Farewell to Lunch Lady land

A week ago marked my last day in the life of a lunch lady. Although I will truly be sad to leave all the great people I have gotten to know there, we are very excited for what the future holds. In hopes of finding a job that suited our financial needs a little better I took a shot in the dark and contacted my previous boss at Mountian View Hospital. It just so happens that they were looking for someone who would be able to work full time but were open to the possibility to them working from home a few days a week. So I'm very excited to say that I have been hired back as the newest billing clerk at Mountain View! This new job will relieve a lot of our worries and help us make ends meet just a little easier, and since I will get to work from home 3 days a week I will actually have more time with my boys working full time than I have had working part time. I can't even begin to express my thanks and gratitude to my Heavenly Father for guiding our footsteps to this. 

As my lunch lady chapter in life comes to a close I can't help but reminisce about all the things I will remember and miss about my time with some amazing ladies at Highland Highschool.

First there is Kathy, aka Boss. I can't even count the number of times we have all been threatened by Juan 1 and Pablo 2. Or how many "strike one-s" I have gotten... Way more than 3 for sure, but you were always so good to look out for us ladies. And you are so nice to bring us presents. Anywhere from fish sticks to peanut butter cups! I'll miss you Kathy.

Jeanette is next. I got to work right next to you every morning and I'll miss teasing Anissa and Jessica with you. :) And even though you may have threatened to retire every day or so, I'll never forget that laugh I had never heard out of you, and how you were almost in tears from laughing so hard when our favorite "sub" came to visit! I'm glad I got to be there for that before you got a chance to retire. I'll miss you Jeanette. 

Ulricke... Sneaky Ricke :) The fastest sandwich wrapper in all the land! Haha that's the first thing I remember about you. From your amazing halloween costumes, to the way we used to find ways to sneak away to make sure the other got stuck doing Caesar salad, I'm glad I got to know you. I'll miss you Ulricke... And those yummy chocolates you always brought to ;)

Anissa Beaker Bacon! Oh how I'll miss all the lovely nicknames you gave me. I promise to always be your "Ray of Sunshine", your "Fruit Girl", your "Pizza Cutter", your "Boat Lady", your "Dish Pan Hands", and most of all your "Cupcake Lady"! You are probably the happiest person that I have ever met, and I will just miss getting to be around you every day. I'll miss you Anissa.

Jessica. You were my very first friend at work. You showed me all the tips and tricks of the kitchen and between the two of us we used our wages worth in band aids! Usually in corresponding injuries to. I will forever think of you when I see a deformed fruit or vegetable, and probably text you a picture when I do! You are seriously one of the nicest and most sincere people I know... But don't worry your secret is safe with me ;) I'll miss you Jessica.

R-o-nda.... H is for Honda's :) You are always good for a funny story and a laugh! You tell it like it is and the kids all love you. I'm sure you will be happy to get someone with a brain in my position instead so maybe now you won't have to pick up my slack every day :) You always had my back and I appreciate you for that! I'll miss you Ronda

Amy. A lady after my own heart with all those shoes! :) You are a prankster and even though I was a little skeptical of the hair fight... I still plan to pay you back for that some day! You always made work fun, from Caution taping our area, to leaving all our carts for Treena to clean. I love your laugh and all the good talks we had. I'll miss you Amy.

Juanita. Oh Juanita... Where to start ;) I learned to expect the unexpected when it came to you haha! You certainly made work a lot of fun and always kept us on our toes with our lunch break conversations. I never knew you could get a speeding ticket while doing dishes! I will miss all your cooking tips and recipes, but most of all just miss you all together! You are my adopted Grandma and someday we are going to get together to make some tamales and sugar cookies ;) I'll miss you Juanita.

Krystal. I can hear you coming from a mile away with all those keys jingling! Haha Between you and Amy, we're always on the lookout for flying grapes or wet towels. You were always so quick to help out and you were one of us for sure! I'll miss you Krystal.

And last but not least, my dear Treena! I think we may have the most loving "love-hate" relationship ever. I don't know what I would have done without you counting down the hours, or making fun of my pizza cutting skills, or my counting abilities... But hey at least I never pushed an entire tray of cookies onto the floor... Or got banned from making salad... Or got a "slow" ticket on dishes haha. You have amazing cake skills and someday we're going to be awesome business partners ;) Thanks for making me happy to come to work every day. I'll miss you Treena.

Love you all forever, 

Cupcake Lady! 

A Child's Prayer

I put Lloyd in charge of the FHE lesson tonight. He said "I know! We can teach Treyson how to pray." Well we already pray with him every morning and night so I asked what he meant. Treyson is at the stage where he wants to repeat everything you say, so we decided to give it a shot and let him say the prayer himself for the first time. 

We sang "A child's prayer" for our opening song, both versus and even the duet... And we only forgot a few of the words! ;) it was so cute because Trey just sat with Lloyd and listened intently the whole time... And that's a pretty big deal for an almost 2 year old. Then we let him pick a couple of songs to sing. He of course chose Snowman, and Popcorn.

So after about 5 minutes total we decided we had better get on with it if we wanted any chance of his attention span lasting long enough to say a prayer himself. So we knelt down and Treyson even folded his arms the whole time. I had him repeat after me a very simple prayer. We told Heavenly Father thank you we could have Family Home Evening, I love mommy, I love daddy, and I love Jesus. 

Needless to say I could hardly finish the prayer, Trey said every word and Mommy and Daddy were both in tears. Even in the simplest of prayers when he hardly knew what he was saying I was overwhelmed by the sweet spirit of this little boy. We are truly so grateful to be his parents and couldn't ask for a better blessing than to witness all the amazing things he teaches us every day.