A New Year brings changes...........

Yes, I'm finally back! After Isaac's birthday we headed down to Utah for the holidays, where we stayed for 2 weeks. During that time we found ourselves taking care of Jack the dog, skiing at The Canyons, Libby trying to help stranded travelers, and having fun with family. I can't believe I didn't take any pictures of my house this year with the christmas decor. Where did the time go? I did find a fun new decorating item though. The theme this year was touille. I got bright red touille and put it everywhere. On my banisters, on my tree, even above my windows. It took me a while to get into decorating, but when I discovered the touille, it made me very happy, especially when all I have are boys bakugans, pokemon, legos, and other boy paraphanalia. I did have to work on Christmas this year, in 15 years of working for Delta I have never had to work a Christmas. It wasn't too bad, it wasn't until the afternoon, so I just went while everyone took their naps. I've been putting off blogging for the last few weeks because Jackson and I have been trying to make a big decision. In October I had a bad day at work. The kids had a half day at school so the two youngest were on their own for five hours. I was really stressed about them being on their own. That night while driving home I found myself thinking about how I was feeling that day, when the thought came to me that it was time to quit my job. I always told myself if my job affected my family I would quit. I never questioned my working I always knew it was something I was supposed to do. I love what I do, especially the benefits, so I found myself trying to rationalize why I could continue to work. Basically I cried all the way home that night and put it to the side. A couple of weeks ago Delta came out with an early out package which would allow me to keep my flight benefits for 15 years at a small price. It was a great blessing, because if I had quit before I would walk away with nothing, but this will allow me to at least walk away with something. This weekend we went to the temple to make sure we were making the right decision. How grateful I am for the Holy Ghost, it gave me the peace I needed in making such a difficult decision. I've worked really hard to get to this point, the kids are finally at an age where we could travel with more ease. When the kids were little I would look forward to this time as my "reward" time. So I've put off blogging because it's really difficult for me to say, " I'm quitting my job." After 15 years of being a working mom, I'm going to stay home. I know it's the right decision and I'm excited to be able to give my children more of my time. I know I won't regret it. In fact I know it will open more doors for me, like being able to work on my photography and I really would like to use my travel benefits to do humanatarian work. So as of April 1st I will have a great new adventure ahead of me. It's nice to finally have the decision made. So hopefully I won't be so hard to get a hold of in the future, but if I am know I'm with my kids.