*Happy Birthday To Me*

So I just celebrated my 23rd birthday and I have a lot to be thankful for. Scott is the best husband I could ever have asked for. We went out on Saturday for my official 'birthday dinner' to Cattle Company Steakhouse. It was very yummy :) I also got to get some new shirts from Forever 21, one of my favorite stores. (I was so happy to find out that there was a Forever 21 in Anchorage!) On Monday, it was a somewhat relaxful day. I went to work for a short shift in the morning. Scott was a sweetie and brought some flowers to the store for me :)

I wasn't sure what to expect for my birthday being away from family and friends and just having moved pretty recently. I was completely caught off guard with all the love I got. I got a lot of love on facebook from family and friends. I also got a lot of love through texts and phone calls. I even got a cake from one of my co-workers at JoAnn! Thank you to everyone who thought of me! It really made my day!!


Scott and I have been so lucky in our move up here to AK. I was able to tranfer jobs and have networked my way into a school to sub at and possible get a job at. Scott has been able to work for some church members that are in our ward. We have a great apartment, are making some good friends and just loving life right now.

Settling In

So we've been here for just over a month now and we both still really like it. It rained for the first little while. They had a record breaking summer this year for consecutive days of measureable amounts of rain. I think it ended up being like 33 days in a row. The clear days are warm and bright and the days with little cloud cover, you can see the mountains.

I haven't secured a teaching job yet. I have a possibility of something in the next couple of weeks, if the principal gets the green light to hire. Until then I am continuing at JoAnn Fabrics. Its not my first choice but its a job and luckily I get to work freight so I get to be in the back a lot of the time. I am also going to be substituting. I turned in my application packet and I actually already have a day to sub on the 21st. (A principal I know suggested me so I had a day before I even turned in my packet!) I am also applying for a special ed assistant position. Pretty much I'm doing whatever I can to become an In-district applicant next year.

Scott is working hard. He is still working the temporary job for a couple in our church ward rennovating apartments. Next week he is actually going to be going to Kenai and working on their hotel there. He's had some interviews with a Ford dealership to work on their lot (not as a sales, but matainance) and Home Dept. We're waiting to hear back from them. He's still looking and applying other places. He's even going to look into taking some classes at UAA (University Alaska Anchorage) to get a surveyors license.

Here's some pictures of our apartment. We really are excited about it. We are the very first people to every have lived in it so everything is brand new. That's a big incentive to help me keep on the basic cleaning!










Its a 2 bedroom upstairs apartment over a storage garage. (Scott is playing Battle Tanks on the Wii)