Life of a Door to Door Salesman...

...Sucks! I went to work with Jared on Saturday. I was so excited to be able to go with him! A whole extra day with him! What a treat!

This is us just before we left for our grand selling adventure!
We sold in anice area, some houses were for sale and the cheapest was for $3 million!! Can you believe that!?!?! I loved being with Jared all day, and to just be able to talk and be together! And it was fun to see all the elaborate way rich houses! But the selling part of it.... not so fun. => I have a new found appreciation for Jared and how hard he works for our family. I knew it was hard, and I knew the gist of it, but experiencing it first hand, just completely opened my eyes! All they do, from practically sun up to sun down, is walk, alone, thru strange neighborhoods. Even being with Jared, we got bored and discouraged! I cant imagine what its like by yourself for that whole time!

And I even tried to sell a few doors. That was invigorating! You get this little rush of excitement when someones actually answers their door! And I even had to deffer to Jared sometimes because they would ask me a question I didn't know the answer to! I love seeing him be able to talk so intelligently to people! It's makes him that much more attractive to me! hehe We did, eventually, make it through the day alive! And I even went on a Saturday, when they work only until 4 and it seemed like an eternity of walking! I love Jared and I am so grateful for how hard he works to provide!! He is amazing and I love him so much!!

Denver Temple Picture

So I am a total nerd and forgot to put what has to be one of the coolest pictures I have ever taken! And as luck would have it, its the first picture I have ever took of just solely a temple! This is from the time I went to the denver temple! I took it like two seconds after I got out of the car!Ok, so you dont have to think its as cool as I do, but I am way proud of it! => And I can't believe I forgot to put it on the denver temple p[ost! Oh well, now I can devote a whole post to my art! => hehe

Bipolar Denver Weather

People have asked me how I like living in Denver, and my normal response is "I like it a lot, but the weather is bipolar" And now, I have somewhat of proof! Yesterday started out gorgeous and sunny, and in the 70's. Then in the afternoon it got a little overcast, then sunny and perfect again. Then all of a sudden this happens....

It hails!! Like wicked hard!! This is some that was on and below the steps up to the apartment.
The ground, in the middle of june, during a hail storm. Crazy!!
I liked this, the hail would hit the roof and slide down to the gutter, then bounce off in random directions. This picture catches some random bouncing hail if you look closely.
hen it was beautiful and gorgeous and sunny again! And there is the storm going away from us. I tell you, this weather is bipolar!! And there were like loads of tornado warnings about an hour after this storm passed! Talk about a weather that can't commit to one thing! =>

Hazards of Working at a Pest Control Company

At work, there are these rat traps just chillin on some peoples desks. They are not loaded or set, they are there for the people to play with. Well yesterday one of these was on my desk. I was super tired that day, so not really paying attention to what was around me. Like half way thru the day I notice that one of those traps is sitting on my desk, and I had never played with it before, so i decided to open it and see what the big deal was. I open it a little, but then couldnt keep it open because it was too strong, so smart me, I stick my left hand in the mouth of it to see if I could open it with both hands. Well it slowly closed on my left thumb, which hurt quite a bit. I think I had an adrenaline rush or something because I opened it all the way to where it set and then I set it on my desk, because I was done playing with it and I needed to go copy things. ell, while I was gone copying I totally forgot about it, and went back to my desk. I didnt notice it there again, and put the papers down with my left hand and somehow got my right thumb in the trap to where it set it off and......yep thats right, it snapped down on my thumb!!! These things are designed to snap rats, not mice, rats necks in half!!! Now saying it hurt is a HUGE understatement!! It like killed my thumb!!

Yeah, needless to say, my eyes started to deffinately water! There was only me and the permanate secretary there, but we just started cracking up!! So I am laughing so hard I can hardly breathe, crying lots so my shirt is wet, and my thumb is throbbing and already like twice its size!! Oh but even thinking about it now I am laughing!! We didnt have any ice at the office, and there were only two of us so we couldnt leave to go get some, so I filled up a water bottle with cold water from that sparklers jug thing, and stuck my thumb in water! => Later that night I went to the temple, and it was interesting changing clothes with my thumb hurting that bad! But luckily the swelling has gone down a TON today! It is almost back to normal size! And it still does hurt, but its good enough to function somewhat normally. (Have you ever tried typing without your thumb? Its kindof tricky) =>

So thats my little pest control office adventure! Oh and this is that happened to that poor little pen I demonstrated the devils rat trap with. The picture is not so clear, but this pen was torn up! It had chunks missing and cracks everywhere!Moral of the story, dont work at a pest control company! And if you must, Never touch the rat traps!! They aim to kill!!! =>

Denver Temple!

