Oh the joys of trying wonderful food for the first time!
BEFORE
BEFORE
DURING
AFTER
March 26, 2009
Oreo Madness
I may have included one of these in the slideshow of pictures from our visit to Georgia, but I thought it deserved it's own post as well. Brooklyn had her first oreos while in Georgia, and we couldn't help but watch her enjoy them. After she was done, the floor was covered, she was covered, and her ears had more oreo in them than you would have thought possible.
DURING
AFTER
DURING
AFTER
Arizona Here We Come!
It's official-- we have a job!!! Tim got a phone call back from the Arizona Game and Fish Department and he was one of the selectees to be a Wildlife Manager! We are super excited and so grateful for everyone that has helped us look for jobs, given advice, and especially prayed for us to find the right job.
Tim starts in Phoenix in July, and then in the middle of August begins training at the Police Academy in Prescott for 18 weeks. After that, we're not sure where we will end up... all we know is that all of the training is about 11 months. Following the completion of the training we will be assigned to an area. I think Tim does get to ask for a specific area, but the assignment will all depend on where a Wildlife Manager is needed, as well as where everyone else wants to go. Tim is hoping for a small town, and I'm hoping for someplace that is atleast big enough to have a Walmart-- but preferably a Target as well. Who knows... we're just excited!
So in the meantime, we've decided that we need to move in with Tim's parents. It will be sad leaving our ward that we've come to love, and our wonderful neighborhood and apartment, but I suppose this is what you have to do when it's time to move on. This short move will let us save some money to get started in Arizona.
Anyways, I said I would let you know, and there it is. WE HAVE A JOB! YAY!!!
Tim starts in Phoenix in July, and then in the middle of August begins training at the Police Academy in Prescott for 18 weeks. After that, we're not sure where we will end up... all we know is that all of the training is about 11 months. Following the completion of the training we will be assigned to an area. I think Tim does get to ask for a specific area, but the assignment will all depend on where a Wildlife Manager is needed, as well as where everyone else wants to go. Tim is hoping for a small town, and I'm hoping for someplace that is atleast big enough to have a Walmart-- but preferably a Target as well. Who knows... we're just excited!
So in the meantime, we've decided that we need to move in with Tim's parents. It will be sad leaving our ward that we've come to love, and our wonderful neighborhood and apartment, but I suppose this is what you have to do when it's time to move on. This short move will let us save some money to get started in Arizona.
Anyways, I said I would let you know, and there it is. WE HAVE A JOB! YAY!!!
March 13, 2009
Georgia again?
Brooklyn and I were lucky enough to be able to go to Georgia AGAIN! Thanks to Grandpa Heaton for using his frequent flyer miles to get us there. Actually, it was a whirlwind of a trip, and very unexpected. Tim was going to Phoenix for some job interviews/testing for a week, and my mom and I had thrown around the idea of Brooklyn and I going to Georgia for the week because there was a great deal on tickets out of Phoenix. I was too slow making a decision and the deal disappeared, but my mom and dad decided to fly us out using the frequent flyer miles anways.
For those of you who don't know, I am a planner-- a serious planner, and I like to know my "plan" for weeks in advance. So when my parents asked if I wanted to come visit, less than a week before I would be visiting, it threw me off a little bit. I knew I had nothing to do, but oh the anxiety of knowing I would be traveling in less than a week!
Well, obviously I got over that, and we bought the tickets! Yay! Tim, Brooklyn, and I drove to Phoenix on Sunday (a very long car ride) and Brooklyn and I stayed with Tim until Tuesday when we flew out.
We had another great trip to Georgia and loved seeing so much family and so many friends. Brooklyn got used to her Heaton grandparents much faster than last time and especially loved playing ball with Grandma, being thrown in the air by Grandpa, eating oreos for the first time, playing with her silly Aunt Anna, and having her Uncle Matthew put her to sleep. I learned that she is terrified of cats, likes to play in a dirty dishwasher, and can in fact, make it through 3 hours of church without being taken out.
We are so grateful that we were able to visit (even though I believe Brooklyn is going through Grandma and Grandpa withdrawals now). The weather was perfect and we left just in time (just as it was getting hot and humid again), but we hope we get to visit again later this summer or fall.
P.S. In case you were wondering-- Tim did amazing at his interviews and was called back for all of the required testing, and was then given a conditional job offer. We are hopeful that he will be accepted for the position, but don't want to get our hopes up just yet. We will find out for sure if he gets the job by the beginning of April, and I will let you know!
For those of you who don't know, I am a planner-- a serious planner, and I like to know my "plan" for weeks in advance. So when my parents asked if I wanted to come visit, less than a week before I would be visiting, it threw me off a little bit. I knew I had nothing to do, but oh the anxiety of knowing I would be traveling in less than a week!
Well, obviously I got over that, and we bought the tickets! Yay! Tim, Brooklyn, and I drove to Phoenix on Sunday (a very long car ride) and Brooklyn and I stayed with Tim until Tuesday when we flew out.
We had another great trip to Georgia and loved seeing so much family and so many friends. Brooklyn got used to her Heaton grandparents much faster than last time and especially loved playing ball with Grandma, being thrown in the air by Grandpa, eating oreos for the first time, playing with her silly Aunt Anna, and having her Uncle Matthew put her to sleep. I learned that she is terrified of cats, likes to play in a dirty dishwasher, and can in fact, make it through 3 hours of church without being taken out.
We are so grateful that we were able to visit (even though I believe Brooklyn is going through Grandma and Grandpa withdrawals now). The weather was perfect and we left just in time (just as it was getting hot and humid again), but we hope we get to visit again later this summer or fall.
P.S. In case you were wondering-- Tim did amazing at his interviews and was called back for all of the required testing, and was then given a conditional job offer. We are hopeful that he will be accepted for the position, but don't want to get our hopes up just yet. We will find out for sure if he gets the job by the beginning of April, and I will let you know!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)