Snow Day!!!!

We have been under a blizzard watch since Dec. 23, and it was set to end about 6pm Dec 26. Darin was able to make it home on Christmas day by using Hwy 10, the interstate was closed. The blizzard watch has been lifted and now it's a Winter Storm warning until Dec 27.

Jo was awakened this morning by Darin saying, my truck is stuck in the driveway, can you come help me decide what to do exactly. Out we went, (with our new warm Christms wear.) The truck was very stuck in a large drift. Darin ended up calling work and was told not to worry, there were 6 ft drifts in the parking lot at work, and the dispatcher's relief couldn't make it it, call back in a few hours for an update. So we began enjoying our Snow day! This was about before 6am! By 7:30 we had received a phone call from Jo's work saying they couldn't open and to not even try to make it in, SWEET, I can't even get out of the driveway! No worries. When Darin called into work again, about 8 he was able to report that the truck was unstuck and he could head down the road, if they wanted him to. He was again told not to worry or try, same situation as before, please report about noon, with a road report as well.

So about 11:30 we braved it, and went for a short drive, we made it to the interstate which was empty but looked to be open! We went down a few other roads since they were really ok. There was one road we had to turn around from, notice the pic of the fenceline below. We went through town and was pretty shocked at the piles of snow. The drifts were so high, I didn't include a picture but took one of some storage sheds on the way to our house, the drifts were completely blocking the doors, and was about level with the roof. Didn't seem like it had snowed that much, but blow it had for sure!

All in all, we have had a very nice day together, watched some TV and were even able to take a nap together, I'm sure we will regret it when it's time for bed tonight, but with how incredibly crazy it's been lately, it was nice to just relax and lay around together! For tomorrow, I'm sure it will be back to reality, Darin will go to work and Jo will as well, although we did get the call a little earlier, that Church has been cancelled, don't suppose work would two days in a row? HMMMMM, we can hope!!



this is a parking lot in town and the pile of snow they had on Sat. about noon, when we made the drive into town.



After getting the truck unstuck we took a short drive to give Darin's work a road report and this is one of the roads we seen, obviously we didn't try to go down. There was another car on the other side of the drifts doing the same thing we were. This is more a shot of the fenceline just off the road, but with this shot, you can just imagine how deep it was on the road.




And the other side of the house, Darin to show you how a good depth.




The backyard, normally you can see the Bar-B-Que, and the dog house, as you can see you can't even see the fence in some spots!

Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas this year was a rough one for Jo. Having never been away from family, it was very different for her to be alone for most of the day. Having been so busy lately, she spent the cleaning the house, watched a Christmas movie on TV, and was more than ready for Darin to be home, when he was lucky enough to get off and be home by 6pm. We then opened all of our Christmas gifts and enjoyed a nice evening together. We were all very spoiled this year, with roasters, homemade aprons, cute teddy-bears that sing beautiful uplifting songs, personalized bakeware, clothes, and cell phone accessories, and Darin's favorite gift a water pillow! The dogs too were spoiled as always with plenty of new toys (just in time since all the others are buried outside in the snow) and treats galore!

We miss our family and friends tremendously, and being so far from both is very hard, however we still believe this is a good move for us, and we are growing as a couple as well as growing as individuals!

We also everyone was able to take a few minutes to remember the reason we are able to celebrate this amazing day. Happy Birthday Jesus!

Lots of love to all and a very Merry Christmas!

Better late than never.....

So, we took out the camera yesterday for a few Christmas pictures and I found these pics from mid November. So I thought I would give ya'all a quick post about it. Right after we moved to North Dakota, Jo went and signed her Scentsy business up with the Chamber of Commerce here in Dickinson. To help get active in the community and get her name out there. They were having a Holiday Craft Show on Nov 14. The cost seemed pretty fair, and so we signed up. It just happened to fall on Darin's day off, great help for Jo. This was our first Craft show with Scentsy and it was a Success! It seems that since then, Jo has been constantly busy with Scentsy! No complaints of course. She had her biggest month in November for sales, which in turn helped her team have a great month! And she was able to add two members to her Scentsy team during the month. She has been working non stop between working her Part-Time job and Scentsy, and was even making deliveries until about 5:30 pm Christmas Eve.


