Beginning of 2014

So far this year has been pretty great. My brother came home from Fiji! It was so exciting to pick him up and see him again. Its been so long since our family has been together. Karson left a few months before Colby had come home.

Were all together once again! Welcome home Kars

4.11.14

Over Memorial day weekend we went with Aarons Family to Island Park, Wyoming, and Montana.

Mesa Falls, Id

Hot Pots

Old Faithful

The next weekend we went camping for my friends birthday and It was our last chance to have a weekend get away before Aaron started working.... Every weekend.


Three weeks ago I got a call from our Bishop. He said he wanted me to call him back. I asked Aaron if he had gotten a phone call phone him, when he said no, I knew I was getting a new calling. We have been married for over a year and a half and have been in the nursery since day one. It has had it's ups and downs. The kids are so cute but they sure can be very whiny, and for some one who isn't around kids very much, it's really hard to deal with. I have no patience for it. As much as I wanted out of the calling to give me a break, to actually get to go to RS and get some adult time, the last thing i wanted was a new calling. I wanted to finally get to know people. I am now the 1st counselor in the RS presidency.  I guess I got what I wanted, to get to know people, it will just be in a different way that I was wanting. I have been in the RS presidency when I was in the singles ward, and ended up really loving that calling. Thinking about why am I in this calling. The Lord knows when we need help, when we will be going through some hard times and I think this is my time for needing help, needing friends more than ever since we have been married.

Two weeks ago we got a phone call saying that Aaron finally got the job! On Wednesday he went down to Salt Lake and got all ready to start the job in Bear Lake on Friday! He will be working Friday through Mondays and will have Tuesday-Thursdays off. While he is working he will be staying there at the lake and then come home on his "weekends off." It's going to be hard for me having him gone most of the time, and when he will be home, I will be working during the day. It makes me very sad that we wont get to see to much of each other for about 6 months. In September he will be staying down in Sandy while he is going through post. Were not sure what is going to happen or where we will end up when Aaron gets done in December.

We made a temple trip with our neighbors a few weeks ago. We decided we would doing Sealings. It was such an amazing experience. Most of the people we Sealed were  from the 1500's or the 1800's. It's so crazy to think how long they have been waiting for us to come and do this for them. It was amazing to feel the difference between Sealing the parents to each other and then Sealing the kids to them.

On Wednesday we had our first meeting as a presidency, and Sunday was my first week going to church since I accepted my calling due to our few trips we have gone on. Just this week of  being around the presidency I have felt their love and friend ship towards me. All they know is that Aaron has a new job and that he will be working Friday- Monday. They don't know that he will be gone that whole time. I thank Heavenly Father for putting me in this position at the time. I will be able to get to know the sisters in the ward as well as doing service for them. I hope that by doing this and serving the Lord that he will protect me, and bless me while Aaron is gone and in the future to come.

 I am so happy for Aaron that he finally has a great job that he has been waiting for, for over a year now! As much as I am happy for him for  getting his dream job, I am nervous, and a little afraid for whats to come for me. Bear Lake (Garden City is where we most likely will be) is a very small town and from the looks of it, they don't have very many jobs over in that area. I am not one who likes to sit at home all day doing nothing. I feel lazy as it is when I get home after work, we (mostly Aaron) are tired after we get off work so we sit down, have dinner, and watch TV until it's time to get ready for bed. Now, I am home over the weekends by my self doing nothing and having no one to talk to. Thank goodness I have family close by and a calling, that when someone does something or needs help with anything it will help get me out of the house for a few hours.

I am so thankful for my husband! For all of the hard work he does, I'm sure its not easy for him to leave me either, but he is doing what he needs to to help support our family and future family. I'm thankful for the temple and being about to be Sealed to my husband and my family for ever and ever. I'm Thankful my family and Aarons parents for all of the help and support we have gotten through out the short time we have been married. It has meant the world to us!