Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Aaron has been walking to work since we moved to Lyman, we only live about 4 blocks away but the weather has been really cold and windy, not Big Piney cold, but definitely cold! I’ve been proud of him, Andrew’s heart attack, (Andrew is Aaron’s younger brother,) has been a real wake up call that Aaron is taking seriously. Well on Tuesday Redi gave Aaron a company truck to drive, a big, new, four door, massive truck, needles to say Aaron hasn’t walked to work since. I asked Aaron why an accountant needs a work truck, he’s not really sure but he thinks they felt bad that he was walking to work in the cold. Aaron is in Elko, Nevada today and tomorrow, last week he was in Rifle, Colorado. Last night James cut his hand with a pocket knife, no stitches were needed thank goodness, and today Alden got locked into the car. A big thank you to the Lyman Police force! If it’s not one thing it’s another! Cousin Shelby is up visiting this week helping me get ready for the baptism/blessing on Saturday and James has his first pack meeting tonight. Here are a few pictures. The quilt is one that the Bear group made for their leader who just had a baby boy. On it they wrote advice on raising a boy. . . “Don’t let him eat his nails.” “Make sure he does his home work.” “Don’t let him play video games.” “Don’t let him puke.” I thought it was a cleaver idea. I should ask James what advice he would give on how to raise a boy. As I was tucking the kids into bed Anna gave some advice on a safety hazard, (one of the requirements that we have been working on for James’s Wolf badge.) She said, “Mom, I found another safety hazard, locking babies in a car!”

Aaron lost his job at Enercrest just before Thanksgiving. We looked into staying in Big Piney, but Big Piney is such a small area there just wasn’t any thing available for a business CPA. Just before Christmas Aaron accepted a job in Lyman, WY, (Lyman is two hours south of Big Piney.) Aaron now works for Redi Services as a Project Specialist Accountant. Everything has just fallen into place, we’ve found a place to rent in Lyman and we were able to rent out our home in Big Piney. We moved over Christmas break. Moving was a bit crazy, the Holidays and snow didn't help much. On Tuesday, Dec. 30th, I knew that Aaron and I wouldn't be able to get everything done, we needed help! I made one call Tuesday morning to Mary, the Laurel class President, and asked her if she could invite any of the Young Women who weren't busy to come and help at 11:00 a.m. When we arrived in Big Piney there were 8 people there to help! We finished in three hours and Wanda filled her horse trailer and brought the rest of our stuff to Lyman! I can’t forget to thank the people who were going to help us Friday after Christmas but we got snowed out. And then all the people who changed their plans and came up on Saturday to help load the U-haul and move all of the heavy items. It is strange how things work, I don't know why we were supposed to move to Big Piney for 18 months, but I do not regret that we did. We meet so many wonderful people that it was worth it! Thank you to our family and friends for babysitting, for your food, your strong backs, your horse trailers, your time, your prayers, your love and friendship. It has been amazing to see how God works thru others to bless our lives! James will be baptized at 11 a.m. on January 31st. Alden will be blessed following the baptismal service. You are all invited! Please RSVP so that we know how much food to make. Our new phone number is (307)747-1808. Our e-mail is theclarkfam@gmail.com. Love, The Clarks