The Triple Date

On friday night, we went down to the valley and decided to throw a date together. Nate's friend Randon came over one night and we decided to set him up on a blind date with my step sister Amanda. He agreed very quickly and thankfully, she wasn't busy. We also invited my best friend from high school Tanessa and her husband Clint to join us since I haven't gotten to hang out with her too much.

So we drove down Friday and got there just in time. We were going to go see the Easter Pageant at the Mesa Temple. I use to go as a kid every year and we decided it would be a good activity. So we all met up there and had alot of fun. To be honest, I talked way more than I watched the show, but I saw a few good parts. It was amazing to see how many people were there.

After it was over, we decided to go get some Coldstone ice cream. yummmmmm. On the way though, we happened to drive by Organ Stop Pizza. It is the coolest place ever. They have pretty good food, but the most important part of his place is the organ that comes up out if the ground and controls all these other instruments that are around the room as well. The guy plays for you while you eat and it is just something that is so cool, you have to see it in person. Nate had never seen it before so we stopped really quick and showed him the organ and then went to Coldstone. We hung out for a while and talked and laughed and it was so much fun. Another surprise was that our old friend Minette was there at the same Coldstone with her husband so we sat and talked with her for a minute then she left so we hung out and told stories and just enjoyed each other. All good things come to an end though. We said our goodbye's and gave lots of hugs and then went home.
Of course, I made us take pictures though.

Awesome Event!!

This last Thursday, March 30th, we had the awesome experience to go to an event here at NAU where Grant Imahara from Mythbusters came and spoke. It was put on by the Science department and it was amazing! Just the fact that we got to be in the same room as a guy who was on tv was great. He talked a little bit about Mythbusters and then talked about the work he has done in the science world as an electrical engineer. He has done alot of work with movies, like work on R2D2 and C3PO for Star Wars. He also helped make the Energizer bunny. It was just a neat experience. Of course there was no video recording or flash photography, so here are the best ones I got during his presentation.

A Wonderful Visit

Dad came through on Thursday and saw us. He had a work meeting in Mesa and decided to come home through Flagstaff so he could see us. He got there and took us out to lunch. It was our choice and I chose to go to Denny's. That restaurant has a history in our family.

When my brothers and I would go to Colorado to see our family there, we would go out to Denny's before we left to go home. It was tradition. So I wanted to go for old time sake. After we ate, he had to leave so he could get to Santa Fe before it got dark. But, before he left, he wanted to see where I worked so we took a drive over there and he met my supervisor and people I work with. It was alot of fun. We loved seeing him and hope to see the rest of our family in a couple weeks.

The Xbox

By a wonderful miracle, Nate was able to get his own Xbox 360. This is the new big thing in our complex for all the guys to do together and he is so excited. Here is the proof. He is so glad he has had Spring Break to play with it.

Guess Who

Guess who decided to drop by our house today? Nate's brother Joe. He and his girlfriend and her two girls were in Flagstaff today doing some shopping for fun and decided to stop by and say hi. We had fun playing the Wii and getting to know her girls better.

Thanks for stopping by guys!

Funny Story

Decided to have pork roast for dinner today. Got it all put together so it could sit in the crock pot during church. Saw that Nate had turned the dial to high. Went to church and came home and saw this.

It had not been plugged in!

So, we ended up inheriting a new crock pot tonight from some friends after swapping them for some cookware and it has lights so that you know whether it's plugged in or not which will prevent this from ever happening again. (hopefully)

Thanks Jones's!

Next big news and Celebration!

Nate heard back on Friday what his status is for the Resident Assistant job here on campus. He was selected to be an alternate. This means that if any of the family housing RA's quit or move or anything like that, he is on the list to take their job. It wasn't what we were hoping for but I'm sure there is a blessing in disguise somewhere. One of our good friends did get one of the positions so we decided to go out to eat together to celebrate their jobs and my promotion. We decided to really treat ourselves to Outback.

Big news!

I got a promotion at work last week!

It is so awesome. There is a long story behind it and if you want to know, I will tell you but the short point is that my supervisor quit in January to do another job and so they decided to hire someone new to take her spot and so I learned everything I needed to before she left and then I was suppose to train my supervisor because nobody was going to start before she left. So they hired a guy. After working there for about two months, there were alot of issues and we just didn't like him very much, so they let him go last week.

So, instead of hiring someone new to be my supervisor, they saw that I was capable of doing the job and they gave me the position and will hire someone to do the job I was doing. I am so excited. It should be better pay and I will get the raise when my year review comes around in June. I guess these next few months will be my testing period before I get the pay raise. I am still way excited though.