Fall is here!

We have been in Colorado for 2 months now. It's crazy to think that that much time has actually passed! We've had a lot of fun being with family, enjoying the last of our summer, and getting ready for the fall which has come so quickly! We just signed a lease for an apartment, but due to some issues, have not moved in. We're planning on doing most of that tomorrow, but probably won't get to it all.

Sean is loving his job and is going to graduate from his training next Friday. He's learned a lot and has gotten really buff:) He's got a lot of cool new gear and probably needs more ( I never knew how much those guys can fit on their belts!).

I am starting my new job as a Patient Care Tech on Monday at the Medical Center of Aurora in the float pool. I'm excited to start working and get experience! I have had a lot of fun babysitting my niece and nephew in the meantime and will miss spending so much time with them! I've also gotten the stomach flu twice (or maybe I just never really got rid of it) in the last 2 weeks and may have passed it on to Sean.

We are missing our friends and family in Utah all the time!

2 weeks tomorrow!

We're quickly approaching the move date! It's officially August 13th, and we're starting to get really excited and stressed about this big move! We've been packing little by little, and have had several people come look at our apartment. Which, moving and keeping the house in tip-top shape for visitors is a chore!

One thing that has lowered our stress (as of yesterday) is Sean got the job at the *if you want to know ask*! This is a huge blessing for us, we'll get benefits and a comfortable income! Not to mention it will be a great experience for Sean (although I think he's most excited for being able to buy another gun). Of course I should mention this is just a conditional offer of employment. He still has to take one more psychological evaluation and a medical exam, but we're pretty sure he'll pass both. We are really grateful for all our friends and family who have been praying that he'd get this job! Thank you!

We've yet to settle on an apartment in Colorado, so if anyone knows of any 2+ bedroom apartments/condos/townhomes or even houses that are relatively cheap and in the Centennial/Parker/Englewood/Aurora/Denver area, let us know! I'm still in search of a job and am trying to get my CNA license endorsed by Colorado so it might be a few weeks before I'm able to apply any where.

In the meantime, we're still just working and packing. We're also trying to sell a few of our old things. So if anyone is interested in a desk, a desk chair, a snowboard, a microwave, or a washer here in Provo, let me know!

Summer's here!

We've got our fair share of sunburns (on my end) and lots of playing and picnicking outside, and so of course since summer has started, the blogging has come to an almost complete halt. Not that my blogging was ever consistent before. But I just thought I'd catch the world up on our family. First things first, I graduated!
I would consider that a big feat! It also seems like this happened a looong time ago. This summer is going by so quickly! We went to Washington to visit family, and also went to Zion's National Park and hiked a lot.


We've since been busy working, and I just finished taking a Certified Nurses Assistant course, and am just waiting on the results of my test! (Which is probably the worst part).

We're also preparing to move to Aurora, Colorado in a few weeks, and are hoping Sean gets a job with the Arapahoe County Sheriff's office as a Detention Deputy. He's still in the testing process and any prayers for him to get this job are much appreciated! He's made it through one test, one interview, one psychological evaluation, one polygraph test, and the background check, and he has a phone interview on Thursday and still has a few more to go. We are hoping to know soon! We're excited for this new chapter and adventure in our lives, but will miss all the friends and family we're leaving behind in Utah.

She's crafty

or at least I'd like to think I am...

But I wanted to update with all the crafts I've done in the last while. Mostly (late) Christmas and birthday presents.

First of all, this is the pumpkin I carved for Halloween. I had a little bit of trouble with it so the eyes were held in by toothpicks. If you can't tell it's an owl.

These are jewelery-holder-frames that I made for Christmas/Birthday presents. The first one is my own. I can made myself a Christmas present, right? They were super easy and just needed a frame, spray paint, radiator grill (which is a lot harder to find than I thought) and some hot glue.


This is a doll that I made for my niece, Amelia. She's got some problems with her, like footballheaderistis, but I was kinda happy with how it turned out despite my obvious lack of sewing skills. I found the pattern on Martha Stewart (going from blog to blog, starting at this one). I think it was called Black Apple doll... pretty sure.


I made this tractor for my nephew Levi, (they're twins) for their first birthday. I also found this on a blog, but it didn't have a pattern. So, with the help of my mother-in-law, I made it. It turned out a little on the worse side, but I was just happy it was done, haha. If you can't tell the back says Levi.





I've decided that I really would love to be more crafty, however it takes a lot of time. I also need to get better at sewing. I'm already starting to think of projects that I can do after I graduate. On the list: this skirt, new throw pillows, and planning a few refashioning ideas.

Next craft will be Sean's man craft- the table.

Almost semi-annual update!

So it's been quite a while since we've last updated this, and much has happened! Well, not that much really...

Since we last updated, we have :

• Hiked Mount Timpanogos, and almost died.
• I found out I have an illogical fear of bears(or really, it's probably quite logical. They could eat me if they felt like it!), courtesy of the hike on Mount Timp.
• Went through another semester of school
• In which Sean got AMAZING grades. He even beat me.
• Finally met our super cute niece and nephew!
• and I finally met my awesome sister-in-law!
• Got to see both of Sean's older brothers before they were deployed to Iraq
• Had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas at Sean's parents
• Worked our butts off at school and work
• I received two raises, only one for being cool though. and only 20 cents each. but hey, it's a raise!
• Celebrated our first anniversary! It was one of those, seems like just yesterday yet forever ago kind of times. Which, I realize one year is no where near forever, but it's a big milestone right?!
• Our drivers door on the civic got stuck. Now we get out and in through the passenger's side door, which was once an embarrassment, but I think we've gotten used to it.
• Got some really cool Christmas presents.
• Including Sean's ax. He was/is pretty excited.
• Most recently I got a Kitchenaid mixer for my birthday. We've already used it twice.
• aaaaaaaannnnnnnddddddd many more things.

For my media class, we had to create a blog and blog twice a week about the media that we've consumed. Hopefully updating that will persuade me to update this one a bit more too. If you want to check that one out, it's at krystensmedia.blogspot.com. It probably won't ever be that interesting, but who knows! It's a very interesting class. I really like all of my classes this semester, which is good since it will be my last for a while!