Katelynn as a princess and other exciting news

Last night some friends from our ward came over, the Houston's, they have a boy named Ben who is Katelynn's age. They are the best of friends, almost "too" good of friends sometimes. Friday we are leaving for Rexburg so Sarah can get some dental work done and Katelynn and Sarah will be out of town for their birthdays so the Houston's came bearing gifts. As you can see from the above picture Katelynn got some "princess stuff" as she says. She loves it!!! She woke up this morning and came into our room and said, "Mommy come get my princess stuff, I need my princess stuff" the crown lights up so whenever she turns it on she runs into the kitchen with it on her head to look into a small mirror we have on the refrigerator to see it blink. All she needs now are some little shoes and a dress, oh my she would love them!! She is such a little girl.

Also some more good news about my job search. This morning I added two more interviews. Both next week, one with Country Financial (in Vancouver) next Thursday and another with New England Financial (in Portland) next Friday. They both called this morning about 5 minutes apart from each other.

Exciting News!!!!

Hey everybody, I've got some, yep you guess it--exciting news!! Today two things happened. First this morning I got a call from Gieco Insurance who I applied to about a week and a half ago. The guy talked to me about the position, Auto Claims Adjuster that I applied for in Seattle. He asked if I would be able to attend 12 weeks of training, he then said it consists of 2 months in San Diego and a month out in Virginia, Whoa! I said let's go for it. It will be all paid for but that is a lot of time away from my family. Training starts in March and goes till the end of June. After talking with me he set up a time I could take an online test, I took that test and he said I passed and that he wanted to do a phone interview. So I have an interview Friday morning!! After I talked to him this morning I went to the "networking" lunch where I met with someone who works at Country Financial about an agent job there, we talked a little about the position and he took my resume and said he would give it to the person that does the interviews. That sounds good but Gieco actually sounds better. So things are starting to happen!!
Also something else cool. When I was at this lunch a lady who works at a local dentist office which has multiple offices in the area and just happens to be owned and operated by dentists that are members of the church made a cool announcement. The company she works for is offering free services this Friday only. It is there way to help others in need, especially those with no insurance, such as us at the moment they're wanting to do at least $75000 in free services. They will be doing free exams, ex rays, cleaning, and fillings all for free. So I made an appointment. Sarah is actually heading down to Rexburg to get a crown put on by a dentist down there that is the family dentist to some of our family down there for only $600, this price is amazingly low. We have been so blessed during this time of me not having a job. I just filed our tax returns and we will be getting a huge amount back, twice the amount we got back last year!! Heavenly Father is really looking after us and blessing us. More exciting news to come, I'm sure of it!!

News on Jon's job search

So first off, I don't have one yet. But I do have a few possibilities coming. A member of my ward came to me last week at church after hearing that I was looking for a job and that I was interested in the insurance industry, he told me that he knew of someone who was looking for an insurance agent, we didn't have any time to talk about it then so he said to call him for more detials, I did and wasn't able to get a hold of him, he called back and I missed his call. So I talked to him at Church again and he said he had arranged lunch on Tuesday with this guy so I could go and meet him along with him and wanted to know if I would be able to be there. The company name is Country Financial and the position would be a Financial Planner/Advisor. It sounds pretty good from what I've seen on their website so we'll see how lunch goes, we're going to Azteca. This will be my first "business lunch." The other possibilities are still in the insurance field, one as a claims adjuster in Texas with USAA the other is a similar position to Country Financial but with New York Life. USAA has progressed to start a background check on me which is good, I was contacted by a New York Life Recruiter last week to do a questionnaire after applying, and that someone here in Vancouver would be getting a hold of me. So things are moving, hopefully this will be the week that all begins to or is figured out. For all of you praying for us and thinking about us we greatly appreciate it, even though we have felt this was all part of the plan and feel like we are going the right way it still hasn't been the easiest but I remember before Sarah and I were married she said that after the biggest trails come the greatest blessings and all we have to say is this great blessing that is coming must be gianormous!!!

{Playing with Paper}

This is my card for Kazan's Sketch #19
I had the color ideas in my head and this is what came out of it.

Little kiddo pictures

Here are some recent pictures of our kiddo's. Luaren is now three months old (Oct. 31). She has been a really good baby, she really doesn't cry that much and she sleeps really good at night. She'll go down around 10:30 or 11pm and wake up to eat maybe once or twice but she will go right back to sleep. She is lots of fun but she's been starting a bad habit!!She has found her fists and loves shoving them into her mouth. She also just found her thumb and has been trying to get away with sucking it but her daddy says no way!!

Luaren loves to smile and she has the cutest little smile. All you've got to do is smile at her and she will smile back, we've even heard little laughs starting.

Two little dancing stars

These two videos were taken over Christmas and they are just so funny we just watch them over and over again. This is Katelynn with her cousin James.