What a Week!!

So we had our shares of ups and downs this week. It all started on Tuesday. Lyle, got a call from Speedway wanting him to come in for orientation. Yay, he had an interview like three weeks ago, he was looking to get a second job to help with Christmas money and other stuff. Well that happened at about 10 a.m. and at 11a.m. when he is changing to leave work his boss hands him lay-off papers. Great, so much for a second job! He was not the only one to get laid-off, just the only one in his underwear. lol This was not a surprise to us at all we have known for about a month that from Thanksgiving to the first of the year they would more than likely be laying almost everyone off. It just came a couple of weeks early.

On Wednesday I brought Bryce to see the surgeon for his knee. They took three more x-rays. Then the doctor came in and asked a few questions of Bryce about how it is feeling and if he is walking ok. Then he had him take off his brace and had him walk around the room. Next, he popped the x-ray up in the light panel and says "Well, I think we are all set". What a relief! He goes on to say that everything looks great and that Bryce seems to be doing very well. So he only needs to go back to see him if any problem with that knee arise. Woo Hoo!!!

Thursday, Lyle spent the day in orientation for his new job. On the way home he stopped at the store he will be working at to give them the paperwork they need. And in talking with his manager she tells him that since the other workers don't want the hours she is going to give him full-time hours. Also, rather than his first day being Monday she wants him to start tomorrow. That's awesome! I just feel so much safer with him having a job. Even though he can get unemployment, which he can still get but it will be under- employment because he is making like $5 an hour less.

The boys also had conferences on Thursday. They are both doing fantastic. We learned that Bryce is the "Token Boy" in his class. All of the girls want to be with him. Are you kidding me that is such a change from last year were he seemed to have no friends. And Chase still has his struggles but oh my gosh, he has 100% for his spelling grade. Again such a change last year we were lucky if he got 2 words right on his test each week. So all and all we were extremely pleased with the report cards.

Friday, Lyle started the new job. He work 1st shift hours for training but, normally he will be 3rd shift so he will be home during the day with me and the kids. I am so looking forward to this so I don't have to bundle the little ones up and drag them out in the freezing cold Michigan winter to pick Parker and Jesse up from school.

Another cool thing happened on Friday, Lilly kept standing up from the sit-down position in the middle of the floor. So she was just standing in the middle of the living room like what do I do now? Walking is getting closer and closer every day.

Today she took two steps away from the Leap Frog toy. I can't believe she is going to be one next week. I have been trying to get some pictures of her this week but she has been less than happy to cooperate for them. So I will just keep trying everytime I get a chance.