Is 13 bad luck or good luck?

In my last post  I talked about how this year was not turning out to be what I imagined.  It took about 6 months of rotten luck but it has turned around.  If you had asked me a few months ago I would have told you that 13 was for sure an unlucky number because the year 2013 has turned out so crappy but now if you ask me I just might say it is pretty darn lucky.  It really all depends on which part of this year that you ask me.  After Jon had lost his job at the beginning of the year I thought for sure he would find another one right away and we would be fine but time went on and he still did not have a job.  I began to worry about what we were going to do and he just kept reassuring me that we would be fine and things were going to work out.  I informed him that if we had to we could make it through June but that was it we would be completely out of money.  He felt strongly about applying for a Job Coach position with Deseret Industries but there just were not any open at the time.  We kept waiting and waiting for one to open and I kept pushing him to apply for other jobs even thought he felt that he really needed to work for the Church.  Eventually some positions started to open up and he started applying even though they were all out of the area so we would have to move we put our faith in our Heavenly Father and kept applying.  As we got closer and closer to June and he had only had 1 interview that didn’t end up hiring I because very nervous.  True to who Jon is he just kept telling me to trust our Heavenly Father.  He had put out about 15 or so applications for Job Coach positions and finally toward the middle of June we start hearing back from several that are interested.  He knew he was in the top 3 for a position in Arizona which I really didn’t want to move to but I knew if that was the job he was suppose to get I would do whatever needed to be done.  I had just transferred the last of our saving to pay a bill and didn’t know what we were going to do the next month.  We had heard that an offer should be coming soon and I kept checking the mail everyday for the formal letter saying he was hired and it just never came.  Everyday I was disappointed but Jon kept telling me to relax then one day when I was feeling that I could no longer go any more I went up to take a nap to help get rid of a horrible headache I had been fighting for months when Jon came up and handed me a letter from the Church stating that he was being offered the position of Job Coach at the Nampa Deseret Industries!!!  I was so excited for Jon and what this meant for our family!  We would get to stay in the area and things would start looking up.  Jon started work at the beginning of July and our benefits kicked right in which is huge blessing.  I am so Thankful for a husband that has the faith to stay patient and follow the promptings he receives even when his wife is pushing him another direction. 

Life

This year was going to be the year!  I was going to do many great and wonderful things this year for and with my family and home.  But I guess the year had a different idea.  But that does not mean that I can’t still do some great things, I just have to do it in a different way.  I need to step out of my comfort zone and maybe work a little bit harder to get done what I want but it still can be done and with my wonderful husband by my side and great kids in tow we can do it!  It always amazes me that when life seems at a low the Lord blesses me with something that opens my eyes to what is really important in life.  It is never in a big way but in a simple thing. 

For those that don’t really know me well, I love to just sit and zone out when life gets difficult, I could sit and do nothing(really nothing but stare off) for hours and hours.  Well when you have 2 little kids at home it is not something that you can let yourself do with out then having to deal with the huge mess afterward. Yesterday I woke up and decided it was time to deal with that mess.  I got going and then sure enough it started snowing and everything in me wanted to sit and curl up with a blanket and zone out again.  Every time I sat and thought I will just take a break for myself my sweet Abigail would come running up with a book to be read. She would climb up on my lap and cuddle in for her story.  When it was her nap time I was again tempted to just sit and let the mess wait for another time but again as I would sit down for a moment to myself  Baylee would come to me needing something and that would get me up and going again, thanks to my little girls that would not let mommy just zone out on them I was able to get the house back into a functioning order. 

After Abigail’s nap and the house was all clean I did finally sit down to take a moment, I was on the internet just wasting my time when I heard giggles, I looked up and Baylee had turned on the Wii and gotten her sister all set up with a remote and they were playing Just Dance for Kids together and having so much fun.  I watched for a minute and noticed that Abi would try to do what Baylee was doing and when she would get it right Baylee would let her know how great she was doing.  I pulled out the camera to catch this moment of my girls playing so well together on film.  I love when they are friends and not just sisters.  It again reminded me that I can’t just check out or I would miss out on moments like these.

Just Dance

We have been very lucky this past month or so to have a lot more Daddy time.  He has been able to be home with us every night and it is wonderful.  The girls are thriving in his attention.  The T.V. is off more and there are a whole lot more giggles in the house from everyone.  It is amazing what having him home can do for his girls. 

I am so thankful to my Father in Heaven for giving me little reminders in life that even when it is not going as planned that it is still going and can still be wonderful if we take the time to appreciate the things he has blessed us with.  I am thankful for the time that I struggled to have kids so that when I do see my wonderful girls(tantrums and all) I can remember how much better life is with them, then it was with out them.