A move, a new job, a break up, a divorce and abuse....

First, A move: I have been moved back to the Farmington office for work now. I missed everyone here, but the drive and the gas is going to kill me. :( Not only do I have a long way to drive, I now have to work on Fridays. That's a full tank of gas a week! YIKES!!!! :S I AM glad to be back though. I had a great first week back last week and this week is shaping up to be pretty good as well. It's so fun to see everyone again and catch up on things.

 Second: A New Job: Before I had Logan, I sold Pampered Chef for about a month. Hee hee! Well, I have picked up selling Pampered Chef again. We need the extra income and this is a good way to get it that won't take up all my time. I had my first show on the 11th and it went really well! I am looking for more people to book parties, so if anyone knows anybody or even if YOU want to host a party, please let me know. I am needing to fill up my calendar for September.

Third: A break up: August 17th marked the day that my sister-in-law was supposed to get married... Well, that didn't happen. Her fiance broke things off with her a month before the wedding and told her "he was getting more and more unsure" of the two of them. It's been a rough month for her, but it will be good in the long run. He was emotionally abusive and I'm so glad she got away from that before they were married. She is such a special girl and I love her so much. I am so protective of her. She's like the little sister I never had. He didn't deserve her. She will find the love of her life soon enough and she will realize she is much happier.

Fourth: A Divorce: One of my best friends is filing for divorce. It makes me so happy that she has taken this step! Her husband was sexually and emotionally abusive to her and what made it worse, is he was even abusive to their (almost) 1 year old son. It broke my heart whenever she would tell me things that he did. He wouldn't let her out of the house on weekends, he didn't want her seeing her family, he didn't want her talking to her own brother anymore! She had tried so hard to make things better. She went to a counselor and tried to get him to go with her. He refused and he would get mad whenever she went because she was "wasting gas". On top of it, he didn't even want to watch his own son while she went. Counseling made her stronger and it made her stand up for herself. He didn't like that at all. She left him last Sunday and started getting things together for a protective order. Thursday, she finally got the order and he got kicked out of the house. He kept leaving her messages saying he was sorry and he'll go to counseling, but in the background he was changing the pin number to their bank account and even took her name off the account completely! I am so proud of how strong she has been through this whole thing. She has a hearing set for September 5th with the judge to talk about the protective order to see if he will make the order stick longer. I'm hoping the judge keeps it. He should not be allowed to see her or his son. I'm just crossing my fingers and praying that she stays strong through all of this. It's going to be a bumpy road, but she is so strong that I have faith she can get through it. To this friend: If you are reading this, I love you so much and I am so proud of you! Stay strong and things will work out the way they need to. :)

Fifth: Abuse: Another one of my best friends is also in an abusive relationship... A few weeks ago they got in a fight and he cut up her credit cards and took the SIM card out of her phone. He called her parents and told them that she had made out with some guy and ran off with him. That was not true... He left her stranded after she went in to use the bathroom while they were on vacation. She was lucky that she had some cash with her so she could take the bus back to their hotel. On top of it all, last week, she found out she was pregnant. When she told her husband, he blamed her and told her she did it on purpose. Things are better with them now however. They are going to counseling and I have faith that they can work things out. He is now getting really excited about this new baby. Things are going in the right direction for them. I am glad they are working on their marriage. They really are a cute couple and I believe they are soul mates.

That's been my life in a nutshell the past month or so. I've been stressing out about it all! I need some doTerra oils to help calm me! Hee hee! If anyone would like to know more about these oils, let me know. My sister sells it and she can hook you up! :)

My Little Evan

I can't believe Evan will be a year old in about a month!!! Time has gone by so fast. Here are just some things about Evan;

• He has 4 teeth. Two on top and two on bottom.
• He LOVES to yell. His favorite place to yell is when he's sitting/standing on his brother's chair.
• He is pulling himself up against furniture.
• He loves to put anything and everything in his mouth! 
• He loves to watch his brother. Logan makes him laugh all the time!
• He is the smiliest kid you will ever meet! All you have to do is say "hi" to him and he gives you a big toothy grin!
• He loves chasing (crawling) after the cat and has scratches to prove it!

Fun and not so fun weekend....

Friday, Logan, Evan and I met my sister and my nephew at the zoo. We had lots of fun together! Logan had a blast with his cousin. He loves to see all the animals. He's been asking if we can go to the zoo since then. Hee hee! I love having a zoo membership. I can just pick up and go whenever I want! :) 

Saturday, I was sick. I had a fever and was in bed all day! Sunday was a lot better, but for some reason, today it's coming back with a vengeance! Adam took such good care of me and the boys this weekend. I hope I'm going to be better by Wednesday! I'm going with Adam's little sister to see Big Time Rush's concert at USANA. I'm excited!!! :) This will be my second EVER concert. My first was a year ago tomorrow with Katy Perry. I'm so excited!!! Nothing else eventful went on this weekend. We don't really have any plans for the 24th, so I don't know what this week will bring. I may just be in bed relaxing all week long. (Or at least today and tomorrow).

My Inner Nerdiness!!!

