Change of Plans

Well we have been really blessed. We have had 4 job offers, with two of them being in Utah. We had accepted an offer with Standard Optical, but have had another offer since then from America's Best. We have been torn between these two because Standard Optical would get us to St. George in a year (possibly) where America's Best pays much better. After much prayer and anguish on my part specifically, we decided to take America's Best in Orem. Also, graduation is this next weekend, so we will be driving up to Oregon on Wednesday, and then the next week we will be packing things into storage and going to St. George until I get licensed. Then its off to BYU-ville.
Now all we have to wait for are the last results of boards.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to you fantastic women in our lives. Its wonderful to be surrounded by, and to have the blessing to associate with great women.



Jennah is about ready to launch her soap business. We have hopes for great success, though on a limited scale at the outset. If any of you are curious to see her website as it is right now, you can go to woodlandnaturalsoap.com.



I have just finished my latest CAD class and find myself in a familiar conundrum. Where do I go from here. I felt through part of this course that I am actually more interested the design process and principles that go into creating the objects rather than just laying them down in a drafting project. That means engineering, but I can't afford, in time and money, to go back for another Bachelor's degree in engineering right now. It would probably take 5 years to finish it going in the evenings. So, I've got to think through all of this. That's ok. The Lord has something in mind and we'll find our way there.



The kids are great.



Jesse becomes a Deacon next month. That's exciting.



Brielle has found that "big books" like the Fablehaven series are actually worth the effort, such as it is, to read.



Paige wants to be a writer and poet. She loves to tell stories, now she just needs to remember them for long enough to write them down.



Kylee can rule play time with the strength of her imagination and the way she wraps everyone involved in her reality.



Caleb. Rockets, jets, balls, and guns. What more can I say?



Eryn is both stubborn and persuadable. She is stubborn when she won't be made to do something. But, her siblings can get her to play along at almost anything where she gets to be a key player. No problem, we just need to change life into a game and we can get her to do anything.



Love you all.

Dave

Happy Mother's Day

Happy mothers day to you wonderful women that have influenced life so profoundly. You have the trust of God in bringing life into this world and guiding it onto the path of eternal life. You are all the best.

Standard Optical

We accepted a job at Standard Optical, so we will be staying in UT. We work one year in SLC and then they will transfer us to St. George. We are really excited.

Dilemas

I feel truly ungrateful. We have been working and praying to get a job, and now I feel like having to choose is really a problem. I flew to Omaha, Nebraska this last weekend for a job interview at a clinic getting ready to start up there. We now have a job offer in Nebraska and Nevada. (hmm maybe these things run in N's?) So now we have to choose if we want to go to Nebraska by this Friday. Its a pretty good opportunity, but I'm torn about moving so far away! Again!
Decisions, decisions.
(I confess it would be easier if I was sure that I had passed my last board exam.)
The air force ruled itself out as an option because I was told the soonest I would be able to get into officer training would be the end of August, and I can't sit around waiting for 2 months where I could make $16,000 as an optometrist putting my life on hold.
Hope things are just as happy and fun with the rest of you.

Just a quickie

I just wanted to make a quick update and let everyone know we are all still alive at the Parker house. At least all of us are for the time being. I think Megan is testing to see how long it will take before I snap and either end up at the funny farm or kill her. Really though, over all things are going well. I have my job and Chet still has his. The kids both have a job which helps out now that they are both driving fiends and can pay for their own insurance and gas. (whew) Megan's friend Jessica is still with us and she is getting ready to graduate at the end of this year. Megan should be going to graduate, but it is looking less and less likely by the day. One day I am sure it will matter to her, but right now I think she has just given up. There was too much to over come, and it was simply too over whelming for her. Which at this point I can see how that would be. To bad she didn't start working on it long before now. Ford too is feeling the tug of summer and has slacked off in his school work, but I am hoping that by watching Megan that he will decide to kick it up before he has to work as hard to catch up as her. I have decided that they have to be the ones who want it though, not me! All I can do is encourage and pray! If you all would send up a prayer in their behalf as well I would be grateful! Love you all and hope to hear or read from you all soon! Jana

APRIL BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birhtday, EVERYONE!! there is a bunch of folks who enjoy this spring month.. Mom, just had hers on the 9th, someone sent her birthday flowers at her office to help her enjoy spring.. I got her a set of mup flaps for her car.. hopefully this will save her fenders from road sand blasting from her tires.. Ten we went out to dinner on Sat. for both of our birthdays.. Mom, gave me a new pair of shoes and the 2nd vloume of the Lighting King, on CD's.. Mom, has been very busy and stressed at work trying to get everything brought up to date before they receive a new visit.. We are both doing well and enjoying this beauthiful spring weather..For those of you that enjoyed the oranges from the orange Man, I am sad to report that he just finnished up this sat. the oranges are starting to go hard and tastless.. So we have to wait until next Dec. for him to restart.. I guess Steve is in Oregon to take his last set of boards, the he returns homw for interviewes for some porspective jobs.. I again want to wish everyone a special love the Lord has for each of us and our families.. May you all stop along the way to take the time to smell the roses,and that which the Lord has prepared for all,of us to use and enjoy... Love DAD