Well February was a interesting month, some stuff has been happening with Michelle and I. Scott and Kyle are growing up like weeds it seems that every day they get bigger and bigger. Well some good and bad news the good news is that I have A;s in my Bio classes so if that keeps up I will be in DH school this fall. So we will be moving down to Utah probable in May but I will go down in April and look for a job and an apt. The bad news is that ISU declined me once again, knowing that I was retaking the classes that held me back last time. Oh well sorry Stew I guess I will not be joining you at ISU. Scott turned 3 years old this month. WOW I cant believe he is already 3 yrs old. Time flies. Today was a bad day for him, first he was running to come jump on my lap and tripped and fell face first into the computer desk, he cried but nothing was wrong with him just a scary fall. Then about 1 hour later we were playing and I was being the bear and tying to get them (Scott and Kyle) when I went for Scott he went off balance and slammed face first int o the coffee table making him bite a big chunk off inside is lower lip. It was bleeding like crazy, but I was impressed with Scott he really did not cry all that much, he only cried because it scared him. When I was cleaning him up, he was fascinated with the blood, and wanted to know were it was coming from. Then when I got him to stop bleeding he got down and Kyle came up and gave him a big hug and kiss on the cheek, it was so cute. (when you have kids you will understand). Kyle has been getting a funny personality,he loves to copy your facial expressions and then laugh about it (it is one of those you have to be there things). Well hope everyone is doing great. I think I will write every week so I remember what goes on during the month. I know I know it is called a journal. See you all later.
The Hopes
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
2008 February: Bates
Luckily the frost of the winter is passing here in Utah, and I can emerge from my heavily heated hut. In doing so, I decided to do some Yard work. So, Tamara and I have cleaned out the flower beds so we can plant some flowers, and we're also working on digging up the back yard to plant grass (and hopefully get rid of the rampant barley that has taken over back there).
In "spir-tule" news, I was released as Gospel Doctrine teacher and called as Primary Pianist. I can't really read music, so the poor children are learning to be tone deaf (for their own defense). It's a really nice chance for me to practice though so I can eventually (some day) actually play the piano.
A couple weeks ago Tamara and I got a puppy from a co-worker who had to get rid of theirs due to housing restrictions. He was 12 weeks old and came with the name Max. He is a black-lab & cocker-spaniel mix. He loves our chihuahua even though she still hates him. He is learning (rather slowly) that the carpet is not his personal bathroom, and we have high hopes that he might one day be potty-trained.
The most time consuming event this month was work. I ended up working some over-time to meet all of the deadlines I had. We switched the way we schedule product enhancements, and I hate it. Instead of my boss handling that, the Product Managers get to say what they want each month. We estimate it so they can schedule the right amount. Unfortunately they look at total hours available on our team, not total hours available for each person who needs to be doing the enhancements they want. I am over a very popular product, and ended up with about twice as much stuff as I could possibly do this month. But, with a little help from co-workers, and some over-time, we were able to meet the deadline.
Other than that we are just having fun and getting ready to have a baby (holy weirdness Batman!). We are very excited and overwhelmed to become parents, and hope we are up to the challenge.
-Rob & Tamara
In "spir-tule" news, I was released as Gospel Doctrine teacher and called as Primary Pianist. I can't really read music, so the poor children are learning to be tone deaf (for their own defense). It's a really nice chance for me to practice though so I can eventually (some day) actually play the piano.
A couple weeks ago Tamara and I got a puppy from a co-worker who had to get rid of theirs due to housing restrictions. He was 12 weeks old and came with the name Max. He is a black-lab & cocker-spaniel mix. He loves our chihuahua even though she still hates him. He is learning (rather slowly) that the carpet is not his personal bathroom, and we have high hopes that he might one day be potty-trained.
The most time consuming event this month was work. I ended up working some over-time to meet all of the deadlines I had. We switched the way we schedule product enhancements, and I hate it. Instead of my boss handling that, the Product Managers get to say what they want each month. We estimate it so they can schedule the right amount. Unfortunately they look at total hours available on our team, not total hours available for each person who needs to be doing the enhancements they want. I am over a very popular product, and ended up with about twice as much stuff as I could possibly do this month. But, with a little help from co-workers, and some over-time, we were able to meet the deadline.
Other than that we are just having fun and getting ready to have a baby (holy weirdness Batman!). We are very excited and overwhelmed to become parents, and hope we are up to the challenge.
-Rob & Tamara
2008 February: North
February has been good for Becky and I. We got to see both of our families during the month. Becky’s parents came up here for a Valentine’s Day date. Jim Brickman was here at ISU in concert and Becky’s mom loves Jim Brickman, so we gave them some tickets that we’d gotten a hold of. They were only in town for one night. They treated us to dinner. It was good to get to see them. Then on President’s Day weekend we went and saw my family in Rexburg. I haven’t seen snow like we saw there in Rexburg for a long time. There were piles of snow well over my head. We spent Monday afternoon shoveling snow off the roof of our house, and then shoveling that same snow from our driveway off to the side. It was a rude awakening for my pampered back. For those of you in Rexburg, I will try not to enjoy the sunshine and the warm, spring weather too much, because you’re still in the dead of winter. The roof of the band room at the high school in Rexburg is so close to collapsing that they told my dad not to have any classes in there until they can get it fixed, which might be months.
