Accentuate the positive~

Well, every time i load up this blog i see that big ugly "fired" thingy and, although still true; it gets depressing. I really want you all to know that we, however, are generally in well spirits due to 2 amazing things in our life: Hyrum and Emily. Without going over the incredibly cute details of how they enrich our lives --which normally bore anyone except the grandparents-- here's some pictures that i've been meaning to post for sometime:

Here's em on her first time w/ Hyrum's old toy. She's smiling .. but of course, she always smiles so it's hard to tell weather she's enjoying it or not. o_o
Our house rental came w/ a swing set in the backyard that myson has come to enjoy very much. He'll play for 1-2 hours just by himself back there. Mostly grabbing all the leaves that i have yet to rake up from last fall (i have reasons!), placing them at the bottom of the attached slide, counting on his fingers to 3 (kinda, it goes, "1... 2... ... ... .... 3!" as he figures out how to do the #3 in ASL [his dad teaches him weird]), then sliding down and pushing all the leaves on the ground.
Em gets a little frustrated trying to dress herself. She could not for the life of her put this thing on her head! Eventually she gave up, and like always ... yeah, you guessed it--
--Started smiling again.

In other news, I have had some really good job prospects, all of which have gone through. I have applying for an IT position @ St. Luke's Hospital in which they chose another candidate, an outsourced call center called EDS (founder by Ross Perot) w/ a very strong referral where i couldn't pass a background check because of our previous bankruptcy, a listed webdev position at Micron which they withdrew because they laid off 700 employees shortly after (i'm guessing on this one, they just haven't replied and i assumed that was why since it was in the papers). I currently have 2 more positions i'm applying for. One as a correctional officer for the State of Idaho. This would present good wages, excellent advancement opportunities, great insurance/benefits for the family, and the best option for education assistance than i have ever had. The 2nd, i have no idea what it's about but i'll call them on Monday... All i know is that it's in Idaho Falls. I have no idea how they got a hold of me, but i have a feeling it has to do w/ the kids grandparents trying to get us closer to them (which both families are trying to do, lol).

With each failed application and every day i'm not employed, we think more and more of schooling. this is definitely something i have to do. There were sooo many other jobs that i can easily have if i have even just 1 more year of education. But, bills are bills, rent is rent. We still need to take care of that for now, especially since the next semester doesn't start until the summer block.

Well, we love you all. Many of you helped us w/ last months rent and i cannot begin to share how much you've helped jay and i, not the big-fat-round-feeling of gratitude in our hearts that we feel for what you've done. in the future, we will be there to assist when we can, but i already know that Heavenly Father is pouring out blessing to you because of it.

Bad news is, i have another months of bills to take care of. We now have help from unemployment, but the appeals process took too long and came 3 weeks later than we anticipated. So, the link is still there below in the previous blog log for those that can and are willing to help.

Love you all so much. Please keep in touch as we would LOVE to hear from you. The chat would help us greatly to remain positive in our continued lives.