Hip Hip Horray! A Day Off 4 Eric!
Eric has been working way to hard for way to many days! Even with the bad economy, Eric has had more work than he can handle! He lost one of his drivers at work and has had a hard time filling the position. So Eric has been working for 14 days straight! Well... Today he was able to take a day off! We got Chance on the shuttle for Jackson at 6:30 this morning, Got Aleah on the school bus at 7. Then we climbed back in bed and snuggled with Joyah! Usually this is my special morning routine with Joyah, and but I shared the fun with Eric! (Still can't believe we have a little one to snuggle again!!!!!!) It was so nice to have him home after 6:00 A.M.! We enjoyed the morning with Joyah and then Eric made us a yummy lunch. It was so fun having "Adult" company! We drove into Afton later in the day and picked up Aleah from school. I hadn't been over to look at the Call Air Museum so Eric took Aleah, Joyah and I. It was fun watching the videos about his Grandpa Call and looking at the cool plains. We were sad when the old museum was closed so it was great to tour through the new one. They did a great job with all of it I was impressed! We took a drive up the Grays River Road. It was cold today and all the trees were covered with beautiful white ice! It was incredible!
Well, back to work Eric goes in the morning, but I was grateful for a day that I didn't have to share!
Aleah's Bus Adventure!
Friday afternoon, I waited and waited for Aleah to walk in the door from her bus ride home. Well, the time came and went and no Aleah. I tried calling her but got no answer. So I figured no news was good news and that the buses must be running behind. Well FINALLY in comes Aleah about 40 minutes late! She said "We had some excitement on the bus today!" I ask "Whats going on?" She said "The bus went off the road! and was tipped onto two wheels!" She said they were riding along up into the ranch, and all the sudden the bus slipped and they all slid over to one side" She said " The bus driver yelled and told us to all try and get to the other side of the bus so it wouldn't tip anymore!" She said "We all got over to the other side and waited there until another bus came and got in front of us and hooked a tow strap to us, well after they had broken 3 straps trying to get the bus back on the road, they had all the kids climb out the emergency door and load up onto another bus!"
Well, no one was hurt and she made it home safe and sound. I guess it was a sub. bus driver. She must have felt awful! Anyway Aleah has had fun talking about her adventure for the last few days!
On Saturday she had me stop and we got a picture of her in the ruts where the bus was tipped.
WHAT A STORY!
A Sad Separation
This past Thursday was a sad day for me. I went into the District offices and signed my separation papers :(. First Joyah and I went over to the High School and visited with my friends there, then we went over to the Middle School and spent some time there. The hardest part was of course Colter Elem! We went at lunch time so we were able to see all the kids! That made me smile! It was sooooo great to get all the hugs and see the happy faces of the kids! They were all so excited to meet Joyah! I really am going to miss those little nuggets! One of the teachers said "You can tell Joyah's not your first! Your letting the kids love the heck out of her!" Inside I was freaking out a little about germs, but I had my handy dandy bottle of hand sanitizer that saved the day! It was so great to visit with all my co-workers and catch up on every one's lives. I truly am going to miss my days at Colter! Last of all Joyah and I headed over to the district office to sign all the paperwork. I got a little choked up, but just for a minute. I looked a Joyah and knew it was all SOOOO worth it! I am looking forward to this new chapter in my life .
Erics B~Day!
Yesterday was a pretty regular day in allot of ways; It snowed about one and a half feet of new snow, Eric had to cover one of his drivers shifts and worked later than usual, the kids had school and Kee and Joyah had lots of errands to run. But we all knew the day was special, Why? Because it was Eric's B~Day!!!!!!!!!
We won't say how old, but he waved goodbye to his 30's years ago! We will say how stinkin young he looks! I must say, I did a extremely good job in picking my sweetheart!
Happy B~Day Eric!
We made a cake for him, his favorite oatmeal cake with yummy brown sugar and pecan frosting DELICIOUS!!!! We made his requested meal of Clam Chowder with Sourdough bread and fish. It was the perfect meal for our snow covered day! Aleah, Joyah and I waited patiently for Eric and Chance to get home from Jackson, which was MUCH to late!!! We all enjoyed dinner together and then sang Happy Birthday before enjoying our cake and Death By Chocolate Ice Cream!
