My New Office!

My old office used to be the dining room table! My laptop, cords leading to the outlet and leading down to the foot pedal cut across the entryway making it difficult for those walking in to avoid everything. Also, I was putting the keyboard on my lap and typing like that, which actually made it more difficult and slowed me down in the long run. So, Jason and I decided to go to IKEA for FHE this week and buy a desk that would last us a while and be beneficial in keeping our house neat and orderly! Julie came over yesterday and helped me put it together while Jason was fulfilling his calling, out with the EQ Presidency. Here's a picture of our setup, so far it's working great! (Now we just need to get Jason one!)

Bear Lake

The Lewis' (Jason's mom's side) had a family reunion at Bear Lake this last weekend. We were able to hang out with 8 (out of 14) siblings and their kids. It was so much fun! We went to the lake Friday and had some great fun with a JetSki and the sun--everyone forgot to put sunscreen on! Right when we got there, though, Jason wasn't feeling that great so we started throwing the football around. And about the 5th catch, I decided to not open my hand all the way and jammed my finger. It wasn't until Jason's dad pointed out the fact that I would now have a more difficult time typing that I realized just that. It's like we're just falling apart! Between Jason's ER visit for his gall bladder and my finger, hopefully we'll stay healthy for the rest of the year! Here's a picture of it now. It looked 10x as bad before...



The next day, Saturday, we stayed while most of the others left. We had fun playing volleyball and just chillin in the great outdoors. That night we built a fire and made s'mores and different variations of them (people were getting creative).

Wishopy.com

We need everyone's help! Please write a comment telling us which logo you like better and why. This is for Jason and his brother's business that they are going to be kicking off this Fall so we would like this post to be an interactive one where you get to help pick the logo for a potentially nationally/internationally known business! Here are the logos. (There are only slight differences between the two, so look closely and far away to get a good look at them.)

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One week down...

Well, I have completed one week of my new job. And I'm still not entirely sure that we'll make good money off of it, however I have improved over this one week alone, so I guess there's potential for me to go faster. But so far I have typed claims from California, New York, New Hampshire, and Texas. The material that I'm typing isn't that exciting, but it's fun to see my progress even while I'm typing, to notice that I'm not stopping and rewinding the tape as much! So, I guess overall, there is slow, but steady progress. I just wish that I could type as fast as my mom (over 100wpm) already! :)

Minimum Wage at age 26!

So back when Jason and I were engaged I found out about a great opportunity to type on the side and at home via the internet. It didn't pay as much as my mom's transcriptionist job does but since it would be my first transcribing job, I went for it. I've begun now and let's just say I'm probably the slowest transcritpionist ever! The company gave me a manual that is about 50 pages long of formatting issues that may come up, and do. Just like every other job out there, there's a steep learning curve in which you really aren't an assett to the company yet since you don't really know what you're doing, but you still get paid a fair amount per hour, depending on the type of work. However, in my new job, not only am I learning at a great rate, but I'm getting the least amount per hour that I have ever received, even working at Burger King back in 1997! I hope I will get faster and that it will be worth it...if not, I guess we can say we tried! :)

Any tips on getting faster?

Back from traveling...permanently!

Our first month of marriage has been great, but it seems as though we're always planning for our next trip! Our lives calmed down for a bit, just to get busy again! Jason is still in school and in accelerated classes which makes his workload pretty intense. I'm working part-time through Nebo District for the ESY (Extended School Year) program. I work with kids who have severe problems who would regress during the summer if they were not in school and getting the constant feedback and direct attention that they need. So all in all, it's been fun, and in ways difficult. Anybody who has worked with children with autism knows what I mean.

Jason and I spent our one month anniversary in Michigan among wonderful friends and "family". We had the most wonderful open house sponsored by the Sheehan's. Everyone did so much for us without us even asking for half of what we received. Here are some pictures that I took of our trip. Gwen, I think we did pretty good!

Here's what my hair looked like for the open house, which happened Saturday evening. I was worried that it wouldn't work out so well because Stephanie wasn't there to see me through each step, but Gwen helped and made it look 10x better than I would have on my own!

On Monday, we had some time during day while Gwen and Zach were at work so we made our way over to the Holland, Michigan Dutch Village, where we tried on wooden shoes, saw how they used to make them, and tried authentic (pretty disgusting) dutch food.

We also got to see how they make ornate candles. It's an amazing and exact process! It takes someone one whole year to train to do these candles.

After the Dutch Village, we went to Lake Michigan for Jason's first time. We walked out on this pier and were looking over the horizon and all of a sudden a massive wave crashed against the side leaving us soaked! This picture was taken after that happened--notice Jason's shorts, do they seem a little wet to you?

Monday evening Jason and I went to the Pandl's house for some in-land surfing and dinner afterwards. The dinner was great! But we didn't fully catch on to the whole surfing thing...(although Jason did get up for a second. Good job babe!)

We had an absolute blast! Thank you to everyone who helped in big and small ways! And thank you to Gwen and Zach for letting us crash at their place every night! We love you and hope to be able to see you again soon!