Brief check in

Well plans are now official for Davids trip home. He received his itinerary yesterday. I can't wait!!!! This year is just about over. Lots of changes, up and downs and lots of growth! I am so looking forward to a new year and the new challenges and lessons that will be learned and overcome. Happy New Year Everyone!!!!!!

Christmas Eve

This is a picture taken on Christmas Eve aboard the USS Nimitz. This picture was taken in the hanger bay. The soldiers are sifting and sorting through 34,400 pounds of mail. I couldn't find David in this picture. He is most likely not in the picture since he was recently released from his RAS duties. When I talked to David he said that he did receive a stocking and was already tired of so many sweets. David will be home soon! As of right now he will fly off the ship on January third. He will fly into Bahrain and from there he will fly back to San Diego. But as we are all aware as soon as we make plans the Navy changes theirs, so right now all our plans are tentative. We are all very anxious for David to be home.
I want to thank Aliese's students at the Lava Ridge Intermediate School for making Christmas cards that I sent to the sailors :)

Merry Christmas

Last night we had family dinner at mom and dads house and then we had our Christmas Eve program. After the program all the kids got to open one package (pajamas) and then we laid out our stockings. Then the kids went to bed. We had a giant sleepover at mom and dads house. We didn't get much sleep. Too much laughing and tooting going on! But it sure was fun! This morning the kids got up around seven and then we all went upstairs to open gifts. There were tons of gifts! Everyone got really good gifts and we had so much fun. David called! Not too long before i get to go pick him up and bring him back to St. George for a few weeks. I can't wait. We are home now and later we will go back to mom and dads for games and treats. Enjoy the pictures!

Crystal and Christy wearing Crystal's hats.

The kids lined up waiting to go into the front room. We always had to do this as kids. We would line up in the hall oldest to youngest and wait for mom to tell us she was ready. Then in we would file.

All the kids laying in bed downstairs :)

the kids got to open one present on Christmas Eve.....pajamas. Christy was not too happy about this.

In a circle opening pjs

Kenneth wearing stockings :)

Family dinner.

Mom and dad just had this kitchen put into the basement. It's a very nice kitchen.

I love the Christmas season. I am so grateful to be a member of the one true church on earth. I love that at this wonderful time of year we can spend time with our families. I have been so blessed to have been born and raised in the church. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and was able to feel the spirit and spend time with their loved ones.

The week leading up to Christmas

Monday after work I went to the Temple Visitor Center with the Waddells and mom and dad for Family Home Evening. Tuesday I went to the dentist and had the packing pulled out of my teeth. Then I got to leave work early. Ann brought Christy and Shadow into town. We went to Target and Ann bought the girls each a gift. Then the girls and I went to Alishas for treat making. We made lots of goodies and had lots of fun just hanging out with sisters. Tuesday night Shadow spent at our house. Wednesday I got a call in the morning saying that a water main had broke at the HPC building and we might not have to work. We did end up working on Wednesday. In the early afternoon I started feeling really hot, dizzy and nauseous. I threw up and decided to go home. This whole wisdom tooth experience has not been a good one. It's a good thing I got them all out at once, if I had only done one or two at a time the rest would be staying in. Wednesday late I drove over and had dad and Danni give me a blessing. Oh Dean and Ann took Shadow home on Wednesday. We had a really good time with her here!

Christy, Mom and Shadow
The final package from our treat making afternoon.

Alisha cooking!

Christy, Crystal and Amber!

A little of this and that.

