Another Attempt at an Update :)
It has been a very long time since I last wrote on our family blog and so I feel the need to update. Last October our 3 little foster kiddo's, Luis, Luhani and Lana left our home. It was a very sad day for us, and we miss them EVERY single day.
To keep my mind occupied and busy, I took up a job at the Elementary school working with the Pre-k kids as an Aide, and I am loving my job. The schedule is perfect! I work M/T and T/F. Off on Wednesday and every 4th Friday, plus I'm on Green track (our school is year round) the same track Jaidyn is on, so I get to go to school with her as well as be out of school at the same time. I am loving all of the time I am getting to spend with her. And she loves having me at the school. One day I asked her "what do you like better? When mommy was a fostermom and was always home when you got there, or having mommy work at your school with you?" And she said without any hesitation "having mommy work at my school, because it makes me feel more safe." I LOVE that!
2011 has definitely been a year of lots of ups and downs. With Luis, Luhani and Lana leaving it was very difficult and I had a really hard time knowing if we made the right decision. My mom would often to have to remind me/reassure me that our decision definitely came from the Lord and how hard we had prayed, fasted and went to the temple for our answers, each time coming back with a it wasn't the right thing. It still is very hard to see pictures of them. I miss them so much and I am so hopeful that their new family will be perfect for them.
Then in March Grandpa Waters started to become really ill. His cancer spread and he started to have some serious health problems. We made a trip down to Las Vegas to see him, he had stopped eating and the nurse had suggested that all family members come down and say their goodbye's as he more than likely would not live much longer. When we made our way down there. Grandpa was in very good spirits. He was as funny as ever and even managed to keep some food down periodically. His brother, Uncle Warren came to visit and it was fun to hear their stories and listen to them sing old songs that their mom had sung to them. It was really hard to leave grandpa after spending 5 days with him. I kept thinking that this would probably be the last time I ever saw him again. As we pulled out of the driveway, Jaidyn began to cry, and then we were both crying. It was so terribly hard to leave. The day we left, we got word that Grandpa was no longer doing well at all, he continually kept failing and on May 6th, the day after Grandma's 71st birthday he passed away. I miss him so much, his services were beautiful and I felt so honored to have been related to such a wonderful man. He's for sure looking down on us from heaven, and watching over Grandma. He told her before passing that he as soon as he left he would return to be right by her side always. He was always a man of his word and I do not doubt for one second that he's with her every second of every day.
I am so thankful for my close relationship with him and for the time that I was able to spend with both Grandma and Grandpa, but mostly I am so thankful that Jaidyn developed such a close bond and relationship with both of them. This was the one thing that I had always wanted, was for our children to know Grandpa Waters and be able to share their memories with their own children and grandchildren.
To keep my mind occupied and busy, I took up a job at the Elementary school working with the Pre-k kids as an Aide, and I am loving my job. The schedule is perfect! I work M/T and T/F. Off on Wednesday and every 4th Friday, plus I'm on Green track (our school is year round) the same track Jaidyn is on, so I get to go to school with her as well as be out of school at the same time. I am loving all of the time I am getting to spend with her. And she loves having me at the school. One day I asked her "what do you like better? When mommy was a fostermom and was always home when you got there, or having mommy work at your school with you?" And she said without any hesitation "having mommy work at my school, because it makes me feel more safe." I LOVE that!
2011 has definitely been a year of lots of ups and downs. With Luis, Luhani and Lana leaving it was very difficult and I had a really hard time knowing if we made the right decision. My mom would often to have to remind me/reassure me that our decision definitely came from the Lord and how hard we had prayed, fasted and went to the temple for our answers, each time coming back with a it wasn't the right thing. It still is very hard to see pictures of them. I miss them so much and I am so hopeful that their new family will be perfect for them.
Then in March Grandpa Waters started to become really ill. His cancer spread and he started to have some serious health problems. We made a trip down to Las Vegas to see him, he had stopped eating and the nurse had suggested that all family members come down and say their goodbye's as he more than likely would not live much longer. When we made our way down there. Grandpa was in very good spirits. He was as funny as ever and even managed to keep some food down periodically. His brother, Uncle Warren came to visit and it was fun to hear their stories and listen to them sing old songs that their mom had sung to them. It was really hard to leave grandpa after spending 5 days with him. I kept thinking that this would probably be the last time I ever saw him again. As we pulled out of the driveway, Jaidyn began to cry, and then we were both crying. It was so terribly hard to leave. The day we left, we got word that Grandpa was no longer doing well at all, he continually kept failing and on May 6th, the day after Grandma's 71st birthday he passed away. I miss him so much, his services were beautiful and I felt so honored to have been related to such a wonderful man. He's for sure looking down on us from heaven, and watching over Grandma. He told her before passing that he as soon as he left he would return to be right by her side always. He was always a man of his word and I do not doubt for one second that he's with her every second of every day.
I am so thankful for my close relationship with him and for the time that I was able to spend with both Grandma and Grandpa, but mostly I am so thankful that Jaidyn developed such a close bond and relationship with both of them. This was the one thing that I had always wanted, was for our children to know Grandpa Waters and be able to share their memories with their own children and grandchildren.
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