It's been awhile.....

Well obviously I'm not keeping up to date with this whole Blog thing....so lets give a run down on the last few months huh?

Let see....summer has been crazy busy with trips to visit mom in Jerome, baseball for Caden, chasing my head strong 2 yr old, Brendan, constantly and trying to figure out what to do with my life.
I had been accepted into the Surgical Technician program at CSI in twin falls and had every intention of making it work. It was going to be insane... Tim and I were basically going to be single parents (Cade up here in school with Tim and Brendan in Jerome with grandma and I.)

Well... several things happened that just made those plans seem so unimportant. My oldest brother Joel died Aug 10th from complications of a broken leg (and several other co-morbitities) and I basically had to plan the entire funeral. It was so de ja'vu from my dads only 5 short months ago.
After that...and literally the weekend before my classes we to start, I was a guest of our local ER with chest pains and shortness of breath. You got it--- yup-- heart attack. I was looking for my "Sign" if this was the right thing to do at this time (go back to college)...and as some redneck says, "Well... here's your sign."

I decieded that college could wait... I really DID want to be around for my boys and any other children on their way....and be the best dang mom possible.

Which brings us to now. I'm coaching Cade's soccer team, teaching myself how to Can..and doing a danged good job at it....I'm in a couple of church musicals amoungst many other things.

It's a crazy life but we're enjoying it!
Oh... we're also buying a house... one small thing I forgot to mention. It's a 2400sq foot house that we'll never outgrow and hope we never move again unless the government does it for us if Tim transfers to a larger city and a huge pay raise!
Other than that... we're staying RIGHT HERE! We've come to love Salmon (nutty huh?) The friends I've made through church, fire wives clubs etc etc are priceless friends and we all help each other survive.

Between the year of caretaking of my father before he passed...and the stresses of moving, kids, my brother dying etc...my doctor has advised me that it would be unsafe to carry a baby at this time--due to how depleted my body is and run down. He honestly said he didn't think I'd be able to carry a baby full term....so scare tactics work and we'll follow advice and wait atleast the 6 months recommended before getting prego. So anyone with tips on getting a baby girl... send them on my way. We get prego just thinking about it to often.... it's just getting the GIRL part that's tricky;)

Well until next time... the Bradley's are all doing as well as we can be and getting back into the swing of school (for Cade), enjoying my time alone with Brendan, and Tim still waiting for fire season to REALLY kick in!

Take care~ The Bradleys;)