Friday, May 27, 2011

A school year gone by


It's the last day of first grade for Chase boy. Here's a picture on the first day of school and on the last day. He's has definitely gotten taller and he's turning more into a bigger boy. He has learned a lot this year, as well as he should. He did wonderful in school, he is an excellent reader, and he's a good friend. I love him.



Logan hasn't changed a whole lot other than that he's definitely grown a whole size. I noticed that he was fitting on his bike pretty comfortably the other day. When we bought it a year ago, he was a little small for it. He is still at home for another year with me since he is not five by August. He is already getting bored...and I will have to be proactive in entertaining him next year. He has grown a lot too. It's fun to see a small child go from just learning his ABC's to learning how to read simple words. They learn so much at these young ages. Love em.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

What's one more move...again

Well, life is changing dramatically again for us. (*sigh*) Jon finished grad school last August in Montana, we moved to Utah in October and that job we took ended up tanking 6 weeks after we took it. All that time we've been looking around for a better situation. We have tried very hard to make it work in Utah. We really have, but things have not worked out in that particular direction.

At the begining of the year, we found a job posting through a recruiter with a great hospital system in MT. It's just about where I grew up. We himmed and hawed about it, wondering if we should apply, because neither of us really desired to live in that town. We knew the town and knew it was doable, not our favorite, but we could live there. (Just being honest) The job started out as a family practice job in instant care, then somehow morphed into an internal med job, and lastly it turned into a sports med/orthopedics job. This was interesting, because Jon really digs that area of medicine, but it usually happens in a surgical setting and Jon isn't really interested in surgery. To sum it up, a non surgical orthopedic job is really rare.

We flew up and did the interview and felt like the situation could be a good one. When all the final details came together, it made sense to take the job. And it doesn't help that things all fit together well, like coincidence, which we don't necessarily believe in. It feels right to take the job even though once in awhile we will feel a little discouraged about small things like how bloody cold and long the winter is and the lack of things to do.

You just have to focus on the positive and we are very grateful that we feel blessed with a good job that we think Jon will enjoy, that there is a good income and good benefits, and we get to live near some of my family. Its funny that a lot of couples end up settling near the wife's family because that's what she wants. I wasn't one of those people...yet here I am settling near my family. And that's ok. We feel good about it. For some reason, we are meant to go there. So there is the big news. Another move, which makes two moves in less than a year. Yipee!!! I have become a pro at moving. (And the hospital is giving us a huge moving allowance...so we are having a moving company take care of things. I am super duper excited about that).

We are moving the end of July.

And here's a couple pictures of my boys. It has been so rainy and snowy and windy this spring. We took advantage of a warm weekend.



Logan is a spunky kid. He will rarely give me a normal picture. But at least I get to cherish his true personality through pictures.





Sunday, May 15, 2011

GIRLS WEEKEND


Recently, we had a girls weekend (the gals in Jon's family and I) We went to Las Vegas where we ate out at delicious restaurants, shopped at fun stores, walked till our feet ached, saw some cool things and some trashy things, and recognized that the late night clubbing fashion trend was iddy biddy little mini dresses that didn't fit hardly a single gal. Awkward.


Caesars Palace will always remain my fav


This picture was the highlight of the trip. We were driving down the strip and we suddenly saw Snow White, which immediately elicited an "ahhhh" from us girls, until we got a close up view. This was a VEGAS snow white. So classic Vegas. Little girls were walking by and dropping their jaws at her. Their image of the classic Princess is so tainted now.




We saw Mystere, which was very exciting to watch, as well as very mysterious...


So thank you gals for a wonderful weekend. I had a lot of fun and really enjoyed spending time with you. Let's do it again!