So Friday I got up feeling okay and decided to go to work for a few hours. My mouth felt okay. I left work at noon and went and picked up Christy from school. I drove her to Fillmore where her Grandma Cosgrove was waiting to pick her up for the weekend. On my way home my father in law called and let me know that they were getting Shadow that evening. Saturday morning I wasn't feeling all that great. It was a mixture of my mouth hurting and a compilation of the week that I had had. Also David and I were at odds about a few situations. I was determined to stay in my room the whole weekend. There's a TV in my room and I have plenty of bottle water in the fridge. I was set. Come noon and I just couldn't handle it. I had to get out. I went into town and stopped at a friends gift boutique and bought me some gifts. Then I drove to my parents house and dropped off some potatoes that the Bushars had given me. Then I decided enough of my pity party, I called Ann and asked her if it would be okay if I picked up Shadow for a few hours. She was more than happy to let me pick up Shadow. So I drove to Enterprise. The plan was for Shadow and I to come into St. George and buy presents for Christy and David. We went shopping and then she said that she really wanted to see The Princess and the Frog. I called Ann and let her know that I was going to take Shadow to the movie, Ann suggested that I keep Shadow overnight. So Shadow and I went and saw the movie. She really enjoyed the movie. Shadow spent the night then this morning we went to church with my parents. Amber and Danni and their boys are in town :) They were at church too. After church Shadow drove with me to Fillmore to pick up Christy. They were so excited to see each other. This weekend was the first time that Christy and I have seen Shadow since David left. She has been with the Bushars a few times but all the other times it seemed like I had things going on that didn't permit being able to see her. She is here for a longer period of time as well so it made it easier for more of the family to see her. We drove to Enterprise to drop Shadow off at Grandma Bushar's, when we got there Ann asked if Christy could stay as well. So here I am alone :) don't get me wrong its nice. I am excited that the girls will have time to spend together. Ann is going to bring them into town on Tuesday.

I feel like this post is all over the place, sorry. I am worried that my mouth is infected. My bottom two wounds hurt all the way up my jaw to my ears. And I feel like there is a bad taste in my mouth. I guess tomorrow it's back to the dentist for me, hopefully nothing is wrong and I am just a worry wart. Here's a few pictures. I got my new camera tonight so hopefully no more blurry, yellow photos. I love this time of year and am looking forward to the big family sleepover on Christmas Eve. There is nothing better than family :)

Shadow and I.

Christy sitting on Santas lap.

USS Nimits News:

I talked to David on the phone today. He officially re-enlists on the 27th. He is re-enlisting for two years of shore duty, with the option to extend shore duty for one more year. David is currently attending a leadership class for E5's. He no longer has to do RAS's, they replaced him because he is leaving. They had a picnic on the flight deck recently and the other night they had an ice cream social. David says Christmas Day will most likely be a beer day. Thats where all the sailors get two beers. What a way to spend Christmas!

Hopefully done

Today I had my wisdom teeth out. Dad picked me up from work and drove me to the dentist. I had four different shots to numb my mouth. The two in the roof of my mouth kinda hurt. The top two wisdom teeth came out nice and easy. The bottom two were a different story. The dentist had to work to get them out. He had to cut part of the bone on both sides because of how they had grown in. Dad came and picked me up when I was all done and drove me to Harmons to fill a pain prescription. We were walking around while waiting for my prescription to be ready. We got over by the frozen food when I realized that I was dripping blood on my shirt. I went to the bathroom and tossed my ice packs because they were covered in blood and coming apart. I grabbed some extra paper towels. Then dad and I walked back over and sat by the pharmacy to wait. Dad had to go the bathroom a few times and get me more paper towels. He even got me a wet wipe to try and clean some of the blood off my shirt. Finally less than three dollars later my drugs were ready. On the way out we stopped by the garbage can so I could change paper towels. Instead of easily changing paper towels I made a mess. There was blood all over me and the floor. I have such a good dad he cleaned it all up for me. Then dad brought me home so I could change and then he drove me to the school for Christy's Christmas program. I think for now I am done with all dental work. Thanks dad for all your help today!

Frocking

This is a picture of the Frocking Ceremony aboard the USS Nimitz on December 11, 2009. This ceremony officially changed David from a Petty Officer Third Class to a Petty Officer Second Class. I am so proud of David! He put a lot of hard work and time into this advancement.

For those without facebook......Amber you can skip this one!

