bad luck

We just can't seem to ever get ahead. On Feb 13th, of course it was fri the 13th, Alex and I went to Salt Lake for the weekend to go to the Monster jam. I drove the red car from Afton and Al drove the silver bullet (Nates old car) from work in Pinedale. Well he got almost to Evanston when the P.O.S broke down. So after 3 hrs of driving I had to turn around and drive back to evanston and pick him up. I have a point and I will get to it. So, Natalie took a trip to my house so that she could bring me and the kids home because Al had to drive the red car back to work. So now we were down to one car. We decided to buy Tom's '74 ford truck and fix it up for al to drive to and from work so I could have a car. Well, an hour after we got it out of the shop Al and I got into a roll over accident! We were passing a tractor going 25 mph and the roads were slick and it just spun us around 180 degrees and we landed in the ditch and onto the hood. We (stupidly) were not wearing our seatbelts so thank heavens for padded roofs. I thank god everyday for not letting it be our "time" because I can't imagine our kids not having either of their parents.BTW we weren't hurt just the truck. Point of the story: we're down to one car again!
Needless to say, our tax returns has to go to buying a new car. We were going to get a new tv. Just add it to the "want" list. (sorry the photo is so small its from my phone camera)

long time no....write?

Wow! Alot has happened in the last 4 months. Of course we had Thanksgiving. Which we celebrated with Al's family this year...or I should say the kids and I did. Alex had to work. Mom took us all (18 of us) to Disneyland for christmas. It was really fun. Although, it would have been better had Alex been there (he had to work..again). Christmas was good. It felt great being able to buy everything ourselves this year. In the past we've gotten help from al's parents. Its a good feeling knowing that you'll have money for your next meal. Im trully grateful for Alex being able to have such a great job and sacrifice his family time for a job. I'm very proud of him.

Funny kids!

Dimitri is so funny. Yesterday he was saying he didn't like something I can't remember what it was but he said. "I don't like the damn....." so of course after Alex and I silently laugh we tell him that damn is a bad word and he shouldn't say that word. He told us that he didn't say it, that he had said HAM....omgosh what a hoot. Smart kid.

Eleni is into the hitting phase too now. When she gets mad...and oh she has her mom's temper...she hits. The more you tell her don't hit, the more she hits. So yesterday I actually put her in timeout for hitting me. SO FUNNY. I sat her down and folded her legs and told her its not ok to hit and walked away. Oh man you would've thought I'd hurt her she cried so hard. Is it too early for timeout?

Finally!!!

I got a call Friday from my cousin Killoe saying he got Alex a job at the oil rig he works at. He starts October 15th and will be working 7 days on and 7 days off. So I'll be down in Salt lake as long as the weather will let me pretty much every other week now. We still don't know where we will settle, his job is in Baggs, Wy until Dec and then in Jan he will work in Rock Springs, WY. We are going to take a drive and check out Pinedale, Rock Springs and some other towns. From what I've heard I would like Pinedale but I'll see once we get there. I'm excited to say I'M QUITTING my job to be a stay-at-home mom like I want.

Weird

So last night Alex put both cats in their room at about 9:30pm. Somehow, someway our cats were crawling on us at 2:00am...either they figured out how to open the doors themselves or something freaky happened. Alex says he shut the door and it opened, so he shut it again and made sure it couldn't open.....WEIRD!!!!

Beginner's Luck!

this last weekend we went to Lake Fontenelle up by Kemmerer. It was Eleni's first time camping and Dimitri's first time fishing. It was fun. I'm so glad Eleni walks now, it makes it easier to do fun things. So Alex, George, Pam and Mitri went fishing while I stayed in the trailer (Hollywood as one fellow camper called it cuz it's so big) with Eleni so she could take a nap. Pam caught a nice 17" trout and as they were getting ready to leave Mitri caught a fish. It was a 21" 4 lb trout...Alex had a hell of a time reeling it in with a dinky kid pole LOL. I would have loved to have seen that. But Dimitri was so excited and he keeps asking when we will eat it. I love that kid.
Dimitri's latest thing is power rangers. Don't know why. But it is. He has even named each of us a character. He is red, Al is blue, Yia Yia is yellow, I'm pink, Eleni is white, George is purple and Tom is black (he says cuz the black guy is mean..lol). Eleni loves dolls and anything that has to do with them. They both crack us up.

Bad Words

So the other day Dimitri asked me, "Mommy, when I get bigger can I say bad words and not get hot sauce...like YiaYia?" So funny. He cracks me up. I told him that he can say them when he gets bigger like daddy but its still not nice to say them.
Little side note: He is an echo....I seriously have to think about what I'm saying before I say it now. He's repeated a couple of words I shouldn't have said myself.

I'm going to SLC tonight for my ARUP interview tomorrow...I'm pretty sure I'll get offered that job but I'm not so sure that's the one I want. I'm hoping the other places I've interviewed for will offer me the position and that ARUP will be my "just in case" job.