Sorry for all that are hoping for pictures from Halloween, you aren't going to get it. I was at work. BOO! But I am grateful for a job that allows me to help provide for my family. On Wednesday on my way to work my car broke down about 3 minutes away from work. I was mad. I was so close and of course it just couldn't make it. I hate being late to work and it always seems that I am running late and have to somehow make up the time. A very nice man came and asked if I was ok and was going to help me get it out of the street. Just then it started up again and I was able to get it to work. Right as I pulled into the parking space it died again. Joe came to my work (which is so out of the way for him) to check it out. It would drive for about 5-10 minutes and then overheat and completely shutdown. I was lucky to have a fantastic charge nurse let me go home early after I finished all my work duties. Joe just waited for me to be done so that we could go get the kids and worry about the car the next day. The next day I had to go back to work to be there when the car was towed. I am so grateful for my friend Courtnee who was a lifesaver and met me at work to play with the kids while I got the car stuff worked out. I picked up Joe from work, took the kids home, fed them and put them down for a nap and then I ran back to my work. What a crazy day! By the end of the next day we found out that it was about 2,000 dollars to repair (if not more, because I feel there were more problems). Joe and I decided that we would cut our losses while we could and say no more to the Subaru. It has been a good car up until this point but it is time to move on.
Joe and I had the overwhelming task to find a new car/suv for me asap. We prayed mightily to find a new car that would be good for our family. One that was affordable, lower mileage and reliable. The whole morning was so frustrating looking for a car and I felt overwhelmed and worried that we wouldn't find one. at about 3:30 we went to a small used car dealership and I had the feeling that we would find our car there. I was impressed with this place because I felt like we had options and it wouldn't have just been settling because we needed something. Joe and I decided to get a 2001 Ford Expedition. I didn't want a car that old but it only had 103,500 miles on it and was in incredible condition. The car only had 1 previous owner and that owner was a mechanic. While driving it, I was so impressed with how smooth of a ride it was, especially for how big it is! The best part is it was a couple thousand below our max price and we even got it $800 lower than their asking price. I am so excited. Maybe I will get pictures. But no guarantee. I feel like because of all of that happening I am exhausted and a new week has already begun.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Update
Well, it has been far too long. You know it has been too long when Joe comments that I haven't updated my blog in a long time. I didn't even realize that he checked if I ever posted!
My last post was right before moving day a little over a month ago. I love being in the new house!!! It is fantastic. However, I guess this shows how slow I am, or overwhelmed or what you want to call it but we still are living in some boxes. To my credit both Joe and I are working full time and it is so hard to unpack with little kids around. We have all been sick and I even got a little vacation time in the land of enchantment. I know, I know...excuses, excuses. Once it looks better I will post pictures. Just know that it is beautiful and if you want to see it you are welcome to come visit!
Owen's 3rd birthday is tomorrow! I cannot believe how time has flown. I still remember going in for the c-section, seeing him and holding him for the first time. Life truly would just be empty without my wonderful children. Owen is such a daddy's boy and Kenzie is a mommy's girl. Because of that I always feel so blessed when Owen will show affection to me and vice versa for Joe and Kenzie. Well today, as I was getting ready for work (I had about 15 minutes before we needed to leave) I heard Owen in his room yelling for me. I went in his room and he had just woke up from his nap. He looked and me and said "I want you to lay down with me". I told him you can get up, it's ok. No, he said, lay down. So I obeyed. It was one of those blissful moments where I thought to myself I have a lot to do and I need to get moving but I'm not missing out on this moment because I was so rushed. I just might have sped a little on my way to work to make up the time. :)
I love my children. I am so blessed. The pictures I am posting are pictures Adrianna has taken. In the move I have no idea where our camera is....but lets be honest I am a horrible picture taker and wouldn't take many anyway. The only sad thing is that I didn't get any pictures of the balloon fiesta when I was in Albuquerque :(
I guess most of these are of Kenzie. Sorry Owen! The one of Owen is so classic. I love that face, especially since that is how I used to smile in pictures.
Hopefully I will get pictures from Owen's birthday and can show his handsome face.
My last post was right before moving day a little over a month ago. I love being in the new house!!! It is fantastic. However, I guess this shows how slow I am, or overwhelmed or what you want to call it but we still are living in some boxes. To my credit both Joe and I are working full time and it is so hard to unpack with little kids around. We have all been sick and I even got a little vacation time in the land of enchantment. I know, I know...excuses, excuses. Once it looks better I will post pictures. Just know that it is beautiful and if you want to see it you are welcome to come visit!
