So, a lot has happened since the last time I posted. First off, Josh got a promotion at work. He will be assistant manager of the Twin Falls/Hailey Branch. So we are moving this weekend. Josh will be starting his new position on Monday, Aug 1st. I'll be staying at my job here in Boise until I find a new one over there. I'll only be working 3 days a week here so the majority of my time will still be in Twin Falls.
We also went to family reunion this weekend for my Mom's side of the family and it was so great! All of us cousin's are grown up and our family is growing! We started out by going to the Manti Temple, which was such a great experience to have the family there and know that we are all on the right path! We then continued on to my Uncle's cabin which he's still working on, but it was nice and big and plenty of room for all of us!!
Josh was most excited to be able to ride the horses, so we went on about 1 1/2 hour ride and that was fun. We even got to have the horses run for a bit which wasn't something I had gotten to experience before and I enjoyed it so much!!
The rest of the time was spend hanging out with family and taking naps and everything was awesome! I am definitely looking forward to continuing that every year. We used to do family reunions every year when Grandma was alive, but after she passed we've only done it once or twice. I'm glad we'll be starting to do them more often. I miss being able to see my cousins and know what is going on with everyone.
The next big trip is Disney World!! Only 4 months away and I just can not wait! It should be a lot of fun for Josh and I!
Well, I guess I'm not very good at elaborating on anything, so still a short post, but plenty happening! Back to packing now :)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Loving Summer!
So it's been almost 2 months since I last updated!! I don't think too much has really changed though. Summer has finally arrived and it has been so hot and sunshiney and beautiful!! I haven't gotten to enjoy being outside too much yet though :(
On the fourth I had a day off of work so spent it in Nampa with the family and that was a lot of fun! It was the perfect temperature to play outside in the water and splash around and enjoy the company of my nieces and mom and dad and sister. While we were all playing in the water dad built the kids a treehouse! It looked great! He's such an amazing guy, got it all built and put together and I don't think it took more than 3 hours!! The girls of course absolutely loved it!! Josh had to work that day so that was 3 Independence days in row that we didn't get to spend together. We are determined to be able to enjoy the holiday together next year!!!
We have put a hold on the house hunting until we know a bit more about what our next "life" step is going to be. Which is basically all going to come down to Josh's promotion and where that will take us. Hopefully we'll know before too much longer. He grills (takes this test and interviews with the area manager I think it is?? to be able to go from Management Trainee to Asst. Manager) on Tuesday and after he passes with flying colors (as he does with any test and everything else he ever tries) he'll be able to apply for the position!!
I am still loving my job and hoping that I get to continue to advance in my career as well, or I might end up as a stay at home mom, or work a couple days a week, depending on what happens next!!
Our trip to DisneyWorld is all planned and set and I am looking forward to December and know it will be here before we know it!!!
Well, I think that is a pretty good summary of the past two months! Not much changes when all we do is work!!
Oh yeah.. and my hair is now purple...
On the fourth I had a day off of work so spent it in Nampa with the family and that was a lot of fun! It was the perfect temperature to play outside in the water and splash around and enjoy the company of my nieces and mom and dad and sister. While we were all playing in the water dad built the kids a treehouse! It looked great! He's such an amazing guy, got it all built and put together and I don't think it took more than 3 hours!! The girls of course absolutely loved it!! Josh had to work that day so that was 3 Independence days in row that we didn't get to spend together. We are determined to be able to enjoy the holiday together next year!!!
We have put a hold on the house hunting until we know a bit more about what our next "life" step is going to be. Which is basically all going to come down to Josh's promotion and where that will take us. Hopefully we'll know before too much longer. He grills (takes this test and interviews with the area manager I think it is?? to be able to go from Management Trainee to Asst. Manager) on Tuesday and after he passes with flying colors (as he does with any test and everything else he ever tries) he'll be able to apply for the position!!
I am still loving my job and hoping that I get to continue to advance in my career as well, or I might end up as a stay at home mom, or work a couple days a week, depending on what happens next!!
Our trip to DisneyWorld is all planned and set and I am looking forward to December and know it will be here before we know it!!!
Well, I think that is a pretty good summary of the past two months! Not much changes when all we do is work!!
Oh yeah.. and my hair is now purple...
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Summer
The weather has begun to warm up, on some days anyway. It is so wonderful! I never realize how much I miss the sunshine until I am able to experience it again! Josh and I have been trying to spend as much time outside as we can after work, on weekends, just any chance we get and soak it all up. We are very anxious to begin going on our camping trips every weekend we are able to and have summer here and all the fun that it brings!!
