Spring in California

Mike and I are back for another summer in sunny Sacramento. I was a little bummed to hear that Pinnacle chose the same location two years in a row, because I enjoy being in a new place and exploring a different city. We moved about 15 miles south of where we were last year and so far I really like the area. However, moving to a new place automatically makes me unemployed again. I think I speak for most when I say that job searching is absolutely dreadful. I feel desperate applying for jobs that I normally wouldn't do. I will keep you posted on when and IF I get hired somewhere. Mike on the other hand is doing well with selling so far. I was a little worried with all the recession news that people would be reluctant to buy an alarm, but that has proven to be wrong. Apparently during the Great Depression door-to-door salesmen were quite successful despite the collapsed economy. Who knew?

By the way, I don't know about you but I feel like the news is beating a dead horse with this whole Swine Flew...excuse me...H1N1 disease. I heard a statistic today that we are more liking to die from Sal manila than H1N1. All this hype was caused when VP Joe Biden said he wouldn't set foot on a bus or plane because of the risk of contracting the disease. Not a very smart thing to say considering airline companies are already hurting in this economy. Doctors (who I trust more than politicians) suggest just washing our hands more frequently and keep living our lives.

Ok, enough about that. More importantly, Mike's sister, Sarah and her husband Austin, finally had their sweet baby girl named Emmry Catherine Wiley. Before we came to CA, Mike and I took a quick trip to Denver to see our families.

Also, one of my best friends Michelle married Sterling Ercanbrack on April 10, 2009 in the Salt Lake City Temple. Michelle and I have been friends for about four years and were roommates in college. When we lived together Sterling first asked her out with a note and roses in a Mason jar. So cute. They are a beautiful and fun couple and we were lucky to be witnesses at their temple sealing. Congratulations Newlyweds!

One of my favorite part about weddings is all the little bridesmaids. They are so cute and I bet they are all thinking, "I can't wait until I can be in a princess dress and marry my handsome prince!" I know I did when I was little.

The rest of the picture are of our apartment in Sacramento. Mind you, we are using rented furniture and the decorations are minimal because we could only fit as much as we could in our two cars. Oh, I failed to mention that I am officially done with college classes! I just have student teaching to do, which I will complete next winter in Rexburg. I will walk in graduation after I student teach. Its crazy to think that I will never take classes at BYU-I again. That chapter in my life is over. However, I will still be living in Rexburg for another two years *cringe* until Miguel finishes. Whatever...that's life I guess.

This is Mike's incentive wall. For each sale he gets to peel off a star. About every five stars there is a treat like lunch at Chipotle or In 'n Out or whatever. A couple days ago he got a golf bag which he was pretty excited about.

Lastly, I almost forget to post this too. We just had our One Year Anniversary on April 26th. We celebrated by going to Chevy's -one of our favorite Mexican restaurants and spent most of the day with our friends at the pool. Overall, I would give the first year of our marriage five stars. Complete bliss.

Got to love the self timer. It took us about five times to take this picture and we still didn't get it right. Oh well.