Here is one of the pics that we took of the display!

Ready for Christmas??? Ready or not here it comes.

It occured to me yesterday that we are only 10 days from Christmas!!! Holy Toledo's where has the time gone?!?!? With both of us working so many hours and Scentsy, we have been pretty busy. However, I must say that I think we are ready, sure we may have a few small things left to buy for Christmas day but nothing to stress over. The Christmas packages have all been sent to Iowa and Utah, when did shipping get so expensive? The Christmas cards have all been sent out, if you didn't get one, please email us right away, it means we do not have your address, and we would like it. The tree is up, and although we have no outside decorations this year, we are enjoying the season. I do wish we were going to be with family this year, but we are making the most of it, and going to enjoy our First Solo Christmas (if you happen to call on Christmas and Jo is in tears, it's not your fault, she's homesick for her family, just bear with her.) We hope everyone takes a few minutes during this Holiday Season to remember what it is we are celebrating. We wish each of you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a wonderful HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Saying Goodbye...

Can you ever truly be prepared to say Goodbye to someone who has touched your life? I think the answer is no! The Friday after Thanksgiving we received the call, that Darin's Aunt Bonnie had passed away. We were saddened by the news, but felt relief in knowing she was done suffering and moved on to Heaven to be with her parents and wait for the rest of us. As we talked about Going to the funeral vs. Not Going there were pro's and cons on both ends. Darin felt very strongly that we needed to go, and so we went. We left North Dakota early Sunday morning and drove straight through, arriving in Brandon, Iowa about 10pm Central time. We woke the next morning to attend the funeral, see some family and head for home. We stayed Monday night in Alexandria, Minnesota and got home just in time for Jo to make it to her Scentsy party Tuesday. It was a fast trip, but a good trip. We were able to see a few family members, and visit, but most importantly we were able to pay our Respects to a very wonderful lady.

I didn't know Aunt Bonnie well, but as I listened to the stories that were told about her at the funeral, I was touched at how she had affected so many lives. They talked about her love for her Church and her laugh. I haven't been in the family long enough, or around enough to have heard her laugh, but I can almost hear it as everyone around me was remembering her. What a special spirit she was. She was born with Down Syndrome, and had her fair share of trials, but she came through smiling and enjoying life. What a woman, she was! At her funeral, the pastor relayed a story to each of us, afterward they had some copies made, I took one and wanted to share it.

Welcome to Holland
by Emily Perl Kingsley
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child
with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared
that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would
feel. It's like this...

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip- to Italy. you buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. you may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."

"HOLLAND?!?!" you say, "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."

But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. it's just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, let flashy than Italy. but after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills.. and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."

And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss.

But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things... about Holland.


I can't explain exactly why, but that lil story really touched me. I'm so glad that we were able to make it to Iowa for Aunt Bonnie's funeral, and although I didn't know her well, I feel as if I did. I enjoyed hearing all the stories shared about her personality and enjoyed hearing some of the family's favorite memories of her. Again, my only thoughts are, What an amazing Special Spirit she was! We were all so lucky to have known her! You will be missed Bonnie!

Thankful Thoughts

Can't believe it's the end of November and we are celebrating Thanksgiving already. It seems like just yesterday it was July 4th, and then I step back and think ok, that's wasn't yesterday... This Thanksgiving we have soo much to be Thankful for Thanks to our wonderful Parents, who support and love us, even when you think we are making a mistake you support our choices to do what we feel is right! Our families for also supporting us, and being there to talk when we need it. I can honestly say that I would be completely lost without each of you in my life. Our awesome friends, who are there for us to talk, cry, and just plain listen, you know who are and you ROCK!!! There is soo much more, and if I try to list it all out, I know I would feel horrible later seeing I have forgotten something, so I will spare you all just know that we are Thankful for so much this year.

