Long Time no blog! My bad.

Wow, I guess it has been a minute since I last 'blogged". Chalk it up to working 40 hours a week and school 20 hours a week, or you can chalk it up to Pure Laziness on my part! Ha ha ha.

As I mentioned in my last post Ciara has started her orencia and is doing rather well on it. She has developed good relationships with the nurses on the rapid treatment unit as well as the IV team. Her rheumatologist did however put her on prednisone for the month of October just to boost her blood work in the right direction which it did. She will be 10 on tuesday (Nov 17). Wow time flies! She is my baby and I will admit she is very spoiled. But she is a very good, sweet and loving girl. I am so lucky!

Jamie decided that he wanted to play football. We signed him up and Jim at that time decided he wanted to help coach his team. They both loved it! I was able to make it to every single game. They didn't win a single game but those little boys are so cute and so much fun to watch! Jamie is growing up into such a good young man! He turned 12 in september. How am I old enough to have a 12 year old!?!? I have to look up to talk to my baby boy! I just hope and pray that both of my kids continue to be the great individuals they currently are. (even through the temultuous teenage years that are fast approaching).

Jim is still "Living the Dream" as an assistant store director. He was offered a job as a store director in Gillette Wyoming. He turned it down. There is entirely too much keeping us here to be able to leave. He works very hard and is very passionate about his job. I couldn't have asked for a better hubby! He is my VERY best friend. I would truly be lost without him.

As for me, I am still going to school and working full time. I just accepted a position working full time at Intermountain Medical Center's maternity unit. I love it!! I get to play with babies! Hard Job! Let me tell ya!! I am at about 1000 hours at school. There is 2000 hours required to graduate! I'm halfway there!!

Well that's all I have for now. See "random" pics.

Ok so I am really the worst at keeping up on this! I am working forty hours a week and going to school twenty two hours a week. Any spare time I might have is spent with my family. School is going well. Everyday I feel a little bit more confident than the day before. It really is a great feeling knowing that I am making progresson something and having fun doing it. Ciara is going to be starting Orencia infusions within the next month or so. That entails spending a few hours in the rapid Treatment Unit at Primary childrens Hospital. She is real anxious about the process because it entails having an IV inserted. This is also not fun for us! In the long run though I know it will help her with her JRA.
Yesterday (2/20) myself and my two oldest sisters attended a funeral for our Great-Great Aunt, my maternal Grand Mothers Aunt. What an amazing lady she was. She published many books ranging from family history on my maternal grandmothers side of the family, her husbands family history and the histories of Tooele County and Stockton Utah. I remember as a small child going to her house for a visit with Grandma and Gramps. she had an amazing memory, she would remember everyones full name and which line of the family they were from and wouldn't hesitate to tell them their bloodlines. She truly was a great historian.
Well, I guess that is all for now.......

OK so I am not very good at updating my blog but I am going to try. The holidays went well. Santa brought us a Wii for Christmas. ( we actually won it at my hunny's Christmas party) We have alot of fun with it. My kids continue to grow like weeds. Jamie is only about an inch shorter than I am. Ciara's rheumatologist is going to start her on Orencia, it is a T-Cell inhibitor. She has Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and her inflammation levels on her blood work have been consistently out of norm for a few months now. What a process that is going to be, first off we have to take her in to have a TB skin test done and to do more blood work to make sure she is immune to Hepatitis B. Meanwhile her doc is getting the approval for the drug from the insurance company. Once it starts she will have to go into the Rapid Treatment Unit at Primary Childrens Medical Center Every two weeks for two weeks then every month. I am looking forward to this in hopes that it works well for her. I'm not looking forward to the anxiety of my poor baby girl when it comes to needles of any kind. If she can't poke herself with it she has major issues. Can't say that I blame her....He has been through alot in her short little life.

Ok I'm done with talking about that because it stresses me out. The pictures I will post are from Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hope everyone stays safe and happy in 2009!