So, since the last time I wrote was over a month ago, let's update you all. We've been quite busy with vacation type of trips and working. To start, I didn't get the Dental Office job of my dreams, but they are planning on expanding in a couple months. All I can do is hope and pray they will call for that! Keith's still working like crazy. Poor guy, I swear he hardly sleeps. Today was my last day subbing in the Life Skills room at Highlands. It's sad to go but, hello summer!
Keith and I were able to go to Oregon for Tyson and Kelsie's graduation party. While everyone in the house was either working or going to school, Keith and I were able to spend the day in Portland. We took the Tram to the mall, and the zoo. We got lost a little bit but luckily found nice enough ( and normal enough ) people to help us out. (You'd be surprised at the people you meet on a free type of bus.) At the mall we shopped for Tyson's graduation gift and my birthday shopping. We got to go into most of my favorite stores and shop TAX FREE! Gosh how I love that! After the mall we went to 5th Ave and spent a little bit of time in the "ritsy mall" with Juicy, Nine West, Gucci and other overly priced stores :) After 5th Ave we took the Tram to the Oregon Zoo, (there are pictures on FB). We had a blast there! We were able to see most of the animals, sadly not the lions, we couldn't find them, and take a ton of pictures. We bought some delicious fudge from the gift store and then went back to Aunt Marie's. She had made "pounds of food" for the graduation party, and let's just say, I'm sure we all gained about 45 pounds. Or maybe that was just me... (:
After our 3 day trip in Portland we headed back home. Upon arrival, I sent Keith to pickup the car while I waited for the checked baggage. Once I got the bag I went outside to see Keith nowhere in sight. Well I was pretty sure it didn't take 20 minutes to walk to the staff parking lot and get the car so I gave him a ring. Come to find out, the car wouldn't start. We called mom to come try and jump it, interrupting her from her nap, and because she is a fantastic woman, she crawled out of bed and came to the rescue. Sadly, a jump was not what we needed. About 30 minutes later and a couple arguments, we called the tow truck. Towed our car to our mechanic and had Grandpa come get us. (What amazing family we have BTW. Always willing to help us in tough situations).
So we went back home and started to pack for the camping trip we were leaving on in about 3 hours. Nicole and Curtis came and got us, we made some last minute stops and off we were on our next adventure. We only got kind of lost on the way up there. We had a ton of fun at Camp Zarahemla. Canoeing, biking, attempting to start fires, making s'mores and just being outdoors. Nights were absolutely freezing, but luckily, my husband is an incubator. The boys explored everything, Nicole and I stayed at camp and did what girls do. We decided 3 days of camping was good enough, partly because we needed to make it home in time for church and partly because we only had junk food left. (Chips and cheese balls aren't exactly the best breakfast, lunch and dinner foods.) So Saturday morning we headed back to Tri-Town, but not before we hit up Miner's. And can I say it was delightfully delicious?!
When we got home, stopped by the mechanic, after calling him and finding out our car started right after we left, and everyday after that, and picked up our car. We had also talked to mom and found out while we were gone, Lily, our dog, had ran around town for about 3 hours, and scratched up the carpet on the stairs. Darn that dog for putting our poor sister and her mother-in-law through all that chasing around. Lily eventually ran home and acted like nothing happened. She's a stinker.
More recently, I shopped like a maniac today at Bed, Bath and Beyond. I bought a vacuum, a blender/grinder, laundry baskets, a batter dispenser and some travel mugs for less that $150 thanks to their bridal close out thing.
Keith and I are still looking for a place to put all this nice stuff to use. I know we will eventually find one, but it can't come soon enough! We absolutely LOVE staying with Grandma and Grandpa, but as everyone knows, living completely on your own is way different, even if we hardly ever see them!
I was able to play cards with Grandma and, yes, even Grandpa played! The three of us played Skip-O, and Grandpa kicked our bums. He's so deceiving! (:
This month will also be a busy month, with Father's day, Dad's birthday, Derick and Kayla's wedding, and hoopfest, we will surely be busy again. On top of that, we only have about 2-3 more pages of Thank Yous to do. My goal was to have them done by Shayla's wedding, but that's about 2 weeks overdue! Next goal, done by the month of June! We can do this!
That's our past month in a nutshell. We hope you all enjoy our crazy life!
No comments:
Post a Comment