Just One Reason I Love Summer

I look forward for months to flower season and was soo excited this year to plant my flowers. Monday was my day off so I did! Here is the new pot I added this year!

Mothers Day 2012

This Mother's Day weekend has been a great one. Last night we celebrated with Tyler's family. It was so nice to have his Grandma Thornock around this year. We both are loving that we get to see his grandparents a little more now that they're here in Utah! We went to dinner at Joe Banditos with everyone and it was so fun. The only downside was that I felt like we only got to talk to half the family because the table was so long! Today we went to see my mom and as the Schaefer tradition goes, Mama Schaef didn't do any cooking. Gold stars for Papa Schaef and the Schaefer children! Tyler had to go home a little after dinner to rest up so he was ready for work but the rest of us went and saw my Nana and enjoyed her company (and her ice cream pie) for a while! I am sooo grateful for all the wonderful mother's in my life. I'm going to have pretty high expectations for myself when I become a mother because of the amazing examples I have had! I am sooo grateful for my own mother and all she has done for me. I am also so glad that Tyler had such a good mom too that taught him how he ought to be. And I am also grateful for grandmother's and the love they have pshown me and for the examples they are! I have learned (and still learning) so much from my own grandmothers and am again so glad that Tyler's grandma lives closer so we can learn from her too! Mothers are the best!!!

Better Late Than Never!

Its only been a month or so...haha, but I'm finally going to post a little about my trip with my family to St. George. My mom took Nattie and Nate at the beginning of the week but I had school so I waited and went down with my dad on a Wednesday. It was fun just to have several hours of driving and one on one time with him. Funniest moment with him was definitely when we stopped to fill up his truck in Cedar City. He was getting kind of hungry and thirsty so he sent me in to get us some snacks and drinks. I came out a couple minutes later and hopped back in the truck, but I guess he didn't see me or hear me (it was windy and raining). I played on my phone as I waited for him to finish up, but after another 5 minutes or so, I glanced out to see what was taking so long, because it doesn't take 10 minutes to fill up. He was gone. I figured maybe he had gone in to use the restroom or something but then I realized the truck doors were locked and I hadn't locked them when I got in. Made me wonder if he really was aware that I had come back? After a couple more minutes I decided I'd better go back inside. Well, in my attempt I set the truck alarm off! Oops! Since he'd locked it from the outside and I attempted to get out without unlocking all the doors first I triggered the alarm. I had everyone around starring at me,  it was kind of embarrassing and I even considered waving to everyone....haha. I decided though, that alarm would send the message to my dad if he wasn't sure where I was. So I stayed in the truck. Only to have the alarm go off 3 more times before he came out. Even funnier, he came out with another drink. He thought I was in the bathroom and hadn't bought any of the stuff yet. Needless to say, we had a good laugh.

The weather in St. George wasn't the greatest so we didn't get to do all the normal outside stuff and didn't lay out or anything which was a bummer, but we made up for it in shopping and eating! I seriously think I ate more food in those 5 days than I do in a month. I was stuffed 24/7.  We also did something we've never done down there before which was 4-wheeling! My mom and Nathan didn't want to go so it was just my dad, Natalie, and me. We took 2 machines down with us, but one of them totally died 10 minutes in, so we didn't stay as long as planned and had to take turns going out, but it was still way fun and now we know where to go and what trails are fun for next time and I got my first towing experience in :)

Here are a bunch of random pictures from the trip

Courtesy of Instagram of course!

It was a really great little trip! I'm so happy I got to go and spend some time having fun with some of my family before I had to come back to reality and start working again.

I already can't wait for the next trip!

A Year of Change is Right!

I've mentioned several times that I thought 2012 was going to be full of change and I wasn't kidding! I started a new job 3 weeks ago and Tyler has been working at his new job for a month or so now. Little did I know our jobs would GREATLY change how much we see each other. Basically, we're lucky to see each other for an hour straight, no lie. Last night we had a whole 15 minutes where we were together and tonight we didn't overlap at all. We don't even sleep at the same time. We were really lucky before to have very similar work hours and had a lot of time together, up until last semester in school we even had school the same night so we were only away from each other the one night a week and we actually in the same building! The time away has been alright, but I'd love to have a few hours straight to spend with Tyler! It would sure be nice! I even work Saturdays, which is his only day off. I've had my moments when I get super frustrated by our schedules but then I realize that this too shall pass and so then I just see all the humor in our craziness and laugh!

