Jul 3, 2014

Sometimes...You Just Throw On a Band-Aid And Get Back To Work

I obviously am not very good at this blogging deal, nor am I any good with keeping a journal but I do my best. I realize that it has been nearly a year since I last posted on here and BOY is there A LOT to update on here....I will start well with what has happened since I last posted.

Colin got home and it was a joyous reunion. His mom and I went shopping for a new outfit for myself to welcome him home in and may or may not have stopped at a certain "secret" store for another outfit. I had been texting him since he got his phone back and told him I had a surprise for him at home that was Air Force blue and I even put a winky face with the text. Little did I know that I needed to be a little more obvious with him because it would soon come back to bite me in the toosh. After leaving the airport my husband plainly and loudly asks what his surprise was that was Air Force blue for him. Well because we were in the same vehicle as his parents I made up some lie about how I washed and polished his truck for him and it was waiting for him at home. So he got excited. Obviously he didnt get the hint of the winky face...as throughout the drive he kept asking about it as well as when we were at his house and I kept getting frustrated with him and told him to stop asking about it. FINALLY we were alone and I was able to tell him the surprise and all he said was "OH. SORRY." and then "OOooohhhhh...." unfortunately he had to wait until we got to OUR home. The embarassing thing about this was that my mother in law told my father in law about it and so he immediately went and turned on the stereo so they couldnt 'hear' anything when nothing was going on :)

School started back up and we both stayed fairly busy through out the semester. Colin continued to excel in all that he did in the Air Force and loved every second of it. He had his regular frustrations and worries that he wasnt going to be able to continue in the program due to a grade or just the military cuts that had/have been happening. Part of the program required him to take a test in which he could take multiple times. The first time he took the test he didn't pass by only a few marks and was ok with it because he had another chance to take it in December during finals week. He studied and studied hard for the test and part of the cuts in the military was to make the required passing score higher then what it had been in the past. Unfortunately it turned out that he didn't pass by 2 marks. As you can imagine this was devastating for him. His life-long dream was no more and he had to find a new one.Yes he understood he could just enlist, but he wanted to be a pilot and in order to do so he needed to pass this test. So as the title of this post goes...he put a band-aid on and got back to work and focused on school. At the time I think he took it better then I had, I was worried that I wouldnt know how to console him or what to do for him when he would just break down...I was devastated because I knew this is what he has wanted his whole life. But I do have to say...it sure has been nice having my husband around. As Christmas went by and the new semester had begun my heart ached for him know that he wasnt attending his regular classes with his buddies but he kept his head high. He focused on his studies for Residential Landscape Design and I think had the best semester he has had since he started school. He has taken upon him his new dream of starting his own business in the Park City area and has already begun designing peoples yards. He has truthfully had the most amazing faith in himself and Heavenly Father to get him through this and I am so proud of how much he has grown. Not to mention it has been nice not having the stress and pressure of needing to perform well upon his shoulders all the time.

The last semester seemed to go by fairly quickly. I graduated on May 3 from Utah State University with a bachelors in Exercise Science and Minor in Parks and Recreation. During the fall semester my boss at the Utah Statesman had continuously encouraged and pushed me to find a job within my field. I dont think he was expecting me to go and find one so quickly. I started at Mountain West Physical Therapy in December the week before Christmas. So unfortunately I was not able to finish out the semester with the Statesman. I know my boss regrets having encouraged me to do what I did but I know he was proud of me. Him and I have become good friends. I am still with the therapy clinic and I LOVE my job. Our clinic is through Cache Valley Hospital (not to be confused with Logan Regional) but our location is within the Sports Academy. I have been asked many of times what it feels like to be a college grad...quite honestly right now I just feel like I am on summer break. I honestly dont think it will hit me until Colin goes back to school and I dont. That will be weird.

In April Colin and I took the next step in our lives and purchased our first home as a couple. It is a townhome (end unit) in the most Northern end of Smithfield. WE LOVE OUR NEW HOME. It is so nice to have a place that does not have cinder block walls  or stupid rules to baby sit the community (thank you aggie village) and a place to call our OWN. Not to mention it is nice to be able to do whatever we want to do to the inside of it like paint a wall. I love that my kitchen is 3x the size it was and it has AC but fortunately we have not had to turn on the AC ONCE this summer SO. FAR. It is starting to get more and more hot so we will see how long it lasts. Ceiling fans are a must have for me from now on.

This weekend is the 4th of July and we are headed to a Salt Lake Bees game and then boating on Saturday. Sunday I will be set apart as the Miamaids Advisor for our new ward and I am excited for the opportunity to be a leader in a program that has influenced so much of my life.


Colin and mine's testimonies have sure grown immensely since last year and we are eternally grateful for the trials and opportunities we have had to further grow in the gospel. We have truly been blessed with a great ward and look forward to many more opportunities to come our way.

