I See The Light!

The past few years have been a real internal battle for me. I am very much a Type A personality and to take a back seat and play what seemed to be the eternal waiting game was incredibly painful. People will always tell you (myself included) that as you look back and see what you have gone through that there is purpose and hopefully lessons learned. As I sit here typing I can't tell you that the roller coaster ride is over, but I can tell you that the lessons are being learned and blessings are being counted!

We have a wonderful family. Adam and I are truly blessed to have 4 amazing children. Lil Adam is truly a joy to have. He is an amazing big brother and excellent student and helper. Addison, despite all of her medical issues, truly has an amazing love and joy for her family and the people she comes in contact with. Her strength truly is a wonder to be seen. Alex is an adventure worth taking! As Amelia is growing up and passing him in certain areas I can truly see his frustration. I think the frustration has pushed him to try new things. He is doing so well in his language which in turn helps so many other things. Seeing him progress is truly a miracle to behold. Amelia is pure happiness. She truly completes our family puzzle. I enjoy watching her grow and develop her own personality. She knows what she wants and she will let you know exactly what that is usually in a very high pitched scream :) When I am in the thick of the weekly duties I often times have to stop and remind myself how lucky that I am and to slow down and enjoy the great blessings that are my children. I have really tried to step back and realize that not everything is a big deal, relax and enjoy instead of being frustrated and stressed out, they are kids and will get it someday. Right??? LOL

Adam's quest for graduate school has peaked and a decision has been made. I believe he becoming excited for the experience. It wasn't his first choice, but for our family it is the best choice. Adam will be able to attend a full time program and remain at Intel. Our family will be able to keep our insurance and doctors. This is a huge blessing, our little ones are making so much progress and we don't have to start over with new medical and therapy staff. YEAH! Adam is applying for scholarships like a mad man and we are still hoping that Intel will be willing to help Adam with part of the tuition. Fingers crossed!

This week we learned that the owners of our home are going to allow us to remain tenants for another year. What a huge load off for me! I have been searching for two months for places that would be good for our family and nothing fit perfectly. With staying in our home another year Alex will be able to attend a special summer school session as well as participating in a self contained (only 5 students) preschool program next year. Ms. B will be his teacher again and I can't begin to express how grateful I am for that!!  Addison will get to attend kindergarten all day. A lot of schools in Arizona have cut back to half a day, but our district as kept the full day program.  My little ones have had great teachers this year as well.  Adam has been in Mrs. Sander's class for two years now.  Next year will be a new experience for him, but he will be great!  Addison has also had the privilege of having Ms. Pat for two years as well. Addison will be attending a different school next year, but we will always be grateful to Cerritos and our Ms. Pat.
We will be staying in our ward at church! I can now tell you that Adam will be baptized on July 9th. I will be sending out invitations soon :) I am grateful to be staying in a ward that can help me on Sunday's when Adam is traveling for school. The Bishop has even called someone to sit with Alex during Primary so that I can attend my classes. Such blessings.

Like I stated earlier, I am overwhelmed with the amazing blessings that Father in Heaven is raining down on our family. Thank you for the prayers, thank you for the thoughts, and most of all thanking for listening/reading and loving us.