FINALLY!

We found an APARTMENT! This is great news to me because I have been searching the last month and a half for that perfect deal! Funny thing is, I found these apartments at the beginning of my search, but didn't check them out until a week ago. However, I suppose if I found them first, I would not have jumped on it so quick because I would have wanted to keep looking. I did find some other places that I loved more, but this place has the location we need and a wonderful price. Plus, it's in the air that there is a possibility Quizno's will hire Skyler as a full time employee rather than a contract employee. If that happens we are leaving the apartment life and heading to a house!
Well it has been pretty hot here. It's funny because growing up in California it was always hot, so high 90's was normal. But high 90's and low 100's in the mile high city, a lot closer to the sun than Sacramento...there is a difference. I mean, I can lay out side for about 20 minutes and come inside a lobster. So, to cool off...Maddux got to play in the little kiddie pool the neighbor's let us use. So here are some pictures. He obviously was having a blast.
The other pictures are from a graduation party here for a friend of ours. Maddux found his old football helmet and didn't want to take it off.

GREAT NEWS...

Skyler got contracted out to Quizno's! He starts on Monday! We are so happy! Now we are just waiting on a couple other companies to see if they will contact him out as well. And now...apartment hunting! I wish I could say house hunting, but an apartment will be fine! We are excited to be entering into the "real" world with a steady income! ::::I wonder what that is like?::::

DENVER.....

We are here! Skyler started his internship with Quizno's and Smashburger and is loving it. We are praying that they will love him and that it will turn into a job after.

He's all professional now!

So since it is unpaid, we are staying with his parents. We all know how that goes! I swore I would never jump on the living-with-your-in-laws boat, however, we had no choice. So....come the first couple paychecks...we are OUT!

I want it to turn into a job because I found a house that I am in love with.

This house is out in Castle Rock. About 20 minutes outside of Denver. The very best part is that it is in our best friend's Chase and Mandi's ward!

I love the kitchen! I love that it doesn't look like all the cookie cutter home kitchens!

The hard wood is beautiful! And the house is only $223,000! Insane! 4 bedroom, 3 bath with a finished basement! So hopefully, it will stay on the market for another month and a half! Otherwise, I'll have to find another! ;(

Well, for the grandparents and aunties and uncles...her are some pictures of the little guy being a...what grandpa Malley calls a "terrorist." He then altered it to be more positive, an "explorer."

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!

THE NOSE

So,... Maddux now has a fascination with shoving things in his nose. Every time he eats he HAS to shove the food in the nose. So...tonight I turned away for a second and then he started crying. I checked his nose and saw nothing...okay? So I'm playing with him and I thought I saw it! Skyler and I pinned him down but with no avail. Nothing. It was bath time and then play time with Daddy....and then! He was laughing and out popped the food! A piece of freeze dried apple. Anyone know these? From Parent's Choice? Perfect nostril size...so I have found.

Here's a lovely picture. Skyler can't look at it, but it's not that gross...