By now many probably know that I am going to be in Alaska for 6 months and how crazy is it to leave the family for that long. Well, I do get to come once a month for visits, but that may not seem enough. As part of the Summit Program I am in at work we are to do two assignments (4 - 6 months) and a three month classroom component...this summer. I have completed my first assignment and this will be my final one. This program is a new one and 20 individuals were hand picked to participate in the very first class. We are learning to be Project Managers and are kind of fast tracked in this role.
Alaska will be awesome, but I will miss my family, sunlight and warm winters. I found out that the ward I will be in, Inlet View Ward starts at 3pm, but the time may be changing according to their ward website. When I saw that my head dropped and thought 2pm was bad, but 3 is insane. Hopefully, it will go to like 8 or 9am.
I leave next Thursday night for a home finding trip to Anchorage for the weekend. Pictures will be taken and posted. I plan to have posts and many pictures of my time in the great white north. Stay tuned.
Jul 24, 2008
Olympics!
I LOVE the Olympics! Not the politicized crap that seems to over-ride the months leading up to them (it seems to get worse every time!), but the whole word watching the best athletes from so many countries, cultures, faiths, & backgrounds! I usually end up getting teary eyed during the opening ceremony and love the excitement! I found the Olympics Widget on Marci's site and HAD to put one on mine!! Can't wait!!!
Jul 21, 2008
The ONLY Constant...CHANGE (Part 2)
I'm finally catching up with the news of the family - if you read Part 1 of this story you know Coby is leaving for Alaska in about 5 weeks. One of the challenges I was trying to figure out when it was confirmed that he was leaving is how I was going to teach Home-Study Seminary every Sunday morning with 3 kids. Because they are early risers teaching as home wouldn't work. I had already tried changing the time the students could meet and Sunday AM is about the only time. I had just about decided that I needed to ask the Bishopric for help when I got a phone call one Saturday about noon. I was speaking in church the next day and so I figured that the member of the Bishopric was calling to make sure I was ready, etc. When he told me he needed to meet with me that day my mind started thinking ---- "The Primary's 1st Couns. had just moved out of the ward, but the bishopric counselor wasn't the right counselor for a Primary calling - but yet the counselor over the Primary had been out of town. No, they don't move Seminary teachers...it must be something about seminary."
I was very curious and the 3 hours until my appointed meeting seemed to take forever! When I finally arrived at the church I figured this would be as good a time as any to explain that Coby would be gone for 6 months and I would appreciate some help finding someone to help me with my kids for Seminary purposes.
Luckily after I walked in, we started with prayer and he got right to it...I was asked to be the Education Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency! WHAT??? They don't move Seminary teachers!! This was a surprise to me!
Admittedly I had been feeling the winds of change coming, but thought that I was just imagining things. I said something like "I guess this means I'm done with Seminary" and he responded - well the Bishop knows how much you love Seminary and wants you to see what your RS load will be like during the summer and then assess what needs to be done in the Fall. After I told him that Coby would be gone, etc. he understood that Seminary would be over for me.
Now almost a month later, our Presidency is in full swing and we are a great team. The president reminds me a ton of my mom and she is a real fun, hard worker. The Bishop asked that we visit all the sisters and I think that she will get it done before the end of the summer! We have a sister from each stage of life. The Prez who has almost all her kids out of the house, me who still has young kids at home, the Enrichment Couns. who is a grandmother, and the sec. who is a relatively new mother. It's great to get so many different perspectives!
Since the call and the setting apart I have felt such a love for the sisters in our ward. I love our ward anyway, but man, what a unity I desire for the women of our ward - and when the women unite, family friendships are strengthened and the ward becomes a cohesive unit!! ZION! What a goal!
I was very curious and the 3 hours until my appointed meeting seemed to take forever! When I finally arrived at the church I figured this would be as good a time as any to explain that Coby would be gone for 6 months and I would appreciate some help finding someone to help me with my kids for Seminary purposes.
Luckily after I walked in, we started with prayer and he got right to it...I was asked to be the Education Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency! WHAT??? They don't move Seminary teachers!! This was a surprise to me!
Admittedly I had been feeling the winds of change coming, but thought that I was just imagining things. I said something like "I guess this means I'm done with Seminary" and he responded - well the Bishop knows how much you love Seminary and wants you to see what your RS load will be like during the summer and then assess what needs to be done in the Fall. After I told him that Coby would be gone, etc. he understood that Seminary would be over for me.
Now almost a month later, our Presidency is in full swing and we are a great team. The president reminds me a ton of my mom and she is a real fun, hard worker. The Bishop asked that we visit all the sisters and I think that she will get it done before the end of the summer! We have a sister from each stage of life. The Prez who has almost all her kids out of the house, me who still has young kids at home, the Enrichment Couns. who is a grandmother, and the sec. who is a relatively new mother. It's great to get so many different perspectives!
Since the call and the setting apart I have felt such a love for the sisters in our ward. I love our ward anyway, but man, what a unity I desire for the women of our ward - and when the women unite, family friendships are strengthened and the ward becomes a cohesive unit!! ZION! What a goal!
The ONLY Constant...CHANGE!
It all started a about a month ago when...well it actually started in February when Coby accepted his new job. He has been in the "Summit" program all summer long. This is a program to train 20 hand-picked people to become Project Engineers - in other words it is to get them ready to manage. When he was hired the program was still in development stages and so we knew that he would be in the program, but didn't know much else. Although the program is a HUGE boost for his career, it has thrown a couple of "wrenches" in family life. He isn't able to travel to Lake Tahoe in August with us because he has to stay for the program and then once he started the program he was informed that he would need to complete two 6-month assignments.