So we have lived in Denver since the end of April, and have yet made it to the temple! It is an hour away, but still that should not be an excuse! And I have heard so many wonderful things about it! I was dying to go, and I really wanted to go with Jared....but with his crazy work schedule, and a temple that is not opened at 11:00pm, it has been an impossible task! We are working on a masterful plan to get him to the temple, but it is still a work in progress! => So two of the wives and I decided it was time for us to go to the temple, even if our husbands couldn't come. So we went today after my work! And it was AMAZING!!!!

These are the wives in our car, beginning our temple excursion!!! Oh we are sooo excited to be going!!!
Thankfully we got there safely, and without too much traffic!!
We had even gotten there a whole session earlier than we had planned, and 10 minutes before we should have gone in to change! So we decided to take some pictures!
There is not always a person around to take pictures of all of us, so we split things up. And right as this picture was being taken the sun decided to shine brighter, and I decided to start laughing! I still think its a cute picture! =>
I know this isnt a professional quality picture, but I thought the sky was absolutely GORGEOUS today, so I wanted to get a picture with the sky and the temple. I dont think it turned out too shaby! =>
We are so excited to go into the temple!!! I truely do love to see the temple, and go inside!!
Then after the temple, of course we had to stop and get some treats! And being poor newly weds, McDonalds dollar menu here we come!! =>

I love the temple so much! And I thought I remembered how much I loved it, and how much closer to my Heavenly Father I feel, but going there today reminded me even more! I am so grateful that we have a temple reasonably close here and that I am surrounded with wonderful women who love their Lord and their church enough to sacrifice their time to go with me!

Missionary Opportunity At Work

I just wanted to write down a very special experience I had today.
As far as I can remember I haven't talked to a non member about my religion just in a daily setting. Sure there have been some that come into institute, but those were always with the missionaries. But today, I was able to have the wonderful opportunity to talk to a lady I work with about my amazing religion! She actually brought it up!! Which is so cool to me! She asked me if we "Mormons" believed in only half the bible, because that's what she had heard, that Mormons only believe the parts of the bible when Christ was alive. So I had the opportunity to explain that we believe in the whole bible, Old and New testaments, because God is always in peoples lives, even if its not physically. Then she started asking about the Book of Mormon. She had heard it was a continuation of the Bible. I was able to tell her and get her to understand that God talks to all His children, and that the Book of Mormon wasn't a continuation of the Bible, but something that goes hand in hand with it. How it covers basically the same time frame, just on a different continent. And we even started talking about her beliefs in a "higher power" but she wast sure if it was a god.
It was a non-challant conversation that basically was turned on and off by interruptions at work. And even though it probably will not change her life drastically, and it wasn't an in depth testimony bearing, first discussion giving event, at least I was able to clear some things up about our religion. And most importantly it changed my outlook on missionary work drastically! I was not nervous for what she would think about me, I was not scared to talk about what I believed, I was not afraid to voice what I believe in! I even realized, I LOVE sharing my religion! I want to talk about it all the time, to anyone who will listen!! I have this new found fire, that scorched my fear of speaking out, and is burning to tell everyone the joyful news of the gospel!! And I am so excited for my two cousins who are leaving on their missions! They are going to be wonderful, and get to feel this way every day!! I am going to strive to more fully fulfill the phrase "every member a missionary" I LOVE my church! I LOVE the standards I get to uphold! I LOVE the gospel and all the blessings it can and does bring to peoples lives!! I know this church is the true church, and I want everyone to have a chance to know!!!

A Wonderful Saturday!