Owen's 3rd birthday is tomorrow! I cannot believe how time has flown. I still remember going in for the c-section, seeing him and holding him for the first time. Life truly would just be empty without my wonderful children. Owen is such a daddy's boy and Kenzie is a mommy's girl. Because of that I always feel so blessed when Owen will show affection to me and vice versa for Joe and Kenzie. Well today, as I was getting ready for work (I had about 15 minutes before we needed to leave) I heard Owen in his room yelling for me. I went in his room and he had just woke up from his nap. He looked and me and said "I want you to lay down with me". I told him you can get up, it's ok. No, he said, lay down. So I obeyed. It was one of those blissful moments where I thought to myself I have a lot to do and I need to get moving but I'm not missing out on this moment because I was so rushed. I just might have sped a little on my way to work to make up the time. :)
I love my children. I am so blessed. The pictures I am posting are pictures Adrianna has taken. In the move I have no idea where our camera is....but lets be honest I am a horrible picture taker and wouldn't take many anyway. The only sad thing is that I didn't get any pictures of the balloon fiesta when I was in Albuquerque :(
I guess most of these are of Kenzie. Sorry Owen! The one of Owen is so classic. I love that face, especially since that is how I used to smile in pictures.
Hopefully I will get pictures from Owen's birthday and can show his handsome face.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Big day
The day has finally come!!! Tomorrow is moving day! I cannot believe that the day has finally arrived (ok not for another couple hours but you know I won’t be on the blog tomorrow). Life has been so busy trying to get everything done. We still have so much to do to finish it all up. I think the kids are so excited to be in a place we can truly call home. We went and did the walk-thru yesterday and they both seemed so happy walking around in the big open space of the house. I will get pictures up when I can.
Today we signed our life away. Before we went to sign all the paperwork I thought that I would have a mild heart attack knowing how much money was being spent, ok more like it, is knowing how much we are putting ourselves in debt. However, when we were in the office signing all the papers, I felt so calm! I know that this is supposed to be our home and that we are doing the right thing. I love getting confirmation like that.
Sorry, so short. I’m so tired…..so much to do. Wish us luck!
Monday, August 5, 2013
More pictures
I wanted to add these pictures to that last post but my computer was being weird.
Kenzie turns one on Wednesday!!! I can't believe it, it feels like yesterday she was born. Time has flown by so fast. We are going to be driving to Yellowstone on her birthday so Joe and I gave her an early birthday present (in the picures it is the little car thing she is on). I need to give props to Joe he picked out the present while I was at work, I shouldn't claim credit, but he did a great job. Owen has struggled with it being hers and not his. Oh growing up. Please excuse our mess in the pictures as you can tell we are getting ready to go camping. My life would feel incomplete without these two amazing kids. I love them so much.
Here are a couple pictures on took on my phone of the house. They were taken a couple weeks ago so I can say the house is completely framed, they have put water in, working on electrical and heating, ventilation and A/C. I am excited, but now this means I have to start packing. There are joys to moving and there are unfortunate things to moving.
The first picture shows that on this side of the house is the garage on the ground level, the next level is the kitchen/dining area and the big open area is where our balcony will be. The third level will be the kids rooms and bathroom.
The second and third pictures show the entry way on ground level, the family room on the second level and the third floor on this side is the master bedroom. We are super excited.
Kenzie turns one on Wednesday!!! I can't believe it, it feels like yesterday she was born. Time has flown by so fast. We are going to be driving to Yellowstone on her birthday so Joe and I gave her an early birthday present (in the picures it is the little car thing she is on). I need to give props to Joe he picked out the present while I was at work, I shouldn't claim credit, but he did a great job. Owen has struggled with it being hers and not his. Oh growing up. Please excuse our mess in the pictures as you can tell we are getting ready to go camping. My life would feel incomplete without these two amazing kids. I love them so much.
Here are a couple pictures on took on my phone of the house. They were taken a couple weeks ago so I can say the house is completely framed, they have put water in, working on electrical and heating, ventilation and A/C. I am excited, but now this means I have to start packing. There are joys to moving and there are unfortunate things to moving.
The first picture shows that on this side of the house is the garage on the ground level, the next level is the kitchen/dining area and the big open area is where our balcony will be. The third level will be the kids rooms and bathroom.
