It makes me sick to even pull up my blog anymore because it has been SOOOOOO long since I have posted anything and I am greatly ashamed of it. I wish so badly I had been keeping up with everything that has been going on in our lives because it has been a lot. My kids have changed dramatically and I hate that the only thing I have to show that is j-pegs somewhere on my external hard drive. I could literally list excuse after excuse as to why I have not been blogging, and truthfully it would sure make me feel better. But just to save time and boredom, the only excuse I will mention is that up until now, we have had only our lap top to depend on for Vance to get through school, and now start studying with for his new job, which I will tell in more detail later on. This lap top now has lines running through the screen, the mouse only works if you're really lucky that day, and when you click on ANYTHING, it takes it 3 minutes or more, just to decide what to do. With Vance's new job opportunity it has been a MUST to have a computer that is reliable, so we took a plunge and got a new desk top. It was just in the nick of time too. The lap top is worse than ever. It has no room for anymore pictures so we have had all these SD cards piled up with pictures on them and no where to put them, therefore, how would I blog?? Anyways, things are definitely looking up in that area so we'll see what happens from here on out.
As for Vance's job, to make a long story short, he GRADUATED from the University of Phoenix with a Bachelor in Science of Business Finance on February 17th. That was an amazing thing for us! I stayed up with him night after night until well after 2 am working on homework. I would edit his papers when he was done so he could turn them in that night. I am proud to say that he graduated with 16 A's, 5 B's, and 1 crazy C+!! His final GPA was 3.59! (which doesn't make sense to me with all those A's, but none the less, I am as proud as a wife could possibly be!!!)!!! So the night after he graduated, he started applying and looking for jobs on Monster.com. While he took a break, I uploaded his Resume with the option of making it very easy for possible employers to see. We randomly applied for a job in New York, (just for kicks!) and went to bed. The next day, he called me on his lunch break and said that someone called about a job opportunity and he thought it was the company from New York since that was the only one we applied for. His phone kept cutting out so he couldn't hear the whole message, so I called his voicemail. It turns out it was Farm Bureau. They had seen his resume on Monster.com and were very interested in him. He had an interview the next day and it was something he was very interested in. A couple weeks later he took personality tests to see if he was a match for the company or not. The next day, he got a phone call for a second interview. He was told that his tests showed that he was a perfect fit and that they had interviewed over 300 people, and he was the one they wanted! After much contemplation, many prayers, and getting advice from everyone possible, he decided that he would be crazy not to accept this opportunity. His boss wanted to meet me and take us out to dinner, so the following week, we met at his office where he went over a few things with us. He also showed me Vance's test scores and it was amazing to see how perfect he is for this position! He then took us out to dinner at an AMAZING restaurant called Corbin’s. It was soooooo delicious. And I have to say, I was treated like a queen and I loved it! Vance was absolutely amazing to me, and so was Mackae (his boss). They were such gentlemen! The waitress kept calling me "My Dear" which normally I would have been like, "I'm not your dear!" but this was so formal and awesome, that I LOVED it! I did not want the night to end. Oh and by the way, just in case you are wondering, the food is literally to die for! Yes it was expensive ($25 + per plate) but it was sooooo worth it. Ok, we really ate for free (thanks to Mackae!), but I would of happily paid for it. Word of advice, if you go there, dress real nice and sit by the waterfall. And if anyone tries their dessert, let me know how it tastes because I was dying to try it. Apparently it takes 20 minutes to make!
Anyways, I know this is a long post so if you are bored...stop reading because I'm not done yet! So for Vance's new job, he will be an Insurance Agent. He starts training in May, and has to have 4 tests done in order to sell insurance so he can get his licenses (2 of which have to be done before he starts training). He passed his first test this last Saturday and is scheduled to take the second one on April 10th. The tests are 3 hours long and he has to get a 70% or better. (originally we thought he had to get 90%, so we were EXTREMELY excited to find out that its only 70%)
As for the kids, Isaac is now 14 months old. He is still learning to walk and I love it!! It is my favorite stage ever! He has been trying to walk for 5-6 weeks now, and he is still choosing crawling over walking, but as far as I'm concerned, he can drag it on as long as he'd like because it is way too cute to watch him try and walk! I love watching him almost fall and then get control of his balance, and just keep on going. It's adorable! Mason will be 3 in May and he is one big boy! He calls me sweetie all the time and I absolutely LOVE it! "Come play cars with me sweetie!" "Sweetie, I need to go to the bathroom!" "Get me a drink please sweetie!" Anyways, its way cute and it makes me smile every time. My heart aches when I think of the day he stops calling me sweetie.
Well, that is all I will bore you with for right now, but hopefully there will be more to come soon. I am WAY behind and it bugs me to my core, so don't be surprised if you start seeing postings clear from last summer. I want so badly to record every fun event in our lives, and right now blogging is my only option. Scrapbooking is put on the backburner yet again. I keep saying that as soon certain things happen, I will get more time to do things I want to do, but the truth is, I don't know when that will happen. Right now, Vance is busy on the computer studying every night and I am with the kids all day, who are quite demanding! I will attempt to make blogging a bigger priority as best as I can. Until next time, Carpe Diem!
