New Digs

As of May 1st Jim has a new office.  This move is quite exciting as he will be able to have patients come to his very own clinic instead of him doing home health and going to various houses. 
 Needless to say the last part of April and most of May were very stressful for Jim as he was purchasing an office, moving items to his new office and trying to get it ready for patients.   He has already had his first patient and is of course welcoming more :) 

Nameplate.  Yes, it is a big deal :)

View from the back of the clinic.

Where Jim does some of his magic.

Exercise equipment. 
He will put a flat screen TV on the wall so patients can
 either watch TV or out the window while doing therapy.
 

Rainy Days

A couple weeks ago we had a few days of spring storms. 

 I was able to catch some cute pictures of the girls.

12 years later.....

Today I became part of the paid working world again.

I now work in the office at my daughters school,
Altara Elementary. 

 It was just a little bit over 12 years ago (April 30th 2002) when I called the University of Phoenix and told them I have decided to stay home with my newborn son rather than come back to work.  I have never regretted that phone call. 

I am so grateful I have been able to stay home for this long and be a part of so many little moments of raising our children.  I am very grateful to Jim for providing for our family so I could stay home for the past 12 years to hang out with these 4.

But, with my "babies" starting full day this fall, it is time for a little change.   I am not going back to work for money, or because I have to.  I am going back to work because this is an exciting opportunity I couldn't pass up.   I will work just 17 hours a week.  Just enough to get out into the working world.  I will still have time to help out in classrooms, run errands without kids and hopefully clean my house :)

 

I am extra excited because:
-I will still be here in the mornings to get them ready and off to school.
- Me and the kids will get home from work/ school basically the same time.
- I will still have summers off so I can be home/ play with my kids
- In the fall I will only be working while my kids are at school
- I have a very flexible boss (the principal) who said my kids can come hang out in the office for the 5 or 10 minutes before school starts and after school ends.
-Still get to hang out with the faculty and staff of Altara where I have gotten to know a lot of them very well this year.

I guess selling your soul to the school for a year as PTA President has some benefits :) Just Kidding.

But seriously, I am so grateful for this opportunity.  When the principal came up to me and told me about this job opening I couldn't really think of any cons.  I am super excited.

So for now if you need to find me,
 this is my new working schedule :)

 

Wednesdays- 11 to 3:15

Thursdays- 8 to 3:15

Fridays- 8 to 1:30

 

Black and White

The Annual Black and White Picture

May 2014

 

 

Lizzie- Age 10

 Afton- Age 6

Ethan- Age 12

 

Lilly- Age 6