Oh the dog days of summer!

Alright, so some of you may argue that the summer is long since gone...but when you live in Blythe it is summer nearly 9 months of the year! But really I am not referring to the weather. I am actually glad to announce that our sweet Lilly Belle had a visit from the doggie stork last night. Two precious little doxies have joined our family - at least temporarily. They are both girls and are chocolate and tan little sweethearts. Lilly is still mama bear over them right now so I haven't had a chance to hold one yet, but they are sweet little things. I will have to post pictures as soon as I find the cord to my camera!

ATTACK!!!

I was sitting at my desk when Joe (the welding instructor) calls me over and what to my wondering eyes should appear but Lou (maintenance crew) with a scorpian in a big gulp cup! YIKES! It had to have been 5+ inches long!

They had found it hiding behind some wood in the Building trades lab. Just down the hall from my office.

All I can say is that from now on....I am looking under my desk before I put my feet under there!

Who knew a blog would cause a reconnect?

So there I was just blogging away (OK, so I don't do it very often but I am trying here!) and then I read my comments...usually they are from Trish (love her!)....but then I spy an odd comment from someone that I don't necessarily know and by golly - It was the wife of one of Adam's mission companions!  How cool is that? 

They are living in Anchorage, AK...so we can't exactly reconnect in person but thank heavens (literally) that we live in the age of cyber-wonderfulism.  (Yeah, yeah, I make up words-get over it.)

So if anyone else is out there listening....

I would also love to reconnect with my friend from EFY and then Ricks College Adrianne Thurston from Twin Falls, ID!  Are you out there???

THE NEW JOB-DUN, DUN, DUN!!!

Well, I know you have probably been wondering about this whole J-O-B thing I have going on in my life. I won't actually go into all of the details of WHY I needed to get a job - it is too tedious and tiresome to talk about. Instead I will tell you ABOUT my job.

I work at Palo Verde College - a cute little community college that is tucked up on a hill just a few miles from my house here in Blythe, CA. Check it out here!

I am, now get ready for this, the:

Secretary of Instructional Services for the Occupational Education Department

YIKES!  Are you kidding me?  It took me two days just to even say that right!  I am now in my second week at work and so far so good.  I have made a few tiny mistakes here and there but overall I think that I am doing well.

It is a real struggle to balance home, work, family, church and other obligations though.  I really miss being home with my sweet baby Aidan.

There is no way that I could be doing this without the help of my loving friends (who are my family here in Blythe)!  All of those who put your time and effort into bettering my life and my family...well, I just don't know what I would do without you!  Your love, support and kind words are sometimes the only thing that keeps me going.  You are an inspiration to me and I hope that I can grow up to be just like you!  And now I am crying and can't see the screen anymore...just like me!  

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

FINALLY!!! PICTURES!!!

CUB SCOUT Raingutter Regatta and Trash Cleanup

Once again I am blog-lifting from the cubscouts to update you on the adventures of Colton the Wolf scout....here is what they have to say:

"Rain Gutter RegattaThe Cub Scouts designed and painted their boats and sails for the big race! We had a great time and the boys are excited to do it again next summer! The race track is a rain gutter filled with water and the boys blow the sail to move the boat to the finish line. The winners received ribbons! After the race the boys stayed to take a swim!"

I would like to add that Colton got 4th place and a cute little ribbon!

"On September 3rd, our first den meeting of the school year we met at Todd Park.We cleaned up trash from around the play area and surrounding grassy area from the pavilion to the community center from the fence to the street.Boys reviewed the Buddy System as this months theme is about buddies. They played some games using their teamwork skills.We are working on the World Conservation Patch which requires service projects in the community and Leave No Trace Behind, meaning they have to leave the place they were at better than they found it as if they were never there!Everyone had fun and we even found a new scout who wanted to join our pack!"

It was HOT out there so the boys really worked hard for this one! Way to go scouts!

Cub Scouts Field Trip to Mitchell's Caverns

This is taken from the cub scout web page:

"We drove to Mitchell's Caverns as a pack and learned how the caverns were made. We heard the history about the caverns and the natives' uses of the different plant life around the area. It was a cool 60-70 degrees in the caverns and we had a nice breeze. The boys learned to use the buddy system and Leave No Trace Awareness as we hiked the caverns! All Cubs enjoyed the day!"

Colton had lots of fun on his first cub scout field trip.