"Daddy doesn't work there anymore. Now he works from home and mommy is his boss."

The title of this post is what Eve explained to Jack as we drove by Kole's now ex-workplace. Ha ha. She is wise beyond her years.  Mommy will always be the boss.

This picture was from last Wednesday. I wish my camera was better so that I could have gotten the whole effect because it was a full rainbow and the colors were much more vibrant than this picture makes them out to be. It was huge and gorgeous and better yet it was right out our front door.

Anyways, in case the title wasn't obvious, Kole lost his job recently. "Laid off." Bummer!!!

I am not very happy with the whole situation considering he didn't do anything wrong and his ex-boss has treated his so terribly during the whole situation. I would love to dish all the dirt about his ex-boss and how unethically she is running her business. It is taking all the restraint I have not to scream from the roof tops the rotten things I know. Kole is a good guy... it is now very clear he didn't fit in at that job very well. But I suppose it is not good to burn bridges considering Kole is still in search for a new job and it wouldn't be very nice of me to spread gossip (even if it is true).

It's a hard situation but we are looking on the bright side and I am confident that this will somehow work out for the best. I certainly don't know all that is going to happen but we have a lot of good family and friends who are helping as much as possible. I think this was maybe something we really needed as a family and that Kole especially needed in order to (eventually) find greater satisfaction in his work life. I don't want him to suffer through the next 40 years until retirement. I think this was the Lord's way of motivating him to make the needed changes in his career situation that he was procrastinating making on his own. And for the mean time, it is really nice having him home to help out with the kids and house and it is good to spend time together. It's like being on a nice family staycation. Of course, six months from now will definitely be a different story.

So if you know of any job openings, please let us know. We are looking around all over. It would be nice to stay in Cache Valley near our families but at this time there are not a lot of job opportunities in his field around here. He has been looking and applying all over Utah and even out of state. Up until last week he sold AllState Insurance. But he really doesn't want to do that again if at all possible. Insurance salesman was not his dream job. I could tell he was really unhappy there the last couple months (not that he let on at work) but he kept doing it because it supported the family. Plus, I personally would like my husband to have a job in which I don't mind hearing about his work. ;) He would really like a job that is more along the lines of what he went to school for. He has a degree in Public Relations and a duel-minor in Human Resources and Spanish. Not exactly what people hire for in a down economy- hence the insurance job. Hopefully his degree will help with something. I know he is very versatile and a really good worker and he's good at whatever he does.