It's been a hard Thanksgiving for Jo, as she is so far from family, and that's never happened before, however we are sticking with the attitude that if it doesn't kill us, it will only make us stronger!

Life here in North Dakota is treating us well, and as we are making no announcements we are excited to report that we have learned that our new insurance (from Darin's work) covers some of the cost of our Fertility treatments. This is a HUGE load off of our minds and shoulders, and we hope to be progressing with all of it soon. We of course will keep you all updated, for now we are still researching with the Doctor's and insurance company to get all the coverages figured and worked out together. On this point, please keep us in your prayers, having a baby was beginning to feel impossible for both of us, and this helps tremendously!

Lots of Love & Thanks to each of you. Hope you all have a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving and Holiday Season!

Scentsy Party

Well, Jo had her first "official" Scentsy party here in North Dakota! Things went so well, thanks to a wonderful hostess. We had a great turnout and it was mentioned quite a few times the advertising we have been doing in the papers here. She even had a few comments about seeing Jo's car around town, with the Scentsy sign in the back window. It's great to see her hard work paying off. Luckily, it doesn't seem like hard work, because it's so fun, and rewarding!!!

The entry table with a Door Prize drawing!!!

The main display table at the front of the room. I found a tier'd cake display and it works GREAT for displaying the Scentsy warmers.

The table the testers were set up on. The tester's are seperated into their categories.

There were two of these banquet style tables with a few different Scentsy products lining the center of the tables. In the back you can see the table Jo had set up for taking orders and the other one was a small free gift basket for coming.

As mentioned previously the Party was a HUGE success!!! Darin was a huge help, Jo might just have to bring him along to help out more often. We have a few more parties scheduled, and a Holiday Craft show coming up soon. We sure do love our Scentsy!!!

North Dakota's "Enchanted Highway"

So last Thursday, we both had the day off together! We had been searching for things to do here in town. Darin had seen in a brochure about about the "Enchanted Highway" that isn't too far from Dickinson, so we loaded up the dogs and went for a drive. These are pretty neat metal Sculptures, the signs along the road said that these are the World's Largest sculptures. They have a gift shop at on of the stops as well, although we decided not to go in, we thought we would leave that for when someone comes to visit and we get to go again and see them. We were amazed at the detail and the colors of each of these. Very fun!! Here are a few pics. Enjoy!

Geese in Flight This sculpture is just off the interstate and the road leading up to it, has poles with different geese on them. All in different flight patterns.

Deer Crossing

Grasshoppers in the field Notice the wheat laying down, looks like this was set up this way! This site had a little playground off to the side and it had small grasshopper bouncer things. Ya know, grasshoppers with the coil, springs under them! (SORRY, I have no idea what they are called)

Fisherman's Dream In case you can't see it, there is a tied Fly that the large fish is coming up to catch.

Teddy rides again Darin loved the horse and buggy with this one.

The Tin Family There are flowers in Tin Ma's basket, and notice her hair, all curled up. Tin Pa also has hair. And then there's lil Tin, with the Lollipop and propeller hat. So cute!

This wire tree sits right next to the Gift Shop.

We had a fun enjoyable day! Who knew that North Dakota had an "Enchanted Highway"????

Quick Update

Hey everyone, this is just a quick lil update for ya! Darin is working a LOT. His shortest day so far has been a 12 hr and 15 min day. They are keeping him right at the 14 hr mark! So during his 5 days at work, he is staying very busy! Jo started her job for Kmart last Thursday. She was hired on as Front End Supervisor. She is meeting with the District Manager on Tuesday to be back up HR & Payroll. It's too early to tell just how much she will like the new job, however Saturday she was training on the Service Desk and enjoyed herself. A lot of the stuff just came back to her from when she worked for Kmart in Grand Junction, CO, a few new things and a lot of different processes. But she is enjoyed being out of the house, around people, and running around! More posts to follow...

