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It has come to my attention that a lot has happened in the last year since my last post; and with the help of BJ here's the improved blog including my husband!

I Got married:

Meet Rudy, My Husband

We met while we were on our Missions. Rudy makes me smile... a lot. He took me to Hawaii for our honeymoon. He describes himself as a Dead Sexy Beast. He is also quite humble.

We are expecting our first child in September. Right now it is making me very sick. I've lost 5 lbs in the past few months... Rudy has found them... and a few extra...

We are currently living with BJ, as we wait to finalize the purchase of a new home.

You're now up to date on our life... hopefully it wont be a year until the next post!

1st Day of School!

Today I started class at my 3rd college today! I am now attending CSN the community college here in Vegas because it's a whole lot cheaper. I don't understand... it's the same knowledge that I will be learning so why does it have to be so darn expensive? Oh well... when I got to the campus I couldn't find the building I needed and as soon as I entered one of the buildings the rain was pooring soo hard that the power went out. Great... I have no idea where I am and I have no light! I finally found 2 girls just standing there and asked them if they knew where I was supposed to be going. They said since the power went out their teacher let them out early and they would walk me to my classroom. Great! I was already late and they were really good guides. So I finally made it just about 10 minutes late. It was so awkward! The teacher had already started and was taking roll and passing out the syllabus. Thank goodness I was able to quickly find a seat. Anyways... before I left for school I had Torri snap a few photos of me on my first day at a new school!

Who would have thought?? Twice in one month

So... since I had a great Christmas and got a laptop for Christmas I thought I would try and see if I could post pictures from this computer. So you're getting a bonus this month! Don't get used to it because we all know I most likely will not keep this record up! : ) Here are a few pictures from last year and a few from this year and my trip to Reno. I see a Dr. in Reno and it works out pretty well since that's where Rudy lives. So I got to go and party with Rudy on New Year's Eve and then have my blood drawn on Monday before I came home yesterday. Hopefully we'll be able to see what my genes say and then figure out what's wrong with me. Anyways... I hope you are able to enjoy some of these pictures.

This is me and Andrew making my cool pirate cupcakes that I got to take to work.

This was a learning experience for me. You're probably all a lot smarter then me and already knew this, but I was unaware that geese had tongues. I really had no idea that they looked as closely to ours as they do. But I was excited to have the goose stick his tongue out at me. Although... I probably won't be as thrilled if you decide to stick yours out at me.

This is Rudy and me at his parent's house on Sunday after church. His brother likes my camera so it wasn't hard to get him to take our picture.

I am the ward activities chairman in my ward and since I'm in a single's ward at times I get to plan valley wide activities. Luckily I have a great brother who will support me in my calling on occasion. November was my ward's month to plan the valley wide activity and we did a hoe down. This is us right before we started the cleanup process.

Rudy came to visit me over Halloween since it is also Nevada Day and the courts were closed so I got it off! We were going to go to a party so we dressed up and got to take the boys out trick-or-treating before the party. We were the only adults that were dressed up, with the exception of Lacey, so we got to take the kids to the doors. It was great fun!

While I was in Reno I went ice skating for my very first time! I was so excited and seemed to be doing great! I made it around the rink several times without falling so I decided to get fancy and try jumping. I did successfully several times, but then as I was trying to get a good jump for the camera I fell. : ( But it only happened once the whole time we were out! I was really proud of myself... but then again I did have someone holding my hand and my arms for the majority of the time so if I got tipsy he caught me! I highly recommend it!

We also went and saw the movie Avatar in 3-D while I was there and Rudy wanted us to keep our glasses so we could take a picture. I'm surprised we actually did.

This is Emerald Bay in South Tahoe... isn't it pretty?

I'm the marketing department for my lawfirm so I get to be incharge of all sorts of fun things. The partners decided that we should have firm pictures taken, so I used my hook-up (BJ) to come and take our pictures. I think he did a pretty good job.

Randi and I in Hyram on Memorial Day. It's always fun to visit Grandma and Grandpa Jones's graves. It's like a mini family reunion since Joe and Bonnie come from Nebraska, BJ from Vegas, My parents from Elko (and this year I came with mom since I was still bumming around in Elko), and of course the distant travelers... Randi and LaWayne. It's always a good time as we walk around the cemetary looking at all the family graves and then head over the hill to Chili's for a quick 3 hour lunch!

It's an update! Who would have thought?

So my last post was about 7 months ago… what can I say? I’m a busy, boring girl. I usually get up go to work. I work for a law firm, but a different one then before. I now work for the Law Office of Piet & Wright. We handle all types of cases, but basically are doing a lot of bankruptcies and divorces. I am the scheduler and the marketing department. I started as the Receptionist and have moved p in the world! But I am here from 8:30 -5:30 Monday – Friday. I did take one class this semester from UNLV. It was once a week and was a criminal justice class which I just found out I got an A- in!!! I’m very happy about that. After work I now normally come home and chill by myself as my roommate has a life and isn’t usually home. Once a week I go to the temple after work, Thursday night’s I’m usually over at the Martin’s for the Office and Community, since I don’t have cable. And the other nights are just kind of hit and miss, but usually spent at home. I do finally have a boyfriend. We’ve been dating for a little over 4 months, but he lives in Reno, so my nights are usually spent on the phone for a couple of hours with him. His name is Rudy and I met him in Chicago while on the mission. He was one of my zone leaders, but nothing happened while we were in the mission. We started speaking in July when my Mission President and his wife returned from the mission and had a huge reunion party here in Vegas since they are from here. He came down and we kinda hung out one night. Then we started texting and when he was down here in August we started dating. So… just for the record… my heart was locked during the mission and I was a good missionary! Anyways… Now hopefully you will all be content and happy with me for the next 7 months. I can hope anyways right? I tried to attach several pictures, but none would attach so maybe you'll get another update within the next 7 months with pictures. :) Something to look forward to! Merry Christmas from me to you with love!

