So I thought that I would be better at this whole blogging thing, but guess who really sucks at it? Me! So here we go.
With 2009 out of the way and 2010 being pretty good to us. Cliff has an amazing job that he loves. The first part of January Cliff got a promotion with a pay raise. That has helped us get our lives back in order. I love all the support that we had while Cliff was unemployed and hope that I can help people that may need me the way we were helped.
The kids have adapted well to the new school. Daxton is doing awesome with his reading and homework. He gets 100% every week on his homework and he has already passed off his first set of reading books. I am so proud of him and love him so much. Raegan has done better than I ever expected. She has surpassed over 60% of her class with her reading. Exactly 6 weeks of school and she had received her t-shirt. She had to get 40 points and each book is worth 1/2 point. She is an amazing and smart little girl. I love her so much and I am so proud of her.
Addisyn has started to go potty in the toilet. I know this is not something everyone wants to hear about, but it is HUGE in our house. We have been trying for almost a year and she just refused. So when we moved into our house here in Kanab I made a vow to get her to go. The first 2 days were hell for me. She sat on the toilet for hours and would just scream and I would sit in there with her. With Kaysen home with us too it was taking a toll on me and made me want to throw in the towel and just say "Ok Addisyn you win AGAIN". But no I didn't and guess what when she did it for the first time she was hooked. I was so happy. It has been almost 3 weeks now and she very rarely has an accident. I love having her out of diapers.
Kaysen is Kaysen and keeps us laughing every single second. He is a riot. He is always getting into something and causing his sister to be mad at him. He is talking so much and I love it. Next step with him is potty training, but that is going to have to wait until I am better.
So now we are to me. Everyone knows that I have been struggling with Endometriosis since I was 13. It has been hell. I am always in pain and always on pain pills. The pain pills aren't doing anything anymore. So we have finally made the decision to pay to have a hysterectomy. We do not have insurance yet so we have to pay for it and it is a lot of money, but in the long run it will so be worth it. We have scheduled it for March 10th and I can not believe how excited I am to have this surgery. Cliff keeps teasing me that after I have the surgery I will not be able to handle not being in pain since I have had to deal with it for 16 years. I love that Cliff is so supportive and is going to be working from home to take care of me and the kids while I am down. I will be down in bed for 2 weeks and then slowly will be able to add in normal activity. I can not wait to be out of pain.
So that is what is new with us. We are finally starting to get our lives in order after 2009 and hopefully we can put it all behind us and hope that it made us stronger. We love all of our friends and family and are so thankful to have all of you in our lives. Thanks for EVERYTHING :)

Good Riddance 2009

All of you know that 2009 was not nice to our family. 2 layoffs for a total of 21 weeks without work. 4 moves, 3 schools for the kids and a lot of pain and suffering for Cliff and I. So far 2010 is looking GREAT and I can not wait. A new year, new job, new house and within a couple of months a new car :) I hope that all of this greatness continues through out the year cause god knows I can't do what we did in 2009 again. We have been very lucky to have wonderful friends and family to help us through all of this and be there for us when we needed them.
My new years resolution is 1. To lose weight (but seriously who's resolution doesn't have lose weight as their #1) 2. Be better at blogging cause I really want people to be able to keep up with us. 3. Continue being the best mother that I can be and always be there for my kids when they need me. Hope everyone can help me out on these...

See you all in 2010 :)
Happy New Year

YAY!!!

Cliff got a job in Kanab... We are living with my parents until we can save enough money to get into a place. I hope we can be in our own place by the first of the year... I am so happy to be back here. I feel like we belong here and I should just quit fighting the fact that this is where we should be. When we were here last time it was the best job he had and now that he is back I can only hope that it is going to be the same way. I will try to stay up on this and update everyone on what is going on with us... Thanks for everyone's support during our 15 week nightmare we love you all :)

