Holidays and Celebrations

I am glad the holidays are here, it makes life a little more exciting.

Kelly did FANTASTIC on his finals, I mean, REALLY GOOD! He really loves what he is studying, which makes going for this second degree all the more worthwhile.

I go back and forth constantly from hating to not minding my job, I think I am coming back to not minding it, which is a nice place to be. I have become accustom to the physical work and I am just glad I have a job.

Moose fulfills his family duty by being a practice baby until we are able to adopt or able to have our own kids...which ever happens. Good job Moose!

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. I got to spend a couple days with my family, playing games and watching movies, and this year kelly was with me and not milking cows! I love it! Saturday we went and spent the day with Kelly's parents and had another Thanksgiving, so no complaints on two great meals. We have happy tummy's and we better start running it off.

We saw the new Muppet Movie, I HIGHLY reccomend it, it was so cute and we laughed the whole time.

Kelly and I have now been married five years. I love Kelly, I am so blessed to be married to such a great man. We have a lot of fun together. For our anniversary we picked out a wedding band to go with my engagement ring, it looks complete! Also I am 25 now...that is all I have to say about that.

I am so thankful for a good marriage, a job that pays all the bills, a puppy who cuddles and warms my feet, a nice apartment, two working cars, a safe country, that kelly is working so hard in school...just very happy with my life. I wouldn't want anyone else's life!

Ogden

Since moving to Ogden we have discovered new fun things to do and also we have been working on little ways to save money. So, I thought I would share :)

Last night my cousin invited us to go with them to the Terrace Playhouse and see Wise Guys, WAY FUNNY, I was very impressed and we had a lot of laughs. It was something different for a date than the normal things we do and we will definately be going again.

New places to eat! We love Famous Dave's, Mimi's Cafe, GoodWood BBQ, and McGraths Seafood. MMMMM.

The current movie playing that both Kelly and I recommend is The Help. Great storyline, great acting. See it!

I have not only saved a ton of money by no longer dying my hair, I THINK it has made my hair healthier, and my actual natural hair color, isn't as bad as I remembered it being so long ago, haha.

I have found that Christmas shopping is really hard to do in one month, especially when you are just starting out. My solution: when I buy a friend or family members Birthday present, I also buy their Christmas present and wrap it up and put it away, it tends to scatter the buying throughout the year instead of one month. And it makes for a less stressful holiday!

I got this one from my parents, and I am not big on using coupons, but I like this one! When you go to Panda Express, save your receipt, then call the number on the back, so the next time you go, you get a free entree.

I LOVE shopping at WINCO, not only cheaper than walmart, you can get your own amount of certain products...such as rice or cereal, we like it for the cereal so we can eat it before it goes stale and only pay for what we actually will eat. I would say, Kelly and I had way too much fun shopping there. haha.

All Smiles in the Rupp Family!

HELLO!





School started for Kelly and that means GOODBYE COWS and farm work! WOO WOO!

Kelly is starting the Medical Lab Science program, and he seems to be excited about it. He is really enjoying a normal schedule and being home normal hours, and I don't have to tell any of you that I love seeing him 4x as much a week! I am one happy duck.

Our new schedule allows for lots of new things to do together. We have been running (well, slow jogging) about 3 miles a day, we are playing tennis, walking moose, and trying to conquer reading the book "Atlas Shrugged". We think we will try a camping trip while the weather is still good!


Having Kelly home so much more makes my job so worth it, so I think I can handle it a couple more years :) I am adjusting to all the physical work and I like driving around in my super cool van...



Jesi will be home in one month! I am counting the days now! I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that my sister is living in the Philippines.

I am the happiest girl in the world. I feel very spoiled and I am very satisfied with where my life is at right now :)

New place :)

As requested, I have put some pictures of my new apartment. Its small for sure, but it is our favorite, and we just love it! Plus Moose has been doing so good in the new place, that he is like a whole new dog!

The bedroom, I love it because the carpet was put in just before we moved in, and my last carpet was so yucky.
My kitchen, small, but it does the job :) My cute little chandelier that my Aunt Tracy gave me!
My present to Kelly, he has been wanting one for forever, and I have been saving for it since we got married, it was so nice to be able to give him such a big gift! (I enjoy it too, its like a movie theater in my house).

My new couches from my parents, I get home from work and sit on the floor and just look at them I am so in love with them...I also do sit ON the couches at times, haha. Kelly laughs at me because I got the apartment because I liked the floor, what a reason right?

