Rocky Start

Well I would have to say the first 2 weeks of staying home with my boys has been a little rocky, but still very good! On my first day of working 1 day a week my parents came to watch the boys while I was working. I get to school to drop of Casen and Kelton, when my phone rings. I hear my mom say "Kala, I am sorry but you are going to have to come back home because Cooper has fallen and cut his head." Honestly, I was upset because this was not how my first day was suppose to go. I had a lot of patients to see and needed to see just how this new schedule was going to work for us. Also, the last thing we needed with a new budget was an ER visit and and ER bill. However, I came home to assess the damage and felt Coop was probably going to have to have stitches, and in my frustration I got upset with Coop as well as my Mom just because I was feeling as if my day was already a failure. I left the house telling my parents I would try and get a hold of our Doctor before they took Coop to the ER.

After I left the house God immediately put me in my place. This overwhelming sense of guilt came over me. I couldn't believe how I just treated my poor little boy who was scared himself and my parents who are always just trying to help.

Joshua 1:9 says..Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; Do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever  you go. God never promised that following Him would be easy. In fact He tells us that we will have trials and we will have hardships during our Christian walk, but that He can get us through those times. This was a time I was needing to know that God was still there. It didn't matter how much that visit might cost because God never leaves our side and if we are walking in obedience with Him, He will save us during those times.

Needless to say I did return back home apologizing to everyone for my reaction. Then I spoke with our Doctor who was in for the day and she gladly accepted to see Coop in the office. She was able to glue the cut back with no problems. After all that worry about finances and paying for a ER visit again God intervened. There was no office copay or office visit to pay for. She sent my mom and Cooper on their way home and did not ask for anything. WOW..See our Father is so AMAZING! Even when my faith was weak, He still stepped in to show me just what he was capable of!

The next day I decided to work a little in the morning since my Tuesday of work was a little rocky. I took the boys to school as usual and drove about 45 minutes away to see a patient. The minute I step into my clients home for our visit the school calls to tell me that Casen is sick and needs to be picked up. This time my reaction was much better and calmer because I knew God was with me, just like He has always promised. I called my mother-in-law to get Casen while I was driving home and spent the rest of the day cuddling! With a little bit of chaos and busyness with the boys God helped to remind me exactly why I am where I am at this moment in our lives. I am cherishing every moment, trusting God!

A New Chapter

So, recently I have been informed that I am a women of many many words, which is probably not a surprise to many who know me well! I have decided to start this blog for our family and boys. I am not much of a scrap-booker, so I have decided this will help the boys to remember all the fun, laughs, and hard times we have had and will have.

Just recently we were told that our sitter would no longer be able to babysit for the boys. Although the news was very unexpected and was hard to swallow (because this was the 3rd sitter in a year) I knew God was telling us something. I immediately called Clayton after dropping the boys off in tears and feeling like I couldn't do this again with our boys. The babysitter search for us was over. After many tears and prayers, we decided that God was truly trying to show us something. We have had this problem for multiple years, but always just tried to fix it and go on, but God has never let the fix be permanent. 

With all that I am now staying at home 6 days a week. The other day I am continuing with my job as a Home Health Nurse, while my parents help us with watching the boys. Selfishly this was not what I wanted to do because I love my job and love my patients, but for our family I knew it was exactly what I was to do at this time in our lives! This transition to the new chapter was oddly very smooth. My boss was understanding, allowing me to do what ever it was that I needed to get through this with my family. They had just recently hired a new nurse for our area (after searching for 6 months) who gladly filled my days that I needed to give up. It was almost scary to me to truly see how God was working in this situation. Our numbers for our "budget" do not look the best, but it is doable and already before starting He has already showed us possibilities of saving in different areas. We know 100% this will be rough and rocky, but we also have 100% confidence in our God knowing and believing that if we walk in obedience, He will bless us in ways we could have never imagined!!! How exciting is that!

My goal in all of this is to spend the time with my boys that I feel God has given me. We are praising him for this being our trial at this time in our lives. I hope that through this blog I can show them not only all the amazing and wonderful things they have done through their activities, or things we have done as a family, but most importantly ALL the AMAZING things GOD has and will do in our family!  My prayer is that God will work in our lives in a way we never saw and allow us to minister to others. I also pray that during this time my 3 boys will also see this amazing God we serve and will learn to love and trust him...FOREVER!