David posted this on his facebook. I really liked it and seeing as how this is a journal/scrapbook of sorts I thought I would post it here. That way I can have it for a long time :)

David Bushar Once upon a time there was a boy who fell in love with two beautiful girls one being the daughter of the other. This boy married that girl and began to realize that this girl is the one that he had been looking for his whole life. This boy and girl had two wonderful children. One being his and the other being hers. This boy and this girl had desires to be

David Bushar
sealed together forever, but this boy and girl had fights like all couples do. their love continued to grow every day. Now this boy and girl desired greatly to have children together. They went through many hard times trying to have a child but to no avail. There faith in God was tested . There came a time when the boy had to go to war to ... make sure his little family was safe. This was hard for both the boy and the girl and they mourned their time apart. soon this boy and girl will be reunited and will continue on there quest to have children as well as there quest to be sealed together forever. The boy had faith that soon there desires for both being sealed and having more children would be satisfied.

Update

Tonight I attended my work Christmas party. I left work a little early and went and had Kelsie do my hair. I am not very good at cute hairstyles. Kelsie did a great job! The party was held at "Haven". We had yummy dinner and we played a gift exchange game. It was a lot of fun. It's nice to hang out with my co-workers outside of work. While we were eating it started snowing outside. It was pretty big flakes too. None of it stuck but I was so happy. I love the snow :) In the gift exchange I got some snowflake cookie cutters. David has become addicted to facebook. Which is so funny because at first he didn't even want it. I am glad though because its one more way that we can communicate. Christy and I

Don't worry, a new camera will be coming soon, Then no more fuzzy photos.

This picture is for the teeth. This is one week into Invisalign. We will compare this picture to the one when I am all done in a year and a half.

USS Nimitz News

David attended a frocking ceremony on the 11th. A frocking ceremony is an advancement ceremony. Now David is officially a Petty Officer Second Class :) I love you David!

sick, sick if what, just sick

The last few days I have been hot, I can't seem to cool off even outside without a coat I have just been hot. Yesterday morning my nose started running and I started sneezing. It seemed to get worse as the day went on. I had Crystal run and get me some tissues because the Kleenex at work is like rubbing your nose with sandpaper. I got so bad that around four I decided I had had enough. I came home. This morning I woke up feeling really yucky but knowing that it would be really busy at work and we were going to be short a few people I put on my happy face and took a handful of pills and went to work. Only to find out that one of the girls that couldn't work all day went and got drunk at lunch. That makes me feel so much better about how hard I work at that place!
And thanks to all my co-workers who made sure to tell me how bad I looked today. I feel bad for the two new girls that they hired to do my job, yes that's right they hired two girls to do my job. We have great examples of how to be a great employee at my job.
I can't wait for David to come home so I can be a stay at home mom, working only if/when I want to.
Enough of my ranting! I'm sick so I'm entitled right?

USS Nimitz News

So it looks like David will be let off the ship on January 5th and get back to North Island Base on January 9th. That's just the way it is now, we know by now that things are bound to change. Be prepared to make changes as the Navy makes changes. We are debating between two housing villages to move into. The first on the list is Gateway Village where we lived before. The other is the Village at Serra Mesa. It's about four miles more north-east of Gateway Village. Christy would be in a different school and we would be in a different ward. For those of you who saw our Gateway home, the Village at Serra Mesa homes look the same. They have a few different floor plans but colors and Village set up is the same. Neither have long waiting lists! I found out that the USS Nimitz will be back in San Diego in around March. The ship will be in port for a few months then go back out on a short deployment then the USS Nimitz will be changing home ports. Its new home port will be Bremerton, WA. I am kinda sad that David is leaving the Nimitz. If he stayed with the Nimitz we would have a chance of moving to Washington. That would have been a whole new adventure for us. Oh well David is coming home and that is the very best thing! :)

Teeth

I am beginning to wonder if Aliese is the only one who reads my blog?
Anyways I got all the cavities from both sides of my mouth drilled and filled and all the silver is now gone from my mouth :) In a few weeks I will be getting my wisdom teeth out. Today I picked up my Invisalign. I am so excited! I saw a computer generated image of how my teeth will look when I'm all done and I am way excited, they will look great! I am getting way excited for Christmas. I love the holidays :) I also can't wait till David comes home.

Test Results

David found out on Wednesday morning that he gets to advance. David is now a Petty Officer Second Class. :) I am so happy for him. Love you David!