The second and third pictures show the entry way on ground level, the family room on the second level and the third floor on this side is the master bedroom. We are super excited.
Picture overload
I figured I would add some pictures since it has been a long time. Some I took (I took them on my phone, so you will know which ones I took) and others Adrianna took (I stole them from her blog).
Kenzie has a little temper on her. When something happens that she doesn't like it is immediate tears and she does this cute thing where she just kicks her legs when she is mad. It cracks me up.
Owen has two ways to pose: kissy lips, which I DID NOT teach him and his hands in front of his face. It is so cute.
Kenzie has a little temper on her. When something happens that she doesn't like it is immediate tears and she does this cute thing where she just kicks her legs when she is mad. It cracks me up.
Owen has two ways to pose: kissy lips, which I DID NOT teach him and his hands in front of his face. It is so cute.
Monday, July 15, 2013
In mourning
Okay, I must admit that title is very melodramatic compared to what I am in mourning about.
In my previous post I talked about Joe waiting on another job and if he got a certain one I could possibly quit work (which, lets be honest I would much rather be at home then working, my dream has always been to be a stay-at-home mom). Well the good news is he got the manager position that we were really hoping that he would get. The bad news is they did not offer enough money for me to be able to quit. I would still have to work part time even with him working this new job. I was ok with that. A little bummed but part time is definetly much better than full time. So last Thursday I told my boss that I would be going part time, and let me tell you it felt fabulous. It felt liberating!
So why am I mourning you might ask? Friday (remember this is the day after I told my boss I would be part time) Joe found out he missed the time to sign up for benefits. I currently am the one who gets the benefits. There is no way that I can go to part time until January when his benefits will kick in. Now I have to go and tell my boss "Just kidding, you thought I was going part time and so did I BUT not so". Now I have to mentally prepare myself to be working this much until January. It is really hard. Especially since I was so excited to cut down on my hours. Oh well. I know that life could be worse. At least I have a job.
In my previous post I talked about Joe waiting on another job and if he got a certain one I could possibly quit work (which, lets be honest I would much rather be at home then working, my dream has always been to be a stay-at-home mom). Well the good news is he got the manager position that we were really hoping that he would get. The bad news is they did not offer enough money for me to be able to quit. I would still have to work part time even with him working this new job. I was ok with that. A little bummed but part time is definetly much better than full time. So last Thursday I told my boss that I would be going part time, and let me tell you it felt fabulous. It felt liberating!
So why am I mourning you might ask? Friday (remember this is the day after I told my boss I would be part time) Joe found out he missed the time to sign up for benefits. I currently am the one who gets the benefits. There is no way that I can go to part time until January when his benefits will kick in. Now I have to go and tell my boss "Just kidding, you thought I was going part time and so did I BUT not so". Now I have to mentally prepare myself to be working this much until January. It is really hard. Especially since I was so excited to cut down on my hours. Oh well. I know that life could be worse. At least I have a job.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Waiting
If anyone knows me, they should probably know that I am the most impatient person in the world. Patience is a virtue that I do not hold, nor do I ever have hope of acquiring.
Heck, I'm so impatient that when Joe and I were dating I had told him that he had to propose to me by a certain date. When I want something, I do not want to wait. But we all know that that is not the way that life rolls. There are so many times when we have to wait for what we want. We are told that it builds character. Well screw character. I don't want to wait.
You might wonder what I am waiting for....well, a lot. For starters, Joe and I are buying a house!!! Yay! I guess I should clarify we are buying a townhome. But it is still better than living in an apartment. We are moving to Daybreak and I can't be more excited. From the first time that I visited the Daybreak community I fell in love. I knew that if Utah was going to be our home that is where I wanted to live. It is being built right now and was supposed to be ready Aug 1. Since the house isn't even framed yet there is no way that it will be ready in Aug. We are really hoping it will be ready before Sept 21 when our lease runs out. I want to be out of our apartment NOW, I want to have a place that I can truly make our home and feel settled.
That isn't even the thing I'm anticipating the most. The thing that has me in a tizzy is Joe's job. In order to really explain this I feel I need to give some background. We have always thought that Joe would go to grad school. In order for him to do that there are things that he needs to do to get into grad school. In order for that to happen I needed to find a job that paid a lot more and I would work 40 hours a week to be the main provider for the family. Back in Feb I started looking for jobs. Since then I have had 2 job interviews. Yes, only 2 and both times I felt awful and that neither was the job for me. A little over a month ago this got us thinking and wondering if perhaps this was not the avenue for our family. Maybe I needed to stay home and we put off grad school. Once we made that decision we both felt so good. We know that at this time I need to be spending more time at home with the kids and with Joe.