Moving... Yet again

Ok, so it has been 5 months since I last blogged. I really suck at it, but I promise there have been things going on that has made my life a little busy. So lets start where we left off. cliff got a job in St George and we were in Kanab. We found a place in St George and moved in. We loved our place. It was big enough for all of us and it was ours. Then 3 weeks to the day after we moved in Cliff's work went under and he lost his job. We had no idea it was happening, but we really should have seen the signs. We do now. So for the past 14 weeks he was been unemployed. He has been doing some side jobs, but nothing substantial enough to pay the bills. So we decided that it was time to move to Kanab with my family until he could find some work and we could get back on our feet. We finally decided to move Dec 1st. We told our landlord and he has been awesome. So after we made the huge decision to move in with family Cliff got a job... Where else?? Kanab!!! Can you believe it?? I am so happy. So we will be living with my parents for a couple of months until we can save up to get our own place again. I am so glad the the nightmare that has been haunting me for the past 14 weeks is finally over. I can sleep at night and I am quite a bit happier. So it looks like we will be in Kanab for at least a year (he made them sign a 1 year contract). I just can't explain how happy I am and believe it or not I am quite excited to be moving back to Kanab... Now we just need to pack up the house and move all our stuff over there. We will be moving over the Thanksgiving weekend and then Cliff will start his job on Dec 1st. Well that is what has happened in the Painters house....

Southern Utah

YAY!!!! We made it (sort of ).... So we are in Southern Utah. We have had an eventful couple of weeks, but we made it. First off, Cliff graduated from College.... Daxtons last day of school was Wednesday June 10th, Cliff graduated from college on Thursday June 11th and we had a party for Cliff on Friday the 12th and then moved on Saturday the 13th.... WOW what a busy couple of day that was... We are in Kanab for a couple of months to save money and try to get out of debt a little. Then we are off to St George.... I can not wait I am so excited to finally be in St George, there was just too much drama in American Fork that I am glad to be done with it all.... I hope we can start to get our lives back together and the kids back to something familiar.... So wish us luck and hope to see everyone down here soon.....

16 Days and Counting!!!!

Hello everyone, I know I kind of suck with this blog thing.... I will try to do better I promise. Anyways here is the latest with us. Cliff has been working down in St George for the past 4 weeks. He loves his job and couldn't have asked for a better one. He is staying with my brother Todd and his girlfriend Trina until we can find a place down there. The kids and I are still in American Fork. Raegan's last day of school is tomorrow and Daxton's last day of school is June 10th. Cliff graduates from College on June 11th and our plan as of right now is to pack up the moving truck on Friday the 12th and then leave early the 13th. As of right now we are going to Kanab and staying with my parents. That way we can make up all the money we lost while Cliff was out of work. We should be down in St George by the beginning of the school year for the kids. Hopefully!!!! So that is what is new with us. Also we went to the Zoo this past weekend and I will post some pics this weekend of that ..... Hope everyone has a great day!!!

Cliff got a job...

Yay!!! To all of you that read this and have kept up with what is going on in the Painter household here is an update for you all. Cliff was just offered a job as Lead Web/Graphic Designer at a company in St George. Yes St George. He went down to St George for the interview not expecting them to call him 2 hours after the interview and ask him to work the next day. So he wasn't prepared (clothes wise). So he will be in St George Monday - Friday and come home on the weekends. The kids and I won't be moving down until the school year is up here, only 4 weeks. My mom has agreed to come and stay with me for a couple of weeks the middle of May. That way I won't be alone and she can help me start to pack a little bit. Now we just need to find a place to live. We really like living up here, but with the way the econemy is right now we have no other choice. Cliff was out of a job for 6 weeks and it was hard. We had no intentions really of moving back to Southern Utah, but after a couple of weeks of only looking up here we started to look in St George too. He loves his job and I am so happy. So if anyone one knows of a place to live in St George let me know, we are looking.

More news, all of you have probably heard of all the trouble that Cliff has been having with his school well we finally have seen the light at the end of the tunnel. First off they finally gave him his new computer that we have been fighting for for over 4 months. They finally realized that he needed the new computer to finish his school DUH!!! Anyways after that fight we got the best news ever (except the job news)... CLIFF'S GRADUATING!!!!! He graduates on Thursday June 11th at 6:00 pm here in Provo. We would love for all of you to attend and please let us know if you will be able to make it. We will be sending out announcements soon. Well that is all for now so hope everyone has a great week and I hope that I will be able to get on here more and add pictures and keep up with it. We love you all!!!! Thank you for the support....