Up to Date Happenings

So, Rick and I have been busy with work things and just getting by, day by day. For the 4th of July, Rick's sister, Brenda came down to visit her mom and she brought Shelcy with her. We decided to take the boat out on Friday and Saturday, what a blast. Rick and I and all three kids and Brenda and Alexis went on Friday for a few hours to play. I don't get in the water anymore but it sure is fun just watching everyone else play. Afterwords we went to our favorite dinner place in Hurricane, JB's. We always seem to go there after a good time of boating. Brenda was not given the heads up before hand to bring extra clothes to go to dinner in, so she had to borrow something from everyone else, our bad, sorry. But it's her brother, she should know by now that he likes to do things like that spur of the moment. We were all prepared, hehe. On Saturday, just the kids and us went. We spent all day, I think everyone got their fill.

Ok, now the update news. Josh and Sara did not end up getting that house in Pamona, everything seem to going wrong, from fixing things in the house to the appraisal coming in to low for what the people were asking for the house. They are now going to rent an apartment in my old neck of the woods, Chino, while they pursue looking for a home. Josh starts school on August 3rd, so they need to get down there. They just found out last night that on the same street or the one right by there, 2 houses and an apartment building burnt down. That is to close for comfort, who knows if that house is next. Heavenly Father has a plan, and if you have "Faith in God, you should have Faith in his timing." We are excited for them no matter what.

Shelcy did get her job at Sears. She is in training right now, she's pretty excited. She is looking to get a job at Lane Bryants in the mall also, so I told her you go right ahead, ( she get's 55% off all clothes, so that's good for me, hehe.) She is still with her Aunt and loves it. They went fishing the other day at Payson Lakes, but caught no fish, just fun times.

Got the news last Saturday that mom decided to quit her job finally and move to Heber City. She called my dad one day, who was on the truck, and told him she had had enough. She wanted to be around family and that town was just not working for her, especially alone. So she drove to Heber and met up with Richard and said I want to find a house. They went driving around until they found one. She applied for a couple of jobs and got them and then drove back home and packed up her motor home. On Sunday she called Shelcy and asked her if she would help her by meeting her in Heber and then giving her a ride back to Richfield. Shelcy did just that, and she picked up her cousin, DJ while they were in Heber so she could have someone to ride back with. Mom had to work Tuesday and Wednesday at her job and the members of the ward where going to help her pack furniture and then she was going. I haven't talked to her today so I'm not sure if she's gone yet. Dad is supposed to be home on Thursday, but I'm not sure he knows what home to go to, ??????????? Life is funny, lol.

I went to a play on Saturday and watched my 2 nieces, Chelly and Chelani perform, CUTE. After the play was over they were on their way to California to visit their Grandma Webb and cousins and go to Sea World. those luckies.

Rick's mom has been updating her house, lots of projects. Since Josh has been off school and when he's not in Cali. he has been helping her with things, what a GREAT grandson. He cut down the tree in the backyard, dug out the stump, plowed the back and the side of the yard, fixed the rain gutter on the shed, painted, fixed numerous things in the house and painted again. She had my uncle Ken scrape her ceilings, tear down the paneling on the wall, haul the stump away and put up drywall around the house and all that goes with that. She had a painter come in and paint the new walls, light green. It doesn't look half bad. She does want Josh to come back and tear out some shelves in a room and then move the extra fridge and freezer to the other side of the house, for more room in her kitchen. I think she wants to get her kitchen painted next. Oh ya, she also wants him to build shelves in the laundry room for extra space. Rick, Josh, Sara and I went over to the house on Monday after dinner and Rick and Josh fixed the Air conditioner, Sara and I cleaned the dusty furniture, then we all move the furniture back where it belongs in the room since it was in the middle of the room from all the updates. It looks like a brand new inside of the house. Everything looked good. Now she wants us to come back next Monday and sift through her dirt to find old bulbs, huh good luck with that.

Boy, changes have been happening, fun, fun, fun! I went to the Manti Pageant last thursday and met Shelcy and my sister in law there, I have never known the Manti Pageant to have so many mesquitos. I was pretty covered up but those pesky little suckers found my hands and my head to suck. They even tried to suck my brains out through my TEMPLE. Weird, cuz I was at the Temple. What a fun show though. We all enjoyed the play even with the rain. It was weird though it only rained durning the fighting scene's and when the Mormans were getting kicked out of town after town. A woman holding her baby, in the play, knelt down and told GOD she had no shelter for her baby and the tears that she was crying was the rain that was falling, then Joseph Smith or was it Brigham Young got them to a place were they were not bothered and it stopped raining. After the show Brenda dropped Shelcy and I off at my car and we drove to Richfield to my parents house to spend the night. In the morning mom had to go to work so Shelcy and I took dad to breakfast. Him and Che had the weekend off from driving the truck, so
we went Camping and Fishing in Panguitch for the weekend with my mom and dad and che and his kids and my neice, DJ. I dropped Shelcy off on Friday and I drove home, then Rick and I and Josh and Sara drove up Saturday. They rented a fishing boat Friday and Saturday, we rented a Pontoon boat on Sunday. Che caught the biggest fish on Friday, but I caught the biggest fish on Saturday. Rick again couldn't catch a fish (he told mom that was weird cuz he always catches a fish there, heheheh) He's full of bologna. It was fun and I didn't get bit once there, halaluha.

