We are Back!

Hey all, its us again and we are back! We have decided to try this all again and keep as much of you all posted as we can.

Here are just a few notes that will get us going and I think that the rest of what is going on with us will just come with time.

The wonderful boy in our life is just doing better than ever! He is very proud to announce that he is fully potty trained (besides nightime Kristene wanted me to add:))and I attribute this success to the hard work of Jake, but also to the Mother's intuition that his mom always exhibits. I swear, that whole "Mothers knows best" thing has proven to be incredibly true! Mom knows best for that kid and she knew that the time was just right to start with the training and he caught on very fast! But that is nothing really new, Kristene has always had this intuition for that boy that just shows how in tune she is to the spirit, the family and her calling as a mother!

Anyway, Jake is about to turn 4 in September and I am sure that we will be doing something fun and we will make sure that those who want to be involved will be included. Jake Just finished swim Lessons and he Learned SO much he truly did a complete turn around! he used to have to have every floatation device known to man so that water would not hit his face or his ears ( the whole tubes thing) but now he's making cannon balls like the best of them; we have community pools and I swear Kristene takes him everyday maybe twice a day they are so tan!

Now as far as Kristene is doing, it has been sort of a rocky road for her, with her health problems going up and down, but I have to say that she is such a strong and wonderful fighter. She never gives up, and I look to her for inspiration often. She is doing good as of lately though and she spends her time very busy with activities with Jake, and enriching his life with great and fun activities. She still finds time to do hair for a few members of the neighborhood and also for family members that need her to help.Kristene is serving on the Enrichment committee and she is the Neighborhood Action group Leader for our section of the Neighborhood; where she throws such activities like an Easter egg hunt, Halloween party and Christmas Caroling to name a few things to help interact our ward neighbors with the our other neighbors. Seeing how how Ward boundaries is less then a mile it's great that she does that! She and I were both just called to serve in the Nursery in the Ward, and we are excited to serve wherever we can.

Finally, for me life has just been as rocky as my wonderful wife. I had been working for a large Japanese based manufacturing firm, but this last Friday was let go from my position as a Systems Administrator. It was a hard ordeal because it was a position that I was really enjoying, and to make things worse, there was not a good reason for the layoff other than financial times are tough. The firm has had nothing but great things to say about me and my work, and I have been given letters of recommendations from the managers from each department. So to lose a job that I was doing well at and no one wanted the separation to happen, makes it even more difficult. So anyway, I am back out on the prowl looking, and if anyone knows of some jobs out there that would suit an IT guru with more than 6 years of professional experience, we would appreciate the heads up.

The outlook for jobs does though bring some great opportunities. I have just had an interview with a CPA firm this last week and have a follow-up interview this Monday to meet the next line of managers. So please keep us in your prayers there, and we will keep you all posted here as the news comes up!

Thanks to all for taking the time to catch up with us and feel free to make comments here as you like but we do have one request. As the Internet now has become a place where anonymity is vital, we would ask that you ALL keep the last names out of the postings.

Thanks ALL,

Jesse