New plans in the new year

This year is going to be full of new changes, but they are not going to start until around June. Gabe and I are going to be moving back to Portland, Oregon. I love it there and it is very much my home, I feel comfortable there, even with the traffic, and with a car it will be easier to get around, when I have to get some where fast, and if not I'll just take the bus like before. It will also be very good for Gabe, Chris will only be 3 hours away at the most, and Patti and Wayne are about the same distance away, there will also be Kendra and Lisa in Oregon, and when Peggie graduates she will be out there too. I think she graduates sometime this spring but I can't remember.
I have graduated with my Associates degree in Human Services, so once I am able to transfer out to Oregon with Walmart I will start looking for a job with CPS while I continue to work on my Bachelors degree.
Gabe has been having a hard time in school lately, when he first started he loved going to school, now we have trouble about once or twice a week with him saying he doesn't want to go to school. He says the reason for that is because there is a little kid in his class that pushes him down. This little kid does it when Gabe is not allowed to talk and Gabe being a good kid doesn't talk when he isn't supposed to. We have talked to the teacher and he says he has not seen anything, we have tried to convince Gabe that when the kid picks on him he needs to tell the teacher, it doesn't matter where or when they are he needs to raise his hand or just go up to the teacher and tell him. I think we have finally convinced him that that's what is going to happen next time, but we'll see. The teacher finally told him the same thing, so if the teacher said it, in Gabe's mind that is law.

Ok so I have nothing else to say so I'm just gonna post a few pics that are my favorite from the past. I don't have any new ones so this will work for now.

Update

Okay so it's been awhile since I've written, but basically everything is the same. I am still working at Walmart, I am now in the Money Center though. I am technically assigned to the Service Desk, but I only work in there about one time a month. I haven't worked in the Service Desk for about a month so maybe I'll be in there again soon.
Gabe is doing awesome in school! He is learning so much and he is doing so good in school! I couldn't be more proud of him. He just came into my room and looked at my night stand and asked if he could have some pennies. So I gave him 3 pennies and 1 nickle. He lined them all up on the floor and then started counting them. He says "One, two, three, four. You take one away and you have one, two, three, and you take one away and you have, one, two. Then you take one away and you have one. Then you take one away and you have none."
I was so proud, he is 4 years old and he is starting to do math!
So I tried to take some pictures of Gabriel but he was being a dork and he didn't want to take them. So I will post the pics in order of when I took them.

Really he was there when I pushed the button to take the picture. As soon as I clicked the button he dropped to the floor.

Then we had a little play and he wouldn't open his eyes, then when I got him to open his eyes he covered his eyes. Little fart.

This last picture is what we finally got too.
He is so disappointed that Aviana will no longer be in his class. I think, even though those two argue so much, they really get along. I think he is gonna miss her more than we thought he would. Hopefully he will still do okay in school.
Another update is that I am planning on moving back to Portland in the spring. I need to stay in my position at Walmart for 6 months with no coachings, write ups. That way I can just transfer to a Walmart in Portland, so I'll have a job when I get there, then I can look for a different one that is closer to my chosen field. I cannot wait to get there! I love Midland, but Portland feels more like home to me then anywhere else.
Well that's it for now. I'll try to update more often, but no promises.

First day of school!

:Well today is Gabe's first day of school. We woke up at 7:00am and he was dressed and ready to go by 7:15, but we waited until 7:30 to go, since the doors do not open until 7:45. We still got there early and had to wait outside. He was such a big boy, he was nervous, but I could only tell that because he was really quiet and really lovey, he wanted to hold my hand and kept laying his head on my leg. We got to his classroom and he hung up his back pack and I gave him a kiss and walked out, He sat on his little square, a blue one cause that's his favorite color, and just waved at me as I left. I walked out and tried, and succeeded, to not cry.
Now I am sitting at home. In my room. Trying to figure out what to do. I have to do homework and since I have all day I figure I'll work on that, and probably take a bath, and paint my toenails. Doesn't that soun like fun?
Last night I asked Dad if he would give Gabe a blessing, so that he would be able to do well in school. Dad got done with Gabe and then Avi wanted one, so she got one too, then Laura and then Lynzie. So all the kids got a blessing, then we did Brit's tradition of holding hands and saying a prayer. It was very nice and really helped with all of our nerves, at least mine. I love that even though we are 2 different religions we can still find comfort in each others prayers, even though they were very different.

We were going to walk to school this morning, but since they all had to bring so much stuff we decided that we would drive, so last night I went out to the van and cleaned it out. So it was all nice and clean. Not that anyone saw it because we parked down the road a little ways and walked to the school.
Well here are some pictures of the kids in their school clothes.

Sexy boy!

Best Friends...sometimes

Two cowgirls

I just thought this picture was awesome

Even though she wasn't starting school yet, we still had to do pictures of her school clothes.

We have more of the two big girls, but I don't have them right now. So I'll post those later.
Now I'll add some from this morning, when they were outside getting ready to load up in the cars.

This one was at the school

This was at the house, in the front yard.

Well now I have to work on homework. Wish Gabe, and me, luck on the first day of school.

I'M DONE!!!