Toto, I don't think we are in Utah anymore... I mean Kansas!

Well, reality is setting in and although at moments it's difficult, so far so good here in North Dakota! Darin is now driving not just riding along as the passenger, and he is liking his new job. Jo has had one interview, with a job offer and another interview scheduled for tomorrow we shall see how it goes and go from there.

The only real complaint so far is the weather, it has been really chilly here since we arrived, and the wind is ferocious! However, I hear it hasn't been all Sunny and warm in Utah either, so in answer to a lot of questions lately, it's cold but Jo is staying warm for the time being!

Jo is starting to get bored, which is not a good sign. She is making daily trips to the mall and walmart, being very careful not to overspend, but get her out of the house. Yesterday, she attended Church at the Dickinson Branch. Talk about different, after being told that there were about 70 active families in a 60 mile radius, I will say that I was pretty shocked at the number of people at Church. More than I thought, but still nothing in comparison to what I'm used to. Luckily, there is a lot of new people that are moving into the ward, so it kinda takes the heat of being the New Kids on the Block! Everyone seems so nice and friendly, and believe it or not a lot of people actually know where Vernal is, without it being called Dinosaurland first. I was quite impressed with this bunch!!!

Just before the move Jo got into a series of books by her favorite Author, well, without finishing the full series, but running out of time to check more out from the library in Vernal, I figured no big deal, there will be a library in Dickinson. Today, I found that library and got myself a card, only to find out that they carry one of the books that this author has written and it's not a part of the series she was so looking forward to finishing. The librarian was very sweet and printed off some other books by authors similar to this one. But seriously, I didn't dream it would be hard to find a book by Anita Stansfield. But then again, HELLO JO, you are not in Utah anymore... So, if any of my awesome wonderful friends that also love this author, have any of Anita Stansfield's books in the series, Timeless Waltz, I would be eternally grateful to you for sharing. I actually own the first one, Timeless Waltz, and have read the second, but can't remember that name, but that is where I left off. The really bummer part is I was really looking forward to reading right now, to occupy a little time. My mind is on overdrive currently, and well for those of you that know me, you know that is NEVER a good thing!

So, in closing, Jo has been reminded again, that we are not in Utah anymore, but it's ok, we are surviving!

A house to a home!

Thanks to everyone for being so patient with me in getting these pictures taken, and up here. Will you all quit hounding me please! In no particular order here is a glimpse of our new home here in North Dakota!

This is out the front door, no we do not have a lawn. Bummer :( I know! Also it had been pouring all day when I took this sorry!

The spare bathroom. This is just outside of the office.

Master bathroom, with has a nice large shower/tub area of the the left. Only entrance is in the Master bedroom.

Master Bedroom- We have so much room in here. We lost a lot of closet space in this room, but we do still have a walk in closet!

The narrow Laundry room. We do not have all the shelves for this room yet, so it's not really done!

The Kitchen! Please note that the laptop will not always be on the table, it's just easier for right now.

The living room. The black and silver you can see in the right is the TV stand and the wood color in the lower right is Jo's cedar chest

The hallway, this is what you see when you open the Spare bathroom door. The door you can see is leading into the office.

Just up the hall of the office and extra bathroom is the Spare Room.

That's the house in a nutshell. As you can see we have a lot more room than our home in Utah. I didn't do any pictures of the office yet, as we are still finding just the right spot for everything, be assured they are coming soon, I promise. Hope all is well with you all, and again I'm sorry it took me so long. The last two days, Jo has been on a job hunt. Gotta find her a Part Time job before the Homesick sets in, and she goes out of her mind from boredom.

Moving in!

