A New Day....

I posted awhile ago that Ben got a new job. Well, he started that job today. Does this sound like a little bit of a stressful morning with a new job. He had to fly out of SLC @ 7:05 this morning to Santa Ana, California where he was meeting his new boss and picking up his truck. We decided last night he needed to get up @ 4 am to be ready for his dad to pick him up at 4:30. Well we woke up to Ben's dad knocking on our bedroom door @ 4:30. The alarm never went off. So Ben was already nervous and then he was stressed. He got ready in about 10 minutes and they were on their way. I talked to Ben on his layover in Phoenix and he said he got through security with a half an hour to spare. He sounded excited and I can't wait to here how his first day goes. It is going to be a long 12 weeks. Jarrett was up last night already crying about daddy being gone. It wouldn't be so hard if we didn't love having Ben around. He is the best daddy ever and a dang good husband. We are going to miss him like crazy, but we are thankful he is close enough to come home on the weekends. A lot of people think we won't make it the 12 weeks apart, but we will. It is not going to be easy, but when you have kids in school you have to think of them first. Believe me if Jarrett and Isabelle weren't in school I would have left with Ben. It will also be good for me to be here, because my dad will be having major surgery in the next couple of weeks and I need to be here for that. My dad is home and resting right now. Last week they put a defibrillator just under his skin up by his collar bone. This week they will meet with the cardiology team to discuss his upcoming surgery. Both my dad and mom have had some amazing blessings and we are holding onto our faith that everything will turn out okay. It has been good to have my dad home for awhile before he gets his pump in. He sleeps a lot, but we are able to visit with him and kind of be normal. I will post more on Ben and my dad when I know more.