Well I have finished my associates degree, and now I am working on my BA program. The BA program is a lot different than the Associates program. With the AA I had 2 classes that lasted for 9 weeks, and each class was worth 3 credits, I needed 30 credits to get my AA. We also had Discussion Questions, which are just questions the teacher would post in the main forum and we would have to answer with 2 posts on 4 out of 7 days.
Well the BA program is way different than that. I know have 1 class that lasts 5 weeks, I need 60 credits for this program, thankfully I already have the 30 from my AA so in reality I only need 30 credits, and these classes are also worth 3 credits. We have DQs every week in this class and we also have to post with 2 posts 4 out of 7 days. Now the weird part is that we have something called Learning Teams. There are about 5-7 people per team and we have assignments that we have to work together on and get them turned in on time with all the necessary information. It is pretty cool. I like that I have other people that I can count on, and I have realized in the last 2 weeks, since I started the class, that I can really count on a few of the people in my team. Of course there are always a few that have a hard time getting on, and unfortunately I am one of those sometimes. But I have gotten everything turned in and on time.
Well that's enough, I am sitting here on my bed surrounded by 6 little kids, we are listening to The Perfect Two by Auburn, and we just listened to Firework by Katy Perry. I have listened to that song so much that Gabe can sing it.

Here are 5 of the 6 that are on my bed. Bubba left and then came back.

Almost Done!!!!

I have 4 days left in my final class of my associates degree. I am so tired of school. I cannot wait until I'm done. Unfortunately the school website is down, it won't let me turn anything in. I have one assignment due tomorrow and then my final is due on Sunday. Hopefully I can get those turned in. But if the website is still down there is nothing that I can do, I have a reference number that says that I tried to get on but was unable to. I'm still gonna work on my final so that if the website is back up on Sunday I can turn it in. The site has been down since last Sunday, so we'll see if they can get it fixed soon.
Well as for everything else it has been going really good. I am having a great time at work. The people, for the most part, are awesome. There are of course some people that I have problems with, one of them is my main boss, her name is Lucy, and she is a bitch. I don't like that word usually, but it fits her to a T. She is very good at telling someone not to do something and then doing that same thing herself. And telling management will do no good, they just laugh about that kind of stuff, especially since they do not see what we see.
Well I'm done complaining now, so I'll just post a picture of two or three

More about work and school

Well I finished my last set of classes, I passed them both, one not so great, I got a D, the other I got a B. But with UoP, University of Phoenix, you only need a D to pass classes. Now I am taking my last class to get my Associates in Human Services Management. I do not know how I am going to do this, I get home from work and all I wanna do is sit on the couch and veg, then when I go to bed getting my computer out seems like way to much work, so I just lay in bed and read then I pass out. If I don't go to work until later in the day I basically do the same thing, I veg until it is time to get up and get ready for work. Like today. I don't have to be to work until 1pm, and I don't get off until 10pm. I need to get up and get in the shower and I really should work on discussion questions because I'm already failing this class.
Work is going great though. I am exhausted all the time, but I really like all the people I work with. There are a lot of different age groups that I work with anywhere from really old to under 18. I am a cashier and for once I am not the youngest one there. At the other Wal-Mart I worked at I was the youngest, now there are kids that are as young as 16 working up there. I have met one or two that are kind of rude, but I think it is just in some people's nature to be rude, and they do not know how to fix it, or care to. But for the most part there are a lot of awesome people up there. I like most of the CSM's, my favorite is leaving, today is her last day, she lives far away, a 2 hour round trip, and with gas prices she just can't afford to work anymore.
Oh that reminds me!!! Gas prices are crazy! It took $60 to fill up the tank in the van, and it wasn't even all the way empty, we go to Wal-Mart and get gift cards with $200 a month and hopefully that will last us the month for gas. If we do that then it makes the gas 3cents off at the gas station at Wal-Mart. It's not a lot of money off but when gas prices are at $3.84 all over town and $3.78 at Wal-Mart then an extra 3cents off it really makes a difference. I swear that right now that is where Wal-Mart is making all of their money. 
Well I think that's enough talk about money and poor me stuff. Here have a cute pic of Elliott, since Kendra isn't posting lately I'll post cute pics of her, and one of Elias while I'm at it.

And here are some of Gabe.

Ok well now I'm done.

Work and School

Well I now have a job. I work at Wal~Mart again. I put in the application online on Sunday, on Monday I got a call asking if I could come in on Tuesday for an interview. I was there at 9:30 for my 10:00 interview, I didn't get called back for it until 10:25, by 10:39 I was done with my first interview and waiting for my second, I got all 3 interviews done and over with by 11. I went and did the drug test and they said if that and the back ground check all came back clear then there was an orientation on Thursday. I got a call yesterday and they asked if I could make it to the orientation today from 9am to 4pm. I of course said yes, and I started my first day of work today. I was freaking out this morning. I couldn't eat, I couldn't drink, all I wanted to do was go back to bed and hide, but I didn't, I took deep breaths and I made it through.
I know that tomorrow will be better, for me anyway, for school maybe not as much.
I am in week 8 of a 9 week, the second to last course that I am taking, and I just started working. I think I'm screwed for school. I hope that I can work on my homework and keep up with it. I'm afraid I will be to tired to work on it when I get home from work.
Gabe seemed very cranky and clingy when I got home today. He threw a fit when he was told to get pajamas on, he never throws fits, it was crazy.
Well that's about all I have to say today. Here are some cute pics of Gabe to make everyone smile.