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

The one about the package from Iowa!

Have I ever mentioned how wonderful Darin's family is? Well if I haven't I totally apologize, they are are just great. His caring parents are always sending us lil care packages with all kinds of goodies. Well this week we received yet another, we had a lil warning about this one and was told it contained goodies for the kids. Well after we opened the package Monday night, we packed everything for the kids back up and thought it would be fun to get a few pics of the kids going through their package from the Noe's in Iowa! Thank you so very much to Mom & Dad Noe, the kids were thrilled with their stuff, you'd thought they'd won the lottery or something. You have successfully made some more Utah friends, and they are more than happy to be your adopted lil grandchildren. I should mention at this point that Laura and Emily (their mom's) think you have already spoiled them rotten! You have done your job and done it well! We love you! On a side note, I would like to add that Mom Noe you did get their favorite OJ juice in the box, and I missed the picture, but really they were jumping up and down! It was cute!

Waiting anxiously for the package to hit the table.

And the digging begins, please take note of Emilio's face here, I know it's a side shot, but he is pretty stoked!

And Kellie LOVES tattoo's, however did you know? Also we had just had snack, yet Korbin is all of a sudden hungry again for Scooby Doo Mac n Cheese.

And the stickers, holy moly, are you sure you guys haven't met these kids, they love to put them on every craft we do. All in all, it's safe to say they are pretty excited!

Kellie's new do!

So it's back to school time and after some talking it was agreed that Kellie was ready for a change. She wanted to keep it long, but wanted it to be healthy as well. Here is what we came up with. Doing her hair today, really made me miss doing hair this time of year! I love doing big major changes like this. Stupid sensitive skin anyway! It looks so cute on her, and really fits her personality well, also has the versatility to do different styles and so on.
Of course I completely forgot to take a before picture, however this pic was taken about a week or so ago and shows a good shot of her hair, pretty long, straight and all one length!

And the after shot! She picked out like 5 hair styles and they were all either flipped out or all very curly. She will have to put some effort into a flip with her hair type and since Mom says No perming right now, we will have to settle for a few curls at times.

And from the back! She is pretty excited about her new do, and was prancing around like a princess all afternoon! Which of course just made my day!