He Did It!

Adam passed the trade portion of his test yesterday morning. It has been quite a bit of money to get to that point since he had taken it once before and missed it by five. He was a little frustrated with the test because the area he missed the most was roofing components and since he has been roofing most of his life you would think he would pass with flying colors, however when the questions on the test have to do with built up roofing (which is an out of date way to roof) and was before Adam's time then he could be considered a rookie. Anyways paying for a test he failed, another one he missed, studying, and then the test yesterday, that all racks up to quite a bit of money. Adam returned at 5 am Friday morning from spending the week in Arizona (10 hrs away) finishing up an LDS church re-roofing job. At around 8:45 am I drove him to Salt Lake, while he slept, so he could spend a couple of hours studying for the test ($250 just to study). It was a very cold day so I wrapped up in a blanket in the car and worked on business stuff on his laptop while I waited and for as long as I could take the cold and then walked to the front of the building and found a 'Ross' department store and greatly appreciated having some shopping time for once to kill time. I think that is the type of situation that causes me to like shopping (since generally I avoid it if I can). My sister Lillie watched the kids until 1:45 and then dropped them off at my mother-in-law's on her way to work. Phyllis watched them until Lillie got off work and then she brought them home. After Adam's test we hopped back in the car and drove straight home. Probably the quickest 8 hour trip I have ever had. Yesterday morning Lillie watched the kids again while I went with Adam to his test (sat out in the truck, for Taylor a pickup :) and kept turning on the heated seat to stay warm since diesel trucks don't idle giving you heat to stay comfortable. After his victory test we went to the temple and did sealings. A perfect way to end a very nervous and stressful week.

A funny thing that happened on Thursday morning was when I came out of my bathroom and found my clean pile of clothes strategically shoved up against the bottom of my bedroom door. After asking why they were there Tyson said, "I locked Santa Claus out, so he can't come in." He's back on his, "Santa Claus scary" kick. I mentioned it last year, while attending a family Christmas party at Adam's Aunt Angelyn's a very jolly, jingling, ho hoing Santa came bounding down the stairs and terrified Tyson. Everyone in the room was laughing at the scene of this 2 year old crying out in fear of this jolly character. Ever since then he is scared in his room because, "Santa Claus will get me" or he cries very worried and scared if I've locked him out of my bathroom and him and Lincoln are left alone in my room, he'll go and lock themselves in my bedroom to protect them from Santa. If he only knew. The other picture is just a random one I took of the boys before Thanksgiving after realizing that I don't have too many pictures with Lincoln in them.