Alissa Got a Job! - November 23, 2018

Friday - November 23rd

Brinley took these funny pictures.  I added her to my google photos sharing, so I get all of the pictures she takes and she gets all of the pictures I take.  She takes a ton of screen shots and always has a lot of pictures.  It's a little overwhelming.  I think I need to find a new way to share our photos.

Alissa got a job at Dominos.  She took these selfies of herself in her work shirt.  I'm so happy for her to finally have a job.  She had been waiting for so long to finally have a way to make money.  She has been dreaming of the day when she could finally have more independence and it is finally with in reach.  she feels like it took forever for her to find a job.  I don't think she applied at too many places before getting this job.  She was just so impatient, that it seemed like it took forever.  I don't remember when her first day of work was, but she is just really happy to have gotten a job.  She had a rough first day.  They were not prepared for her to be there I guess.  One person would give her a task to do, then they'd disappear.  When she'd finish, she wouldn't know what to do or who to ask what to do.  She just felt confused and frustrated.  She felt like she was in the way and everybody was annoyed with her because she kept asking them what she was supposed to do.  I could tell she really didn't want to go back to work the next day, but she didn't say it.  I prayed so hard that her second day would be better and they would actually assign someone to train her and show her what her job would be (like they do at most places).  Thankfully, my prayers were answered ans they did things right on her second night.  She came home feeling much better about things and she actually understood what her job was and what she was expected to do.  I was so relieved.  It didn't take her long to get the hang of things and she is loving her job now.  They were going through a weird transition when she got hired on.  they were firing a bunch of people and hiring a lot of new people.  she was one of the first of the new hires, that's why things were not prepared for her on her first night.

Anyway, I'm so glad it got better for her.

Thanksgiving - November 22, 2018

Thursday - November 22nd

Goofy Parker hanging from the wall.  He's funny.  He's getting so tall and growing so fast, it's crazy!
These pictures were taken yesterday.  I was relaxing by the fire and he realized he could reach up there and he let himself hang from the wall, so he yelled for me to hurry and take his picture before he fell.  He's funny.

Roger's mom came to spend the night so she could be here in the morning to help with all the Thanksgiving preparations.  Roger's family came to celebrate Thanksgiving at our house this year.
I think they knew we wouldn't come, so they called Roger and asked if we would host this year.  We have had a hard time with Roger's family.  A big horrible thing (that is not my story to tell) happened and we have not been visiting his family anymore.  It's sad, because the kids never get to see their cousins anymore.  I feel bad about that, but it's so hard on Roger to see his family.  He goes to the get togethers feeling good and confident and comes home feeling so low.  It makes me so sad to see him like that.  We haven't seen his family in a long time, so I was unsure how today would go.  It wasn't bad.  The family members that were part of the big horrible thing that happened, chose not to come.  That was kind of a relief.  We wouldn't have been upset if they had come, but it would have been awkward.  Here's the before pictures.

I always feel a little awkward with his family, so I didn't take any pictures or videos.  I was busy with other things and really didn't even think of it.

It was nice having Roger's mom here in the morning.  She helped out a lot.  Everybody who came did.  This was not stressful for me at all.  That was nice.  I had been a little overwhelmed, but when it came right down to it, I had a lot of help and my job was made a lot easier because of that.

Over all it was a good day.  The only bad was the headache that I got shortly after we ate.  The good thing was that we were home, so I just took some Advil, then went and laid down for about a half an hour, then my head ache was gone and I was able to go back out and mingle with our guests.

We Love Our Dogs - November 20, 2018

Tuesday - November 20th

We love our doggies.  They are so cute and so fun.

Brinley and Delia Funny Make Up - November 19, 2018

Monday - November 19th

Delia is here!  We love it when Delia comes to visit.  It's so fun to get to see her.  The kids are so happy that they are finally getting to know their cousin.

Brinley and Delia made a funny make up video.

Butters was making it really difficult for me to do the dishes.  When he climbed up on the dishwasher, I remembered how little puppy Forest used to do this and I have a really cute picture of him on the dishwasher.  I pulled out my camera to get a picture of Butters doing the same thing.  I was really surprised after I took the picture, to see how alike the two pictures are.  I love it!  I think it is so cute!

Here's the picture I took of Butters and under this is both pictures (Forest on the dishwasher and Butters on the dishwasher).

