So… It has been 2+ years since I have been on here to record the events of our lives. So here it goes in a nut shell.
First some pictures:
(One our favorite things to do is go walk around the San Diego Zoo for a couple hours)
2009:
- We made our way back to Rexburg for Tommy to finish school while I worked as an office manager for a property management company in Idaho Falls
- After trying to get pregnant for about a year we finaly got pregnant but it must not have been the right time because we at 10 weeks we lost the baby. (Don’t worry, our story gets a lot happier)
- This has to be one of the hardest things either of us has ever had to go through. The actual process was physically and mentally painful. Even once the physical part was over, the emotional part lasted for the next year and year and a half
- Tommy graduated December 2009 with his Bachelors degree in Construction management!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Although we were extremely excited to move to the next step in our lives we VERY sad to move away from our best friends and family Kaulana, Michelle, and Maddie (We miss you guys like crazy!!!)
2010
- Tommy had started looking for jobs months (maybe even a year) before he graduated but with the economy and the construction market in such a down turn, we did not find any leads. Bummer!
- After a lot of prayer and thought we decided that it was the perfect time for Tommy to go back to school to study his one of his favorite interests, mechanics.
- Tommy started school right away at Mira Mar studying Heavy Duty Diesel Michanics
- The first blessing that we received just proving that we had made the right decision to move to San Diego was that I was offered and started my new job almost right away as the new office manager for Pulsipher Orthodontics.
- I still am working at the office and really like my job and love the people I work with.
- Not only did I get a great job but one of the perks of the job is that I have been able to get braces and are currently working towards a new beautiful smile J
- January, we moved in with Tommy’s parents which were such a HUGE help and we couldn’t be more grateful for all of the help that they have been in our journey to starting the next chapter of our life.
- April, we moved into our first place here in San Diego. It was a teeny, tiny little one bedroom house. It did have a nice size yard and a one car garage that we ended up using for storage.
- The bedroom was so small that our cal king bed took up all the space except for a 2 foot parameter around the room.
- THE BEST PART OF OUR STORY: August 2010 we found out that we were pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- After a lot of heartbreak, we found out that we were pregnant! Of coarse we were more than happy but we were also very scared that we would have another miscarriage. I really didn’t think that I would be able to go through that process again.
- Long story short, after 8 long weeks we went in for the ultrasound to make sure that the pregnancy was still going good, we saw our little monkey for the first time along with her little fluttering heartbeat.
- After a little worry about how we were going to afford the little addition another blessing came our way. Tommy became aware of an apprenticeship position with the Navy as a heavy duty diesel mechanic. After a very, very, very long process of applications and interviews Tommy got the job!!!!!!!!!
- There is no other explanation than this was a blessing directly sent from our Heavenly Father! It couldn’t be a better job or a better fit for Tommy. He absolutely loves his job.
- The apprenticeship is for 4 years than he gets promoted to mechanic. This is such an amazing opportunity! This program has not been open for the last 20 years because everyone that goes through the program stays in until they retire. So perfect!
Time for break… I’ll be back to finish our update. But first a sneak peak...
Going from:
To:
Chubby, happy, and healthy