We are so lucky to have Eric in our lives! He is a amazing husband and my best friend! And Chance, Aleah and Joyah are very lucky to have him for a Dad! Eric keeps our family laughing pretty much ALL THE TIME! Our favorite saying is "Eric's not funny!" just because he knows how funny he is especially when he's not even trying! Eric is such a hard worker! He takes very good care of his family and has made it possible for me to stay home with Joyah for a few years and for that I am so grateful. Eric is so much fun with the kids! He is always eager to hear about their lives and works hard at staying involved in what they are doing. Any one could ask Eric on any given day small details about his Children's lives and he would know the answers ie: Teachers in school, projects they are working on, friends names, grades, whatever!He loves to be silly with the kids and their friends! In fact Eric's first birthday call was from Aleah's best friend Lauren! One of the funnest things for me about Eric is his Romantic side! All my girlfriends are always so jealous of Eric! Eric just has the knack for being romantic! He is ALWAYS doing sweet little things for me and he's so creative! Our relationship is strong and in many ways stays brand new because of His effort to keep the fires burning! I told Eric I get to where I don't want to tell my girlfriends about the fun things he does cuz it makes them go home mad at their husbands! LOL!
So all that being said! HAPPY B~DAY ERIC!
YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND AND THE MOST AMAZING MAN I KNOW!!! You are constantly working at being a better man and in our eyes you are the BEST! Your family loves you!
A Unique & Special Christmas
We had a Unique and Special Christmas for 2008. We decided not to do Santa and gifts for Christmas. Instead, we drew each others names; We took the name each of us drew and home made a 25$ gift for that person ~ and that was it. After Christmas, we gave the kids a small budget and they were able to hit the after Christmas sales and buy a few things for themselves that they needed or wanted. It turned out to be one of our best Christmas' yet!
Eric drew Chance........ He made him this great bulletin board with magnet, cork and such. Chance hung it on his wall and loves it!
KeeLee drew Aleah...... She made her a full length mirror with padding and ribbon around it so she can post photos etc. Aleah thought that was great!
Chance drew KeeLee...... He made her a book full of photos of the two of them and a story about all the things that his mom is to him. KeeLee said it was just what she needed and cried!
Aleah drew Eric....... She made him a western pillow with little wooden buttons sewn on it. Eric loves it and can be found snuggling up with it quite often!
We had a little get together Christmas Eve and just talked about what Christmas was all about, read a story and just made a pack to really show love for one another on Christmas day. Christmas morning we exchanged our gifts one at a time, it was so nice! Eric made a great breakfast for us all and then we spent the day playing games, sharing stories, laughing and just having fun. Aleah set a great Christmas table for dinner and we had prime rib and all the fixings. This Christmas will always stay close to my heart! We really did enjoy just being together! And of course Joyah was our most special gift of all!
The Saturday after Christmas we made a trip to Utah. We had family photos with the Naylor clan..... EVERY SINGLE family member made it!...... 42 PEOPLE! What a accomplishment that was (Thanks to Stacey!) The kids exchanged small gifts and then we just spent the weekend sharing and enjoying one an other's company. It had been quite a while since we were all together so it was wonderful to have the chance to reconnect with everyone! We have two more little babies due here in a few months and we cant wait to meet them!
Bart and Stacey have a neighbor with a really cool barn complete with oxen, a manger and the works! Stacey made arrangements for us to take all the grand kids and reenact the Christmas Story it was so neat! Joyah got to be the Baby Jesus! Maycee was Mary and she laid little Jesus ever so gently in the manger while Shay read the story. It was the sweetest thing! Stacey thanks for making our get together so special! Saturday night all the guys took off to the race track and had hours of fun. The girls stayed home and visited and laughed. The guys got home way late, which must mean they had fun! They all stunk like gasoline and were comparing their wins and losses I forget who won but who cares right! We feel so blessed to be part of such a great family! Chance told Eric and I "I love the Naylors! The kids act like kids and the parents act like parents! And everyone has so much fun, It feels good" That observation made Eric and I smile!
Eric was able to spend Sunday afternoon and evening with the Schreibers in Sandy. He took Chance and Aleah with him. Eric said they had good food, watched utube videos and played guitar hero. The kids said they had a nice time.
All in All we had a wonderful Christmas Holiday! Only bad thing was our Camera crapped the bed so pictures are slim pickins! So sad ;(
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