My adventures at NTFP are over!!!

Today was my last day of work at North Tarrant Family Practice. In a way I am sad but in another way I am happy because that means a new adventure in our life is about to begin. I have worked at NTFP for 2 in a half years and for the most part I really enjoyed it! I enjoyed the people I worked with and the friends I made and I will really miss them! I learned a lot while being there and I know that will help me in my next job that I get.

Dr. Kirby, Dr. Sudha, me, Donna and Tammy(notice Tammy and my matching shirts!!!)

Me and Dr. Kirby (my favorite doctor!!!) She was also my best cake customer. I will miss seeing her and having her give me a hard time about something or other!!!

Me and Donna

Me and Diane

Me and Stacy

Me and Angel (she got me Starbucks on my last day!!! YES!!)

Tesa, Sheila, Tania, Becky, Danielle (in front), Jamie, Amy

Jamie and Lee
I helped with her mother Else for a few months and became close to them. They really are great people and will really miss them.

Me and Else. I love her so much! We played many games of dominoes and bingo and just had good laughs. She is a great lady.

Me and Lori

Tammy, Jamie and Lori
We decided to all wear our matching scrubs on Monday just for the heck of it. Don't we look so cute???
So I will miss all the friends I've made but I am very grateful for the influence they have had on my life! I know God puts people in our lives for reasons even if we don't know what it is at the time!!!! So farewell NTFP but not goodbye!! It's always see ya later.

Weekend Adventures!!!!

This weekend we watched the cutest little kids that are in our ward. I went over there right after work on Friday and came home on Sunday evening. It made me really appreciate mothers that's for sure!!! There were 5 kids from the age of 7 months to 8 years old and so we were constantly running! I don't think I've ever been as exhausted just because I'm not used to that fast pace life. Right now my life consists of work, play with Cassie and play on the computer (well this week is a little different since our house is in boxes) and so to go to a house with 5 kids full of energy! What a change.
On Friday we just hung out and didn't do much since I got there about 5:15. We had dinner and watched tv for a little bit and that was it.
Saturday morning I had to work for 3 1/2 hours and so that left Robbie with 5 kids by himself (I think he was overwhelmed...but don't tell him I said that). I felt good cuz he said after I left the kids went in the boys room and looked out the window for like 15 minutes and was like "when is Jamie coming home???" But I think Robbie had fun with them and they had fun with him. Then I was going to take the kids to the Jump House while Robbie went to his parents to get some stuff but they were closed!! So the kids were disappointed and I didn't want to let them down and think I was an awful person by not having fun with them so we got ready to go swimming....man....preperation I think is harder than actually going to the pool. I made sure everyone had their swimsuits on and their towels and then one by one I had to put sunscreen on them! It probably took me half an hour just to get them all greased up and ready to go. We went to the pool (I hadn't brought a swimsuit so I just was in my shorts sitting with Hadley playing in the kiddie pool with Ben while Ryan, Julie and Emily were in the big pool. We were there about an hour and then gathered everything up to go home.
That night we just hung out. I could tell the kids were tired I think from being out in the pool. Earlier that day I had played 'Red Light, Green Light' with them and 'Mother may I?' It's pretty entertaining. I hadn't played that game in probably 15 years and I still remembered how they were played. It was so entertaining to hear what Ben's answer would be when I would ask if I could take 500 HUGE steps. He'd say something like "no you may, but you may go next to Emily." Then Sunday we got ready to go to church and went to church. Nothing really exciting happened there, just the usual. People did come up to us and say "So are you going to have 5 kids now?" Or "So are you ready for kids??" etc. Then after church we came home and had lunch and the kids did so good at cleaning up the downstairs and we made m&m cookies and they do so good at sharing. I think the whole weekend I heard them get into an argument which consisted of he hit me or something like stop it, but I heard it like once and that was it.
It made me think back to my childhood and I'm sure my mom heard us say that like 1 time every minute!! I don't think we were very friendly to one another growing up. Then I went upstairs and Robbie was trying to sneak a nap (which I was going to try doing that but he had beat me to it so I couldn't...) but he had been playing trucks with Ben and Ben would bring blocks to Robbie and say "Here's your money", Robbie would shake his hand and say "Thank you for your business sir" and that lasted for a good hour. It was hilarious to watch. I just love little kids they are so entertaining and fun just to observe. It makes me realize how much I've grown up and it makes me sad!! I miss not having a care in the world and could have a wild imagination and not have people think I was crazy! But overall we had a good weekend even though we were exhausted and it gave me a new respect for mothers because they do so much that I think goes unnoticed! So thank you all the mothers out in the world for all that you do for your children!!!!!

