halloween is comming

The air is colder. The wind is picking up. And the kids are getting excited abotu being able to dress up and go get candy.

Kayla is going as Hannah Montana
Cherise is going as a Fairy Princess Ballerina
Maddy is going as a sparkly princess Kitty

I am still trying to come up with a fun costume for me. So far I have a blond wig LOL. I did find a neat costume at Joanns today as a witch, but its $50.00. I have a hard time spending that much on a costume for me. But if it is still there on the 25th then I could get it for 50% off and that makes it more reasonable.

Aaron is dragging his feet abotu getting dressed up lol BUt I will have him dressed up by the time it is needed. BWHAAAAAA

Anyway things are kind of nuts and hectic but we are surviving.

I am still here. LOL

My how things change LOL

Well we will start by saying that we are not moving to Utah for now. It just is not the time for us. We still have things to accomplish here.

Things are going great at the preschool. I am working less hours but bringing home more money then before so that is just great.

The kids started school and my free time is hard for me to except but welcome to take lol. I know that probably is confusing but its like this. I have been workiing all day shifts for wow soooo long at the preschool that by letting me out t now 1:30 is taking me some time to get used to. If I am not hanging out still at the preschool I am laying on my couch at home. lol But I will say this, My hoiuse is very clean and has stayed clean for a time now. And that is awesome.

SO Kayla is turning 8 on next tuesday. We are so excited for her birthday. She gets to have a friend party this saturday and she can no be more excited. She is haveing a Hanna montana theme lol. Anyway I am excited because she gets baptised next month. We do not know when exactly yet but we will soon I am sure.

oh yea I am getting her a hampster and making her a big quilt for her birthday so I am very excited about that too.

Aaron started playing soft ball on Jessies team. He is having a ton of fun so far. He is planning on trying out for the WSP agian. I am really trying to encourage him in this.

Well that is my update for now
talk to you all later

My craft bisness

Ok I was asked by Jeremy to be specific about my crafting bisness so I think I will do that here.

First I will start by making sure I have a room where I can keep and work on all my crafts. It will have wall to wall tables and shelves. Every kind of storage available to store my stock. It needs to have bead drawers and easel, sewing machine, and drawers for all supplies. I can envision the room in my mind.

Then I want to take some classes to better develop my drawing and painting, sewing, and I want to dabble in photography also.

So my idea is to go crazy with making crafts that people will purchase. I know that jewelry is a big one. I will do reasearch to find things that intrest people and start there.

I would also like ot create a preschool craft book. In that area I would enlist Jessie to help with the educational aspect of it.

Then I want to start traveling to fairs and craft shows to sell my stuff. I also would like to open a shop that is devoted to hand made crafts. The shop would either be in my home or close to it.

i am reading conversations between two of the people that have made "The Secret" a success and I had an enlightening moment. I have always asked myself "What is wrong with me?" or "Why can't I acconmplish this?" and instead I should be asking, "What is right with me?" and "How can I accomplish this?"

It is just awesome what you can learn when you let your mind stay open to what is around you.

Quote of My Day

Your brain can be directed and
you can direct it by the questions
you ask. Most people ask these
negative questions that send
them down the sewer.

~*~My Soon To Be Reality~*~

While on the plane from Utah I had lots of time to review what I wanted for my family, home, and career. I got a notebook from Kelli to hold all of my wants. I am goingot share these.

*~^*^~*My Family*~^*^~*

• Play more games together (more time with each other)
• Indulge in each others intrests
• Plan family vacations
• School-more intrest & support
• Understand what it took to get here
• Be more active at church

~`*^^*~`My Career`~*^^*`~

• Craft, paint, draw, sew, bead, scrapbook, photography
• Room for all my needs
• Work on making items while children are at school
• On property or in house shop for selling items year round
• During long school breaks and summer vacation travel to fairs to sell
• Take art, sewing and photography classes

*^~~^*Our Home*^~~^*

• 6 bedrooms
• Open basement
• Breakfast nook
• Bay windows with sitting bench
• 4 bathrooms
• Laundry room
• Mud room
• 2 garage
• Large flat back yard
• Brick BB-Q
• Out door in ground pool

**~^~**My Ideas**~^~**

• Become a partner with Jessie in the preschool
• Have Dad make wooden kitchen play things for the girls

So this is my vision and my soon to be reality!!

*`^~^`*My Quest*`^~^`*

I have entered into a quest. It is a quest to make things better for my family. We have thought about this quest and have entered it a few times with real determination. Up until now we have failed. But this time our quest will succeed!!

So why am I so confidant and assured of myself for this time when every other time we try we fail. It is really quite simple really. I have made it happen in my head. I can seemy family in our house with the things that we have struggled so hard to attain. I see Aaron with his job that he loves to do and is making the money we have always needed. I can see myself doing the things that I want too.

I am excerting my faith in the Lord and my understanding that he wants us to be happy. My faith has always been thier but so has my doubt. So I am not allowing the doubt to enter in to this quest. This will happen. How it will happen I do not know exactly, neither do I know when. But all I do need to know is that it will.

Cherise

So I have been having issues with Cherise for such a long time. We have talked soo much about what may be the cause of how she is.
Well I think we may know some of her problem. Jessie said to look in to the symptoms for Asperger's syndrome. I have looked up somethings and I think we may be on to something here. Here are the symptoms that I know she has.

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Compared with classic autism, children with Asperger's Syndrome usually don't show any signs of major cognitive difficulties — their IQ falls in the normal or even superior range—and they exhibit few, if any, delays in speaking. They also generally hit most of their milestones within reasonable time periods. Because of this, some describe children with this condition as “high-functioning” or as having a “mild” form of autism, at least compared to others on the spectrum. To many, they may seem just like other children but not quite — socially awkward in a manner that's not easily understood.

Be preoccupied with only one or few interests, which he or she may be very knowledgeable about. Many children with Asperger's syndrome are overly interested in parts of a whole or in unusual activities, such as doing intricate jigsaw puzzles, designing houses, drawing highly detailed scenes, or astronomy.2

Talk a lot, usually about a favorite subject. One-sided conversations are common. Internal thoughts are often verbalized

Have heightened sensitivity and become overstimulated by loud noises, lights, or strong tastes or textures.

Socially inappropriate behavior

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My goal for this next week is to get her in somewhere to get tested and to see if we can help her.