Shelcy is now living with her Aunt Brenda and her cousin, Alexis, in Provo, thank you so much Brenda for letting my baby stay with you while she explores. Her friends house that she was living in didn't work out, but that's ok because there are a lot more opportunities in Provo than Sara Toga Springs. She has been in Provo now for about 2 1/2 weeks. She has had no luck finding a job but does have a job interview today for Sears.

DJ, came back to my house on Sunday to spend the night, so on Monday Her and Shelcy and I drove to Heber. We stopped and met up with Wendi and Brandee at Deer Creek to basque in the sun and play in the water for a couple of hours before heading to the house. When we got to the house, my favorite JD was there watching TV. JD has finally met his love and they are planning on getting married in the Salt Lake Temple on September 25th, 2009. YEAH for JD. His fiance's name is Kayla. She drove to the house a short time later so I was able to meet her. We all went to dinner at a Mexican Restuarant in Midway, yummy food, it was my first time having a fish taco and it wasn't half bad. It was made with mahi mahi. We drove to Kayla's after dinner to see the 72 MUSTANG JD bought. He let Brandee, Shelcy and I take take turns driving his awesome car, WEEEEEEEEE. Thanks JD. We returned home and watched TAKEN, that is such a true life what can happen show. NEVER, I MEAN NEVER LET YOUR DAUGHTER TAKE A TRIP TO ANOTHER COUNTRY ALONE OR EVEN WITH A FRIEND WHEN SHE IS JUST 17, IF FACT, DON'T LET HER AT ANY TEEN AGE, EVEN 20, 21,22,23,24,25..............

Josh and Sara have found a house in Pamona, CA. They are waiting for everything to close so they can move, that should be by the 10th of July. They have posted a picture on their Blog. I can't wait to see it in person, it looks so cute. Dad and Che were in CA one day dropping off a load so they stopped by and seen it. Aunt Fran was in CA one day for a wedding, so she stopped by and seen it, Rick's cousins that the kids have been staying with and helping them, they have seen it, but one day when I get big I'm going to drive there and see it. Sara was given the opportunity to work at the swimming pool in Glendora, CA for Janet teaching swimming lessons to little kids for the time they were staying there and when they go back if the pool is still open for lessons she might get to do it again for the rest of the summer until her school starts. Fun and extra money. YEAH

Rick and I just live here in our little home by our little selves. We do enjoy each other's company which is a good thing. I am off this week from work so I can get something done, I don't know what though?????????? I am in the Young Woman's program again at church, as the Personal Progress leader, so I do have to get something planned for next week, hmmmmm. The Fourth of July weekend is this weekend so I believe we are going boating. I probably have to go to the store for BBQ things. Hope you enjoy my family stories, until next time.

The Kids, The Girls, and The Boyz

The Carpenter Family

Good news and not so good news

Well the not so good news is that Rick's health has not been doing good. The good news is, is that I finally got him a dentist appointment so he could get his Wisdom tooth that was bothering him pulled and they had to shove antibiotics in the whole because it was so infected. He feels better now. The bad news is that Rick has not been sleeping well and his blood pressure has been skyrocketing. The good news is that I finally made an appointment for him to see a Sleep Apnia Specialist and he went and had a sleep study done last night. The bad news is, is that he didn't do very well while he was there. His beepers where going of and he would stop breathing. The good news is, is that after an hour of seeing how he sleeps, they were satisfied that he does have sleep apnia and he needs a C Pack (breathing machine). He wore it while he was there and he said he felt better even though he didn't get very much sleep. His oxigen level went up. That's the good news, the bad news is, they told him with insurances, it would take 8 to10 days before they could get him a machine of his own. The very good news is that we're finally going to fix this and he will be with me much longer now. I love you honey!

I did get our Family pictures back from my friend, Christina Humphries and they are so cute. I love the barn we took them at. It is located on the East side of town over by the ball fields and it's falling apart and down and perfect for what we wanted. Rick used to live over there when he was young and he said back then it was in nicer shape and he used to play in with his friends. I'm trying to post pictures on here but all of them won't show up, I'll have to have help.

Shelcy called home tonight and told me that Amber's family is going to North Carolina to pick up Amber's sister and her two kids and they need Shelcy to go with them so she can help drive. They are driving there non stop and it's going to take at least 4 drivers to drive. She said they would be back in two weeks, so it's kind of a bad time to look for a job. She has not been able to find a job yet but there's still hope.

At my work, the kids in Early Intervention have a three week vacation before summer classes begin. I still have to work though. I have to keep up on home visits and paperwork. Today, Bertha and I got all the storage closets cleened out and organized and moved all the furniture out of the was so the carpets can get cleaned next week. Ya for clean carpet.

As far as I know Josh and Sara haven't heard on any of the houses that they put an offer on. They are looking further out from Rancho and Pamona so they can find something they can afford. They are looking now around Riverside. They still have an appartment ready for them in Rancho in July but they are hoping they can find a house before then. Good luck my cute kids.