New Job and House!!!

We have have had some exciting events going on here in the past few weeks. After months of looking and waiting for the right job, Kelsey finally got what she was looking for! She will be working at Hutchison Perry & Associates, yeah you know that huge nation-wide law firm. They hired her on as a attorney, which is surprising because she has never even taken a class (that is one impressive interview!). Just kidding, it is actually a collections agency. BUT, she will be managing the customer service side of the business and not those mean, nasty collector people, although she could whip them into shape pretty good too. She is very excited to have a new challenge and something to put her many talents to use.

We are also coming to terms on a house! It is a very exciting moment. Even though there are still many things that could happen to derail the purchase, we are confident the right thing will happen. These are a few amateur videos of the new house. We are excited about it. It is in a very family friendly neighborhood, which will be really nice in the future (not an unofficial announcement!). Feel free to ask any questions about the house.

We have a cannery here in Tucson and we went to begin our food storage efforts. We canned wheat, rice, powdered milk, and pinto beans. We have not used any yet, but that is only because our other food is not good for the next 30 years!

 

I could not believe how happy Scott was when he saw this car in the parking lot the other day. Boys and their sports.

HALLOWEEN!!!

We went to the temple and made sure to be festive in our orange and black:)


Then we carved pumpkins!!!!
Luckily our box of Honey Nut Cheerios had this stencil of the bee on it so Scott could be creative.



Then he found a stencil of President Obama for me to do. I was going to write "Ooobama" on it, but ran out of time and motivation.


So Scott won the cutest pumpkin award and Kelsey won the scariest pumpkin EVER award!!!!

Memphis, TN

September 13-25 ( For Scott anyway)

Scott had a training in Memphis for 2 weeks, so we turned it into a mini vacation. I visited him for a weekend and then spent the rest of my time with the fam instead of being all lonesome.

The Mississippi River

We ate at the famous Rendezvous Restaurant and Corky's Barbeque. Ribs sure are a big deal here.

Beale Street



The Spray Painting Artist on Beale Street


We did a session in the Memphis, TN temple


We saw the Civil Rights Museum. This motel, where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, was made into the museum.


We didn't actually go into Graceland, but we saw Elvis's jets and got our picture by the sign:)

Our Grand Canyon Visit

On our way home from the Tew family reunion in St. George, we took the long way home and saw the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Scott's Birthday: September 4th

Lesson Learned: Always go bowling on your birthday for good luck:)

Our First Month in Arizona

Just getting used to cactus and desert everywhere!


We almost got lost in the dust!!!


Our nearest temple in Mesa. About 2 hours away.



The Tucson Toros Baseball Game. They'll be playing St. George this month so we'll be sure to go, we just won't know who to cheer for.


Check out this mullet! We couldn't help but take a picture:)


Mt. Lemmon-where it actually feels good to be outside! We'll be doing a lot more exploring, hiking, and biking here, and hopefully camping (as soon as we get a tent and sleeping bags).