DENVER...HERE WE COME!

It is official, we are moving to Denver. Skyler was offered an internship with Quizno's corporate office in their online marketing department and also an internship with their sister company Smashburger. Kathy, Skyler's mom happened to be talking to an old friend from their old ward and her husband is the CMO(chief marketing officer) of Quizno's and he was Skyler's old Teacher's Quorum leader when he was young. Not to mention friends with his son. Anyway, Anne gave his mom Trey's number and Skyler called him up. I guess it was meant to be because about a week later, we were in Denver and Skyler was in an interview. He actually had an interview with a PR firm in Denver, but we feel it wouldn't be as beneficial at this point for him, however we are hoping they will use him when they outsource their SEO(search engine optimization: what get's you to the top of Google) needs. Anyway, I guess Smashburger called Trey and told him that they heard he had an intern with experience in online marketing and that they wanted him! So cool! Skyler met with both Quizno's and Smashburger and later that night Trey sent him an email saying they both wanted him! So he starts May 3rd working 3 days at Quizno's and 2 days at Smashburger. He will have a mentor over at Quizno's and then take that info and implement it into Smashburger.
He is way excited because apparently the offices are smack in the middle of downtown Denver. A beautiful change from old Rexburg, Idaho! So we are hurrying to pack everything! It is so weird. Kind of surreal that our time here is at an end. I NEVER thought this day would ACTUALLY come. It is crazy that it is happening. I am so excited! I can't wait to move on. Now, we just have to pray that they love Skyler and offer him a high-paying job! ;)

WE DID IT! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

Well, we finally did it! Skyler and I BOTH received our Bachelor's Degree! It was such a long semester, very tough with both of us going full time and having to get sitters for Maddux, but now that it is done it was worth it. I feel so blessed to have great friends and wonderful family that helped us this semester. Skyler's degree is in Business Management and Marketing with a cluster(1/2 minor)in web design/development. Mine is a University Studies degree(which means my general studies courses became my major) with a minor in Home and Family Studies and a cluster in Humanities and a cluster in Art History. I had hoped to be able to receive a degree in art, however the program is VERY demanding and after having Maddux I didn't think I could dedicate the time needed for me to succeed as apposed to just getting by. (Example of the art department mentality: I was taking a graphic design class when I found out I was pregnant and that class ALONE kept me up most nights until 4am. If I did what the teacher asked, then I would receive a "C" in the class. So when he asked for 60 thumbnail sketches of logo ideas, I should come with at least 100 if I hoped for an "A"). Although the degree is not what I planned to get when I first came up here all those many years ago(2003-ouch!), I stuck with my schooling and can now put a B.S. on my resume. (Sounds kind of funny...sometimes I think that is what all of it was: BS!)
I am just happy that I can now be a full time Mommy! I felt so bad the many, many times I had to lock myself away from my family to study for a test or work on a project. My poor little boy would cry outside the door! Not anymore! Maybe now I will have a more consistently clean house! ...Well I can hope can't I?
My parents and Paige came, along with Skyler's Dad, brother Spencer and his wife Kaitlin. They were wonderful to sit through both ceremonies! It was great to have them here to celebrate this with us. And Skyler and I actually got to walk together. They let couples pick which department to walk with, so we chose mine because it was fewer people! Here are a few pictures from the excitement!