Thursday, July 28, 2011

This makes me HAPPY!!

So I am working on pictures and new post, but in the meantime I wanted to share this little gem. It makes me so HaPpY!! Isn't it so freaking cute? When I have a house with a porch one day, this will be on it! Yay!
Here's the link - http://www.notjustahousewife.net/2011/07/old-door-privacy-screen.html

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Update & Meg's Wedding

Well I've been at my new job for just over a month now. It's been really great. Everyone is very nice and always introduce themselves. There are at least 160 people here at the office so I don't know everyone (yet...), but due to the fact that I have a giant candy bowl sitting right in front of my desk, I think I will get to know just about everyone. :) I'll take some pictures and post them soon. (Oh, and I get my own business cards too! Amazing!) I'm very excited for that. So on my last day at Mechatronics the girls put together a cute little basket with all of my favorite stuff. It was so sweet. So I said my goodbyes and ran out the door so that Andy and I could make our flight to Utah - really didn't have to rush that much, we had plenty of time - but the flight was good, nice and fast. My sweet brother Rich came and picked us up (which I was so glad he did, because I felt like that was the only time we really got to spend with him!) He gave us a quick update on his "dating life" and I'm so happy for him. He's so cute and so happy! We got up the next morning and Mom and I went out to Meg's house to start setting up for the wedding. It was so fun to spend that time with Mom and Meg, I can't remember the last time we were together - laughing, crying and having fun. It was pretty crazy, getting everything all ready. The weather was so hot and I was loving the sun. So finally we got the outside all set up and then had to rush to get all pretty. It was fun being able to get Meg in her dress and veil. She looked so pretty!!! We had to squeeze that little baby inside nice and tight. Haha! We were running a little behind, so all the men and guests were waiting for us. I wasn't there for the rehearsal dinner and I have never had to walk down an aisle before, so I was a little nervous, but it was really easy. It was kind of cool to be able to stand next to my sissy and get to see her and Josh's sweet faces. They are so in love and it made me cry! I love them. The ceremony was really neat and I really like Josh's pastor, who married them. Right after the ceremony and after we got all of the tables and food set up...it starting blowing really hard and started raining like CRAZY! I couldn't believe it. The weather was perfect all day until the reception. So we picked up everything and put it back in the house and just waited for people to come. As they came, so many just said a quick hello to Meg and Josh and then left because the house just wasn't set up (or big enough) to have people sit and chat. It was too bad, but I just kept looking at Meg and she couldn't keep the smile off of her face! She was just so happy, she didn't even care that it was pouring outside. The weather eventually cleared up and we were able to sit and chat with Whit and Janny. It was so good to see them, but I really missed my Linds. It was so weird coming to Utah and not being able to see ALL of my girls. We eventually had to say goodbye and get home. I love seeing all of our family (and actually getting to see my extended family this time too!) It was so fun to see the kids and watching Andy play with them made me so happy! He's so cute. I love those little kids so much, it's crazy to see them growing up so fast. Little Jadee will be baptized next year!! So crazy. I sometimes wish we were able to visit for Christmas because I will have 3 new little babies to see (Linds, Meg, and Shelly) But I am so excited to go on our cruise and I wouldn't trade that for anything! I don't have any pictures to post because I can't find my dang camera cord...I'll keep looking and hopefully I can get some pictures up soon.

Friday, July 1, 2011

New Job!!!

Well, some of you know already, but I have a NEW JOB! Yay! I've been looking around for quite a while because I just wasn't enjoying what I was doing and the commute was killing me...yeah yeah, it was only 30 minutes. But to drive 30 minutes to a job you don't like and a company you don't really respect...made it seem like 3 hours! :) So after a few rejections, I decided to stop looking. And after a month, this company calls me out of the blue. They are called MulvannyG2, an architectural design company that is based out of Bellevue (10 minutes from my house!!). They had an opening available for Administrative Assistant/Receptionist. I figured I might as well go for an interview because Architecture seems interesting. So I show up and the office is literally, the prettiest office I've ever set foot in! I love it. The interview went great and a week later they offered me the job (I got an offer letter and everything!) So I accepted, obviously, and I start on July 11th. I am seriously so excited because not only will I be closer to home, but I will be working for the #1 Top Rated Company to work for - no lie, look it up! :) I feel so blessed and am very grateful to have finally found a job that will make me happy. And there's a BONUS...I get to work downtown with Andy so we will be able to meet up for "lunch". JK... haha! I will miss some of the people that I worked with though, especially my friend Michele, who if it wasn't for her, I would have quit a year ago, even without a new job. She made that job bearable and she has become a great friend! But we will make sure to still get together...fo sho! Right, Michele? :)
And next week I am so excited because it's my big sister's wedding! I am so happy for her! She deserves this so much and I love that she is marrying someone that loves her so much, respects her, and who I know will take care of her (and the little one) the rest of their lives. Andy and I are so excited to spend some time with her and the rest of the fam, even though it'll be for like 36 hours...Unfortunately, we had already planned and paid for our cruise in October, so we were out of time-off for work (don't get me wrong, sooooo excited for our cruise!), but I just wish I could be there to help with everything before the big day. But at least we'll be there and we honestly couldn't be happier! Love you Meg - see you in 7 days!