Jobs...Moving...etc.

So as you all know, school is OVER for Ryan. Over, over, OVER! There's always the possibility of more in the future, but we're talking at least 10 years away, if ever! He finished at Weber in July and received his bachelors. He still had his MRI licensing test to take, which was really giving him some anxiety for a while. He felt totally unprepared (thanks to the spectacular job they do 'teaching' at Weber State) to take the test, but crammed in some major studying. He just hoped he would get a passing grade. As usual, he did more than that. My miraculous husband pulled out a 92% on the test. So he is official!!! He has received all of his licensing information and certifications. It's so nice to have that all behind us. I figured this would end the most difficult part of it all. I was wrong...

We are searching for a job. I hate this process 10 times more than I hated when Ryan was in school. At least we knew how long school would take and had a plan set for it. We have found that it will be nearly impossible to get a job in Utah. I'm not exactly sad about this. There are sad aspects, but I really like the idea of a new adventure. And honestly we're not even finding jobs close by. There has been one posted in Utah, but the rest are either back east or down in Texas. We've applied for a few and are waiting to see if we hear anything back. We've found a lot of companies are keeping jobs open for over a month and then may or may not contact you at all to let you know if they are even interested. It's so frustrating and not what we're used to. We're pretty open at this point as to where we will go. There are a few states that we probably won't apply to, unless we get desperate. I have had so many people come up and say, "Aren't you supposed to have moved by now?" Makes me feel so good inside! It's aggravating not having any control over any of it. Our goal has been to be moved before Christmas. I'm really hoping we can still meet that goal. But I'm constantly losing hope in that. It's only been a month and a half, so it's not like it's all that long. But after you spend so much time and money into school, you want to start making the money you deserve on a full-time basis! I'm grateful that Ryan does have 2 jobs right now working on an as needed basis. It's not always consistent work, but it's helping us survive.

Anyway, just thought I'd give an update on our situation. Hopefully a post will come soon about our new job somewhere and that we'll be moving in a few weeks.... but don't hold your breath!

Happy 33rd Ryan!!!

I'm back peddling here a little bit, but I didn't want to miss wishing my amazing husband a Happy Birthday. He turned 33 on Sept. 9th. Ryan never wants big celebrations or big deals made out of his birthday, but I'm totally opposite. So I ended somewhere in the middle. I got a really fun cake for him. It was a Real Salt Lake cake. It was a soccer field with the RSL logo in the middle. The decorator was amazing and paid very good detail to the logo. Ryan was very surprised and loved his cake. I took him to dinner and a movie for his birthday. We saw Contagion, which was really good and totally made me into a temporary germ-a-phob. The movie made it extremely hard to go to dinner at Golden Corral after the movie. It was probably pretty funny to watch us both cringe as we picked up tongs or spoons for the different dishes, wondering who had touched them and what diseases they had. :) My in-laws were sweet enough to watch the boys and let them hang out with some of their cousins. They had a great time there. We had a great night with some much needed alone time.

I love you Ryan! Happy Birthday!

Darek Soccer

Even though I have about 20 posts to catch up on, I was looking at these pictures tonight and just had to get them on here. Darek has been watching his big brother play soccer since he was born and has loved playing in the backyard with him. We found out this year that Darek would be old enough to play on a team. Last weekend was his first game. I laughed so hard, to the point where I was almost crying, it was so funny to watch. Darek has a lot to learn... like, you cannot pick up the ball and place it where you feel it needs to be. You cannot tackle kids for the fun of it. It's pretty important to kick the ball into YOUR goal and not the other teams. We'll get to all of these things in time. For now it's so much fun to sit, watch, laugh, cry from laughing so hard and cheer! I love that he is starting sports. He is going to be an extremely athletic kid! It's already become harder as a mom to have another kid with activities to get to. But I sure do love being the 'soccer mom'!











Oh, and I have to say that I had the best time shopping for his little cleats and shin guards. Who knew they actually made them in sizes that small?? If I can, I'll get a few videos on here that were just hilarious from the game. But enjoy this for now!