I know, I know! It has been forever since we've posted. Quite a bit has happened in the past couple of months. Halloween came and went. We decided to dress up as Pirates this year. We went to a costume party at one of our friend's houses that is in our ward. It was fun and great to get to meet people in our ward. Then on the 30th we headed to Blackfoot to go to Travis and Heather's ward Trunk-or-Treat. We had to speak in our ward on the 31st. Our topic was blessings of the temple. It went well, but we were both glad to have it over.
In November, I started to look more actively for a new job since mine would be ending at the end of December. I found a job for an Attendance Clerk position on the Idaho Dept of Labor website. I decided to apply for the job. I didn't think anything would really come of it. But about a week or so after I applied I got a call for an interview at a middle school. I went for the interview the same day that I few to SLC to help train my replacement at work. The interview went really well and I felt good about it. While I was in SLC, the principal of the school called and offered me the job! I was so excited! It worked out great that I was in SLC so I could tell my boss in person. So I flew home and Rumel and I went to dinner to celebrate. We were so grateful that I was able to get the job. A week after I got back was Thanksgiving. This was our year to start at Rumel's family. Thursday we had dinner at the farm and then relaxed and enjoyed time with family. We looked at the ads and decided there wasn't anything we really wanted so we headed back to Pokey after stopping at Wal-Mart at midnight. Friday, we slept in which was great. We got up and chilled for part of the day. Then in the afternoon we headed to Logan since my parents would be home (They had flown to Fresno the week earlier because my oldest nephew was receiving the priesthood. I feel old because I was like his second mom and I can't believe he is all grown up!) Anyway, we got to Logan and went to a couple of stores and then headed to my parents to wait for them to get home. On Saturday, we headed to SLC because I had an appointment. We met up with JDee and Christa for some lunch and then went shopping. After a little bit of time we headed back home. ON Sunday, we did Thanksgiving dinner with my family. We enjoyed lots of yummy food for a second time. It snowed a ton that night and we got snowed in at my parents'. We headed home the next morning on pretty much clear, just wet roads.
December 1st I started my new job. I love it! It is so great to be out of the house and be around people and get to be social again. I keep track of the attendance of the kids and call their parents to find out why they aren't in school. It is great and will work out awesome for us! Rumel finished up his classes in December and he received a 4.0. I am so proud of him! He worked really hard and earned those A's. One of the nice things about my job is that I got 2 weeks off for Christmas break. We had bought a night's stay at the Black Swan Inn back in October at an auction our ward did to raise money for Pennies by the Inch. We decided to use that over the break. We stayed in the Mayan Rain Forest room. It was nice to have a little staycation and relax. It was just what we needed after a long semester and year. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning at Rumel's parents. We decided to make presents easy this year and basically bought our own and gave it to the other to give to us. It worked out great because we got what we wanted. Christmas afternoon we headed to Logan. On our way, we stopped in and saw Grandma Gregersen. We visited with family there for a little bit and then finished the drive to Grandma Sphuler's house. We spent the rest of the evening at Grandma's with family. When we got back to my parents' they gave us our presents from them and I gave Rumel his last 2 presents. We had gotten a couple of pictures framed at Michael's over Thanksgiving and my parents picked them up when they were done and wrapped them. We stayed at my parents a couple of nights and then relaxed. On Tuesday we headed to SLC to take some stuff to my old work and then go to dinner with some friends that night. We stayed in SLC that night at one of our friend's houses. The next day we went to Rumel's old work to see everyone. After lunch and some shopping we started heading home. We got to Layton and the snow started. We were going to try and make all the way home but the roads were slick and there were way too many crazy drivers on the road. So we slowly made it back to my parents' house and spent the night there. Once we finally got home it was nice to be home. For New Year's Eve we went to Blackfoot to a party at Travis and Heather's. It was fun and low key.
So far January and 2011 has been pretty good. I can't believe that 2010 has come and gone so fast, but 2011 will hopefully be great. Hope everyone had a great holiday season and New Year. Sorry for the epistle. But we are now updated. :-D
