Island Park Trip

We went up to my parents cabin in Island Park with our friends Carson and Amanda Potter. It was such a fun and relaxing weekend. We had a great time!

This last picture, Devin and Carson were pretending to hold fish because they didn't have much luck at Henry's Lake!

Visitors

Preston, Heather and Anthony came to visit us the weekend before Memorial Day! We don't get many visitors, so it was a fun treat!
Here is a picture of the Keller boys at the park by the Green River!

New Nephew!

JASON CLYDE KELLER

May 11, 2010

Look how cute our new nephew is! I can't wait to see this little guy! If you have been around me at all in the past week chances are I have pulled my phone out to show you this picture and brag about this little addition to the Keller family!

Devin is 24

Happy happy birthday to my fantastic husband Devin! I am seriously the luckiest girl in the world! He is a fantastic husband and I am so grateful for all that he does for me. 24 never looked so good!

Apartment Living

WARNING - this is ENTIRELY a vent session.

When we moved to Wyoming we decided it would be wise to move into an apartment. We don't know how long we will live here and real estate out here is ridiculously expensive so we settled for the top floor of a three level complex. As most apartment complex's go we can hear pretty much everything the people next to us and below us are doing. We can hear their screaming children, their loud TV, their doors open and close, their bathroom fans, and can even hear when they slide their chairs out from the kitchen table. Knowing that we live in an apartment we have just faced the fact that this is part of apartment living. We have never complained or felt put out by this. Last week we got new downstairs neighbors, a very young married couple (probably 19ish) and their 2 year old boy. I went and introduced myself, trying to be a nice neighbor. Two days later, at noon we got a knock at our door, it was the downstairs neighbor lady. She came upstairs to complain that our music was too loud and that they could hardly hear their own TV. Devin was home and apologized and turned the music down. Our music however was hardly loud at all, I was in the next room and could not even hear it to begin with and once it was turned down I could not even hear it in the same room. I that they were being ridiculous, but in hopes of being neighborly decided that we would keep the music barely audible. We unplugged our surround sound even so that we did not get future complaints. This made movie watching not nearly as enjoyable, but we wanted to be courteous. This morning, not even 5 days later they came back up to complain. When they knocked on the door I could not even believe it. It was Sunday morning and Devin and I were both standing at the stove cooking breakfast. There was no music on, no dog barking, nothing. We were seriously just standing there making crepes hardly talking because we were still a little groggy. What was their complaint this time? They can hear us walking around our apartment. Seriously, what do they expect? Of course we are going to walk around our apartment. I swear that next time that their kid is screaming for hours on end, I am going to walk down their and tell them to keep their kid quiet because I can't hear my own TV over their kid. This is ridiculous, I tried to be nice but no more. They are far louder than we are guaranteed, especially since they have a screaming kid. I hope that they don't keep this up, because since we are above them we could really make their lives miserable. Think: Jumping up and down above their kids room at midnight. We don't want to be that way, but if this continues I may have to stoop to their level.

Any suggestions as to how I can get around my apartment without walking?

Giveaway...

My dear friend Shelayna is doing an awesome giveaway on her blog. You should definitely check it out, especially if you love to cook like I do!

http://shelblogs.blogspot.com

You should also follow her blog because she is fabulous!

Long Weekend

I never take pictures and always feel like in order to blog I need to post pictures. Well this past weekend was no exception, I didn't even take my camera. :( I am going to write about it though because I am sick of looking at the same old post.

This past weekend we went to my parents cabin in Island Park! My entire family was able to make it and I honestly think that I have the funnest family ever. We had so much fun spending time together as a family. My brother in law Jeremy brought his snowmobile and my dad rented two on Saturday and Sunday. We had so much fun snowmobiling. There was so much snow up there and so many fun meadows to play in, it was awesome. When we weren't snowmobiling we were relaxing in the hot tub, watching movies, eating treats, and making adorable Valentine Wreaths. It wasn't the most romantic Valentine's Day ever, but it sure was fun. Devin gave me the most beautiful Ruby (my birthstone) ring that I absolutely love, and I gave him a gift card to get a massage and foot massage.

