St. Louis Happy Times

Everyone should be very proud that I'm actually posting sooner than 3 months after my last blog post! Yay!!I'm actually on a role! Maybe that's what happens when I actually don't have a job...hmm..So yesterday I had a job interview for a job I really hope I get..but I guess we'll see..the job hunt is continuous and not very fun...I'm going to make sure all my kids go into something that they can actually find jobs in b/c public health..um...not so much... Randall started his job and is doing a great job!! Go bun bun! He gets his first pay check Friday and we're gonna go to Vegas and blow it all on the slots, ha, yeah right. Last night I had a dream that all my high school friends got together and we met at Jamie's dad's estate and there were some people that were there that really shouldn't have been there like Chelsea Tucker..um..weird....I wasn't even friends with her and neither was Jamie so it was just plain weird. BUT it was great to see all my friends..LIKE all my high school friends..even the ones I don't even talk to anymore..sad face. Relating to high school friends, I recently went to St. Louis and LOVED it! Barb got married so I of course had to attend and I got to see my amazing St. Louis peeps that I love dearly and "we will still be friends forever" (Vitamin C song) I wish I could belt it for you out loud for ya but most of you have probably already heard me sing for fun so it really isn't necessary, no? Um...oh yeah, so back to St. Louis, I had a blast of course, and wanted to display some of the tre bon pics I got of being there..I should have taken more but I always say that.

Look how happy Barb is-ador, and they make a pretty posh couple, posh?

Look how excited Barb is to see me! This girl to the right apparently thinks she's supposed to be in the pic..ahh...sad

I should get a pic of us in the nursery and compare..we pretty much look the same

My St. Louis girls! So..Barb needs to put her arms around Jamie and as you can see, Jamie and I both have baby bumps..but hers actually has a baby inside..well 2 babies to be exact

Um..it totally looks like Barb and Lucas are a couple here....don't worry, they are very incompatible and I would give that relationship maybe an hour..

So what did we do in St. Louis? Thursday and Friday were wedding festivities. Saturday, we all went to Jamie's for a yummy breakfast brunch that was truly amazing....probably the best thing Jamie has ever made..but then again that may be the only thing I've ever tasted of her making....SO, we had a yum yum breakfast brunch that you can find a truly delish recipe of a breakfast casserole here. Oh and it's really easy to make according to Jamie. After we ate, Barb came over and ate her meal and we chatted before scooting off to Harry Potter!! It was of course fabulous as I expected it should be. However, I did think it was going to be longer AND at the very end, their characters did NOT look 19 years older..pshha, yeah right, maybe Harry, but Hermoine and Ron look like they just got out of college at most! I was a little upset by that. Anyway, after Harry Potter we went to Ame and Connor's to make a great dinner that mainly Amy and Connor cooked as we just helped and then ate and talked for the rest of the night. Later that night we watched a couple episodes of the "Wonder Years" which who can't get enough of that cute Kevin Arnold's face!

The next day we went to church with Jamie and Lucas, ate some of the best Indian food you could ever ask for, and then visited SLAM (St. Louis Art Museum) Just found out those initials....afterward I went back to Jamie and Lucas' house to chill for the afternoon and then was on my way that night. Overall, it was a great trip and I always LOVE going to St. Louis!!!

Our cute new apartment and Swag bucks!

Now that we're in Frisco, it's pretty much ALWAYS hot outside, and not just hot, but REALLY hot, like disgustingly hot, like it makes me even miss the Utah winters kind of hot...but once winter here comes around, I will be happy as a Belle with her beast (my husband is not Beast, he's the prince the Beast turns into)..anyway, we have a cute apartment and I thought I would show some cute pics of it cuz...it pretty much looks like our old apartment cuz it has our same decor but of course its bigga and betta! We now not only have counter tops, but we have central air conditioning AND a washer and dryer!!! I know--amazing! Ok, so most of you already had all these things, but it is a first for us as a married couple and it's awesome!

Our sweet old apartment..tear tear..oh the mems

Our last dinner with Royce and Heather before we left..JBs? yumm, so sad to say goodbye

This is our pool that we love to go swimming in :)

Yay! fun times at the Rangers game! oh HELLO grandma!

Look it's our cute dining area

This is our ador bedroom

Star Bathroom

Much bigger kitchen than before

Our family room

Look we even get a garage and we LOVE it, not all 3 of them, those are our neighbors

One last thing, I normally wouldn't do this, but I feel that most people should know about SWAGBUCKS!! OK, so most of you will already know about Swagbucks because it has been around for a while, but if you haven't, you're really missing out!! SO, if you do have Swagbucks and haven't been using it, you need to start because you can make easy money! :) So, I'll be honest, it is easy money, but it does take a while to accumulate. Swagbucks is a search engine that gives you "bucks" for searching. My husband and I have made about $350 in Amazon and Southwest gift cards in about a year and a half, and we redeem usually 10-20 dollars a month in Amazon gift cards up to today. (you can get other prizes but we think Amazon is the best) Now, of course that really isn't a ton when it all comes down to it, but we really didn't have to do much to use Swagbucks. We used it when we were watching TV or using it as an everyday search engine for internet sites we look up. It's really simple, so if you go on every day you're bound to win about 10-20 "bucks" depending on what you do. Usually when you search, you win about 7-10 in one search but if you win periodically throughout the day (i usually win 2-3 times) then you can get up to 30 just in searching. ALSO, they have videos you can watch, daily polls you can take, and NOSO that gives you bucks. Once you get the bucks, you trade them in for gift cards. It's pretty much amazing. NOW, if you've never used it before, click on this link below and sign up through my hubby Randall. Every time you win any through searches, he'll win the same amount. That's why it's so great because every time you invite someone to do Swagbucks and they win, you'll win what they win as well! :) I LOVE swagbucks--it's easy, free, and you get money for using it. OK, so here's the link, click on it to get started...let me know if you have any questions :)

Swagbucks link