This, That and the other

So this blog is pretty much just another rambler one! I seem to do really well at that. I have a bunch of miscellaneous pictures and figured I might as well post them! There's nothing really new and exciting going on just the usual packing and decluttering going on. I've collected a lot of junk over the years and some stuff I know that I will never use again (or may have never used to begin with) but I just can't seem to part with it. I don't know why it's just something Robbie is going to have to live with. I have done really well though at throwing stuff away in the last few weeks. Anyways.

This is a picture of me and Teri. She's one of my bestest friends and we have a lot of fun together at work. I don't think I would have made it through some days if it weren't for her. I will really miss her when I leave and I get teary eyed when I think about having to say see ya later. We've been through a lot together and I know she's one of the people that I'm going to miss the most from Texas. But I know that God puts people in your lives for reasons and I believe that Teri was put in mine to be the friend that I needed while I lived in Texas. I would say that I don't allow myself to get too close to many people but I was able to get close to her and I know we'll be friends forever!!!




Cassie loved to just look at the fish in the fish tank as they swam by. She'd sometimes jump up on the glass so that she could get a better view. I think the fish taunted her by swimming right in front of her back and forth over and over again! I'm gonna miss that fish tank.




So Cassie loves to sit in Robbie's chair if we pull the blinds up so that she can see out the window. I think it gives her something to do but also something to look at. Her foster mom told us that german shepherds are very curious dogs and I believe that after having Cassie. She loves to watch everyone and would love to stop and sniff everything that she could if we would let her!


Another picture of her actually looking out the window at the cars going by or whatever it is that catches her interest. Sometimes I think she thinks she's a cat. If I'm sitting on the chair and we pull the blinds up she'll come and lay on the back of the chair like a cat would though half of her is falling off!!!






And yet another picture of her looking out the window!







This is what our messy apartment looks like with boxes in every extra square inch. I guess it gives us a reason to be a little messy for awhile. There's just boxes everywhere and I dread the thought of having to unpack them again when we get to Utah.







Another view of all the boxes I've packed so far. I know I shouldn't complain cuz I'm not going to have to carry the heavy ones...I'll leave that up to the elders quorum when they come to help Saturday morning!







Just another view of our apartment. These are pretty much just the empty boxes we have on the table. Notice the nice bookshelves in the background??? I'm mad we have to give those up but we don't have room to take them. Oh well I'm sure we'll find some other great Walmart brand ones that fall apart the day after you buy them....those are my favorite!!!


Here's some of the other....this was my first wedding cake that I did. It's ok for the first one but I think I still have a long way to go. If I were to do it again I would've done white on white instead of the yellow on the white. But what can you do when you have about an hour to decorate the cake??? I think Steph and Jeff liked it. It tasted awesome and I think that's the most important part.





This is a picture of me and Robbie's grandma Renie. She flew in from Idaho for the wedding. The last time I saw her was at our wedding so it was good to see her. (I look like I'm holding my breath or something....)




This is me and my handsome husband Robbie. I felt like the weekend of the wedding I saw him for a total of like 2 hours. Even though it was more we were both just running ragged and I think we were both glad when it was done just cuz of everything that had to be done. I thought the wedding turned out good and Stephanie looked gorgeous and I know that's what mattered. I even got to dance with Robbie and I think that's been one of my most favorite things we've ever done together. He said we might be able to take dance lessons together at UVSC. That would be a lot of fun even though I have no coordination whatsoever! So that's just a little of what's been going on in our household in the last little bit!!!

Big adventures!

We've officially started packing and get rid of stuff that we no longer need. Our fish tank was sold on Saturday and now it's really quiet in the apartment and it almost feels empty. We've filled in the spot where the fish tank with boxes full of stuff! I've just been reminiscing everything that's happened since we've lived here and it makes it hard to leave. It's a big move but I know it will be good for us because Robbie will get school finsihed and I will get my degree and also we'll be closer to my family for a little bit so that they can get to know Robbie! I can't really put into words how I feel. I have so many different emotions going on. I'm sad, happy, excited, nervous, etc.
I sold my truck that I've had for 8 years and it will be weird for me to not be driving that anymore! It was a good truck and I have many memories with it. I think Robbie's just glad to see it go though (He felt like a clown in a tiny clown car when he rode in it!!!!)
Many new adventures await us and I hope I am ready for them all! I just hate having to pack just to unpack it all over again and find spots for it. Anways, I hadn't posted for awhile so I thought I'd just post a little bit. I know it's random and there's no pictures. I'm sorry. I have pics of our messy apartment I just haven't downloaded them yet. I told someone the other day that it's pretty pathetic that I take pictures now mostly just with the intent of posting them on my blog! I'm pathetic I know!! But I know that I enjoy reading others blogs so hopefully at least someone enjoys reading mine!!
So as of June 25th I am done working and then come the 29th we leave for Utah! I know it will be here before I know it and I have a lot to do. I just sometimes hope that someone else would just do it for me!!! Any takers????