Well, after what felt like days on the road, we arrived in Dickinson. Darin went to his testing for work, and Jo headed to the Motel to get checked in and somewhat situated. After the appointment, we came out to our new place. WHAT A MESS!!!!!!!! Things that were supposed to be done 3 1/2 weeks ago were not! HELLO, people move in day is TOMORROW, what is going on? We stressed, and freaked and met with the landlord a little later that night. She was able to smooth things over and promised things would be taken care of right away. We went back to the motel got some much needed rest, by this time Jo could barely talk let alone walk anyway, her cold was seriously kickin some butt now!

The next morning it was up and at em early. We had the internet people and the Satelite people coming. Then much to our surprise, Jo's parent showed with Lonnie in tow, only about 9 hrs early. Not knowing of our HUGE problem they left the night before and drove all night to get there to help us early. It was a HUGE blessing because with Jo being sick and coughing and so dizzy and being so short of breathe, she couldn't do much to clean. We were saved by family yet again! We got the place cleaned up enough to call it a day, went to our motels got some more much needed rest and began the next day early as well.

With the help of Jo's parents and Lonnie, Darin's dad and brother Derek, we got all of our things moved in, a pet door installed, a fenced yard built and the storage trailer set up. Every wall in the house had been washed, the bathrooms cleaned, it was time to start unpacking! We spent the first night in our new place!

Everyone left Saturday afternoon and even through exhaustion we kept going. Sunday we couldn't go anymore. Jo had overdone it Saturday and woke up Sunday again with no voice, Dizzy and sore. She slept most of the day.

Monday Darin started his new job and Jo went to work on settling in. It's taken about week, but we are pretty much in. There are still some things the landlord needs to get taken care of, like the skirting of the trailer and so on. But we are working on her daily for these tasks and also getting frustrated.

North Dakota or bust...

The day started early, we finished packing all the last minute things, went to lunch with Anthony, Tanya and their two lil ones ( One of Jo's best friends from High School) and said our Goodbye's! Then we headed off to start our new journey to our new home! Dickinson North Dakota, here we come.....

The North Dakota border sign.

Darin drivin on the interstate.

Saying goodbye to Kellee. She made Jo a picture frame with pictures of her in it, saying that we will be missed! We are gonna miss you to sis!

And saying goodbye to Korbin! What's Aunt B gonna do without her lil man?

We have arrived!

Hello, this is a very quick post to let everyone know that we have made it to North Dakota! We have our internet and Dish Network set up, of course we did the most important first! LOL Anyway, we are slowly but surely getting settled into our new home! We had a rough start as we arrived here but things are coming together. We had been told that the house would be cleaned and completely ready for us to move in by Wed Sept 24. Well when we arrived in town on Wed, it was FAR from ready. Jo's parents surprised us by showing up about 10am on Thurs. (we hadn't planned on them until later that evening.) Luckily for us they left early and came ready to help. We cleaned our hearts out and was ready for the unloading, unpacking party on Fri! Early Fri afternoon we were joined in our efforts by Darin's dad and brother. We are so very blessed to have such wonderful family, who have not only supported us but gone above and beyond for us! We didn't get to visit to much, we were so busy, but the progress we were able to make has been amazing! The dogs are so excited to have a pet door and fenced in yard all ready for them! As soon as we are done unpacking and getting everything settled we will post a few pics! There will be an email soon with our new mailing address. Thanks for all your support and prayers, we have been feeling it all during this time.

PS Jo ended up with a nasty cold starting Tues and ended up with no voice and a very dizzy head during the move, she is on the mend and although things are seeming to come together slower than she wishes, they are coming together. Without the help of our AMAZING family we would have been in HUGE trouble. She is beginning to feel better and her voice is returning to normal! Saturday afternoon was a rough one for her since her Mom and Dad left, but there has been no Homesickness as of yet! Just a longing for mommy and daddy since she still isn't feeling well! Love you all and more to come soon!