Well, on June 19th as I walked out the door to go to take the kids to the pool (our morning ritual) Coby was on his way to Louisiana for a "field trip". I had the most peaceful feeling come over me. After the peace and calm dissipated a bit I was worried about Coby...it was such a calming feeling that I honestly thought he was going to get hurt (car wreck, site accident, etc). I felt the peace and calm all day and anticipated his call that night (it was an over-nighter) hoping that the report would be A-OK! When he called, he was fine. Nothing exciting had happened on the drive over and the site tour was great. He had one tidbit of news to tell me - the 6-month assignment that he was probably going to get was in ALASKA!! I told him "sounded fun", etc and after a bit we ended the call. The next morning when the calm feeling had completely worn off I was wondering what I was thinking when I said, "sure, Alaska sounds great!"
Well, time has passed and Coby is preparing to go to Alaska in September. The rest of us will remain in TX - Chaz starts Kindergarten, Aedan will be in Preschool & I have settled in here. It wasn't until I was talking to my friend about the happenings around the time that he got the assignment and it dawned on me that the most likely reason I felt the peaceful calm flood over me was because Heavenly Father knew that Coby would call that night and inform me that ALASKA would be his new place of residence for SIX MONTHS!
What a loving Heavenly Father to help me have such a potent feeling before my dear hubby dropped such a piece of information on me. Since then we have been preparing for the assignment and although it will be hard to be a full-time mommy 24/7, I feel up to the challenge - with an increased babysitting budget!! :)
Well, on June 19th as I walked out the door to go to take the kids to the pool (our morning ritual) Coby was on his way to Louisiana for a "field trip". I had the most peaceful feeling come over me. After the peace and calm dissipated a bit I was worried about Coby...it was such a calming feeling that I honestly thought he was going to get hurt (car wreck, site accident, etc). I felt the peace and calm all day and anticipated his call that night (it was an over-nighter) hoping that the report would be A-OK! When he called, he was fine. Nothing exciting had happened on the drive over and the site tour was great. He had one tidbit of news to tell me - the 6-month assignment that he was probably going to get was in ALASKA!! I told him "sounded fun", etc and after a bit we ended the call. The next morning when the calm feeling had completely worn off I was wondering what I was thinking when I said, "sure, Alaska sounds great!"
Well, time has passed and Coby is preparing to go to Alaska in September. The rest of us will remain in TX - Chaz starts Kindergarten, Aedan will be in Preschool & I have settled in here. It wasn't until I was talking to my friend about the happenings around the time that he got the assignment and it dawned on me that the most likely reason I felt the peaceful calm flood over me was because Heavenly Father knew that Coby would call that night and inform me that ALASKA would be his new place of residence for SIX MONTHS!
What a loving Heavenly Father to help me have such a potent feeling before my dear hubby dropped such a piece of information on me. Since then we have been preparing for the assignment and although it will be hard to be a full-time mommy 24/7, I feel up to the challenge - with an increased babysitting budget!! :)
Oops, he did it again!
Well, it seems the recipe for Chaz to loose teeth is a wiggly tooth, a Sunday evening, & anything chicken for dinner! He did it again! He pulled out his own tooth! Here's the latest picture!
Although he URGED me again to take a picture of the tooth on the ruler - I assured him that this tooth is relatively the same size as the last tooth. The void from the tooth he lost a couple of weeks (on the left) ago is already being replaced by an adult tooth.
Although he URGED me again to take a picture of the tooth on the ruler - I assured him that this tooth is relatively the same size as the last tooth. The void from the tooth he lost a couple of weeks (on the left) ago is already being replaced by an adult tooth.
Jul 10, 2008
Posting a Comment 101
Ok, so I get a call from my mother today - "Codi, how do you post a comment on your blog?!?!? I've been trying to post one ever since you put up the post about Chaz loosing his tooth!" Emily was over and stated that she too had found it tricky to post a comment - so I pretended I was not the author of the blog and tried to post a comment...it was a little trickier than most, but being the computer genius I am - I figured it out. he he he (Please read very tongue in cheek!!)
HOW TO POST A COMMENT:
1. Click on the comment link immediately to the lower right of the post.
2. If there are multiple comments on the post, scroll up to see just above the first comment.
3. Look for this text - "This entry was posted on DAY, DATE . You can leave a response and follow any responses to this entry through the Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)." This text is box outlined by stitching.
4. Click on "leave a response" (it should be yellow & underline when touched by the mouse arrow).
5. This will lead you to the usual "Post A Comment On:" page.
6. HAVE FUN!
I Love my MOTHER!! By the way, this posting comes at her suggestion!
HOW TO POST A COMMENT:
1. Click on the comment link immediately to the lower right of the post.
2. If there are multiple comments on the post, scroll up to see just above the first comment.
3. Look for this text - "This entry was posted on DAY, DATE . You can leave a response and follow any responses to this entry through the Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)." This text is box outlined by stitching.
4. Click on "leave a response" (it should be yellow & underline when touched by the mouse arrow).
5. This will lead you to the usual "Post A Comment On:" page.
6. HAVE FUN!
I Love my MOTHER!! By the way, this posting comes at her suggestion!
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