So a ton has happened since I lasted posted.
First and foremost, we finally moved. We closed on our new home on December 7th and moved the next day. We had tons of help and are very grateful for all of those who came and helped us move. It was a crazy day. The boys went over to Grandma's house while Kyle and I stayed and helped with the moving. I mostly cleaned after everyone else moved stuff. My sisters Crystal and Caitlin both came with their husbands to help us. Two weeks later we closed on our old house. It was great to be able to sell our house at the same time as finishing the building of our new home.
Next, was Christmas. Christmas started the Friday before for us. We had the Reddington Christmas Party that Friday. We hosted this year so all of my sisters and their families came to our house. We had dinner together and then had an auction with beans and presents with funny sayings on them. You bid on different presents with funny notes on them to hint at what it is. The kids really got in to it and got to "buy" a few items for themselves. It was funny to see the the boys bid the same amount no matter how much the price is at at the time. I worked the weekend before Christmas so I missed Wesley singing Christmas songs in church and my dad singing in his ward. Wesley also had the scripture and prayer in primary that day. However, on Monday (Christmas Eve) we really got to work. I spent the day wrapping presents and even ended up running to Wal-mart to make sure we had enough presents for all of the boys. We then headed to my parents to have Christmas Eve dinner and unwrap one present. Typically this present is pajamas to wear the next morning. Wesley and Nate actually got matching pajamas that were both Superman with capes. Jon got Superhero Squad, which are really the avengers in cartoon form. We read the Christmas story and then sang Christmas songs. We sang all of the favorites and got ready to go downstairs to open the present. Jon however kept insisting he wanted to sing the song about baby Jesus. Which is kind of hard to understand since pretty much all Christmas songs are about baby Jesus. It ended being "Mary did you know?" which none of my family really knows. I sang a few lines to make him happy and let my dad know which song Jon was talking about. We went downstairs and opened the presents. Wes and Jon were both really excited. We then took the boys home and put them to bed. After the boys went to bed I got to work wrapping presents and getting Christmas breakfast ready for the next morning. My parents brought their presents and stockings over since they would be joining us the next morning to open presents. Jenn and my mom helped me finish wrapping presents and get the boys' stockings ready for the next morning. We finished everything up and all went to bed. The next morning my parents came over a little after 6 am. The boys came down to see that Santa brought them bicycles. They were both super excited. They loved all of their presents. Wesley had spent weeks telling anyone who would listen that he wanted a trampoline for Christmas. After opening all of the presents under the tree and all of the Santa presents we asked Wesley if he had gotten everything he wanted. He looked around and said, "Maybe not." He was afraid to admit that he still wanted something else. We then told the boys to go and check in the office. We put the trampoline (still in its box) in the office since there was absolutely no way I was going to wrap a box that big and it was too cold and snowy to set it up. Wesley and Jon ran into the other room and Wesley yells, "It is MY trampoline!" Apparently he felt it was just for him. They both were really excited to get the trampoline and Jon wanted to set it up right away. It is still not set up and probably won't be until spring. Breakfast was in the oven already and was ready a little after we finished opening presents. We ate breakfast and then started getting toys out of their boxes and cleaning up. The boys even insisted on going outside and riding their bikes for a little bit. It was a wonderful Christmas. It was fun to stay at our house and have my parents and sister join us.
New Years -
I got to work both New Years Eve and New Years Day. My parents met us at our house after I got off work on New Years Eve and we made pizza for dinner. We also made treats for the night. I let the boys stay up a little later than usual, but they did not get to stay up until midnight. I know my children better than that. After putting the boys to bed we played some games with my parents and sister and then watched the ball drop on TV at midnight. My parents left shortly after that and we got to bed. I worked the next day at 7 am. Since I was at work Kyle and the boys went to my parents and my dad and Kyle watched the bowl games all day. When I got off work we had dinner at my parents. It was not that exciting of a day, but we had fun.
Work -
Back in Septmeber my boss got fired and we were left without a manager. At that time I took over as clinical lead and a search was started for a new manager. I applied for the position. I interviewed for the position. After a few weeks they announced the new pharmacy manager. I was not it, but they hired a guy named Scott Milner. Scott had worked at corporate office for Intermountain Healthcare, who own Cassia Regional. He started in November and has spent the last few months in meetings trying to change things at Cassia. Finally in December, right before Christmas, he got approval for the changes he wanted to make. One of these changes our schedule. My new schedule is Monday thru Friday 7am to 3:30pm. I do not work weekends or holidays anymore. This new schedule starts tomorrow. The other two pharmacists (Karen and Edee) are now working 7 days on and then 7 days off. I am really excited for this change since it will allow me to better use my education and be a clinical pharmacist working with doctors.
That has been our last couple of months. It has been crazy busy, but totally worth it. Apparently there is a problem with uploading pictures to Blogger right now so I will add them as soon as I can.