Updates.

April seems to be flying by, but it has been a pretty busy month for us. I still need to post about our Easter, but it may never happen so don't hold your breath. Last week I went to St. George with my dad and met up with my Mom, Natalie and Nate who had gone down earlier in the week because they were on spring break.  The weather wasn't all that fabulous but it was still a really fun little getaway so I will definitely be posting some pictures and stuff from it on here soon! This week has been super crazy, I got home from St. George Sunday afternoon and Tyler was sleeping in preparation for the new job. He goes in on Sunday nights (which stinks, but I guess we will deal...he goes in at 11-- not too bad) so once he woke up we had a few hours to relax together and get him all ready to go. It was so weird having him leave so late. I stayed up a few hours and then hit the sack. It was so nice that when I woke up he was home! I thought I might feel lonely at night, but honestly I am kind of liking it...especially because Tyler is totally a blanket hog.  I am also grateful that I am one of those girls who doesn't get scared easily being alone. I don't mind it one bit. So far the only downside to it, is that I am home for the most part during the day but don't feel like I can do much of anything because I don't want to wake him...so basically the last few days I've spent most my time in front of the TV with the volume really low and a textbook in front of me (gotta love finals). I didn't really think about the fact that it would really limit by ability to accomplish anything during the day. Seriously Monday my first instinct was to go shower, but then I realized I couldn't use my blow dryer because it would be way too loud, so I bagged the shower and hung out in my pj's til 3. Tuesday Tyler got home from work around 8 and was able to take a 2 hour nap before he had to be to school, then after school hopped right back in bed for about 3 1/2 hours and then had just a few hours before it was time to be to work again, needless to say it kind of feels like the world is tipped upside down and nothing feels the same, but he likes the job and that's what is important I guess!  He's on his fourth night as I'm writing this and only one down before he'll be off for the weekend. I'm just really anxious for school to be done with so he can have a little less on his plate! To top things off, I've had a cold for the last week and have really been crossing my fingers that Tyler doesn't get it, its the last thing he needs. I also have been questioning if I have appendicitis. I had a lot of the symptoms a few weeks ago and then they just went away. Yesterday afternoon they came back, but I had a job interview and homework to do so I just kind of ignored them. I went to my parents after the job interview and they really thought I should go in and get it checked out, but by that point any regular doctors office and instacare were closed and I didn't want to go to the ER so i just went home instead. The pain went away briefly and then came right back and felt a little worse around the time Tyler was leaving so naturally I got myself all freaked out that I was going to have to drive myself to the hospital in the middle of the night...awesome. My parents were pretty concerned though still so they told me not to hesitate to call if I thought I needed to go in. Thankfully all symptoms and pain disappeared, so needless to say, I'm wondering what the heck is wrong with me. Crossing my fingers it doesn't come back! Sorry this post is super boring. I promise to post a happy fun post full of pictures real soon!!!

Conference Weekend

As a kid I'm ashamed to admit, the only thing I liked about conference weekend was it meant we didn't have to go to church! That is definitely not the case anymore. I get so excited as conference weekend approaches. I wish it happened more frequently than twice a year. I'm so grateful for living prophets and the direction they give us!

Saturday night during priesthood session I had girls night out with the Clyde girls. As always it was lots of fun. We went to dinner at the Thanksgiving Point Deli and went and saw the movie Mirror, Mirror. I wasn't sure if I would like the movie, but I loved it. Julia Roberts was fantastic as always. In fact, it may just be my favorite role for her. Above all though, the company was the best! (We missed you Rach and Amanda!) I love my family!

The new job.

