Hi

So...we are alive, believe it or not! Just enjoying the hotttt summer days in St George and working! It has been forever since my last blog....the only thing that has changed is my employer! I work at The Tax Club again....I love my job to death. I am an appointment settter and compliance clerk! I have been here since March. I left staples because I had to have a full-time job, to help the finances. I graduated from SUU in May with my bachelors Degree. It is the best feeling to be done with school until I decide to get my Masters! Nothing else is really new, still live day to day and hangout with people as often as possible. Gardner will start Fall Semester again and hit that hard! It will be so nice when he graduates from College! Sorry I am not good at this whole blogging thing, I never know what to write!
*PeAcE, lOvE, and HaPpInEsS!*

Update.....

Hi all.....it has been a while since I blogged last! We hope everyone had a Very Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year. We had a great Christmas. Together we got a Wii and some misc items. I got an Ipod Touch and Gardner got a Videocamera--the flip ones. It is cool. We are so thankful for both of our families. As far as life goes, it does slowly get better. Life is still way hard, mainly for me, but I do try and keep a positive outlook on life. I graduated from SUU on December 12, 2008 with my bacheolors of science. It is a great feeling, but trying to find a job sucks! I currently work at staples until I can find a teaching job. I look at it as, having to do what i have to do. Gardner is going to Dixie State College and will graduate probably in Fall of 2010. Lets keep our fingers crossed! We still love living in St George even though it did snow last week! Gardner is still commuting to Cedar City everyday to work graveyards! it is terrible. The job outlook in st george is horrible. We are lucky he has a job though. Some people don't have or can't get a job. I guess it is just one of those trials we go through to make us stronger! Still no kids for us.....there are trials we have to get through first before bringing a little one into this crazy world! It will happen someday though. I will stop writing now before this thing turns into a book...i have a habit of not writing for a while, then when i do....it turns into a book!

Huge Update!

I cannot believe it has been almost 2 months since I blogged last! I don't even know where to start. In my last blog I talked about Gardner having two brain surgeries in 4 days.....all I can say is I am glad that is over with. It has been a rough two months but he is back to normal and has a clean bill of health as of yesterday when he went to Provo for a checkup. He is still commuting to Cedar to work because there are no jobs in St George that pay more than 9 dollars an hour and offers insurance. This whole commuting thing is getting old fast, that's for sure! As for me....I am hanging in there. Student teaching is done on Thursday, and I am definitely going to miss it! I never thought I would grow so attached to the whole student teaching idea, but it has been great! There are no jobs as of now, which is a huge bummer and I can't start substituting until Dec 1 which puts a huge financial strain on things. Washington County School District is going through a different company for their substitute services and they are not recruiting any new subs until Dec 1! Wow....work a whole 2 weeks then have Christmas Break. I am scared! Anyways, I am hoping that a job falls through at least for next school year. Dixie High has been great and they are trying to work something out so I can stay, hopefully it works out. It is nice to know that I will have my bachelors degree though. That has been a huge goal in my life and I am completing this goal thanks to my family, and Gardner. If it wasn't for them, I am sure I would have quit by now! We love living in St George. The weather is great for November and our house is fantastic! My little brother(Dallas) had his first kid on October 12. His name is Gavyn James Forsyth and he is absolutely adorable! We try to go to Cedar as much as possible to see him. Before this turns into a book, I guess I should stop writing! Keep in touch!

I think I am alive!

Wow!!! It has been some time since I have posted. My life has been a whirlwind lately! I have been student teaching at DHS for the past monthish and at the same time, Gardner has been healing from his 2 surgeries in 4 days! Anyways, things are starting to calm down for now. We are moved into our townhome in St George and Gardner is off work for one more month, due to his surgeries. We do love living in St George and enjoy the heat! There is no comparison to Cedar when it comes to the weather! I am getting used to teaching high schoolers and love it. I was scared at first, but it seems to get easier as time goes on. If you are in St George, and ever want to go on double dates or just hangout, let me know.....we are looking for friends to "play" with!

Sad Days!

Hi Everyone. As you all know, I am doing my student teaching in St George, and Gardner is living in Cedar until around the 1st when we can move into our townhome. I went home for the weekend and everything was going great. Gardner works graveyards, so his body is totally messed up as it is. He woke up Saturday with a headache and said he was going to go back to bed. That was the last time I saw or talked to him coherently until Sunday when he was leaving the Cedar hospital to go to Provo for emergency brain surgery. We just went through this whole shunt replacement 6 months ago, so I was an hysterical mess, which I still am just not as bad! I couldn't miss my student teaching so his parents took him to provo to have surgery which went well. He is recovering now, but I can't explain how scary this has been once again. I often ask myself why things like this go on because it is right in the middle of everything!!!! We are trying to move and find a job in St George so we don't have to be apart! I guess there is a reason for everything. Maybe he hasn't been able to find a job because heavenly father knew this was going to happen and didn't want us to not have insurance. It may have been a blessing in disguise, but it still sucks! He has lost some of his short term memory, which is a new experience for me. I am trying to be strong and have faith and praying that everything will return to normal soon! The doctors' are hoping to discharge him Wednesday the 20th which would be great. He will be coming to my grandma's with me where I can watch and help. I just ask that if you are reading this to please pray for him to heal 100% quickly. I love him so much and just want him to be healthy again! Thanks everyone!

First Day of School

Yesterday was my first day at Dixie High School as a student teacher! I cannot tell you how exciting it is to be with these teenagers all day long! I know some people who can't stand teenagers and can't figure out why I chose High School over elementary. There is no comparison in my eyes. High school is more fun and you don't have to deal with crying and whining kids all day long. You can actually teach and have great conversations, etc with your students. I am teaching entrepreneurship, accounting, marketing, and 3 financial literacy classes. It is a lot of work but a great experience that will hopefully help me find a job in December.

I am alive!

Hi Everyone! It has been a little bit since I updated everyone! So, my last blog was about the dodgers game, which by the way, was a blast! For some good news, I am doing my student teaching at Dixie High School, in St George. I changed my placement because Gardner was not getting a job in Las Vegas. We had been looking since March and nothing would pop up. So, I am happy to say that he is working on finding a job in St George, so if you are reading this and know of a job that pays more than like 11 dollars an hour, let me know! Also, we may have found a townhome that we absolutely love and hope to move in to. I start my student teaching Monday, so Gardner is going to stay in Cedar until things come around for us. I will be staying with my cute grandma until Gardner is officially in St George. It will suck not having him around, but without sacrificing sometimes, life would be too easy. Moving to St George, allows us to both be by our families still and won't be as dramatic of a move. We feel that it is the right thing to do in our lives right now.