Moving

Our official new plan: Kelly is going back to school to get his second bachelors degree in (drum roll) Medical Lab Science.

He will start at Weber in the fall, so we decided to move to the Ogden area as soon as I got a job, because I am hoping to work and have Kelly just do school this time so I might be able to see him more!

Last Friday I applied for my first couple of jobs, Monday I got a call back, Tuesday interview, Wednesday found an apartment, Thursday got job, and Saturday I moved! SO CRAZY!

My new job is working for Lincare as a service rep (driver/deliverer), I will deliver oxygen to those with different breathing problems. Plus it pays more than I get now.

I am still studying for my Sign Language test.

I was so spoiled this weekend in every way. I had friends help me find the job, cover shifts at my bus driving job so I could get things done, pack, clean, move, etc! My family was such a huge help and support for me.

On top of all that help, Khin Mar Cho's family gave me the cutest dish set. My parents got me new couches, I have been dreaming about new couches for 4 years, and now I have such a nice set, I can't believe they did that! My grandparents were generous to us as well, helping us with school money (since kelly already has a bachelors he does not qualify for FAFSA). And I suprised kelly with a new tv I had been saving for...so indeed, we are spoiled.

The next couple of years will bring more hard work, but Kelly and I are feeling so confident and positive, we both feel that this is the right thing for us and that things will work out! We are so blessed!

Plan on Change

It is that time again...change. Love it or hate it, but it will happen again and again.

Kelly and I are discussing career changes once again, just trying to find him his little nook he will do the rest of his life. You have to try things to see if they work for you I suppose. He will be graduating in a couple of weeks, but is thinking of going back to school in something totally different and getting his second bachelors.

And we have no idea what I will be doing, probably working to help get him through school, but the adoption papers might get done sooner than we had planned with the change, and that is exciting to me! I still plan on getting my ASL certificate, but probably just the State and not nationals.

So the update is, we have no idea what we are doing...again! hahaha. But oddly enough we both feel calm about it and are expecting to move somewhere at the end of the summer!

VACATION

In December Kelly and I took a MUCH needed vacation for our Fourth Anniversary. I think the best part of the vacation was getting to see Kelly all day every day for a week. We spent the first night in St George in an awesome condo.

The whole trip we were looking forward to Cali weather and sunshine, but we ended up being there during the biggest rain storm they have had in 10 years. We got up the next morning and drove to Anaheim and checked into the condo there and once again, just relaxed. The next morning we geared up in rain boots and poncho's and headed out to Disneyland!

We were very happy to see that the rain had scared most people away, we literally had no lines and just got on ride after ride.

We returned to Disneyland the next day, our favorite rides are Indiana Jones, Pirates, and Space Mountain, and we enjoyed several shows including the new World Of Color which was, in a word, amazing!

The next day we drove to Las Vegas, did some major shopping at the outlets, and then checked into the MGM grand. We took a nap, and then got dressed up all nice for a Circe' Soleil show "KA". It was the coolest thing either of us had been too and well worth the money, we LOVED it.

On the way home we stopped and bought "The Hunger Games" on audio CD and listened to the whole book, it made the drive home go quickly. Anyway, great vacation!

So it begins

So I have been accepted into the American Sign Language Interpreting Program!

Check out my signing under the tab "My Dream"
as I will begin posting my projects and assignments there :)

It is going to be a lot of hard work, but it's very fun and exciting! I really love my classes and my friends in the class, couldn't ask for a more supportive class!


I am still working for CVTD until I finish school and it is going very well, and driving a bus is now just as easy as driving my car.

My Burmese family has become my second family. They keep me VERY busy, there is always something to do or fix. There are lots of babies in their family now, which has been fun and sad for me, but mostly fun! Cute babies! Jan Bi had her baby and I was once again there for everything, held my sisters hand as she gave birth to beautiful baby boy Ray Ba.

Now about my most important favorite person and best friend Kelly!

If I ever think my schedule is too much all I have to do is look at Kelly to keep going. He has 18 credits of upper division classes, and works full time, and hardly ever has a break, and that does not include homework. He is doing so great! I am so glad this is his final semester at USU!


Moose has turned out to be such a good puppy, and we have managed a schedule so he is not alone in his kennel very much, he is pretty good at cuddling with my feet while I do homework.


Overall, our life is good because we have each other! We are sure our hard work will pay off. I have the best and most supportive husband ever! I love you Kelly!