We were living in Las Vegas while Jon went to graduate school at UNLV. He completed his first year with almost straight A's. He truly enjoyed school and studied very hard. While he was going to school he was an intern at the Water Department for the city of Las Vegas. However due to the economic struggles that this country is facing, he and many others were let go. So here we were...going to school, trying to raise a family and jobless. As hard as he tried to get interviews for various jobs..no one was hiring. We were at a stand still. Months have gone by and he heard that they were hiring out in Washington. Where we moved from before living in Vegas. He flew out there, hoping to find success at the job fair, put his resume out there and worked the crowd. Fast forward to a couple months later....He gets a phone call saying that they wanted to interview him first over the phone. That was a success. Now they wanted an in person interview back in Washington....And that was a success!!!!!!! He got a job offer and there was NO turning back. It was a hard decision whether or not to finish school in Vegas and just hope we get a job...OR...put his masters degree on hold for a little bit and move to Washington where a job was waiting for him. Not just a job-but a career. We prayed about it and knew that we needed to move back.
So there you go. That is how we ended back here in Tri Cities, Washington. We're loving every minute of it. This place truly feels like home.
Jon's new job graciously put us up in Corporate housing until we were able to find a place of our own. We originally were just planning on a month but finding a place to call "Home" was a little bit more difficult than anticipated. We were given permission to extend our stay at Corporate housing for another month. However we didn't need that much time being that I found an apartment that had an opening and that just so happened to be our number one pick, was also somewhat close to work, affordable, really nice, BIG and on the bottom floor!!!
This is what I woke up to one morning. THis is what happens when mommy isnt around and daddy is responsible for dressing the child. Good thing he didnt take her outside.
Take Four: Perfection! (weird..take four...four year anniversary? haha)
So, I am a planner. I plan things months in advance and I have every minute acquired for when planning some one's birthday Day. We started off the morning by having my yummy (yet very fatty) Bagel-Cream Cheese-Breakfast Sandwich. He opened some cards, in which he received lots of dinero (thanks to his parents and my parents) I then told him I was picking his clothes out for his Big Birthday Surprise. He was sooo frustrated with me simply bc I wouldn't even give him a clue as to where it was I was taking him. Jon's sister Megan was invited by me and I told her to be at our place at 930am. She was right on the dot. Then we all proceeded out there door to the Birthday Mystery. We all were dressed in comfortable clothes, socks and sneakers. I printed off directions so I wouldn't get lost. We finally arrive at his Bday Surprise. INDOOR SKYDIVING! He and Megan had a blast doing it. (I was too chicken to do it) But Keira and I had a blast watching them through the glass windows. Afterwards, came home for lunch. Then I made his traditional request for his birthday dinner. Stir Fry and fried Rice. We usually go out to a restaurant, but since we were trying to save some dinero, I made it all by scratch. I then made my Grandma Justice's Chocolate cake. It is to DIE for. We had some friends come over to eat some mouth watering cake and to sing him a loud version of Happy Birthday!
(Whoops..this pic is supposed to be with jon's bday...)
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Take Four