As of now we haven't had too many changes to our lives. Josh is at the airport now working, which means his schedule changes every week, but he's gotta put his time in there to continue to move forward with his career and it's a different atmosphere than working at the other branch, which is referred to as "home city" and he's enjoying it. Only 1 1/2 months now until he can grill and apply for an assistant manager position, which is very exciting!!
I've still been loving everything about my job and am working hard to move up within the company. It definitely requires a lot of patience but I am not in too big of a rush and just want to learn all that I can!
Hopefully the weather continues to stay nice this weekend and we can get some sun and maybe begin working on our tans! haha. I know Josh will be tan quick, he has good skin like that, I take a lot longer and have to be careful not to burn but it's still so so nice to feel the sun on my skin!
Hope everyone is well.
Love Josh and Jennifer
As of now we haven't had too many changes to our lives. Josh is at the airport now working, which means his schedule changes every week, but he's gotta put his time in there to continue to move forward with his career and it's a different atmosphere than working at the other branch, which is referred to as "home city" and he's enjoying it. Only 1 1/2 months now until he can grill and apply for an assistant manager position, which is very exciting!!
I've still been loving everything about my job and am working hard to move up within the company. It definitely requires a lot of patience but I am not in too big of a rush and just want to learn all that I can!
Hopefully the weather continues to stay nice this weekend and we can get some sun and maybe begin working on our tans! haha. I know Josh will be tan quick, he has good skin like that, I take a lot longer and have to be careful not to burn but it's still so so nice to feel the sun on my skin!
Hope everyone is well.
Love Josh and Jennifer
Monday, March 28, 2011
Being Grown Ups
Sometimes, I still feel like a little girl playing house. Other times, I wish I really were just playing house, then all these decisions we have to make would not be so permanent. haha. Josh and I have been super busy it seems, though when I think back to all the things we do during the week, it doesn't seem as much as it does when they're happening. This is the first night in 2 weeks that I've been able to come home from work and spend the whole night in! Josh is out playing with his brother and friends, enjoying the sun staying out so late!! He was just so excited when he got home for work and wanting to go play play play! I forget sometimes how much spring and summer can bring joy and so much extra energy to want to do more than sit at home and be cough potatoes.
Not too much has changed recently, I am still loving every moment of my job (should I call it a career now??) and am so excited for the future it holds and how much there still is to learn! Josh is still excelling at his job and has big plans there as well!
Our biggest news at this time, is we have started the process of buying a home. We are still in the very very early stages! We filled out the loan paperwork on Wednesday, and are waiting to hear back from the bank and get our pre-approval letter so we can start making some offers! We had begun looking at houses, but I realized that it's too frustrating finding a house, and not being able to put an offer in and having to stand helplessly by while others can put in offers. So until I have the ability to put an offer in on a house, we are going to hold-off looking. A.K.A Josh will stop looking and I will maybe only spend 1/2 hour each day looking instead of that being the only thing I do outside of working hours. lol.
We are headed to Rexburg this weekend and I'm so excited for our mini-vacation. We each took Fri and Mon off of our jobs so we can enjoy more than just 2 days together!! As hard as it is sometimes to remember that we went from spending every minute of every day together, to now being seperated for about 11 hours each day is hard, but there are so many rewards and blessings from it that we survive. :)
We have done great at our goal so far of going to the temple once a week, and just love the feeling that brings. We have also started a goal of one chapter in Jesus The Christ on Monday nights for family home evening. This is to go along with our scripture reading, which this year we are reading the New Testament. I don't remember if I said or not, but last year we read the Book of Mormon. That was my first time ever reading through all of it, and it was great to be able to read it with someone as knowledgeable as Josh who could answer my questions and understand parts better than I. He is just such a wonderful man and I am so glad to get to spend forever with him!!
I hope all is well with everyone, and I will update soon... or later... :)
Not too much has changed recently, I am still loving every moment of my job (should I call it a career now??) and am so excited for the future it holds and how much there still is to learn! Josh is still excelling at his job and has big plans there as well!
Our biggest news at this time, is we have started the process of buying a home. We are still in the very very early stages! We filled out the loan paperwork on Wednesday, and are waiting to hear back from the bank and get our pre-approval letter so we can start making some offers! We had begun looking at houses, but I realized that it's too frustrating finding a house, and not being able to put an offer in and having to stand helplessly by while others can put in offers. So until I have the ability to put an offer in on a house, we are going to hold-off looking. A.K.A Josh will stop looking and I will maybe only spend 1/2 hour each day looking instead of that being the only thing I do outside of working hours. lol.
