American Greetings

So I'm officially employed now! The job pretty much found me since I didn't even know there was such a position as a "greeting card merchandiser". I had never actually thought about who was responsible for putting out and taken down greeting cards, now you know it is someone employed for the companies like Hallmark or American Greetings. The job is ideal for those wanting a flexible schedule and part time work and I am grateful for the friends I have who helped me get this position!

It's crazy to think I haven't worked outside the home in over four years! I was really rusty when it came to the interview questions and I am so shocked I actually got hired. I had one particular question that cracked me up, "How did you prepare yourself for this interview?" I wanted to say "I took a shower and got dressed"... I didn't actually say it but I couldn't help but think how funny it would have been if I did, so I started laughing and I was sure he thought I was out of my mind. The rest of the interview questions weren't any better than the first but I was at least able to answer them. Maybe next time I should prepare myself for an interview by practicing answers to stupid questions. Anyhow I start next week!

-C

Rainy days in SC

Yesterday went from hot and muggy to a frigid 68 and rainy, so loaded the kids up and headed to Columbia children's museum. Giant boy statue, fire station and water works made for a fun way to kill a rainy day.

Chrissy's mom called to let her know that she found a letter of admission into the nursing program at NCU Colorado from Nov 2003. So Chrissy spent a lot of time crying yesterday. Kind of like finding an 8 year old lottery ticket you can't cash. I guess some things happen in life that we are just incapable of understanding.

But hey, today is a new day. We have Easter eggs to dye, and nobody has ever had any luck trying to change the past so now we focus on the future:)

-Z

Jaxon's B-Day

Well, yesterday was little jack jack's real birthday. He started the terrible two's a couple weeks ago though and I don't know if we are ready for this or not:) Took the fam out to china buffet to celebrate and then came home to play in the sprinkler. It has started warming up here so even the sprinkler feels nice. It is raining today though so is a bit cooler. Still nice enough though that the kids are out rolling in mud puddles right now.

-Z

It was the terrible twos

This weekend we celebrated Jaxon's second birthday a little early, tomorrow he actually be two. We had two parties the same day, one was in the morning at Chuck-E-Cheese with just family including Uncle Chad :) and Jaxon's future girl friend Chloee and later on had a second party at our home with our "Air Force family".

Jaxon was such a turd that day, I don't know if he just didn't like being in the limelight or if it was the terrible two's starting a week early but holy cow he was unhappy. The whole day the lyrics "it's my party and I'll cry if I want to" rang through my head. He did NOT want to open gifts, he did NOT want to sit by his cake and blow out the candles, he did NOT want to be bothered. His sisters were more than happy to open his gifts for him. Mikayla even went as far as jumping up and down and screaming when she opened a movie he had gotten. At least someone was excited! He eventually warmed up to his gifts and at Chuck-E-Cheese refused to let go of his dino puzzle and at home refused to give up his cars laptop and ended up holding it while blowing out his candles. I just wish I hadn't gone through all the trouble to throw him two parties when he didn't want them. Maybe next year we will do a little less.

-C

belated

I am horrible about finding time to blog. I meant to blog right after the girls birthday party but that obviously didn't happen. Jaxon has his own birthday party coming up this weekend, I can't believe he is going to be two! I'll post pictures now and pretend that I haven't waited two months to post :)