Big News!!!!

I don't know if everyone knows but I figured I'd might as well just inform everyone....On June 29th Robbie and I will be moving to Utah!!! It will be hard to leave all of my friends and family here but it will be good to be close to all of my old friends and family in Utah! I will be going to UVU (previously UVSC) for the culinary arts program and Robbie will be going in tho History. He wants to teach History in college! We'll be living in American Fork and hopefully we'll have jobs set up. Robbie had an interview on the phone on Friday and said it went real well and then he has another job he's gonna check out being a secondhand man at a construction company. I've had like 5 companies call me to set up interviews and I just have to call them when I get up there to set up interviews. All of them are at doctors offices and then there was one for Harmon's to be a cake decorator. I'm torn because I enjoy having Saturday and Sundays and holidays off and at Harmon's I'd have to work weekends and holidays. So I guess I'll just check them all out and see what one I feel like is right for me and go from there. So wish us luck!!! It will be a big change but I think it will be a good change. Robbie's already assured me we're going camping the first weekend that we're there and I guess I just have to go along with it!! Anyways...wish us luck!!

Weddings---Fun or too much work???

So some of you know that Stephanie, my sister-in-law gets married tomorrow at the church. It brings back a lot of memories when Robbie and I went through the planning stages of everything and just everything that went on. All I have to say is I'm glad all the chaos is past for us and we don't ever have to get married again. So we're down to the wire and now that I'm not the bride I'm not really feeling the stress other than I hope we can finish the cake in time...but I think that shouldn't be a problem. Anyways, we had quite an eventful day. We went to the church this morning to "help" decorate but I think that I was more in the way than anything! The ladies that decorated did an amazing job!!! (I'll post more pics of the actual wedding day and everything).
So at 2:00 we had a pedicure appointment down in Fort Worth or whatever city it was in, I'm not quite sure!!! Steph made appointments for grandma Chaffin (who's visiting from UT), Misty, Steph's best friend, Katy--my sis-n-law, and me. We went to the Fort Worth beauty school. It was really a lot of fun!!!! I got a French manicure with black tips!!! Maybe I'll show them off after the wedding!! (Steph's colors are black and Red).







This is grandma Chaffin, me and Katy on the way home from the manicure. I've been having fun with the camera I think just cuz I don't ever take enough pictures of things going on so tonight I went wild!!!!





So in the last few weeks I've found out a few things about Robbie that I guess I've just either never noticed before or he's just started doing them...like 2 weeks ago when we were at a restaurant he decided to play "counselor" to one of my friends (it was quite entertaining) but he had never done that before. And then tonight we were at the rehearsal dinner at Salt Grass and he decided to be an "entertainer" to a 5 and 6 year old. He got like 5 glasses and kept pouring water from one glass to another just so that the girl would say one had more water than another and then he pulled a dollar and a coin and a mint out of her ears!!! She quite enjoyed it and it was pretty entertaining to watch Robbie act the way he was!!! It was just quite hilarious!!!!






This is him entertaining Taylor and Hunter with all the glasses!!!!









Taylor picking the glass that she thinks has the most water which was a small milk glass filled to the very brim but it was shorter than all the other glasses yet she still picked it! Robbie went on to explain that kids will pick the glass that is filled to the brim whether it's the biggest cup or not...




We were all enjoying our delicious dessert! It was a pretty fun night!!! Me, Katy and Betsy (Robbie's aunt even though she's like 2 years older than him....kinda weird!!)








Isn't this the sweetest picture??? I like pictures that make me look good and I think this one. But I noticed after all the pics were done I was wearing the same shirt I was wearing on my anniversary, so I'm sorry. I promise I have more clothes I guess I just really like this shirt!!!! Robbie looks really good too!! Just wait to see how good we look after we get the Wii Fitness!!!! Heck yea!!!!







This was our sampler dessert we had. It had cheesecake which was awesome, apple pecan pie, key lime pie (didn't like that), and ice cream and brownie bits. It was so great!!!











Just some fun pics at the church before we rehearsed for the wedding!!! Katy and me are bestest friends!!!! She is a gorgeous girl!!




Tyler, Katy and me! Tyler had just stuck a piece of gum in his mouth!!! I just had to post it!





Robbie always has to squeeze in the picture somehow!! He was on a role tonight!!!









This was me as I was walking down the aisle I guess and thought it was a cute pic!!! Anyways that was our exciting today and it will be even more exciting and long tomorrow!!! Starts bright and early with hair appointments and ends with cleaning up after!! Then I hopefully get to go home and just go to bed!!!! Are weddings really worth all the effort that's put into them? I think if I were to do it again I'd just elope to the temple and go on a long honeymoon or something!!! Who knows, though I did like feeling like a princess for one day! Hope you enjoyed the pics!!!