Other than that we are still enjoying Rock Springs. Devin has been working very hard and is still having a lot of success in his new store. I am really enjoying my job still, I have been recruiting new students and helping seniors with all of their college stuff. I am also volunteering as a reading tutor for a high-school student in Green River. It has been such a rewarding experience, seeing him improve his reading skills each week has been fantastic.

We hope that everyone is doing well!

I love love love my new job! That is all.

PS: Wyoming is FREEZING, seriously in the negatives EVERY day.

JOB

I got a job! I have been patiently waiting for a job to come open that I felt would be a good match for me here in WY. When I read this job post I knew that it would be perfect. I will be working as the GEAR UP outreach specialist for WesternWyoming Community College. I start Monday and I am thrilled. Here is a description of what the GEAR UP program does, taken from the WWCC website.

GEAR UP is a federally funded program at WWCC that focuses many resources in order to help Wyoming students in 7th – 12th grade that qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch. Students who are served by the WWCC GEAR UP program are those who live in Sweetwater, Carbon, Uinta, Sublette, and Lincoln counties. For students who live in other counties in Wyoming, please click here to see which community college serves your county.

GEAR UP is a program that helps students become more successful in middle school, junior high and high school. The program helps build their aspirations/expectations to successfully graduate from high school and go on to college. It is also a program that involves and informs parents about post-secondary education options, preparation, and financing.

Some of the many services that are provided to students include academic support, tutoring, mentoring, job shadowing, college application and selection, ACT/SAT testing, educational and cultural field trips, college visits and workshops. The program also includes an annual Summer Academy and Awards Banquet held on-campus at Western Wyoming Community College.

Some of the services that are provided to parents of GEAR UP students include academic planning, workshops, family events, educational and cultural field trips, financial preparation and support, and career exposure.

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving this year. Preston and Heather were incredible hosts and we loved spending time with the Keller family. We had a fun Spanish night on Wednesday, made super cute watch bands, played in the Turkey Bowl and got very sore, took a few family pictures, ate delicious food, and spent time with some of our favorite people!

Things I miss about Utah...

Family

Logan

Mountains

Trees

Cafe Rio

Best Buy

Pounders

Friends

Bunco

Craft Stores

Update

Wow I really suck at this blogging thing. I wish that I could say that it is because I am super busy, but that is not the case. The past 2 weeks I have had more free time on my hands then ever before. So here is a long over due update on our lives...

As many of you know we moved to Rock Springs, Wyoming about a month ago. Devin's company moved us out here and it has been a great experience so far. He has been working 80 hour work weeks trying to get his new store up and running and new employees trained, so I don't get to see him too much. His store is doing fantastic and he is really enjoying it.

A week after we moved, my old company sent me to Idaho Falls for 2 weeks to help open their new store up there. It was a lot of hard work, but I learned so much and met some interesting people. While up there I got kidney stones (again) and had to go to the ER. I made a co-worker take me to the hospital at 6 AM, and I was so embarrassed since I had only met him the week before. It sucked getting so sick without Devin there. Later my dad and little sister came and picked me up, so I got to go to Tremonton and be taken care of by my family which was nice.

After the 2 weeks in Idaho I have been jobless. I have had a job since I was 15, so this is so new to me. At first I was so bored that I wanted to die, but have slowly learned a bit about being a housewife and entertaining myself. I have made a lot of yummy treats and watch Good Things Utah and Regis and Kelly every day. I've been looking for a job too, so hopefully I can find one soon.

Overall things are great! We miss our family and Logan, but are really enjoying our new adventure in Wyoming. It's only about 2 hours from Salt Lake so if anyone wants to come visit we would love to have you!