Well it’s that time of the year again to write the family Christmas Letter. Scott and I talked about it and Scott says all we need to say is same stuff different year. We have had some changes so I decided we should expound. We as a family have been growing and trying to figure out this new time in our life. We were able to get our home studies done for Health & Welfare and LDS Family Services. Since these are done we are in the “searching” phase. Please keep us in mind if you come across anyone who is thinking about adopting.
Scott has been in school all year long. The spring semester he was sent to Garden
Valley for his clinicals. That wasn’t
too bad because he was able to stay in an apartment above the clinic and was
only usually gone for two days. We also
had Skype so we got to still see him each night. Summer he was in summer school so there
wasn’t any vacations that weren’t quick two day camp trips. The fall semester saw Scott going to Twin
Falls to do his clinicals. We ended up
figuring it out that if he would go Sunday through Thursday he could get all
his clinical hours finished in 7 weeks.
So he hauled the camper to Twin Falls to live in. This was really hard on Rachel and me. We didn’t have the Skype capability because
his Wi-Fi connection wasn’t very good so Rachel only got to see her dad once or
twice while he was gone and she missed him so much. He has loved every clinical site that he has
been sent to. He has one semester left
and then will be a Nurse Practitioner.
We can hardly wait for that day. We see the light at the end of the
tunnel. He is still a clinical
supervisor at St. Al’s Nampa in the Emergency Department. His boss is really
sad that he is in school. She doesn’t
want to lose him when he graduates. He
is still the Music Chairman in the ward and likes this calling because it works
so well with his work, school, and clinical schedule.
I actually did end up leaving ISU to be a stay at home
mom. It was a really hard transition for
me to make. It took me about six months
to finally figure out how to do it. On
those days when we’ve had a rough night, someone is sick or we have to leave
town it’s so nice not to have somewhere I have to be. I did add some extra jobs to my life but they
all work around my schedule. I do
medical billing at a pediatric therapy center one day a week. I also work as the HR Specialist for Need a
Nurse Medical staffing. I find people to
work health screenings that happen every few months. I was released from my calling in the primary
and am a teacher in Relief Society. I
love this calling so much.
Rachel has been very busy as well. Rachel is in preschool and a music and
movement class. She loves both of
them. She has flourished with the
knowledge that she has gained from preschool.
She knows all her letters. She
has started to learn what words start with which letter. She has also started to rhyme words together. Music class has brought her to singing all
the time. She will even make up songs
just so she can sing. She loves to cut
with her scissors and glue to make crafts.
She loves dressing herself and changing her clothes all day long. She is almost potty trained during the day. This has been a challenge but she is finally
going in the right direction. There is
never a dull moment in our house. Rachel
is always coming up with funny things to say or do. We never know what she’s going to come up
with next.
We want to wish everyone a Very Merry CHRISTmas and a Happy New Year.
May the Lord bless you and your family in the following year.
Love,
Scott, Susan and Rachel
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