A Quick Update

I feel like time is just flying by. Obviously, I have been pretty busy. Work was insane for about the first month, working 12-15 hours a day and some weekends. Things have calmed down, but I also finally have a calling at Church. I am the Second Counselor in the Young Women’s presidency. It has been a lot of fun, though none of the girls are very "girly" and I don’t feel like I can relate to them. Welcome to Spanish Fork! It is just so weird to me that they don’t care about makeup, hair and nails. I think I should probably work on fixing that.

I am so excited for the upcoming Holidays! My parents are coming to Utah for Thanksgiving and we are going to celebrate my grandmother’s 90^th birthday, which happens to be on Thanksgiving. Christmas plans haven’t been finalized yet, but it looks like Kevin and I will be spending our first Christmas together by ourselves. I am kind of excited about it, though I will miss my family. I am sure we will meet up with some of them the day before or after or something.

For those who are wondering, I am not pregnant. Need to make a doctor’s appointment to see if we can figure out why. I find it so awkward when people ask (well people I don’t know that well) because it is such a sensitive subject and I start crying almost every time I tell them no. I know it will happen, I just have to be patient.

Married life has been great. Not perfect, but great. I can’t believe it has already been more than seven months. Pretty soon it will be a year and that just baffles me. My wedding dress will finally get paid off next week, which will really mean all the wedding stuff is over. Of course there are all those thank you cards that never got written . . .

Kevin still travels a ton, but I am coping. I try to turn the time into my productive time. Kevin bought me a sewing machine for our six month anniversary and I have been putting together projects. I haven't started any of them yet, but I hope to soon.

I have really gotten into baking, and Halloween was way too much fun for me. I will have to post food pics later.

And that's a quick update on my life.

Working Girl

Well, I'm entering the workforce again. Tomorrow. I have been trying to avoid getting a job since I got married, but I knew the day would come eventually. Starting tomorrow I will be the new Marketing Director at eFileCabinet. (I actually don't know if my title will actually be Marketing Director, but I'm sticking with that until I hear otherwise.) For some of you, that company name may sound familiar. Yes, that is where I was employed when I met my dear husband. I was the Events Coordinator for 2 years, then got let go do to downsizing a little over a year ago. The current Marketing Director quit yesterday and the CEO immediately thought of hiring me. He knew I would never come back and work there until she was gone (we didn't get along to say the least) and seems genuinely excited to have me back. I know he is panicked because they have a huge product launch on the 23rd. Luckily, I know the product pretty well, so things should transition pretty smoothly.

When I got laid off last year, my job responsibilities mostly got shifted over to marketing, so I will still be doing all of those tasks, among more marketing focused assignments.

Since Kevin still works at there, they are putting my on a 3-month trial basis, just to make sure there aren't any problems. Kevin couldn't be happier. He gets to see me A LOT more, and we can pay off all of our debts and start saving money. We get to carpool, so we get to save even more money!

I think this will be a really good experience. I can't believe how perfect everything seems to be working out. I feel incredibly blessed.

Words of Wisdom

My mom emailed this to me tonight and I thought it was pretty funny.

Washington Lake

Most people who have ever met me know that I am not much of a camper. I pretty much hate camping. BUT . . . somehow my lovely husband and my family talked me into going camping over the 24th weekend. Most of my dad's side of the family go camping each year, and we were invited to go with them this year. The campsite was a large group site up at Washington Lake in the Uintas. Very close to Mirror Lake, for those of you who are familiar with the area.

The only way that I was persuaded was that we only slept there one night, and my aunt and uncle let me use the "facilities" in their RV. And I have to admit, I actually had a good time. There were over 35 people in our group, so there was always a lot going on. We were just a few min walk from the Lake, which was gorgeous. We had a ton of delicious food and the weather was perfect! If it weren't for my husband's snoring (I only got about 4 hours of sleep because of it) I think I would have been willing to stay another night.

The second say we drove up to Mirror Lake so some people could do some fishing up there. I enjoyed working on crossword puzzles with my little brother in the nice fresh air. Here are a few pics from the trip.

Katy's Senior Pics

My little sister, Katy, will be a senior in the Fall and wanted her senior pictures taken while she was out here last week. I don't have much experience with photographing people professionally, but I thought I would give it a shot. (Pun intended.) Here are some of my favorites.

I Was Asked to Speak On . . .

I have to give a talk on Sunday for the first time in over 8 years. Some how I managed to sneak under the radar through all my BYU wards and years beyond. At least I get to spend most of my time introducing us. I'm still terrified though. Every talk I have heard here in Spanish Fork have mentioned either hunting or farming and I don't know anything about either one of those. I don't know how I am going to relate to my audience. Wish me luck!

Celebrating Freedom

Fourth of July Weekend was a blast. Here are a few pics from our many festivities, including Patio of Fire, Stadium of Fire, my Dad's birthday party and the Layton City Fun Run that my family ran/walked. Most of them are of my nieces and nephew because they are the cutest!

Kevin and I enjoying the Patio of Fire.

Cool formation at the Stadium of Fire

None of my pics of Carrie Underwood came out, so here is a pic of Kevin and me and instead!

My family decided to run/walk a 5k on Monday. Kevin pushed my niece and nephew most of the way, he was excited to finish.

My dad pushed my almost 90-year-old grandma. She loved it.

Nephew Liam loved the race.


We finished, phew!

Warming up after swimming in the pool. Check out those blue eyes!

Jessica is ready for a swim!

Isabel not crying for once.

Kaylee is just too cute!