My apologies for not posting more details earlier about Tyler's new job. The company he will be working is called U.S. Synthetics. They are located here in Orem and are supposedly one of the best companies in the state to work for so needless to say we are pretty excited for this change. Not to say Vancon was bad in any way, after all going to Maui on them last March was pretty great and they have been nothing but great to the Hunsaker family in general. However, there was no future for Tyler there and we are seeing a much greater possibility for Tyler with this new company. I think the change has started to make Tyler a little nervous since he has been in the same place the last 5 years but hopefully all goes as we hope! I am really excited for him. The only downside will be that I am no longer going to be seeing much off him. He is going to be working the graveyard shift for a little while...now if only I could convince them to hire me too ;)

No Dirt! No Dirt!

No more muddy boots in my entryway!

No more gross dirty clothes.

No more dirt in my washing machine.

No more rocks in my dryer.

No more dust and dirt in our cars.

I am one happy girl and I have one happy husband.

Tyler got a new job!

2 more weeks and we're saying goodbye to all the dirt.

I won't miss it one bit!
 Most of all, I won't miss all the aches, pains, and injuries he comes home with.

On another note, while we're talking about dirt I have a story to share: a couple months ago I was mopping up our dirty (surprise, surprise) entryway. No matter how much vacuuming and sweeping I do, I go to mop and there is still dirt all over, so when I start mopping it pretty much makes a grimy muddy mess and I can't stand the smell. So as I am finishing up, I turn to Tyler and without thinking say (well more like whine), "I hate the smell of dirt, it makes me sick, what about you?" der ter der moment for Nicole. He gave me a look that was priceless...he didn't say a word, but his face said it all. Something like--are you kidding me? Do you know what I do for a living? If the smell of dirt made me sick we'd have a serious problem. Needless to say, I wouldn't last 10 minutes doing his job. I tell him all the time, when he's tired and doesn't want to go that I would happily go for him, but the boss (my father-in-law) would have to fire me in the first 5 minutes, because I'm fairly certain I don't even know how to hold a shovel, let alone use it and well, then there is the really big problem, I would do whatever it took to avoid the whole dirt thing.
 

Big Brother's Birthday!

Today is Kevin's birthday... And if there is one thing I know its that I am sooo incredibly lucky to have him as a big brother. I honestly don't believe there is a soul out there who got luckier than me. We've always been close and he's never been anything but nice to me, aside from the time he broke my nose and the time he locked me in the laundry room--this wasn't too bad since I just hopped out the window. Nice try Kev! But in all seriousness we really have always gotten along and been able to count on each other whenever for whatever. He is the best!!!

 

Happy Birthday Kev!!!

Words from the Unemployed.

Believe it or not there are upsides to being unemployed. So far, this is what I've learned.

I love the sleep schedule. Its perfect for the night owl in me...go to bed anywhere between 1am and 3am and go to bed without having to set an alarm, and wake up whenever you are ready to wake up, but I don't really sleep much so I'm usually up between 8:30 and 9. You can go an entire day without getting dressed (I'm not proud of this). You get to PICK what you do with each and every day. So far, mine haven't been very exciting but still, the freedom is nice! You get to watch daytime television and actually feel like cooking dinner, and can go grocery shopping during the day--not sure why I love this so much but it makes me hate it a lot less than I do when I go at 11 at night. You get to spend lots of time at your mom's organizing for her and being your little brother's maid (I love doing this minus the Nate's maid part, professional organizer job out there anywhere???)You get to do lunch with the parents a lot, and even get to meet up with your Aunt and Grandparents some days (did this today) and you finally have time to get around to things you've been meaning to get done forever! This is the life I tell ya!  The downsides of course are that you have less money than you used to so you can't do anything too fun with the new found free time, your husband is afraid of you because your hair-do is a week old (okay that may be an exaggeration, but you get the point), looking for jobs gets really old really fast, applying for jobs is long and monotonous, you don't have a reason to get dressed in the morning, and your husband envies your awesome lifestyle.

3 weeks of the unemployed life down, hopefully not too many more to go! The longer I go without one, the harder it is going to be to have to have a schedule again!!!