 Butters was being such a stinker tonight.  He is such a cute little trouble maker.

 Alissa tried out some really creepy Halloween make up.

Khloe Fell Down the Stairs - November 17, 2018

Saturday - November 17th

Brinley's friend Khloe fell down the stairs.  She's okay to laugh about it and she said we can post it.  She cried at first, but eventually started laughing when Parker pulled up the video of her falling and she watched it.  I was going to post the part of the video where she is laughing about it, but it is taking too long to process, so I skipped that part.

We are loving Alissa's new puppy.  I'm so glad him and Forest are getting along.

Alissa's Dance Class Performance - November 16, 2018

Friday - November 16th

Alissa had a dance recital type of thing for her dance class.  It was a little weird and pretty boring.  There was one exciting part where a girl fell.  I had fun with editing that.  I made it go in slow motion, then I made it play in reverse, then normal again.

Alissa also had a performance in her drama class today.  She was the cowardly lion in the Wizard of Oz play.  I had forgotten to make her a costume.  I remembered in the morning.  I realized a way to make it really quickly, so I told her I'd work on it all morning and bring it to her when I go to her dance thing.  I still had a little more to finish when I got her school, so I worked on it while I watched the dance thing.  She only danced in 2 dances, so it was okay for me to not be looking up the whole time.  Anyway, I quickly finished it and Alissa was able to wear it for her play.  She was really happy with it and she said that everybody loved it.

She was glad for today to be over with.  It was such a busy day for her.

 The dogs were being cute and fun when we went outside with them today.

  

Alissa Got Her Driver's License! - November 15, 2018

Thursday - November 15th

Alissa got her driver's license today!  She's so excited!  And a little frustrated that she didn't realize she could have gotten it 3 months ago.  She thought she still needed to take the final driving test and written test.  She knew she had taken test in her class, but she hadn't realized that those were the final ones.  I had no idea how this program worked since it wasn't with the public school and was so different from any program I knew of.  I just assumed she'd have to take the tests at the DMV.  When I called to schedule them, they told me she already had passed.  She just needed to come in and get her license.  I feel bad that she waited so long to do that.  I wish we had known and that Alissa had understood that.  She has spent the last three months stressing out about having to take her driver's ed test in the truck.  It was a big relief for her to realize she had already taken and passed both of the tests.  Also, the fact that she didn't realize she was taking her finally tests made it so she wasn't stressed while she was taking them.  She passed them both very easily.

Beautiful Doggies - November 13, 2018

Tuesday - November 13th

At Linda's House - November 10, 2018

Saturday - November 10th

We spent the night at Linda's.  There was a green sheet hanging up in the room we slept in.  Parker and Brinley were quick to pose in front of it for pictures.

Two More Hats - November 9, 2018

Friday - November 9th

Alissa's cute little puppy, Butters.

 I finished two more hats today.  I love making these cute winter hats.

 Brinley and Khloe, taking a selfie.

Winter Hats and Our Cute Dogs - November 8, 2018

Thursday - November 8th

 Pictures of Parker and Butters, and a cute video of our doggies.

I made a bunch of winter hats to sell at the store, 'Everything Your Heart Desires'.  I took pictures of them today, so I can post them in my Etsy store also.

More Brinley TicToc videos

Little Puppy Butters - November 6, 2018

Tuesday - Nov 5th and 6th

Our cute puppy, Butters and the Tic Toc videos Brinley made.

Khloe's Birthday - November 5, 2018

Monday - November 5th

Today is Khloe's birthday.  Her mom asked if I would make a cake for her.  She told me the colors and to put a peace sign on it.  Khloe didn't know we would be bringing the cake to her.  It was fun to surprise her.  Brinley and I took the cake over, then we hung out for a little while and enjoyed some cake and ice cream.  It was fun.

Cute Dogs - November 3, 2018

Saturday - November 3rd

Forest and Butters were chewing on a stick together.  It was so cute to see them sharing.  I'm so glad that they are warming up to each other.  Forest was really unsure about Butters for a while.

 Playing tug-a-war.  I'm so happy for Forest to finally have a friend to play with.  I always felt bad when he'd want to play tug-a-war and nobody had the energy to play with him.  I think that problem is solved now.

Tik Tok videos

A Relaxing Day - November 2, 2018

Friday - Nov 2nd

Musicaly's that Brinley made on November first.