DECISIONS, DECISIONS, DECISIONS!!!!

I am ashamed of myself for not posting anything for over a month. So much has happened and it is hard to recount everything that has happened. But I will try and give a run down of what has been going on with the Blairs.
My rehab is going slowly but making steady progress. My doctor wanted to do a manipulation on my knee because I wasn't at full range of motion at my 8 week appointment. That is where they put you to sleep and just force the movement in your knee and break through all the scar tissue. Not a pleasant thought--I know. But I told him that I wasn't ready for that and asked if I could have four more weeks to get full range of motion by myself. He agreed to that and so my work has been cut out for me. My physical therapist has been going the extra extra mile for me and coming in on her days off just to work with my knee and my motion. I have to say that it has been very painful and discouraging at times. At therapy yesterday I didn't progress any from Tuesday and that got me a bit down. Susie can always get me further at each visit and yesterday was just stagnate----I am still at 123 degrees. Our goal is 130-135 by New Year's Eve. I hope we can do it. This is a long and hard process---don't ever want to do this again!!!

James has been struggling with finals. He hasn't done as well on his tests as he would have liked to have done. This was his first semester and he has learned many things about himself and about developing good study habits. He always had it so easy in high school and college has been a bit of a struggle for him because he never really learned how to study while in high school. He is a great young man and he will continue to work hard. He is getting paperwork ready to send in mission papers either next month or in February. We are excited and know that he will be a wonderful missionary. He applied for a job at the Creamery at BYU and got the job---he was pretty excited about that. He realized that his money that he had saved prior to college---didn't last forever and he couldn't find a money tree in Provo. He is excited and ambitious to have a job that starts at 5:00 am. Go James----just be sure that you clock in everyday!!! :)

Kae Lee is busy with friends and loving every minute of it. Seems that her friend Jordan likes to be with Kae Lee because she makes him feel good about himself and she doesn't talk the garbage that most of the guys in high school talk. He refers to Kae Lee as water---she is clean and pure and guys in high school are mud--they make you feel yucky and dirty. He is a very nice young man and Brynna has adopted him as her new brother---since James moved out she needed someone to take his place. She took the ACT test last Saturday and said that it was very hard and stressful. She has been struggling with Math and getting very discouraged with school. We know what it is like being in high school---homework is no fun and it seems that the teachers really pile it up on you before the break. She is a beautiful young lady with so many gifts and talents---she has a smile for everyone. We are so thankful that she has great friends to be with and to have something to look forward to. A shout out to all of her great friends!!! Thank you!!

Brynna loves school and loves to be with her friends also. She just performed in her Christmas choir concert and it was very good. She has a beautiful voice and will sing anytime anywhere--she is a chip off the old block. I was the same way when I was younger---much younger!!
She loves going babysitting and earning some money. Once that money is in her hand--she is ready to go and spend it as fast as she earned it. She loves to buy things for other people--it isn't always for herself. She just loves to spend money and so it is great when she can earn it herself!!
She is just about as tall as me and I look at her and see her growing into such a beautiful young lady. She loves to do her hair and look like she just stepped out of the salon.

Michael----ahhh the love of my life!!! He has had some changes with work and that brings us to the title of this blog today. Decisions, decisions, decisions!! He was offered a job down in Provo with the Church--it was something that he has wanted for almost a year now. The job offer finally came through and now we have some major decisions to make. Michael will be commuting to Provo about three days a week and then work in Salt Lake two days a week. That means that he will have an awful lot of driving time back and forth to Provo. So.....do we move closer to Provo, do we move this summer, do we wait until Kae Lee has graduated, do we buy a new car that gets better gas mileage, or do we stay where we are and let Michael deal with the awful commute? We are just not sure what to do right now. So many possibilities and such an impact on our girls. We talked to the girls about moving and they were not very happy about it. Brynna cried and cried---it really does impact her the most if we stay here until Kae Lee graduates from high school. Brynna will just be starting high school in a new place and we are just not sure if that is a good thing. So, we have to give this a great deal of prayer and fasting to see what the Lord wants us to do. We are really excited about his new job opportunity but it just has some things about it that aren't that appealing to us----like the commute!!! But we just have to rely on the Lord to help us with this one and trust in Him. So much to think about.....
On to another subject---Michael's head is healing up quite nicely. You can just barely see where the incision was but it looks really good. He has been a trooper through the whole thing.

We are so excited for Christmas and being together as a family. James will be with us during the Christmas break and Michael gets to take all of next week off. It will be James' last Christmas with us until after his mission. We hope to make it a special time for our family---making some wonderful memories together. Merry Christmas to everyone!!!!