Well I am new to this blog thing so you all will have to bare with me. I guess I will start with letting everyone know a little about my family. My name is Emberly Jones also known as Emberly Clark. I am married to Jake Jones and he is a wonderful husband and father. I am the mother of 3 beautiful children. Wyatt is 6, Jordyn is 4 and Jailey is 3. We live in a little town in Idaho and I love it. We have been living here for three years.
Gonna take a couple jumps back and fill everyone in on what life has been like for the last seven years. I married Jake in June of 2003. We had Wyatt in December of the same year. He was such a fat little baby but I was in love from first sight. He was such a good little boy and loved his food that's for sure. I can't stress enough how fat he was but he was a healthy fat. I started working for the North Summit School District in February after Wyatt was born as a swim instructor. I found it really funny that I had wanted nothing more than to get out of that school for 12 years and then found myself working there not even a year after I graduated. Jake was working for his Uncle Kim at the time doing HVAC work. It wasn't his dream job but it paid the bills.
Jake started the lineman's apprenticeship in November of 2004 and traveled to Denver where he started his new career. Being really poor at the time Wyatt and I were not able to join him so we moved in with my grandparents to try and save some money. I continued to work for the school district and took on a few other jobs so that we could save the money to travel to Denver with Jake. I loved living with my grandparents because they were so helpful with Wyatt and I didn't have to cook ;).
In March of 2005 we purchased a fifth wheel camp trailer and so began my journey on the road with my husband. It was a big culture shock moving to Denver. Coming from the little town of Henefer Utah and finding myself in the big town of Denver was a very big adjustment. Needless to say I didn't leave the trailer without Jake if I absolutely didn't have too. While we were living there I found out I was pregnant with our little girl Jordyn. It was a big surprise and a little ill planned since we lived in a fifth wheel camp trailer but I was so happy.
In August of that year Jake got transferred to a different company that was working in Wright Wyoming. So we loaded up the trailer and headed north. I was always very admit about never living in Wyoming when we were first married so when we crossed the state line Jake looked at me with a big smile and said "Told you that you would live in Wyoming." It's funny now but at the time I didn't think it was. While in Wright we had the chance to experience a tornado. It totaled our truck and trailer. Luckily I was staying with my mother at the time for a the Summit County Fair and doctor appointments. Jake happened to be in the truck at the time but was okay. We ended up with out a trailer but that was a blessing in disguise. We stayed in the trailer for a few more months till we could get the insurance stuff worked out. During this time we moved to Buffalo Wyoming. I LOVED it there!!!! It is so beautiful. We fortunate enough to meet some very good friends while there too. Jermey and Shoni with their two kids Jack and Pat. Casey Smith and Clint. We stayed there for a few weeks and went to Cheyenne. Hated it there. Then from there back to Buffalo.
In October we got rid of the trailer and Jake took to moteling it with Casey and I moved home to be closer to my doctor cause my due date was January 3rd. Well we didn't make it to January because our little girl had plans of her own and was born December 23rd. Jake had been on a 1 month ice storm in South Dakota restoring power. He got home the day before she was born. We were very lucky he told his boss he needed to come home or he would have missed it.
In February we purchased a new trailer that was twice as big as our old one and after my sister's wedding we went back to Buffalo. The summer of 2006 was one of the best summers of my life. We were able to stay in a very nice RV park that had a pool and park for the kids. Shoni and I had a very good time letting the kids play together and we all lived like one big family. Troy and Cheyenne joined our little family that summer too. We got really good news in July in of that year. The company Jake was working for at the time had just got work in Salt Lake and they were sending us home!!! We were moving back after 2 years of being on the road. At that time we got lucky again cause my parents had moved to Idaho and their house was sitting empty so we got to live in it till they got it sold. Finally a house with a porcelain toilet. I think I was more happy about that than moving home LOL.
I got really sick in September and I was told I had West Nile. After awhile I got better and didn't give it a second thought. I still had this feeling something wasn't right and had a hunch I knew what was wrong. The Monday after Thanksgiving that year I went and bought a home pregnancy test. I kept telling myself there was no way I was pregnant cause I was on the pill and had not missed one. Living in a trailer with two kids had been enough motivation to not forget that little thing and Jake fed them to me like candy. Well I did what you do with those things and went out to the kitchen when the timer when off Jake ran to the bathroom and I heard a word that I would rather not mention. I didn't even need to look at it to know that we were expecting baby number 3.
I had no idea how far along I was because I will still nursing my baby so I made an appointment to see the doc. A few days before the appointment that was set for the 22 of December if I remember right Jake had to go to Seattle for a storm. So my mom and I went to the appointment. I was in shock with what they said. They did the ultrasound and you could see a baby not a peanut shape. You could see arms, legs and a head. He looked at me and said "Well Em come back next week and we will tell you what you are having." NEXT
WEEK!!!!! How far along am I??? He said Looks like almost 5 months. I was in shock. I didn't have West Nile I was pregnant the whole time. Stupid doctor.
Well at the end of March we moved back into our trailer cause my parents were getting their trailer ready to sale. We moved it to Coalville and that's were Donnie and Meri Greenhood came into our lives. Donnie was Jake's boss and his wife became a dear friend of mine. On April 13th a Friday I went into labor and gave birth to our baby Jailey. She was such a good baby. And when you have a little girl already who is only 16 months practically a baby herself a good baby is really nice to have. Jake kept working in Salt Lake till about the end of August when he got moved to Idaho. That's when our search for a house kicked into full drive.
Jake only had 8 months till he was done with the apprenticeship and he would have his Journeyman Lineman ticket. My parents had bought a house in Preston so that is were we started looking. We happened to find a house 26 miles north of my parents. It had 10 acres with it and that was the selling point for Jake. One of Jake's buddies that was working with him at the time moved in with us and we had a really good time till they had to travel to Colorado for work.
Jake still had to move alot but we at least had a home base. He got his ticket in April of 2008 and he got a job that was 30 miles from our house. I was so happy to be able to have him home for awhile but of course all good things must come to an end.
And that is our life in a "nut shell." Jake still moves around alot but he takes the trailer with him as much as he can so that me and the kids can go and stay with him when we can. Wyatt is in the 1st grade and the girls are both in preschool. I get to be a stay home mom and love it. Although it does get pretty boring. Well I will end this entry on that note. I am looking forward to sharing my experiences with all of you and I welcome your comments.
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