On Saturday, not only did I get to go to Water World, but I got to play with Jared!!!! It was amazing!!! I got home from Water World right at the same time he got home from work. People from his team were going to Boondocks fun center, and we decided to go along! It was a celebration of soorts, to clebrate improving on sales this summer! At Boondocks we got a 3 hour unlimated pass for the center. That included go-cart racing, lazer tag, mini golf, batting cages, arcade games, bumper boats, and other things but I cant remember what they were. =>

We first went Go-Cart racing! We did this many times, and every time I beat Jared! Thats right! I'm a speed deamon!! => Except these cars had a "governor" put on them, I dont know much about cars, all I know is that it made them not go past a certain speed....which was slow! =>
Then we went to play lazer tag! The EcoSure south team divided in two, and had a bit of a rivalry going! Oh but you needent fear, our team came out triumphant!! These are the three girls that are on this Eco Sure excursion. We are "Eco's Angels"!
After racing many times, and dominating in lazer tag and on the video games, we decided to cool it down with a game of mini golf! I know its the only picture with me and Jared, but he was taking all the other ones! I really did have a date with him! And he totally whooped everyone at mini golf, I was impressed! => I had such a fun time and I LOVED being able to go somewhere WITH Jared and PLAY with him!!! We even went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner! (That happens to be my favorite place to eat right now! They have the most delicious rolls and honey butter!!) As much as I dont like this job and how it takes Jared away from me, basically all week, I love how rejuvinated and fresh we feel after a wonderful weekend together!! I love JAred even more than when the day started!! And I LOVE that, and most of all Jared!!!!

Water World!

On Saturday (June 6) two of the wives and I went to the water amusement park Water World! The day was gorgeous! 83 degree weather, clear sunny skys, a more perfect day for water parks is hard to find! It was a saturday, so we were a little nervous that it would be crazily crowded, but we had to try. And to our luck, there was some big thing going on in Denver (i dont remember quite what it was) so there was hardly anyone there! We walked on to every ride except for two, and those had no more than a 15 minute wait! It was amazing!1 I love water and bathing suits and attractions, and fit them all together, its preactically perfect! =>
The parks hours are 10-6, but we went from 12-4:30. This is our lunch break at around 2. We had coupons so the admission price was quite a bit cheaper, and we packed snacks to eat, so it was an inexpensive adventure! And we all know those are the best!
We went on every ride (that we wanted to go on) and even some that we didnt! And we still left in time to see our hubby's when they get home! Look at the gorgeous sky in the background! This is the picture we took after a fun filled day of getting soaked, aka as we are leaving the water park! This park is so close to our apartments too, 10-15 mins! So exciting!! It was such a fun day with some of the wives!!

Free Floats, What Could Be better?

Last Wednesday, after Jared have come home and we had eaten dinner we decided to lounge on our bean bag and watch a little tv to relax. We ended up turning the volume down and just talking, but all of a sudden there were these big bright, popping colors. We looked at the TV and what is it? An add from Sonic saying that they were giving away free rootbeer floats that night until midnight! We discovered it was 10:30-ish so we hopped in our car and got some free rootbeer floats!! Wahoo!! And they were good sized, not the tiny ones! What a wonderful little treat we were able to get!! And they were so scrumptious!!!

Oh yeah! We were part of the free float getters!!! We are not ahsamed!! =>
I was so excited for these floats!! I had not had one in forever!! => They totally hit the spot, and I had fun on the little adventure with my hsband, and in the middle of the week! Now THATS amazing!! =>

Hair Dying Day

So two days ago the wives and I were bored so we decided to dye our hair! There were two brunettes and I was a blonde. One wanted to go darker brown with blonde highlights, one wanted to have the top half blonde and bottom brown, and I wanted to be a light brown. Things didnt work out quite as we planned =>











These are our before pictures (I know, so cute) =>
This is me bleaching Julie's hair! And no I didnt wear gloves, and yes, it hurt like the dickens!!
After I had my dye put in my hair! Oh so exciting!!!
Doing Danae's highlights! We didnt have hair foil, so we used kitchen tin foil...... big mistake! I would not reccommend it!!!
And this is our semi after picture! My hair turned out to be more red than brown, which I am in the process of fixing, Julies hair took the dye in such a weid way! Her roots were platnum, but the length of the hair was like a red/blond/brown mix, and Danaes hair didnt even take the bleach, it just made likee dark strawberry blonde highlights!
Needless to say, it was a fun adventure but the results did not turn out so hot. => Julie dyed her hair dark brown to cover the mishap, and Danae ended up liking the strazberry streaks, but wanted me to highlight blond in there too, so we did that again tonight (with different bleach & real hair foil), so I am excited to see how it turned out! I am sure I will post pictures of all our new, fixed hair when its ready! But this was a little fun adventure to have. A fun way to occupy our long lonley days! =>

Trip to So Cal!