This is my newest addiction.... It's a game called Magic The Gathering. It is a really really fun card game. Adam got me into it. It's something we like to do together. It takes a bit to understand it, but once you do, you're addicted!!! Adam's little brother is addicted to this game too. He's the one who taught Adam how to play. I am a nerd all the way! I play WOW, Nintendo, Playstation, computer games, etc. My name is Julie, I am a nerd and I am proud of it! Hee hee! :)

Army Family Day

Evan's favorite spot in the house!

 This weekend, the Army had a family day at Fort Douglas. We braved it and took BOTH boys! Adam had to be there either way for drill, the three of us just tagged along. We decided to not put a pull-up on Logan and just leave him in underwear. That was a little scary! We had never gone anywhere but the store in his underwear. We took a change of pants and underwear for him just in case. I was completely expecting him to have an accident especially because his cousins were there (Adam's brother is in the Army as well). Well, Logan didn't have any accidents at all!!!! I am SO proud of him! He is getting so big! Adam and I are ready to say that Logan is potty trained. There are still some issues we have to work out, like he doesn't tell us when he poops and he puts his underwear back on without wiping. Other than that, I think we are in a good spot! I'm one proud mommy!
Adam had to be at Fort Douglas at 9:45 am for formation and then the family day would officially start at 11:30. Instead of taking two cars, we all just went together and hung out until it started. It was really fun! They had hamburgers and hot dogs for everybody as well as chips, watermelon, drinks, etc. There was also a little tent that had cotton candy, popcorn and snow cones.

Army Family Day

 

Evan eating some puffs

After we ate, we took the kids over to the bounce houses they had set up. There was a regular bounce house, a slide and an obstacle course. Logan and his cousins had a blast running around together. After running around for a little bit, a fire truck showed up. The kids got to go see it and even sit in it. Logan thought that was really cool! He loves seeing firetrucks when they pass by.
Evan was a little cranky after a few hours there. He was so tired! I finally got him to fall asleep for a bit. It took a while. He was so tired, but he didn't want to close his eyes because there was too much going on. He didn't want to miss anything.

Waiting in line for food with Ariel, Darrel and Bella.

 Once it was time for Adam to go get in final formation, it started raining! The boys and I booked it to the car. We had some cotton candy with us and, well... we'll just say it didn't look like cotton after long! Logan still had fun eating it though! We were pretty wet when we finally got to the car. It was a little time consuming on my part because I had to put both boys in their carseats and pack up the stroller and put it in the trunk. I was more wet than the boys after that! We sat in the car and waited for Adam to be done with formation. Adam was finally able to leave and we all went home! Evan had a good nap on the car ride.

 When we got home, we laid Evan down for a nap and just relaxed. Once Evan woke up, we all headed to Target to get some formula. We had a fun walk around Target, looking at the things that we wanted but couldn't have. LOL! Story of our lives! :) We got sick of walking around the store and went to check out. I found a punch card for Sub Zero Ice Cream in my wallet that had all the punches! FREE ICE CREAM!!!! We jumped on that! Logan and I went inside to get it while Adam and Evan waited in the car. Logan loves to watch them make the ice cream.

Cotton Candy Face!

Cotton Candy Face!

 Overall, it was a great weekend! I had so much fun with my family! I love them all so much. My boys are my world! I love being able to have fun with them wherever we go. Logan is just getting so smart and he amazes me with the things he says. Evan is getting so big and I can't believe he will be a year old and a month and a half! Where does the time go?

Our Scare

Yesterday, at 9:23 am, I get a phone call from Adam. The scariest thing he could've said, he said it. He said, "Logan is missing. I can't find him." WHAT?! I was scared half to death... Adam woke up to hearing Shadow panting. He got up and Logan's bedroom was empty. He goes down the stairs and the front door is open. Logan and the dogs had gotten out. Adam went on a frantic search for him and he called to tell me. I ran out of work so fast and I sped home! The first thing that came to my mind was that poor little 6 year old girl who was kidnapped, raped and murdered. I kept thinking, I can't lose him! I can't lose him! On my way home, I called a few neighbors to ask if they could go out and help Adam look for him. I am forever grateful for those neighbors who dropped everything to search. Adam found Logan walking down the street hand in hand with a man. Logan had crossed the street and wandered into this guy's backyard. The man asked Logan where he lived and Logan pointed towards Winco. So the guy walks with him toward Winco and when Logan wasn't helping any, he turned around with him and walked back the other way trying to find out where he lived. Adam then spotted them and ran over to get him. I am so thankful that some creep didn't find him. I have never been more scared in my life. I hope to never experience that EVER again! My adrenaline was going so fast I was too tired to go back to work and too scared to leave Logan. I don't know what I would do without that sweet boy. He is my life!

Food Storage/Pantry

No, this is not mine. I wish it were!

Last night, I cleaned out our pantry and went through our food storage to get rid of any old and expired things. I threw a TON away... :( It was a little depressing to see things go to waste. But now I have a nice clean, organized pantry and my food storage in the basement is a lot easier to view and see what I have. It's going to be nice because now I can plan meals according to what I have on hand and it'll make shopping a lot easier. All I have to do is go look in the food storage and see if there is anything down there that I need for a meal.