Apparently... I used to be a Professional

So since school started every morning Jo has been doing Kellee's hair in front of the mirror to teach her how to do it, and let's be honest, it gives Jo a lil bit of heaven to be doing hair again! So yesterday, as we were doing our morning ritual of doing Kellee's hair she was telling me about how her and her friend were talking about Curling Iron's the other day and Flat Iron's as well. They talked about how hot they get and so on. Somehow during this conversation it was brought up about how Kellee's babysitter used to be a Professional Hair Stylist. Apparently Kellee's friends just think that is pretty dang awesome that he hair is done every day by someone who used to be a professional! Then after school on the same day, Kellee proceeds to tell me that a girl in her class asked her today how she always gets her done so cute in the mornings. Ever since school started her hair looks very cute everyday, how does she do it? So Kellee responds with, "My babysitter does it everyday, and she used to be a Professional hair stylist, in a real salon and everything!!!" Kellee was so excited and animated in telling me this story, she thinks it's great that she is getting comments on her hair styles and she's learning how to do them herself. What she didn't know is, even though she is saying Jo is a "has been" stylist, she totally just made her day!

Here are a few pics of how cute we got her hair looking yesterday! From the front

And the back, it's not just in a ponytail, it's really in a French Twist type of style!

Big Decisions = Big Changes

Well, it's official and ready to be announced! Darin and BettyJo are moving out of Vernal, well Utah to be exact. After much talk, going back and forth, thought, prayer, and stress, we have decided to accept Darin's job offer in Dickinson, North Dakota! We leave Vernal on Wed. Sept 23 and Darin starts his new job on Mon. Sept 28.

We are currently in the process of packing, stressing, packing some more, stressing a lil more, feeling very overwhelmed, and did I mention packing? With only 3 weeks from the date this was decided to the actual move date, there is plenty to keep us busy! Don't plan on seeing us on here again until after the move!

We will however post more at a later date. But here are a few answers to the most common questions we are being asked right now:

1- What kind of work will Darin be doing? Darin will be working for Missouri Basin Well Service based out of Belfield about 18 miles from where we will be living in Dickinson. They haul Water and Crude Oil. Out of this location there is more Oil being hauled then water. So, basically the same as he has been doing, but add the Crude Oil part!

2- How big is Dickinson, North Dakota? The 2007 Census reports that Dickinson was 15,900 people back then, you do the math to make it current! You can also visit this site to learn more www.visitdickinson.com

3- Why North Dakota? Why move now? Back in June Darin seen this ad, we talked about it, applied and had set up an interview, we then decided it wasn't a good time and backed out. We then started talking one night and Jo admitted to Darin that she couldn't get it out of her mind and thought they should reconsider, Darin had the same feelings and agreed, we reset up the interview, started researching again, and 2 hrs after the interview was offered the job. Housing is in short supply there right now, however we felt it a true blessing that we were able to find a place to live just minutes before heading back to Vernal to pack up!

4- How far from the family's will you be? From Jo's family we are deserting them since they are all in Utah. Her parents and sister live minutes from us currently. We will be about 860 miles or a 12 1/2 hr drive away. From Darin's family we are moving closer. We will be about 830 miles and about a 12 hr drive. We have only driven it once from our Utah home, and the mileage there is about right, from Iowa we are unsure and will have to figure it out exactly, but we will be closer.

5- What will we be doing with our home in Utah? Our house is still up for Sale, we have again lowered the price and currently just really WISH it would sell. However, that doesn't seem to be happening just yet, so we will be putting the house up for rent and hopefully be able to have help financially that way, until it does sell! We are also advertising a Lease Option to buy and the fact that we have an Assumable Loan with a great rate!

6- Scentsy? We are going to continue to sell Scentsy and Jo is very excited for the opportunity to expand her business into North Dakota. As for our Awesome customers in Utah, Jo's parents will be keeping an inventory in her home and will be servicing them here. They are very excited for the chance, and Jo is excited to have the chance to continue to service the customers she has built up for the past 1 1/2.

