Two things...

One...We finally found a place to live!! I didn't want to just settle for something so we looked until we found an apartment that had everything we wanted.  It has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a washer/dryer, garage, and it's in Del Mar which is close to Ben's office. It's perfect! Although it makes me sick how much we will be paying for it, we were asking for it when we moved to southern California :)
and Two...I was laid off from my job with Pinnacle :( My boss finally called and told me that due to licensing issues I could no longer work from California. Total bummer since we really need the extra money right now, but at the same time I am so THRILLED that I never have to talk to another jerk/idiotic sales rep or technician on the phone again!(knock on wood) I'm really not looking forward to finding and starting a new job...really REALLY not looking forward to it. But oh well, ya gotta do whatcha gotta do. Maybe I'll actually find a job I enjoy? Wouldn't that be nice.
That's all for now! Heading to Carlsbad tomorrow to watch my adorable niece. Can't wait!

Dreaming...

I like to dream sometimes that Ben and I will have a bunch of money someday to build and design a house together. However, I think that we will be able to at least decorate a little in our new apartment (wherever it may be) when we get settled. I've been looking for inspiration on pinterest.com  and found some colors for our bedroom that I really like...

Kindof a navy/slate blue with mustard/gold, gray, and white. Very pretty, but not too feminine (for the husband) I think :) We're going to try to decorate on a tight budget and make as many things on our own as we can...we'll see how all the DIY decorating goes! I'm excited.

Some more interior design to look at...

I would rather...

"I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, Than to live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is."
I liked this quote that Ben's Grandma sent in an email. Although I KNOW there's a God so I guess I'm good to go ;) haha.

Hallelujah! What a blessing

Our second week in California Ben went out and dropped off about 40 or 50 resumes to construction companies all over San Diego. We went to the Temple that Friday and about an hour after we left he gets a call for an interview that Monday! Blessing! The funny thing was, it was for a company he had just applied to online through craigslist, not even one of the companies he went and dropped off a resume to! He has spent the last four months applying online and then BAM...he gets one from applying online as soon as we move to California. I'm am so so SO grateful. 

The company is called Rore and their office is in LaJolla. He will be managing some jobs at the Naval Bases in Coronado Island and Point Loma and he's pretty excited to have a pass onto the bases. I'm pretty excited that I can finally start looking for a new job!! Even though the thought of starting a new job always gives me anxiety haha. I'm planning on giving my job notice next week and possibly might work for them a little bit longer until I find something new. We'll see.

Next thing on our list is to find a place to live! We're going to stay with my parents for a few more weeks so we can start looking and keep saving up money...the more money the better, rent is NOT cheap here.

It's such a blessing he found a job so quickly and we're both very very grateful :)

Pictures from Boise

Here's pictures of a few of the things we did during our two week stay in Boise. I didn't document the trip as well as I normally would since my camera was packed in our storage unit in Utah and I kept forgetting to take pictures with Ben's camera. We had so much fun while we were there and it was good to hang out with the Poole gang for two whole weeks! We hadn't seen Blake, Allyson and little Harper for sooo long and it was so good to get to hang out with them again and I always enjoy spending time with my mother and father-in-law. The week before Allyson and Blake got there Ben and I and his parents went to Stanley Idaho/Red Fish Lake for the day, and Ben went spear fishing in the ICE COLD water. I got in long enough to try and spear a fish, then realized I was too cold to move so I just watched Ben spear one and then got the heck out of there. I can handle cold water, but not FREEZING water. We also stopped at some hot springs on the way up there and they were in the coolest spot right next to a river. I think it's one of my new favorite places in Idaho. It was a fun day and such beauuutiful scenery.
Another fun trip everyone went on the second weekend we we there was up to McCall. We went the same weekend that me and Ben got engaged a year ago(awwww). A friend of the family let us stay in their cabin and use there boat so we went wake surfing both days we were there and it was so much fun. We also did a little dirt bike/four wheeling, BBQ-ing, and soaking in the hot tub at night.
Other than our trips to McCall and Stanley we ate a lot of good food, watched the twilight criterium downtown, went swimming, celebrated my sister-in-law and niece's birthdays, and of course I worked a lot of the time :) I can never get away from it haha. It is really nice though that I can go on a long trip like that and still be able to work.

The twilight Criterium (these guys were booking it!)

Red Fish Lake

He must not have know how cold the water was going to be ;)

After he caught them he would fling them off the spear...the people on shore seemed a little angry haha, but they were just carp!

Love those baby blues!

Oh the joys of moving...

I say that obviously with thick sarcasm :)

I just haven't felt like blogging because we've been in the middle of a two week trip to Boise(which was so much fun and I'll be posting pictures of that later) and then a two day drive/move from Boise to Utah then California (not so fun) 

We're finally somewhat settled in at the ol' parents house and it's so nice to finally be done moving. Ben was pretty much sick the entire process and I wasn't feeling great either (for reasons only girls would understand). We took what we needed to my parents house and then STUFFED everything else in a storage unit. So glad that whole process is over. I've just been working at home(for Pinnacle still) and Ben's been prepping for his big game plan for finding a job. He printed out a ton of resumes and business cards, or "networking cards" as he likes to call them, and he has three phases of job searching planned. It's gonna be pretty intense. Haha just kidding...but I hope so. The sooner he finds a job the better, but I will admit I'll probably be going through withdrawals once he gets a job and I won't have him around all day :) Can't get enough of that big guy.

It feels SO good to be in California and I'm so excited to be able to spend more time with my family.  

6/19/11 PARTAY

Along with being Father day, Ben also turned 27 this last Sunday. I thought it would be funny to play a trick on him and write "Surprise! Happy Father's Day too!" in his Birthday card haha, but I didn't. We celebrated a little on Saturday and a little on Sunday. On Saturday we went to the Cheesecake Factory which is so good and then went to the Strawberry Days Rodeo with some friends afterwards. Sunday I gave him a 5 year old party at our apartment with just us two...it was pirate themed hahaha. Why not. After that we headed to the canyon for a picnic. We kept it simple with hot dogs and chips, but then for dessert we tried "oreo s'mores" which is chocolate graham crackers with cookies n cream chocolate bars and a marshmallow. Pretty good actually. Here's some pictures!

That says 27 haha