Week In Review

So I'm sitting here in front of the computer and listening to the BYU Football game online on the radio and getting ready to think about this past week. We have had a great week!

I started a job on Tuesday and I have been working alot since then. I can work overtime so that means I often stay until Scott is done working too. My job keeps me really busy. I am working for a guy from church that recently started a new business. Alot of what they are doing right now is transfering old home vidoes to DVD. I get to record all of the videos. I usually have 6 machines going and am cleaning another project at the same time... and usually when one machine is done that means that at least one more will finish a second later. Right now there is another guy working with me but that won't be for long. I stay really busy and it is pretty fun.

Scott has been going out this week. The office from Texas came out to join the office here after the hurricane last weekend. This is really good news for us because it means the office here will have more structure and that techs will be avaible. It has been hard for Scott the last few weeks because the other people here weren't really excited to go out and were only out for like an hour on some days.... it is nice for us to feel like we are getting into a normal life. We even should be able to move into our own place in the next week or so. Its been fun living with the parents but it just isn't the same as having your own place.

I also wanted to wish some of my sisters Happy Birthday... Betsy had a birthday on the 11th and Meija's was on the 15th. The 15th would also have been my big sisters 38 birthday! I love and miss Michelle and I am grateful for the example she was to me. She was my role model all growing up! I am forever grateful for those months I spent with her and the family while I was engaged. I learned so much from her....... Happy Birthday to those I love

Scott and I now have plane tickets and we will be in Utah conference weekend, the first weekend in October. We fly in Thursday morning and will drive our other car down here on Sunday or Monday. We are excited to visit with family and friends and be home for the weekend.

Well I guess that is the update for now... I'm still listening to the BYU game... They are winning with 10 min to go in the first half... Hopefully it will stay that way. GO COUGARS!

Fun Times

So we have had some fun times since we arrived here in AZ... Last week we went on a date and were walking around the mall. We went into the Disney store and found T-shirts for $5 and we each got one! We also spent last weekend with Brian and Meija and had tons of fun. We stayed up late playing video games and then the next day went and looked at model homes. Scott and I are starting to get ideas of what kind of floor plan we want in our dream home in the future. We also played Mother May I. That is what this picture is... we let the boys call it out and they got a little weird.

Scott and I had a really fun date night this last week. We decided to go on a progressive dinner. At first we let the flip of the coin determine which direction we would turn.

We started out at Burger King for drinks, we got shakes.

Then we went to Applebes and got Potato Skins! We even brought our shakes inside with us! Our waitress thought it was such a cute idea! She said she would steal it for her and her boyfriend. We said that is okay since we stole it from Scott's mom.

That was where our following the coin ended. We wanted something a little more healty for the main course so we went to Rumbi and shared a chicken and stake bowl. It wasn't too hot so we even ate outside... (it is still over 100 here everyday, yesterday our car thermomother said it was 115)

We then went to the dollar store and picked out something funny to wear. We had fun with the glow necklaces and the bucket hat!

Then for dessert Scott wanted a blizzard from Diary Queen. I wanted a snow cone so we made two more stops for dessert on our way home. When we got home we watched a movie. It was a really fun night and we enjoyed spending the time together!

Arizona

So we left Houston on Sunday morning at 5 am and spent another whole day in the car. We arrived at the Peterson home at about 7 pm so this was a shorter drive. For the last two weeks we have been having a ton of fun hanging out with family and relaxing. We have been watching movies and doing puzzles and spending time together. This was a really hard puzzle that took forever since all the pieces seemed to be blue. We did finish it, but are sad cause right now there is a piece missing.... hopefully we will be able to find it.

Coolest Birthday Party Ever!

So Evan turned 3 right before Scott and I arrived so the whole week was kind of a birthday party for him, but the coolest day was on Saturday when he had a party at the firehouse.
The fireman were really nice and let us have the cake and stuff at the party because they don't usually do that.
They don't do partys, they do tours... but we had a TON of fun!






They showed us around the firehouse and let us play in the truck and hear the sirens.
One guy even put on the fire suit even though it was so hot.





We were even able to use the firehose to try to hit a house where the windows moved when you hit them.

After cake we opened presents at home with the family. Evan got some animal crackers and Tammy had some fun with those.

Sea World

On Friday we drove up to SeaWorld and had a blast. We were a little disappointed cause we got confused and thought the park closed later than it did, but we still had a ton of fun. Scott, Dave and I worked hard and fast to get in the coolest rides!

We also enjoyed the coolest shows and got to see the Sea Otters, and Sea Lions and Shamu! Shamu even splashed
us and got us wet!
Here is the splash coming towards us that got us wet!



Dave, Scott and I went on the rapids ride and Tammy found the spot to watch for us. She even spent a quarter to be able to shoot water at us... Evan got us soaked! It is hard to tell but the three of us are on this boat in the seats that are closest and therefore kind of blocking us in the picture.



We were also really excited to be able to see the penquins. This is me all wet from the rapids ride and it is hard to see the penquins since it is so dark!





Scott and I ran off at the end of the day to see the dolphins and the sharks! We had a ton of fun on the trip to SeaWorld!

Baseball Game

On Thursday the Houston Astros had an afternoon game and we decided to go.
Evan had a doctor's appointment so we got to the game a bit late but we still had a ton of fun.



They had dollar hotdogs and we also got ice cream sundaes in a little Astros baseball hat!

The Astros won the game and they even scored a homerun while we where there so the train went... which you can kind of see in the background. It was a really fun game!

Travels

Okay... so I know that I have been a total slacker in updating my blog... but we have been moving around. On Sunday Aug 10 after church Scott and I were talking and we decided that we were ready to leave Virginia. Scott's back had been hurting him and he hadn't been able to work in a while. So we decided that we would pack up and leave Virginia and travel while Scott's back was healing and get to AZ so that he could work while he was here.

So Monday we spent the day packing up the car, cleaning, and saying goodbye. We gave away alot of food but were excited to be moving on. We left at about 5 am on Tuesday and we started driving, and driving and driving. We didn't stop much because we were on a roll! We ended up driving all the way to Houston Texas were we stopped at my brother Dave's house. We got there at about 1 am and we had a blast spending the rest of the week with them.


On Wednesday we mostly hung around the house because we were exhausted from our long drive the day before. I was really really excited to be able to watch the Olympics! Jared was cute the whole trip, but he didn't like us unless his parents were nearby too... I thought it was pretty cute. We were babysitting him one day and as long as we left him alone where he couldn't see us he was just fine. If he caught us checking up on him he would start to cry. I thought it was pretty cute. Here is playing with Scott (Mom and Dad are close by) This is actually the first time that he is really pulling himself up and standing without something to hang on too!






On Wednesday night we went to Baskin Robbins for ice cream and we had tons of fun.

Here is Scott and I with our cones














Here is the Dave Nix family
















and here is cute Evan finishing off his cone!