Fun with Family!!

I think some of the funnest nights are when you can just hang out and do whatever--laugh, joke, talk, eat, etc and just plain have fun!!! I went to my cousin's house (well really she's my second cousin...but I still call her cousin!) And we had dinner and played the wii and I got to play with her 2 adorable kids and I had so much fun!!! We used to hang out every Wednesday night while her husband was at young mens and Robbie was still at work and we got out of the habit and hadn't hung out for a long time. But I figured since I may not see her in awhile we needed to get together and just have fun!!! I hope she doesn't mind but I'm gonna give a quick background just cuz I feel like I want to and I'm in the mood to type (this might be a rambly blog so I'm sorry).....
So go back like 12 or 13 years....I went to a family reunion with my sister, Heather and my grandma and grandpa Benard. I didn't really have anyone to hang out with and didn't really know anyone else my age and so my grandma went and grabbed Kiera and said you two should hang out....we had a lot of fun! (I don't remember what we did that year except I think we drove to the very top of a mountain so we c0uld go to a lake and Kiera got car sick and we got to the lake and we got up to our knees in the water and got right back out...it was water that came from the snow and it was FREEZING COLD!!!!!)
And it seems like from that year on for like 3 or 4 years we'd see each other at my great grandma's bday party or I'd go to her family camping trips to Ferron and had so much fun....Then I guess we just got busy and I saw her at my mission farewell before I left to Arkansas and then I heard she had got married and that was it! I think I asked my grandma a few times what she was up to and how she was doing.
Well then I decided I was going to move to Fort Worth, TX for an adventure and I got a job at the doctors office. I was working the front window and I had noticed the name Kiera and I told Jennifer, the other girl that was working the checkin window with me that that was a pretty name...nothing clicked. Then Jennifer said, "hey she's wearing a Utah shirt do you know her???" And I look up and I'm like oh my gosh!!! That's Kiera. That's my cousin!!!! Then Kiera came to the window we talked, exchanged phone numbers and I never called her (and I should've) and then she came to our wedding reception and then she emailed me a few months later and we got together and here we are today!!! But isn't it pretty crazy that out of all the cousins in the world that I have the one that I was closest to growing up lives like 15 minutes away from me??? Just crazy!!! So anyways.....I just had a really good time hanging out with her last night and we just always will talk or ramble but we have so much fun!! (well I know I do, I hope she does too)!!! I am just thankful for family that is there and willing to help whenever needed and just to be there for whatever! I have an amazing family and I love them all and just hope they all know that.
I don't know why but lately I've thought about my family and everything I have to be grateful for even if every day isn't easy knowing you have family to love and encourage you makes the world of a difference!!!
Well that's my ramblyness (like my made up words???) for the day. Sorry Kiera if I embarrassed you I didn't mean to!!! Thanks for being a great cousin!!!

David Archuleta

I was surfing the web the other day and came across www.davidarchuletafanblast.com and it has David singing be still my soul. I tried downloading it here so you wouldn't have to go to the site but it wouldn't let me. But if you like David you'd like him singing this song! I thought it was pretty cool. I think he sings best when he's doing the slower songs. My mom told me that David goes to church with my great uncle and I'm gonna see if I can hopefully get hooked up with an autograph or something! That would be awesome. Just thought I'd share that little tidbit cuz I love David Archuleta and can't wait for him to come out with a cd!!!

Happy Anniversary to us!!!

I know this is a few days late but better late than never right??? On Monday, June 2 it was Robbie and my anniversary. We both had to work so we made plans with some friends, the Killions, to meet at Olive Garden (my favorite restaurant just for the breadsticks and salad...) to have dinner!!! We always have a good time when we hang out with them. It was their one year anniversary so it was neat to be able to hang out together and to share a special day like that!!
I can't believe it's been 2 years!!! Wow where has the time gone?? We were married at the Mt. Timpanogas Temple at like 10:15 I think! Robbie has taught me a lot in the past 2 years. The biggest thing is opening up and communicating with him (I thought that I read in a manual or something that guys could read women's minds...is that not true???) He is always wanting to make sure I am happy and would do anything to make sure it happens! I am a very lucky girl to have found him!!



This is us. (If you notice I have food and he doesn't....the waiter messed up on his and Mary's meal and so Christ and I had ours first. It made it ok because they took it off of our tab so it was a very inexpensive date which we really like!!! ) I don't think I got enough breadsticks. I could live off of those things.





This is Chris and Mary and I don't think Mary really knew that Robbie was taking a picture which makes this picture great!!! We're lucky to have found great friends and hopefully there will be many years of hanging out on our anniversary!!!