In order for this to happen Joe needs to get paid a little more in his job. He had a couple of job leads within his company. One is a senior analyst and another is a manager. He has already been offered the analyst position and with that one I can go part time. However, if he gets the manager position there is a posibility of me being able to quit my job all together (can I get a What, What!!) Joe has been through 4 interviews for the manager position. On Friday June 28 they told him that they would tell him if he got the job or not the next week. Well on Tuesday July 2 the head recruiter told him that she was going out of town and would be back on Monday and he would not get an answer until Monday July 8. Yesterday, (Monday the 8th) Joe talked to the recruiter and she told him he would find out either by that night or at latest today. Well, it is almost 5pm and we still haven't heard anything. WHAT THE HECK!!!! If he isn't going to get the job, just let us know. I am sick of being strung along right now. If he is getting the job, I don't understand why they can't tell him. I'm so sick of waiting, I just want to know. I want to be able to move on. For someone who has VERY little patience this is driving me CRAZY.
Quite franckly I think Joe is sick of hearing me talk/nag him about when we are going to find out. I don't know how to just let things go and not get uptight about it. So I am stuck, and I am driving my husband crazy in the process. One day we will have an answer, hopefully tomorrow, but I shouldn't count on it. Until then, I will just keep waiting............
Heck, I'm so impatient that when Joe and I were dating I had told him that he had to propose to me by a certain date. When I want something, I do not want to wait. But we all know that that is not the way that life rolls. There are so many times when we have to wait for what we want. We are told that it builds character. Well screw character. I don't want to wait.
You might wonder what I am waiting for....well, a lot. For starters, Joe and I are buying a house!!! Yay! I guess I should clarify we are buying a townhome. But it is still better than living in an apartment. We are moving to Daybreak and I can't be more excited. From the first time that I visited the Daybreak community I fell in love. I knew that if Utah was going to be our home that is where I wanted to live. It is being built right now and was supposed to be ready Aug 1. Since the house isn't even framed yet there is no way that it will be ready in Aug. We are really hoping it will be ready before Sept 21 when our lease runs out. I want to be out of our apartment NOW, I want to have a place that I can truly make our home and feel settled.
That isn't even the thing I'm anticipating the most. The thing that has me in a tizzy is Joe's job. In order to really explain this I feel I need to give some background. We have always thought that Joe would go to grad school. In order for him to do that there are things that he needs to do to get into grad school. In order for that to happen I needed to find a job that paid a lot more and I would work 40 hours a week to be the main provider for the family. Back in Feb I started looking for jobs. Since then I have had 2 job interviews. Yes, only 2 and both times I felt awful and that neither was the job for me. A little over a month ago this got us thinking and wondering if perhaps this was not the avenue for our family. Maybe I needed to stay home and we put off grad school. Once we made that decision we both felt so good. We know that at this time I need to be spending more time at home with the kids and with Joe.
In order for this to happen Joe needs to get paid a little more in his job. He had a couple of job leads within his company. One is a senior analyst and another is a manager. He has already been offered the analyst position and with that one I can go part time. However, if he gets the manager position there is a posibility of me being able to quit my job all together (can I get a What, What!!) Joe has been through 4 interviews for the manager position. On Friday June 28 they told him that they would tell him if he got the job or not the next week. Well on Tuesday July 2 the head recruiter told him that she was going out of town and would be back on Monday and he would not get an answer until Monday July 8. Yesterday, (Monday the 8th) Joe talked to the recruiter and she told him he would find out either by that night or at latest today. Well, it is almost 5pm and we still haven't heard anything. WHAT THE HECK!!!! If he isn't going to get the job, just let us know. I am sick of being strung along right now. If he is getting the job, I don't understand why they can't tell him. I'm so sick of waiting, I just want to know. I want to be able to move on. For someone who has VERY little patience this is driving me CRAZY.
Quite franckly I think Joe is sick of hearing me talk/nag him about when we are going to find out. I don't know how to just let things go and not get uptight about it. So I am stuck, and I am driving my husband crazy in the process. One day we will have an answer, hopefully tomorrow, but I shouldn't count on it. Until then, I will just keep waiting............
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