will do taking it off. She can leave it on until Saturday. We will go again and she will get a pump with Saline solution in it to kind of practice and see if she likes it. Never know she might not. It sure beats having 6 or 7 shots a day. INSANE!!! Keep ya posted.