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Jul 3, 2014

Sometimes...You Just Throw On a Band-Aid And Get Back To Work

I obviously am not very good at this blogging deal, nor am I any good with keeping a journal but I do my best. I realize that it has been nearly a year since I last posted on here and BOY is there A LOT to update on here....I will start well with what has happened since I last posted.

Colin got home and it was a joyous reunion. His mom and I went shopping for a new outfit for myself to welcome him home in and may or may not have stopped at a certain "secret" store for another outfit. I had been texting him since he got his phone back and told him I had a surprise for him at home that was Air Force blue and I even put a winky face with the text. Little did I know that I needed to be a little more obvious with him because it would soon come back to bite me in the toosh. After leaving the airport my husband plainly and loudly asks what his surprise was that was Air Force blue for him. Well because we were in the same vehicle as his parents I made up some lie about how I washed and polished his truck for him and it was waiting for him at home. So he got excited. Obviously he didnt get the hint of the winky face...as throughout the drive he kept asking about it as well as when we were at his house and I kept getting frustrated with him and told him to stop asking about it. FINALLY we were alone and I was able to tell him the surprise and all he said was "OH. SORRY." and then "OOooohhhhh...." unfortunately he had to wait until we got to OUR home. The embarassing thing about this was that my mother in law told my father in law about it and so he immediately went and turned on the stereo so they couldnt 'hear' anything when nothing was going on :)

School started back up and we both stayed fairly busy through out the semester. Colin continued to excel in all that he did in the Air Force and loved every second of it. He had his regular frustrations and worries that he wasnt going to be able to continue in the program due to a grade or just the military cuts that had/have been happening. Part of the program required him to take a test in which he could take multiple times. The first time he took the test he didn't pass by only a few marks and was ok with it because he had another chance to take it in December during finals week. He studied and studied hard for the test and part of the cuts in the military was to make the required passing score higher then what it had been in the past. Unfortunately it turned out that he didn't pass by 2 marks. As you can imagine this was devastating for him. His life-long dream was no more and he had to find a new one.Yes he understood he could just enlist, but he wanted to be a pilot and in order to do so he needed to pass this test. So as the title of this post goes...he put a band-aid on and got back to work and focused on school. At the time I think he took it better then I had, I was worried that I wouldnt know how to console him or what to do for him when he would just break down...I was devastated because I knew this is what he has wanted his whole life. But I do have to say...it sure has been nice having my husband around. As Christmas went by and the new semester had begun my heart ached for him know that he wasnt attending his regular classes with his buddies but he kept his head high. He focused on his studies for Residential Landscape Design and I think had the best semester he has had since he started school. He has taken upon him his new dream of starting his own business in the Park City area and has already begun designing peoples yards. He has truthfully had the most amazing faith in himself and Heavenly Father to get him through this and I am so proud of how much he has grown. Not to mention it has been nice not having the stress and pressure of needing to perform well upon his shoulders all the time.

The last semester seemed to go by fairly quickly. I graduated on May 3 from Utah State University with a bachelors in Exercise Science and Minor in Parks and Recreation. During the fall semester my boss at the Utah Statesman had continuously encouraged and pushed me to find a job within my field. I dont think he was expecting me to go and find one so quickly. I started at Mountain West Physical Therapy in December the week before Christmas. So unfortunately I was not able to finish out the semester with the Statesman. I know my boss regrets having encouraged me to do what I did but I know he was proud of me. Him and I have become good friends. I am still with the therapy clinic and I LOVE my job. Our clinic is through Cache Valley Hospital (not to be confused with Logan Regional) but our location is within the Sports Academy. I have been asked many of times what it feels like to be a college grad...quite honestly right now I just feel like I am on summer break. I honestly dont think it will hit me until Colin goes back to school and I dont. That will be weird.

In April Colin and I took the next step in our lives and purchased our first home as a couple. It is a townhome (end unit) in the most Northern end of Smithfield. WE LOVE OUR NEW HOME. It is so nice to have a place that does not have cinder block walls  or stupid rules to baby sit the community (thank you aggie village) and a place to call our OWN. Not to mention it is nice to be able to do whatever we want to do to the inside of it like paint a wall. I love that my kitchen is 3x the size it was and it has AC but fortunately we have not had to turn on the AC ONCE this summer SO. FAR. It is starting to get more and more hot so we will see how long it lasts. Ceiling fans are a must have for me from now on.

This weekend is the 4th of July and we are headed to a Salt Lake Bees game and then boating on Saturday. Sunday I will be set apart as the Miamaids Advisor for our new ward and I am excited for the opportunity to be a leader in a program that has influenced so much of my life.


Colin and mine's testimonies have sure grown immensely since last year and we are eternally grateful for the trials and opportunities we have had to further grow in the gospel. We have truly been blessed with a great ward and look forward to many more opportunities to come our way.
 

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