Bowling Night

Friday night we decided we wanted to do something different than normal, so we went bowling.  It was pretty packed (being a Friday night) but we had alot of fun!  Sadie couldn't get enough!  As soon as she rolled one ball down the lane she was running to grab another, whether it was her turn or not.  All in all we had alot of fun :)

I loved that they had little toddler bowling shoes.  Aren't these so cute?!

Rolling her big, heavy 6-pound ball, LOL ;)

Sadie couldn't wait for us, so she started going and picking up her own ball.  We couldn't believe it!  What a stud!  I've got a couple of really cute videos of her carrying the ball and rolling it, but they're taking waaaay too long to upload.  Brian says he can reduce the file size, so I'll try and upload them after he does that.

Check our her super-stud pose.  She's getting ready to roll the ball, and she's holding it almost completely by herself :)

Last but not least, check out the new 'do!  I've been growing my hair out for a while, but I'm really a short-hair girl at heart and finally had to chop it off!  I think it turned out pretty cute though :)

Here's what it looked like Friday morning.  I wanted a "Before" and "After" since this is thelongest its been since Brian and I got married :)  (and I know, its not even that long)

New Jobs!

Or should I say "Additional Jobs!"

With the purchase of a new home, a baby on the way and the current economic situation pretty much guaranteeing neither Brian nor I will be getting a raise any time soon, we've started looking for some ways to bring in a little extra money.

For his part, Brian's trying to get his own computer and printer repair business going in Lincoln County!  Its what he does for a living here in Cedar City, but he's always really wanted to work for himself.  Since he doesn't want to compete with his employer (for obvious reasons) and there seems to be a need in Lincoln County, it seemed like a good move.  So we just started advertising out there last weekend and he already has his first call!  We're really excited and hope it can turn into more than just a side thing (especially me since I've wanted to move back to Lincoln County forever!)  In the meantime, I guess we'll just wait and see. :)

For my part, I was just searching some job postings on SUU's student job website and came across a work-from-home data entry job for a company called Ornaments to Remember.  I emailed the contact and asked a little about it and decided to apply.  They offered it to me last Friday and I accepted.

Initially I was just looking for a little extra money and didn't care much about the company, but as I've started doing stuff for them, I'm really impressed.  I'm basically doing stuff for two companies- Ornaments to Remember and The Learning Community.  I got really excited when I visited the Learning Community site because its all about resources for parents!  Ornaments to Remember ties in as its their source of funding for the Learning Community.  I've talked with a couple other employees, both work-from-home moms who've been with the company for several years, one here in Cedar and one in Oregon and they kept saying how much they've loved working for such a family-friendly organization.  So now I'm actually excited- I'm doing something and working for something I believe in, even if it is just data entry for now. :)  I know most of the people who read my blog are moms too, so take a look at the learning community site, www.thelearningcommunity.us.  I thought it was pretty cool.

So Brian and I both have some exciting new prospects.  We're both working hard, but in the long run these might allow us to actually support ourselves better and spend more time together as a family.  Thats what we're hoping anyway

One more? Why not!

Kim, this is for you!!!

We decided two adults and 1 1/2 kids isn't enough members for our family, so we adopted a cat last week.  We've actually wanted one FOREVER and were going to get Sadie one for Christmas, but decided to wait until after since we'd be traveling so much around the holidays.  I've been checking out the animal shelter websites and classifed ads looking for just the right kitty, and last week saw ours on the Enoch animal shelter website.  For some reason, she just felt like the right one.  So I showed Brian and called the animal shelter so we could come meet her.

They told me she's super-friendly, litterbox trained, has all her shots and is spayed, PLUS they don't charge an adoption fee- does it get any better?  They also told me when they got her she was completey emaciated- she'd been starved- and they'd just been trying to get her healthy before they adopted her out.  Just about broke my heart!  So Sadie and I went to meet her the afternoon of New Year's Eve and before we even touched her she started purring soooooooo loud :)  We looked a couple of other cats too, but they either had something wrong with them, or would hiss when Sadie tried to pet them (she's not really gentle- we're working on it).  So I just felt like this one was right for us.  

Since we've gotten her, we've been having so much fun!  She's such a good family cat, and loooooooooves to snuggle!  I also think she's gorgeous :)

Sadie ended up naming her.  She's starting to understand "names", like mommy's name is Tessa, the fish's name is Nemo, etc.  We asked her what the kitty's name was, and she said "Snow White".  The she went over to the cat and started saying "Hi Snow White, hi Snow White".  So Snow White it is, although I just call her Snow for short :)  We're all having fun though, and we're all really happy to have this newest addition to our family!