Treasured Moments

      This past weekend was very exciting.  Skyler and I got to spend some time with the people that we love.  His Papa, and Grammy, Aunt Tiffany, Cousins Nikki and Aiden, and best friend Sera.  It was also kind of a sad weekend.  Skylers best friend of 3 years, Sera, is moving to Thailand on the 29th of this month, and won't be returning for a whole year!!  It saddens me, mostly because Skyler is losing a friend, whom he loves dearly, and I am losing a friend as well, Sera's mom Pik.  Despite the small language barrier between the two of us, we get along great, and I only wish that we were able to spend more time together.  Where we lose things, we are also gaining things.  I'm not entirely sure yet what I will gain, but I know that God has a plan.

      While Skyler, Caylee and myself were at Al and Sandy's house this weekend, Tom had gone down his brothers house in Redding, CA to celebrate a birthday.  While he was down there, Larry called Tom and told him that he knows a guy that does HVAC (heating and air conditioning) and will possibly hire Tom, full time, $15 hour starting, and raises after 90 days. (And we would be moving back down to corvallis.)  So please be praying that this will go through!

      On another note, later on this week I will be picking up my niece Nicole, to come and stay with me for a few days.  She has not spent the night with me in almost 2 years!  I saw her today for the first time since christmas.  She has gotten so big, I almost can't believe it.

      I remember when she was about 3-4 yrs old,(my sister and Nikki lived with my mom and I) and Nikki would come into my room, sooooo early in the morning, and ask "aunty, can we play dress-up now?" She loved to wear her aunties clothes!  Whenever she would spend the night at my house (after I got my own place) it was always dress-up and make-up, now make-up is more functional rather than fun, and dress-up is not dress-up, it's more like, "hey, can I borrow this shirt?"  It's things like this, that make me cherish the times I have with my babies while they are still young, 'cause in the blink of an eye, they are moving out and having babies of their own.  It's a scary thought, so I will hold onto this moment, this time, and this love, because nothing else in this world will EVER replace it!