We are headed to Rexburg this weekend and I'm so excited for our mini-vacation. We each took Fri and Mon off of our jobs so we can enjoy more than just 2 days together!! As hard as it is sometimes to remember that we went from spending every minute of every day together, to now being seperated for about 11 hours each day is hard, but there are so many rewards and blessings from it that we survive. :)
We have done great at our goal so far of going to the temple once a week, and just love the feeling that brings. We have also started a goal of one chapter in Jesus The Christ on Monday nights for family home evening. This is to go along with our scripture reading, which this year we are reading the New Testament. I don't remember if I said or not, but last year we read the Book of Mormon. That was my first time ever reading through all of it, and it was great to be able to read it with someone as knowledgeable as Josh who could answer my questions and understand parts better than I. He is just such a wonderful man and I am so glad to get to spend forever with him!!
I hope all is well with everyone, and I will update soon... or later... :)
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Procrastinate Much?
So, I haven't written in a while. I kept thinking about it, there were sure a lot of things to update on! I just never made myself sit down and write it all out. Now it has been so long this will probably be a quick summarized post, since details do not always seem as important a month or so after the fact. haha.
Well Josh and I are both doing great. We both still enjoy our jobs very much and are excited to pursue our careers. We are also thankful everyday to both of us being able to work and support each other. I took a full-time position at one clinic, State Street, so I'll have a set schedule now and maybe get in to a more regular routine. Of course I've been working at this job for 6 months and Josh has been at his for 3, so you would think we were very well adjusted by now, but not quite yet.
We had a great Christmas and New Years, spending time with Family and Friends. We also made it to the temple and were Sealed for Time and all Eternity on January 8, 2011. Which was also my wonderful brother, Jonathan's, birthday! That was a great time and wonderful experience and we're so lucky to have the gospel in our lives!!
Pixie has been doing well and learning a lot in a very short amount of time. There are still a few kinks to work out, but looking back at how it used to be, she has matured a lot! Her first birthday is Thurs Feb 3, and to celebrate... I brought a new kitten home... ha ha. It was a bit spontaneous, but I have been wanting a friend for Pixie while Josh and I are at work all day and this seemed like a good opportunity and I took it. As of this moment, both animals are on opposite sides of the couch staring each other down, randomly whining, growling, hissing... but they have yet to make physical contact so I'm thinking it is not near as bad as it could be. Then again, I still don't know much about cats, or any pet for that matter, just what I have learned while I've had Pixie, so I could be wrong.
No name yet for the new kitten. She is smoky gray with yellow eyes. I keep thinking of characters from books to name her after. I tried to do that with Pixie as well, but it didn't work out, ha ha.
Well, I think that about sums everything up as best as can be summed... if that sentence made any sense at all? I will try to post more regularly as events occur and not wait so long so I have more details!!
Oh, p.s. the kitten is super attached to Josh. We only had her here maybe an hour before we went to bed, and she slept on Josh's pillow right above his head. She also groomed him quite a bit. It was quite hilarious and very adorable!!
Well Josh and I are both doing great. We both still enjoy our jobs very much and are excited to pursue our careers. We are also thankful everyday to both of us being able to work and support each other. I took a full-time position at one clinic, State Street, so I'll have a set schedule now and maybe get in to a more regular routine. Of course I've been working at this job for 6 months and Josh has been at his for 3, so you would think we were very well adjusted by now, but not quite yet.
We had a great Christmas and New Years, spending time with Family and Friends. We also made it to the temple and were Sealed for Time and all Eternity on January 8, 2011. Which was also my wonderful brother, Jonathan's, birthday! That was a great time and wonderful experience and we're so lucky to have the gospel in our lives!!
Pixie has been doing well and learning a lot in a very short amount of time. There are still a few kinks to work out, but looking back at how it used to be, she has matured a lot! Her first birthday is Thurs Feb 3, and to celebrate... I brought a new kitten home... ha ha. It was a bit spontaneous, but I have been wanting a friend for Pixie while Josh and I are at work all day and this seemed like a good opportunity and I took it. As of this moment, both animals are on opposite sides of the couch staring each other down, randomly whining, growling, hissing... but they have yet to make physical contact so I'm thinking it is not near as bad as it could be. Then again, I still don't know much about cats, or any pet for that matter, just what I have learned while I've had Pixie, so I could be wrong.
No name yet for the new kitten. She is smoky gray with yellow eyes. I keep thinking of characters from books to name her after. I tried to do that with Pixie as well, but it didn't work out, ha ha.
Well, I think that about sums everything up as best as can be summed... if that sentence made any sense at all? I will try to post more regularly as events occur and not wait so long so I have more details!!
