A very late Post

So I really haven’t been very good at blogging lately. But I’ll try and fix that. We just don’t have internet at our house, so I have to either write it at home and post it at work. Or post from my in laws place where I have access to the internet.

So here is our update of the past few months.

Middle of April Erik and I were lucky enough to head out of his brother’s house and move into our own apartment. It’s a little one bed room place, but it’s ours. We’ve really enjoyed it. Lola gets stir crazy sometimes when she can’t just run up and down the stairs like she did at Scott’s place. But we’re close enough to Erik’s parent’s house that we’ll go let her run there as much as we can so that way when she comes home she just sleeps!

First of May Erik was laid off of the new construction at the airport. I haven’t really minded him being home as much has he has been, The dishes get done, the laundry gets finished after I start it. We were able to go to St. George in May with my parents to celebrate their 29^th Wedding anniversary. It was a nice relaxing weekend. One that I was in need of after all my work at the store. At that time was a Relief Lead over the sales Floor. And I really enjoyed it.

The rest of May went by without much else going on. It was just on going work work work. Which sometimes isn’t that bad.

My mom’s birthday is the first part of June and I had that day off and the next day as well. So the night before as I was thinking about my mom and Highland, I was pretty home sick. So during my break I hurried and called Erik and asked if we could run home for a few days. He had a Doctor’s appointment that morning, and my mom wanted an update on how that was going. So like the good daughter I am, I called her afterword and told a little white lie that we weren’t doing much for the rest of my days off. (he he) Off we went, Lola was packed in the car and we started out. We threw everyone for a loop when we pulled into the driveway. Dad thought mom knew we were coming, and Mom thought Dad knew we were coming. We pulled it off pretty well. We were able to stay for a few days and just enjoyed the cool clean air. And Lola had a blast playing fetch with her grandpa. He sure does spoil her, and she doesn’t mind one bit.

June flew by and pretty soon it was our one year Wedding Anniversary. I can’t believe how fast that year has flown by. I was able to take a few days off and we enjoyed the time together. We ran away from the heat for a day and went up to Mt Charleston, we went for a hike and enjoyed a picnic in the fresh COOL mountain air!

Lola also celebrated her 1 year birthday the end of June. My puppy is growing up and getting so big.

Her dad spoils her so much and got her a peanut butter flavored birthday cake for her. She was so excited she ran it over to her kennel and sat there and slowly licked off all the frosting. Talk about a kid getting frosting! It was EVERYWHERE! She had frosting all over her, her blankets, her kennel, and the carpet. Frosting covered us all. So that night became bath night for everyone and everything.

July started before we knew it. Then I turned 23 and I can’t believe I’m that old! We enjoyed a quite birthday party with the family. Being able to Celebrate 3 birthday’s in one week is pretty fun stuff.

The end of July was a great time to go meet up with the Hjorth’s at the family ranch just on the other side of Cedar Mountain. Lola was the center of attention as all my `cousins’ just loved playing fetch with her. I don’t think she has ever slept so go as she did the night in the tent. She never moved! And I was so glad.

Just before we left for the Ranch, I was given the opportunity to advance at work and am now the Full time Sales Lead over the Sales Floor. It’s the same thing I was doing before, but now I do it full time, whereas before I only would be the lead when a manager or another Lead was on vacation. I am so honored to be given the chance to prove how loyal and hardworking I can be. This month is half way over and I can’t believe that the summer is coming to an end. Schools are starting again, the store is slowing down. Erik is enjoying his summer vacation from Apprentice Class. He took his final just as we got home from Camping. And was blessed enough to score a 95 percent in his second year. So he’s now on break from school and will start his third year classes in January. Until then, he’s just welding to get caught up on his Certs so that as soon as work starts to pick back up around Las Vegas, he’ll be qualified to take anything he can get.

I think that’s all the updates so far from the Wilkins’ household. We’re just living life as well as we can, dealing with everyday struggles, and thanking the Lord every day for the blessing he’s put in our lives.