A Trip to Carrabba's

We've taken a lot of our friends to Carrabba's, and this Saturday we made a trip with a large group from church. Hopefully they all thought it was worth the 40 minute trip South.

Feels So Much Better

I was so over my long hair. A ponytail or a bun is how I've been wearing my hair the past few weeks. Scott likes it too. :)

A Snowy Morning

Well Scott and I both made it through our first week at our new jobs. Things are going great. Not much else new to report. We did wake up to snow for the first time this season. Below are some pictures.

Movin' On

Scott and I will both be starting new jobs on the 15th of October. Scott has been looking for a few months and I was offered a great opportunity by one of my freelance clients.

I will be able to work as little or as many hours I like and I can work whatever hours I want. I'll start in the office, but will switch to working at home as time goes by. The company I'll be working for is called Money Mailer. I'll be doing design work, I'll work with clients and I'll help manage the business where need be. My current job working as a graphic designer for a print broker has been pretty slow at times, so I'm looking forward to the challenge of lots to do.

Scott will now be working for Daz3D.com. It's a 3D modeling company. The company has structure and is secure, which are two great pluses. It's also a shorter drive for Scott and he works an hour less a day. I am so thrilled about his new schedule! Home by 5:30 most days, which means we can eat dinner at a normal hour now.

Scott's job switch has come after lots of thought and much prayer. ThoughtLab is very special to us as it brought us to UT. We both had high hopes for what ThoughtLab could be for Scott career wise, but in the past year ThoughtLab has taken a different direction which has lead for Scott's role to change into one that is less desirable. As we talked about the pros and cons of switching jobs it was hard not to hold onto what ThoughtLab could be. Scott's boss is also a great guy and has been a wonderful boss. He is sincere and genuine and Scott really respects him, so that made the decision to move on quite hard as well. Though Scott and I are both sad for him to leave ThoughtLab we know that God just used this job opportunity as a tool to get us here. His real reasons for bringing us here was to grow us in our faith and for us to focus our lives on Him. What an incredible journey it has been so far. We are uncertain if UT is our permanent home, but I am certain that I will never again be fearful of what tomorrow will hold. My life is forever in His hands and with that I have peace in what tomorrow may hold.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ - Romans 5:1

My Pups

It's been awhile since I posted a picture of my babies. Here's Abby and Knight having some cuddle time.

Getting Married at Last

Scott's best friend Kevin is getting married and we are so excited for these two. We met Stacy almost a year ago and even then we could tell that these two were a great match. This means a trip to Florida for us in February. We are so looking forward to seeing all our friends and family back East. Our pug sitters are having a baby in January so I have to figure something out for Abby and Knight by then. I'm sure it will work out though. I'm sure we will enjoy the warmer weather come February. Right now though, I am really enjoying the cool Fall weather. I could just live outside!

To all our friends and family in Florida, we love and miss you and well see you soon. :)

Labor Day Weekend

We had a great Labor Day weekend. The highlight was meeting up with our friends Jason and Roanne at The Cliff Lodge at Snowbird. We just went up for the evening and swam on the roof, ate dinner and played cards. It's a really nice hotel and Scott and I would love to go back and stay for a couple of days. You can get some really good deals on the off season. The only downside to our late night up in the mountains was getting back down. We left there at about 11:00 at night. There are no street lights and the roads were wet. Pretty freaky!