Oh, p.s. the kitten is super attached to Josh. We only had her here maybe an hour before we went to bed, and she slept on Josh's pillow right above his head. She also groomed him quite a bit. It was quite hilarious and very adorable!!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
First Time
So, I have never been ice skating. Well, yesterday for my mom's birthday my dad had all us kids (and spouses and grandchildren) meet at Ice World to surprise her for a night of ice skating and family time!! It was so great to see everyone participate. Well, everyone that could, since Jonathan lives in UT so can't always make it to these things, and Tessa is due any day now so she wasn't able to skate either. Little Brooklyn who isn't even 2 yet had skates and had a blast getting to go around the rink! Either one of us would hold her hands or we got these helper bar things that she could hold on to to skate along. Abbigail and Olivia used these as wells when one of us wasn't holding their hands.
I had a great time, and did not find it as difficult as everyone says it is. It seemed like rollerblading to me, and I picked it up pretty quickly and was zooming around the rink. I never even fell down, which was great! I'm definitely anxious to be able to go again!!
Well it's almost the weekend and we have a busy one ahead of us! Fri night after work we are having the missionaries over for dinner. I'm really excited, as a young girl I always enjoyed when my parents had them over, so now I get to do it as an adult and prepare a meal and everything! Sometimes I just really enjoy playing hostess. :)
Saturday Josh has a bazaar type thing to go to and twist balloons. I have visiting teaching, and then that night is my work Christmas party. I'm sure it will all be very exciting, but I'm definitley looking forward to Sunday when we just have church to go to and we can enjoy most of the day just the two of us relaxing on the couch and getting to sleep in a little bit.
Not much else has happened since the last post, but I'll be sure to continue updating!!
Love
Josh and Jennifer.
I had a great time, and did not find it as difficult as everyone says it is. It seemed like rollerblading to me, and I picked it up pretty quickly and was zooming around the rink. I never even fell down, which was great! I'm definitely anxious to be able to go again!!
Well it's almost the weekend and we have a busy one ahead of us! Fri night after work we are having the missionaries over for dinner. I'm really excited, as a young girl I always enjoyed when my parents had them over, so now I get to do it as an adult and prepare a meal and everything! Sometimes I just really enjoy playing hostess. :)
Saturday Josh has a bazaar type thing to go to and twist balloons. I have visiting teaching, and then that night is my work Christmas party. I'm sure it will all be very exciting, but I'm definitley looking forward to Sunday when we just have church to go to and we can enjoy most of the day just the two of us relaxing on the couch and getting to sleep in a little bit.
Not much else has happened since the last post, but I'll be sure to continue updating!!
Love
Josh and Jennifer.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Busy Lives
Josh and I have been busy busy with work and moving and trying to keep up with the holiday rush. We've pretty much gotten all our christmas shopping done, except for perhaps for one another. I had gotten Josh an Xbox 360 with kinect, but I gave that to him over Thanksgiving because I just couldn't wait any longer. Ha-ha.
We moved back in to the townhouse and so far it's been great. We set up our furniture differently so the front room has much more space, or it seems that way, anyway. We also had to get a new Washer & Dryer, and those are currently being delivered/set up right now. As well as our new fridge. The fridge we thought we had turned out not to work, and the drain pipe on our old washer broke, and the dryer was old, took forever to dry, and the heating element was going out, so neither of these were worth replacing to us, so we just got new ones. I'm excited to be able to do some laundry now! As well as we'll have food in the house again, we've been having to eat out or be creative with food. Who knew how important milk, eggs, cheese, or even having a place to store leftover was!!
We're also 2 weeks away from our Anniversary and have reservations for dinner as well as at a King Suite in a hotel so it should be a nice first Anniversary! :) Next year we're hoping to go back to Disneyland, or on a cruise, or Disneyworld, which will be lots of fun!
I don't think there is much more to update on at this moment. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the holiday season!!
Love
Josh and Jennifer
We moved back in to the townhouse and so far it's been great. We set up our furniture differently so the front room has much more space, or it seems that way, anyway. We also had to get a new Washer & Dryer, and those are currently being delivered/set up right now. As well as our new fridge. The fridge we thought we had turned out not to work, and the drain pipe on our old washer broke, and the dryer was old, took forever to dry, and the heating element was going out, so neither of these were worth replacing to us, so we just got new ones. I'm excited to be able to do some laundry now! As well as we'll have food in the house again, we've been having to eat out or be creative with food. Who knew how important milk, eggs, cheese, or even having a place to store leftover was!!
We're also 2 weeks away from our Anniversary and have reservations for dinner as well as at a King Suite in a hotel so it should be a nice first Anniversary! :) Next year we're hoping to go back to Disneyland, or on a cruise, or Disneyworld, which will be lots of fun!
I don't think there is much more to update on at this moment. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the holiday season!!
Love
Josh and Jennifer
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