So, for more details on my trip.

How it started: I recieve emails from various travel companies when they post new good deals, and I was looking at some they posted for flights on Monday (May 25) for flights from Denver to Idaho, so Jared can go to a friends wedding, and I ran across one from Denver to LA for a great price! I started looking more into it, and just as Jared walked in the door from work, our computer crashes and I cant show him. So I just told him what I was looking at, and let it pass and continued on with our lives. Some time passed and the deal had left my mind completely. Jared came home on Thursday night and told me he thought I really needed to go to LA and to look and see if that deal I saw on Monday was there. Well it was, and the flight left at 8:00am the next morning. So we do a little bet. I was going to cal lmy mom's cell phone and if she answered I would go, and if she didnt I wouldnt and nothing would be lost. You have to keep in mind, this is 11:30 at night. So I call, and she answers! So I ask whats happening this weekend, and it turns out, its a pretty big weekend! Kalyn's senior play "CATS" was going on, my cousin Jessica was having her mission farewell, and it was Kalyn's seminary graduation! What a perfect weekend to go down! So I booked the flight!! =>

The Trip: So here are pics from the rest of my quick weekend trip to California! (CATS pics are on the previous post)

My mom came to pick me up from the airport! We were so excited to see eachother!!
Later that afternoon we picked up my brothers from school! They were so excited to see me!! I felt so loved!! And I loved that the second sentence out of there mouth is "Why isnt Jared here? When is he coming"! I LOVE that they love my husband so much!!!!! (Trey is in the car, just ducking down in the back seat)
Saturday my mo and I went shopping, like all good Southern California women do! => It was fun, but there was not a whole lot of cute clothes out, which was a bummer. Then Saturday night my parents and I went out to dinner. The girls got Strawberry Daqueris (virgin)! They were such pretty drinks, and huge!! =>
I didnt get very many pictures of Jessica's mission farewell, which I am bummed, but this is one of most of the cousins playing in Steph and Ken's yard during the celebration lunch! It was so fun to be with all my family again! And to be with Jess before she leaves!!
Monday "The Girls" went to lunch at the restaraunt where Jared asked both my parents for permission to marry me! I had never been there before! It was a fun thought to think "I am sitting in the chair where Jared was so nervous and fidling with my ring, and asking my parents if he could be with me for eternity!" => I Love him!!! =>
And of course, I had to jump with my brothers! I dont think they will let anyone visit without having them jump with them, or watch them jump =>
I just had to take a picture of our family night, it was too funny! The family was divided in half, and I was the middle connecting them all. => Or I like to think so. Here is the first half, sitting on the couch.
And here are the boys, lounging like teenagers do => (and one is not even in double digits yet) =>
Tuesday was the day I went home, but I had to swim with my cousins first! => Bella was a fearless child and just loved our slide! I would wait for her and catch her on the bottom! It was so cute! This girl is fearless!!!
With one of the newest members of our family, Crew!! I love our skin color difference! => Hilarious!!
The cousins swimming!! I loved being able to swim with them befor I left! It was a great end to a great vacation!
I was able to get a picture with all my brothers before I left! Look how tall they are getting!!! You can't really tell in this picture, but Trey is over 2 inches taller than me!
"The Girls" This is the last time I will ever take a picture with a high school student for a sister! Crazy!!
Driving to LAX! It is not so happy an occasion as picking me up, but still happy that we got to spend time together!
There it is! I see the airport!!! Jared here I come!!
In the middle of the flight we hit some pretty big turbulance, and this is essentially how I looked for the rest of the flight! So i decided, flying alone is definately not my favorite thing to do! =>
Finally, safe on the ground and with my love, at last!!!

I loved being able to go visit my family! I miss them so much! And it was such a treat to be able to go on such a special weekend! I am so thankful for a husband that loves me and allows me to visit my family and do things that I like to do!! He is more amazing than I ever thougth possible! And I am so thankful for a family that loves me and loves to play with me!! I Love you all!!!