Learning new things, My boys, Garden

I havent been blogging much as there has not been much going on. Maybe that is not true, I may not have time to. some interesting things have been going on mostly at my work. I have been in my job now for over 6 months. I work in billing and follow up. Mostly the follow up. I work mostly with facility claims for a particular hospital based in Fresno Ca. The majority of the work i do is with the State of Californias Medicaid insurance. For those of you not familiar with Medicaid its basically government health insurance. This insurance is very difficult to deal with for a few reasons. First and for most the State of Californina is not very organized. They are very random in when and what they will pay. On top of this the Sate insurance can also have another provider attached where the claim should actually go. they use Managed care plans as well through other insurances which makes it difficult to really know where to send a claim or to whom it belongs. All that being said, i wait for the claims to process and if there is an issue with the claim I have to go to bat for the facility to have the insurance pay. So for the last while i have not been an actual biller...i have not had to bill out the claims, until last 2 weeks. Suddenly there is a change in the processes, i am good with it actually sort of excited about it. I was starting to get bored in what i was doing. Interestingly enough there has been very high emotions about this change on the team. The change is you have a queue which is part of the alphabet, you are responsible to bill out the claim and follow on the claim when it returns. I am often surprised by those who cannot change. I understand the difficulty in change, but i do not understand the high emotions around change. There have been tears, self deprecation, infighting, and a whole bunch of rudeness. May i say none of that was me, to me or about me. I found that if i just plug in my headphones and get to work and loose myself in the learning i am becoming better prepared to face the challenges. On top of all of this, we all, the entire building has had to learn a new billing system. So the challenge is quite overwhelming for some.

Change is hard sometimes and figuring out how to be graceful in it can sometimes be so much more difficult than whining about the change. I am excited about the change, more education and knowledge makes me a better employee. It makes me valuable. Making a fuss about it does not make you look good or make a company want to keep you.

Another thing, i have amazing leadership. I have the ability to go to them whenever i need too or want too. I can get guidance from them on the next steps in my professional career. What an absolute pleasure it is to work for people who care about you and want you to succeed. Sort of like life, i know that the Savoir always has my back and will be there for me and push me along the correct road. Others may say that is ridiculous, but i know it is not for me. Faith is important in my life but more importantly are the works that go along with the faith i have. I am proud of who I am and who i am becoming. Dealing with all of the trials of life marriage, having children, raising children, going to college, dealing with depression/anxiety and weight gain/loss...i could go on and on, i realize that with out the guidance of the Savior i could not make it through the trials of life.

With all of the changes in life i have found that I am at a place where my children are growing and leaving soon. My 2 boys are are 16 and 14. The young men program in our ward is not as amazing as i would wish it could be. That is no fault of anyone that i can see its just the way of it right now. Shane and I have decided to be closer to the boys spending more time with them and giving them opportunities to grow in to good strong young men. As i write this Shane is off hunting with the boys in a new place using a muzzle loader instead of just rifles. My boys are thrilled. My children are thrilled to spend time with him. I have had the opportunity to work over time so having Shane be such a big part of their lives is so amazing. I have been trying to work on their homework, they are at difficult ages for schooling. I am grateful Shane and I have such different brains and learning so we can teach our children.

I cannot believe John is almost as tall as Shane. They are big boys. I know they look chubby....because they are...something we have been working on. The genes from both of their parents do not help. They are both barrel chested Henrie boys. I love the smiles. I had to force them to take this photo. I figured if i did not take the photo i would forget how wonderful these 3 are. On this particular night Jake was getting another palm for his scout uniform. They are so handsome. 

Our summer has been one of being busy and having fun. So since my last writing i am going to add photos of what is going on.....with the adventures of the crazies. 

sometimes Shane gets a hold of my phone....this is what happens

Axel needed his corn. This corn was so amazing and sweet. It was amazing to see him learn to eat it properly.

every year the city of Meridian Fire house does a salmon feed. This year we took the boys. Wasnt as awesome as we thought but it was a good time. 

Laura needs to stop cooking look at this bit of heaven...She has worked so hard on her baking. its delicious. 

We have had all of the canning stuff out this summer. When stuff was ready we just canned it up. Brenda did a bunch of peaches, jam and pears. One day when Axel was here he decided this was his spot. He is watching Trolls i am sure that is his favorite movie.

sometimes i get a good photo of me AND Axel. look at him.

Would be right if i didnt put in some photos of Axel. 

in his sunday best.

This is the size of my butternut squash this year. They are all huge. The majority of them have grown on their own. 

 Look at the bees in this sunflower. They are so amazing. I love going out and seeing them. Our garden has gone crazy wild but it is beautiful. The flowers are so full, the plants have given us much to put away for winter. They have given us so much we have had to give away a lot of it. Our pumpkins take up our walkway. We are considering putting them out to sell during the fall season.

we planted Marigolds for pest control and they are amazing. We have so many bees birds mice snakes...we need a beehive we have decided. maybe in a year or so we can have our own honey. That would be amazing. Shane has such a green thumb. I can barely keep anything alive. 

Here is to a beautiful fall...find what makes you happy, figure out what makes you smile and how you can find joy in everything. you are smart and amazing or you wouldnt be here!