We just watched the World Wide Leadership Training put out by the church leaders. It was broadcast several weeks ago, but for some reason our stake wanted to tape it and show it tonight. It was a wonderful presentation about how to raise a family in today’s world. It went long, more than two hours, but I really liked some of the things that were said. At the end Pres. Monson spoke briefly. It was my first time hearing him speak after Pres. Hinckley’s death, and when I saw his image flash on the screen I had a feeling of confidence, and trust well up inside me and I thought “He is the new prophet, called of God.” There was never any doubt in my mind, but it is comforting to have my own witness.
The other day was my first experience shadowing a doctor. I spent a couple of hours following him around. The doctor was very courteous and helpful to me. He explained what he was doing and the things he was looking for. He showed me MRI pictures and explained what I was looking at. MRI is an amazing tool, but I did think about Jason as I was looking at the MRI. I know they're expensive. I was amazed at how busy the doctor was. I'll bet we saw 8 patients during the 2 hours that I was there. He never sat down for more than 5 minutes all morning.
We hope that everything goes well for you all. You deserve it.
-Becky and Stewart
We just watched the World Wide Leadership Training put out by the church leaders. It was broadcast several weeks ago, but for some reason our stake wanted to tape it and show it tonight. It was a wonderful presentation about how to raise a family in today’s world. It went long, more than two hours, but I really liked some of the things that were said. At the end Pres. Monson spoke briefly. It was my first time hearing him speak after Pres. Hinckley’s death, and when I saw his image flash on the screen I had a feeling of confidence, and trust well up inside me and I thought “He is the new prophet, called of God.” There was never any doubt in my mind, but it is comforting to have my own witness.
The other day was my first experience shadowing a doctor. I spent a couple of hours following him around. The doctor was very courteous and helpful to me. He explained what he was doing and the things he was looking for. He showed me MRI pictures and explained what I was looking at. MRI is an amazing tool, but I did think about Jason as I was looking at the MRI. I know they're expensive. I was amazed at how busy the doctor was. I'll bet we saw 8 patients during the 2 hours that I was there. He never sat down for more than 5 minutes all morning.
We hope that everything goes well for you all. You deserve it.
-Becky and Stewart
2008 February: Robertson
February has been a busy month for us full of doctors visits. We started the month with Daria developing pneumonia. We woke up on a Saturday morning, and Daria was having a really hard time breathing. We took her into a seven-day-a-week clinic to get her looked at and they declared pretty bad pneumonia. She received two shots there, antibiotics, and a breathing medication. We took her back the next day for more shots, and again on Monday for another checkup. Luckily Kyla never developed it but she did catch a cold – twice.
Kyla went in for a hearing checkup to make sure that the antibiotics that she received when she was born hasn't attacked her hearing. Her general hearing is just fine, but she refused to allow the doctor to put anything in her ear to check if her hearing is 100 percent. Every time the doctor came with the earphones Kyla would scream. The doctor said she was good enough and didn't need any more testing.
Morgan started working and the flowers for a wedding. It has caused her some frustration since the lady she is doing them for didn't really tell her what they wanted as far as flowers go and kept calling her trying to get her to get the flowers at one Internet shop or another. Finally she was able to meet with the brides mom and go over flowers and only after that did the bride herself call and say what she wanted for real. Morgan is now feeling a lot better about the entire situation.
I have been busy with work and my book. I am almost done. I am just waiting for one more copyright to go through so I can include the article and then it is off to the printers. I am fairly pleased with the end result. I am going to start phase two and create some tests and quizzes that will be based off of the readings in the book and try to revamp my syllabus a little for the summer. It promises to be a good class. I am excited for it.
Morgan and I have been called to be teachers for our wards Family History class. We have mixed feelings about the calling. I finally feel like I am being used in the ward, so I am excited. Morgan, who already has two callings, sees this as the unwanted third wheel and approaches it with hesitancy. It might be that I end up teaching the lessons while Morgan corrals the girls during Sunday School. It should be a good experience for us either way. I believe that is all that I have to report from balmy, balmy Rexburg. Hope that this finds you all doing well. Love you,
Daria, Morgan, Kyla, and Derik
Kyla went in for a hearing checkup to make sure that the antibiotics that she received when she was born hasn't attacked her hearing. Her general hearing is just fine, but she refused to allow the doctor to put anything in her ear to check if her hearing is 100 percent. Every time the doctor came with the earphones Kyla would scream. The doctor said she was good enough and didn't need any more testing.
Morgan started working and the flowers for a wedding. It has caused her some frustration since the lady she is doing them for didn't really tell her what they wanted as far as flowers go and kept calling her trying to get her to get the flowers at one Internet shop or another. Finally she was able to meet with the brides mom and go over flowers and only after that did the bride herself call and say what she wanted for real. Morgan is now feeling a lot better about the entire situation.
I have been busy with work and my book. I am almost done. I am just waiting for one more copyright to go through so I can include the article and then it is off to the printers. I am fairly pleased with the end result. I am going to start phase two and create some tests and quizzes that will be based off of the readings in the book and try to revamp my syllabus a little for the summer. It promises to be a good class. I am excited for it.
Morgan and I have been called to be teachers for our wards Family History class. We have mixed feelings about the calling. I finally feel like I am being used in the ward, so I am excited. Morgan, who already has two callings, sees this as the unwanted third wheel and approaches it with hesitancy. It might be that I end up teaching the lessons while Morgan corrals the girls during Sunday School. It should be a good experience for us either way. I believe that is all that I have to report from balmy, balmy Rexburg. Hope that this finds you all doing well. Love you,
Daria, Morgan, Kyla, and Derik
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