I do believe that is all for now, stay tuned for future posts. We are busy lil beavers packing and spending time with family and friends before we go. If any one feels the need to lend a hand, we welcome the opportunity as we have MUCH to do before Sept 23!

Lots of love!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

So, I'm a day late in posting this, but it was such a CRAZY busy day yesterday, so sorry! Anywho- Jo's wonderful father turned 61 yrs old yesterday! We were lucky enough to celebrate part of the day with him by going to lunch, then later we went over to their house for presents. We finished off the night with some dinner, and by then we were all so full that there was no room for the Ice Cream birthday cake! So HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA BILLS! We love you!Papa and Korbin with Papa's sunglasses and hat, a little Papa look-a-like!

This is one happy Papa, and one AWESOME DAD!

Scentsy Lover? I do think so!!!

Okay, maybe they hear Jo talk about Scentsy a little to much!?!?! But this is just too good not to share. The other day Jo had her nail appointment and before hand we gathered up quiet toys, books, and the drawing pad to keep the boys entertained. Well ,we were in luck, there was a little boy in the waiting area waiting for his mom to get her hair done at the same time. Emilio and him hit it off and were playing and sharing a coloring book before I could blink! WONDERFUL, he's busy for awhile. While visiting with my wonderful nail girl, Coby, this conversation was overheard.

Emilio: Do you use Scentsy at your house?
Little Boy: What's Scentsy, I haven't ever heard of that?

Emilio: My baby sitter sells Scentsy, it's really cool, it makes everything smell really good! (walks over to my Scentsy covered and filled purse on the floor next to me) Here give this to your mom, I bet she'd like it!

Little Boy: Oh, Okay (puts the catalog in his backpack)

SERIOUSLY, am I that bad? Or am I just that good? I also recently had this conversation with the kids while delivering Scentsy orders earlier this week.

Kellee: Is it hard to sell Scentsy and work at the same time?

Jo: It can be to be really good at selling Scentsy you need to spend a lot of time and work hard. Why do you ask?

Kellee: Well I want to sell Scentsy when I get older, but I will be getting called out all the time like Darin does with his job, so I may have to make my husband manage our Scentsy business.

Emilio: I bet I could sell Scentsy, Wrestle like the professionals, and bull-ride. Do you think I could?
Jo: Well if you worked really hard, I'm sure you could!

Do ya think these kids love Scentsy? They help make sampler molds and don't even worry about how excited they get when an order comes in, they know that we seperate it, and make sure it's all there, label it and add it to the inventory. We have been so busy lately with it, that up until school started they were asking me daily how many deliveries we had to make that day?

They are such good helpers, and at least I'm teaching them about a GREAT product right?

Sorry, but I just had to share this!

First day of School and the boys were lost!

Wednesday couldn't come fast enough for this new Fifth grader! So excited she could barely sleep the night before, but alas, the moment she had been waiting for, Jo went into the bedroom where she had been tossing and turning and said OK, Kellee you can get up and get ready. In record time, (I'm not kidding) this girl was on the move, breakfast down, teeth brushed, and all dressed. Doing her hair felt like forever to her. Then she had to wait, she'd moved so fast! We all walked her to the bus stop and told her to have a good day! She was on her way! Then it was a short walk back to the house and what to do, what to do with the boys. Emilio still isn't to excited about starting next week, so it's gonna be tough keeping him busy and occupied and gearing him up, but we shall soldier on! Jo was able to keep the boys plenty busy, or was it the other way around, it's hard to tell. We had appointments and errands to run in the morning, and studying and cooking to do in the afternoon. That's right at only 6 yrs old and with the help of a 19 month old Emilio made his first whole dinner! He made Chicken and Rice Casserole, Green beans, and breadsticks with some Sugar Free Lemonade (compliments of Grandma Noe in Iowa). For dessert he chose Chocolate Cupcakes which Korbin and him had a blast making, frosting and decorating! And before we knew it, we were picking Kellee up from the bus stop where she was beaming with pride! Her first day of Fifth grade was a success, and much to her surprise, she had NO HOMEWORK!!! She's going for the Skater look this year!

