It's been quite awhile since I have posted anything on this thing. Facebook seems to have taken over everything! As I explained in the last post we will be moving out of our house. We are still in it for a few more months though which will help us to be able to save up a little more money. I'm not looking forward to the move since I have accumulated 4 1/2 years more "stuff".

The NHP thing didn't work out. I met with the polygraph examiner "Jim Sackett" and he said I was lying to him. He said that I wasn't being truthful about anything and knocked me out of the employment process. Some of the things he accused me of were, "You beat your kids and wife!" and "You don't trust me and think that I'm going to ask you a surprise question!" It had to rank up there with one of the worst experiences of my life. I questioned myself for days and lost many nights of sleep trying to examine myself. I wondered why he would think I was guilty of such ridiculous claims. Then I read a little on lie detectors and realized that they are not too reliable and that maybe God had something different in mind for me to do.

I start school on Tuesday and I have mixed feelings. It's been five years and I'm not excited to be the 31 year old in the class. I'm excited though to know that I will be working toward a better future.

Mandy continues to excel at work and she is following her goal of being a makeup artist. I'm happy that she is doing something she truly loves.

Laynie is starting to read really well. She is turning into a grown-up which scares me a bit. I love her so much and she is such a good kid.

Peyton is a mini Mandy. He is just as feisty and crazy as his mom at times. He really makes Mandy and I laugh. Laynie and Peyton are great playmates and keep each other busy even if it is fighting.

We hope that our friends and family are doing good and we think about you often. As Mandy has said this year is a year of changes and we will continue to work hard to achieve our goals as a family.