First Date from the ward!

Ok... I didn't get asked out, but my roommate did! She wasn't too thrilled about going, see reason b on previous post, but she said yes anyways... Here are some before and after pictures of her... I really like the contrast!







You can tell she is already giving up dating in the ward... She's practically surrendering! Sorry Tor... It was a blog worthy post! : )

Today I was so excited because I answered my phone to a number I didn't recognize and on the other end was the incredibly cute Elder's Quorum President! I got so excited when he introduced himself. And then he continued... I was wondering if it would be possible tomorrow night for me... I was wishing upon a star that he would say "and you could go out." Unfortunately he said and my companion could come over and home teach you. I went from being so excited to slightly less than excited. So that's as close as I have come to being asked out in the ward... It started off with such potential and then just fizzled out to not so much!

Nannying

Ok... I didn't really take a lot of pictures... practically being a single parent to 4 children is exhausting! Plus I forgot that I had my camera with me for most of the time. But here are a few pictures from my week. They kids were having a sword fight... except for Cari, who is 2 and didn't understand the concept.








I am happy to report that they were all still alive when their parents came home and only 2 had some bruises. I'm not terrified of being a parent anymore, especially since I won't start off with 4 that already have attitudes and hopefully I won't be a single parent! So... now I just need to find a guy that a)will ask me out and b)doesn't creep me out! Haha! Wish me luck!

New Job

Ok So... Before I moved to Las Vegas I had already spoken to a couple different people about jobs. 2 different companies said that they would most likely be able to hire me part time. So I thought great! 2 part time jobs... I'll take it, it's not ideal, but I'll take what I can get. Well... I get down here and it doesn't work out with either. So I spent about 2 1/2 weeks applying for jobs and waiting to hear back. Finally my roommate TorriLyn tells me that her boss is looking for a nanny for 5 days while he and his wife head back east to a dental conference. So... needing a job I accept. They have 4 children, 3 girls and 1 boy. The oldest is 8 and the youngest is 2. I met with him and he also talked to me about possibly hiring me for some marketing work at his orthodontist office about 10 hrs a week and possibly some hours at his father's practice. I was excited because I at least had some prospects! Monday morning, 3 days before I am supposed to start nannying I get a call from 2 other companies that I have applied to and they want to set up interviews! Yay! The first is just a phone interview, but I figured great! I don't have to get ready and they'll call me later that day. The second was for a law firm... later that day.
I went to the interview at the law office and I even made BJ help me pick out my outfit, complete with shoes since he had the day off and was over visiting me. ( We hadn't chosen the shoes yet for this picture!)



I went and met with the Head hancho! Mr. Fales. I spoke with him for about 20 minutes. He informed me the only reason I was being interviewed was because he had seen on my response to one of his questions that I had attended a BYU. He too had graduated from BYU and is in fact LDS. To boot, all but 2 employees at this small office of 12 are LDS. The first question he asked was how I like my mission. I thought this was odd since I was here for a job interview, but I responded. Anyways... He informed me that he would be sending in 2 other employees to come and meet with me. So I enjoyed speaking with them for about 20- 30 minutes. When I had set up this appt I had informed them that I had another interview at 3. So as I was speaking with these 2 employees one of them brought it up. "I know you have another interview in about 5 minutes, but do you think you could reschedule? Skip it? I realize I can't force you to skip it, but if I could I would." I was kind of caught off gaurd, but informed her that I would call the other company later and see if there was anyway I could set up yet another interview. Apparently I was headed to step 3 of the interview process. This normally takes place on another day, but since they live close, they had called in Gary's (Mr. Fales') wife to come and meet with me. They informed me that they lived really close and that she was on her way and should be here in about 3 minutes. So I reluctantly said ok and waited.
Mrs. Fales comes in and speaks with me and asks me basically all of the questions that I have now answered twice. The other 2 employees are still in there with me so they are now hearing my response for the second time as well. Anyways Mrs. Fales asks me about when I would be available to start work if I were hired and I informed her tomorrow, but I had also accepted a position nannying for Friday- Tuesday. She asked me a little more and then asked who I was nannying for... turns out she and the wife of the Dr. grew up together in Rigby, Idaho and then were also VT companions for 3 years here in Vegas. Small world... anyways... she then leaves the room with the other two and they talk for about a minute. She then returned and said, "well... the job is yours if you want it. We would love to start training you tomorrow at 8am, and would like for you to come for the next three days and then they would let me have those 3 business days off to nanny and then I could return full time." I was so excited, so of course I said yes!
So... I now work for the Law Offices of Gary Fales and Associates as the receptionist and a member of the marketing department. He does probate, medicade, LLC's, Wills, Deeds, and Life and Death plans. It's actually quite interesting.

I'm sure glad that I didn't go in with this face though, Or I might not have gotten the job! Haha