So ready, why isn't it time yet?

Mixin up the brownies, yes they both needed to be hosed down afterward.

The wonderful dinner they were both so proud of, dang Jo for forgetting to set the Lemonade pitcher on the table with the food, but Emilio was proud of it all! I hear it was VERY tasty boys!

And a picture of a very small portion of the mess on this lil face. If you look close you can see the Chocolate on the forehead as well. He was covered from the waist up, I should have thought of snapping the picture before I started cleaning. SORRY!

Picnic at Flaming Gorge

This year school started on Wednesday Aug 26. So in honor of the kids' last day of Summer Vacation we skipped story time at the library and took them to Flaming Gorge. We had a picnic and went on the Dam Tour. The kids of course had a blast and were so tuckered out they they slept the entire way home, with Darin of course! Here are a few pics of our adventure in the mountains. The beautiful view of the water and mountains.

One of the turbines that sits out front of the Visitor's Center and Kellee, Emilio, and Korbin

Picnic, don't mind if I do!

Korbin hates to have his hands dirty and since Uncle D was sitting next to him, they washed his hands a lot!

Scentsy Convention

So sorry this is so late and I am behind and I'm sorry but this post will be a LONG one as Convention was a few days, and there is just sooo much to tell! So last week we were able to attend the Scentsy Convention. It was held in Salt Lake City this year, which was great for us being so close and all! We left Vernal Wednesday and registered, checked into our Hotel and was able to have a nice catch up dinner with our friends from Logan (who know live in SLC) Meg & Jim. It was great to catch up with them and visit for awhile! Now I may be biased and possibly even crazy but I think it is so kewl that as we were walking around our Hotel lobby we ran into Orville and Heidi Thompson and their children. Again this is the presidential family of Scentsy, I realize they are not famous, but in my eyes they should be! It was also fun to just run into Kara Egan one of the founders of Scentsy, her and her husband are so friendly and fun to talk to. Anyway, up and atom early Thursday for the beginning of meetings and trainings. The new product was unveiled and some given away. SO AWESOME! Then it was Thursday night and time for the BIG Celebration of Scentsy turning 5. The celebration wa carnival style and called Cirque de' beserque. It was really fun to walk around and see the booths and they had set up and all the fun things for the families involved. Again, we were able to have Meg and Jim join us, a big Thanks to them for taking time our of their busy lives to hang out! Friday was another early day filled with meetings and trainings. I was fortunate enough to win one of the Scentsy Spirit games and ended up with a $100.00 Gift Certificate to Scentsy Success, which is where we buy all our business supplies! Then we went to the Awards Gala and enjoyed some yummy deserts and some hilarious entertainment, which was a comic named Jason Hewlett. He is awesome, Jo had seen him previously in Logan, but still a very good show! He sings, plays instruments, and impersonations. Needless to say it was a great night! Scentsy gave away 5 cars, and about 10 trips (I may be off on the number,)among numerous other awards. Then on Saturday we were able to go to one more final meeting with our team. We learned a lot of new things, and ideas and Jo is SOOO excited to put everything into action. Our goals with Scentsy have changed and we are the way to reaching them!

A huge Scentsy sign at the Salt Palace in Downtown SLC

Jo and a new friend with my WINNING Gift Certificate. (If it wasn't for her Jo wouldn't have won!)

Jo with her Tiara and Gift Certificate. She was one HAPPY Scentsy Chic.

Each year at Convention you sign your name on the board. It's totally impossible to see my signature but it is up in the left hand corner. PS Shine in 09 was the theme for this year's Convention, and they did a WONDERFUL job with it.

Darin and Jo headed out to the Awards Gala