Wednesday, June 25, 2008

January - June 2008




Okay update so far this year. I got a new job at the University. I work with online degree programs now. It has been wonderful so far. We are at the development stages of it so i'm in the trenches with getting things up and running. The best thing about the job is the students. I teach a one credit class that is mandatory for the program and I get to know all of the students that participate in the online degree. They are just sooo grateful for the chance to finish their degree. Many are stay at home moms that quit school to raise their babies and have moved for the husband's career. They just have great spirits and determination and it is so rewarding to be apart of this new venture. About 2 weeks after I started the job, my mom and my sister in law Julie all took a week off from work and went to New York for a girls weekend. It was a blast! It was non-stop activities each day. We would go sightseeing during the day, and then at night we would go and watch a Broadway show. We saw Jersey Boys, Wicked and Phantom. We went to Brooklyn, Jersey, and all over Manhattan. It was too much fun. Oh we even went to a Yankees Met's game. What an experience! The fans were sooo entertaining.





The most exciting news I have to share this year is that when I got home from New York I found out that I am pregnant! I'm still in shock by it and can hardly believe that it has finally happened. Tahri and I will be having our little addition in January. It seems so far away, but hopefully the time will go by fast. I've been miserable the last couple of weeks, but things are starting to get better. I think the best part of it is that my two sister in laws Lanayia and Kira are also expecting. Lanayia will have her baby in October, and then I'll have mine in January and we think Kira will have hers a couple weeks after me. So it is sooo fun being pregnant together. They are probably so sick of me because I panic about every little thing. :) But they never show it, they are sooo good to me.

2007

Okay so I'm horrible. I started this thing in January 2008 and only got through July 2006. Too much has happended from then until now, so i'll just do a quick update on the past year and a half. We moved to Idaho in August of 2006. I started working for BYU-Idaho as an International Advisor and Tahri was taking classes and working for his company in Arizona from home. It was a really good set up for us, with my benefits Tahri was getting his school paid for, and he was at home working and doing my to do lists. :) He also started building our home. I was still working on my thesis at San Diego State University, and in April of 2007 I graduated with my masters in Postsecondary Educational Leadership. Oh it was a big weight lifted off my shoulders. For graduation Tahri bought me the perfect gift. My baby girl Chanel. Oh i just love her! She is a long haired pug, full of attitude and never ending energy.
















We moved into our new home that summer. Tahri built us a beautiful home.
We went to Hawaii for my cousin Jeneka's wedding and got to see so many family members that we hadn't seen in awhile. It was also Julie's birthday so we all went to a concert to see Fiji and the Whalers. It was a fun quick trip!




















My parents came to visit us for the Christmas holidays and I hosted my first dinner party at the house. It turned out perfectly, mainly because my mom planned and cooked everything. :) I just showed her where everything was in the kitchen. ha! Don't you just love moms. I think those are the highlights of 2007.