Life Changing

I wrote this last week, and never finished it so it never got posted. But I'm trying to get all caught up before this big weekend ahead of us.
It was a pretty big week for us! The biggest thing that happened was that Kenny got a new job!! He had been sending his resume out just to see what came of it, and hoping for the best. He got an offer from another company, but didn't accept it, and we were starting to try to get used to the idea that he would just continue working for this company. But then the most amazing offer came along and we got so excited! He had his interview for it last Thursday, and thought it would take a long time to hear back from them. He felt really good about the interview, and in our best laid plans, he would get the job, finish off the year with URS and give them a chance to hire a couple new people that he could train, then he could just start fresh at the beginning of January. But it turns out they are very short-handed and let us know on Monday that he got the position and want him to start asap! That was so fast!! We are beyond grateful and feel so incredibly blessed by this great opportunity. He put in his resignation letter the next day, so he's had a hard week dealing with the negative reactions that came with that. He is excited to start working at BP the day after Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 26th. I am so proud of him!! He is such a hard worker and makes a big difference wherever he goes. I know he will do great no matter where he's at! The Lord is so good to us. I feel almost bad that he has been so successful when I know that these are hard times for a lot of people to even find a job. We feel undeserving, but oh so grateful.

Another thing that happened this week was Young Women In Excellence! I am glad to have that behind us! :) It went really well, even after lots of original planning fell through. But I think it all came together nicely and I hope the girls and their parents enjoyed themselves.

made these invites with my cricut

and these were the programs

This weekend is stake conference. Last night we got our regular babysitters (the Hickenlooper sisters) and enjoyed a nice evening together at the adult session of stake conference. We even snuck a little grocery shopping in afterwards before heading home. There were some great talks. It made me want to recommit to being a stronger woman and raising the standard in our home. These are the last days, and there is no room for lazy parenting and half-hearted efforts. The Lord needs strong men and women to move His work forward and raise righteous children who KNOW the gospel.

 Brynlee was so excited to wear her new dress! She cares a lot about clothes and likes to tell me what I should wear, and pick out Kelsey's clothes as well. Hopefully she'll have a little more fashion sense than her mom :).

Speaking of Brynlee, she loves to watch the roller skating ladies. I'm not sure what it is they do or what it's called, but they are there every Tuesday night when we're there for Ty's soccer. They are a bit wild, heavily tattooed, oddly dressed women. Here's Bryn looking longingly at them, asking me again if she can have some roller skates.