remember our plans from my last post?
seriously in one week, we've been able to cross off everything on the list besides the popping out a kid part.
*i pop out a kid
since leaving rexburg on the sunday after graduation things have been a whirlwind.
we said good riddance to rexburg on sunday and made our way down to utah with brett's parents. they have helped us tremendously with our move and we've been so grateful for them. there was a potential job for brett down in tooele, ut and so far the phone interviews brett has had with the company have gone really well. so it was sort of safe to assume that he got the job, but still, it wasn't for sure.
but since we were going to texas for Christmas we wanted to dump our stuff in tooele, and if the job didn't work out we figured we'd be in ut anyways and can simply move our stuff outta there.
monday we hung out in tooele exploring the town and putting our stuff in storage.
tuesday was brett's actual face to face interview with the company in tooele which right after that they sent brett to salt lake city for another interview with the district manager. brett felt the interviews went really well and felt confident about getting the job. they were gonna let him know at least by Christmas whether he got the job or not. feeling like we were done with what we needed to do in ut we started heading down to texas that evening. we got to spanish fork and brett got a call.
HE GOT THE JOB!
but there was a small catch. they wanted brett to start monday, dec 27th, which meant we couldn't go to texas for Christmas. definitely a bittersweet moment. we were absolutely thrilled and relieved brett got a job but we were a bit bummed we weren't gonna go to texas and see my little nieces and nephews. i was really excited to have a texas Christmas and have nice warm weather for once. i got a little teary. the reason why they wanted brett to start early was so that the health insurance could kick in sooner than if he were to start in jan. we viewed it as sacrificing our Christmas plans so that our baby can have the health insurance he needs. Merry Christmas baby boy! but now what do we do? we headed back to salt lake city and asked brett's bro darren if we could spend Christmas with his family in bear lake. we haven't seen them in a while either so it would've been fun to see them again.
since leaving rexburg on the sunday after graduation things have been a whirlwind.
we said good riddance to rexburg on sunday and made our way down to utah with brett's parents. they have helped us tremendously with our move and we've been so grateful for them. there was a potential job for brett down in tooele, ut and so far the phone interviews brett has had with the company have gone really well. so it was sort of safe to assume that he got the job, but still, it wasn't for sure.
but since we were going to texas for Christmas we wanted to dump our stuff in tooele, and if the job didn't work out we figured we'd be in ut anyways and can simply move our stuff outta there.
monday we hung out in tooele exploring the town and putting our stuff in storage.
tuesday was brett's actual face to face interview with the company in tooele which right after that they sent brett to salt lake city for another interview with the district manager. brett felt the interviews went really well and felt confident about getting the job. they were gonna let him know at least by Christmas whether he got the job or not. feeling like we were done with what we needed to do in ut we started heading down to texas that evening. we got to spanish fork and brett got a call.
HE GOT THE JOB!
but there was a small catch. they wanted brett to start monday, dec 27th, which meant we couldn't go to texas for Christmas. definitely a bittersweet moment. we were absolutely thrilled and relieved brett got a job but we were a bit bummed we weren't gonna go to texas and see my little nieces and nephews. i was really excited to have a texas Christmas and have nice warm weather for once. i got a little teary. the reason why they wanted brett to start early was so that the health insurance could kick in sooner than if he were to start in jan. we viewed it as sacrificing our Christmas plans so that our baby can have the health insurance he needs. Merry Christmas baby boy! but now what do we do? we headed back to salt lake city and asked brett's bro darren if we could spend Christmas with his family in bear lake. we haven't seen them in a while either so it would've been fun to see them again.
wednesday since we knew for sure we were going to be living to tooele we needed to find a place to live and fast! since leaving rexburg we've been staying in hotels and i started to feel a little homeless. just driving around tooele there were a few apt complexes but turns out they were either in a really bad part of town or were senior homes. we went to a real estate agent and she found us this really nice 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath townHOME for a pretty good deal for rent. we couldn't believe it, brett just got the job the day before and we were gonna be getting a little house of our own?! it still feels too good and too fast to be true. we thought we're just gonna get a small apt but a house sounds SO much nicer! especially now that we're gonna have a baby soon.
thursday we finalized the rent and we get to move in tomorrow, wed the 29th.
friday brett and i made our way to bear lake for Christmas Eve and this was the view on the way.
the evergreen dream
idk if these are evergreen though
but whatever
it was so beautiful and Christmas Eve with darren's family was really nice. we're really grateful they took us in for the holidays and let us be a part of their family traditions. every Christmas we've had since we've been married haven't been too bad and we've been too poor to really get each other something. our plans ALWAYS change the last minute yet we manage to spend Christmas with some family, which is always important to me (also eating a lot is important to me). we still haven't been able to spend Christmas with my own family and i hope that will be next year.
saturday-Christmas morning, even though brett and i were too poor to get each other presents, i find it such a joy to watch my nieces and nephews open their presents. it's the cutest thing seeing how excited they are and i get excited knowing one day i'll get to see the joy on my kids' sweet faces on Christmas morning! but i'd still want a little something for me brett!
wasn't that such a freakin busy week?
we've stayed in 4 different hotels since leaving rexburg and have had many high and a few low points.
so much worrying as to whether brett would get the job, where we'll live, where we're gonna have the baby, etc etc.
with everything that's happened this past week we've been counting our many many blessings and i'm so grateful brett was in tune with the spirit when He told him we should move to utah.
thursday we finalized the rent and we get to move in tomorrow, wed the 29th.
friday brett and i made our way to bear lake for Christmas Eve and this was the view on the way.
idk if these are evergreen though
but whatever
saturday-Christmas morning, even though brett and i were too poor to get each other presents, i find it such a joy to watch my nieces and nephews open their presents. it's the cutest thing seeing how excited they are and i get excited knowing one day i'll get to see the joy on my kids' sweet faces on Christmas morning! but i'd still want a little something for me brett!
wasn't that such a freakin busy week?
we've stayed in 4 different hotels since leaving rexburg and have had many high and a few low points.
so much worrying as to whether brett would get the job, where we'll live, where we're gonna have the baby, etc etc.
with everything that's happened this past week we've been counting our many many blessings and i'm so grateful brett was in tune with the spirit when He told him we should move to utah.
here's my sweet boy on his first day of work.
he's so excited for his new job.
oh yeah, the company is WELLS FARGO and he's a personal banker!!
i'm so proud of him.
p.s. we also have a name picked out for my other sweet little boy...
congrats to brett!
ReplyDeletehappy for you guys!
it feels good to start living the dream, ya know. haha
have you been able to catch your breath yet? holy cow woman! even my busiest week has NEVER been like that! more power to you and brett for surviving and movin on. we missed you this christmas, but one year... the whole family will be together again, and how loud we will be!
ReplyDeleteWhat an exciting time for you two!! You do need to look at things from a little brighter perspective. I always tell Terri that if you have food to eat and a roof over your head you ARE NOT poor...broke maybe, but not poor! Happy Trails!
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