Okay, now that the month is almost over, this is how we've been. There's good news and bad news, as life goes.
First of all, we moved. We got ourselves a new home for Valentines Day this year! We're renting a nice 2,000 square foot twin home in American Fork. We have 4 bedrooms and three bathrooms. We finally have a bathroom with double sinks, and have a 2 car garage. No more scraping ice off the windows! Unfortunately, things are still a huge mess. Boxes and junk everywhere. We'll try and get some pictures when it's a little cleaner around here.
We've also had some bad stuff happen. We found out about the same time that we moved, that Scott's Dad, Nick, has a tumor in his colon, and it turned out to be malignant. Needless to say, it's been a struggle this whole month dealing with the news and preparing for a future we didn't expect.
Nick had Surgery this last Thursday to have the tumor removed, and the surgery was successful, however there are signs that it has spread to the liver and the bladder. They think the spots on the bladder can be taken care of with chemotherapy, which is good.
We all fasted and went to the temple last week for Nick. We all left the temple with a feeling of peace. Whatever happens, we know Heavenly father loves our family, and will do what he chooses to be the best, and he will take care of us. Scott and his brothers have all been keeping in touch and spending time with each other, and we're all doing our best to keep each other happy around here, and whatever happens, we choose to remain optimistic. If, however, things take a turn for the worse, we are preparing ourselves. If that's the case we may end up packing up and moving from here in Utah earlier than expected to Philadelphia to help Scott's family at home, and Scott will start helping/working with the family business. We'll see what happens, but we are continuing to pray and have faith for the future.
The kids have been trading sicknesses all month too. Lots of coughing has been going on around here, so it's been a little stressful. They are happy kids though, and they're adapting to our home well. Crystal loves her new, bigger bedroom, and Seth finally has a room of his own. Now if only he'll get well so we can begin the long process of moving him out of our bedroom!
Scott and Lisa are still enjoying their jobs. Tax season has begun and Scott is going to start longer hours, but loves his job so much that he doesn't mind. Lisa is still working 2-3 days a week being a dental assistant and since she's the only dental assistant the dentist has chosen to hire under him, loves the fact the she has the freedom to organize the dental office and laboratory the way she likes it. She also loves that she usually only works Mondays and Fridays so she can still spend the majority of her time with the kids and being a mom.
We love our new ward. Crystal has already been assigned a talk in primary this Sunday. We're excited to see how that goes.
Other than that, it's been everyday as usual. We saw some good movies this month, like "Paul blart, Mall cop", and "Taken." Taken was awesome, as we're both Liam Neeson fans, but probably not for really sensitive viewers. Then again, it's PG-13. If you can handle watching stuff on the FOX series 24, then you're okay with watching Taken.
Anyway, that's how life has been in a nutshell. Sorry no pictures this post...the camera is in a box somewhere, but we'll get it out soon.
