Well Tuesday Matt found out that he is going to the police academy in Arizona on Sunday. It's kind of quick I know. He was on the waiting list to get in if someone dropped out and some one did! Tuesday I was kind of emotional about it because that means he will be gone till the end of April. I am also nervous for him because it like going to boot camp, really it is intense. But I am proud of him for getting in and I am excited for him.
This week has been a bit stressful because we have to get Matts stuff all ready to go. Everything has to be to the T, really that an understatement. His gym shorts have to be navy blue with a logo that is no bigger then a quarter, only white plain t shirts to run in. Gray dress pants with a crease and no cuff on the pants, and the list goes on and on and on.
The Arizona Department of Transportation is paying for his housing (in the Marriott), food (room service anytime) and they are sending him down with a car, gas card, and a phone. So really we don't have to pay for anything which is great!! He will get to come home for Christmas we think but we really are not sure. I will miss him but it will be so worth it when he is done!!
By the way i don't know why "matt and ashlee" comes up twice on the picture i have tried to get it off.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Many Changes
Well my last post I told everyone about matt's new job! He loves it and I am so glad he does. He hated his old job and he only worked 2 hours a day so his pay checks were not very big. I am glad he now is working a full time job because it takes a lot of pressure off me to make sure the rent and bills get paid. Seriously it has been a relief.
We have also moved!! Yes finally and I LOVE LOVE LOVE our new apartment. Our old one was alright and really if it was not so cheap we would not have been able to make it our first year and half of marriage. We really had some hard times but we managed to barley make it. Our new apartment is much nicer though and we have our own washer and dryer. I was so tired of sharing and only being able to wash on tuesdays and fridays
This semester is almost over and it is my last!! I am so ready to be done with school. I just have a few more big assignments to do and then it will be over. I will graduate with my Bachelors in Criminal Justice with a minor in psychology. Yay!!!
Anyways sorry this post so random but I just thought I would update everyone about all the changes in our life :).
We have also moved!! Yes finally and I LOVE LOVE LOVE our new apartment. Our old one was alright and really if it was not so cheap we would not have been able to make it our first year and half of marriage. We really had some hard times but we managed to barley make it. Our new apartment is much nicer though and we have our own washer and dryer. I was so tired of sharing and only being able to wash on tuesdays and fridays
This semester is almost over and it is my last!! I am so ready to be done with school. I just have a few more big assignments to do and then it will be over. I will graduate with my Bachelors in Criminal Justice with a minor in psychology. Yay!!!
Anyways sorry this post so random but I just thought I would update everyone about all the changes in our life :).
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Exiting news!!!
ok so about 3 months ago matt applied at the port of entery in st. george (the one going south towards mesquite). His cousin told us about it and we almost didn't apply (i dont know what we were thinking) but we did. He applied and he got his first interview and passed. Then we went down to pheonix for a fitness test. He passsed and then we just waited to hear. We got a call for him to go down and take a poly graph test and another interview with the inspecter general. He a passed both and we thought we had the job. We heard nothing and it was kinda of sounding like they changed their mind. We got a call about 2 weeks ago saying they forgot a test. I was like you are kidding we were there 4 days last time and we could have easily done it then. So he went down and took the test last week. They said if he passed they were prepared to offer him the job!! Yeah exciting so all this week we have been waiting and waiting. Yesterday he called the guy who is highering him and he said that there was a problem. They had no information about matt and he was kind of upset. (not at us but at the state of arizona) So we were kind of bummed. But today matt got a call and they offered him the job. He went down to fill out more paperwork and he is so exited. He starts on saturday and will work tuesdays though saturdays. He will have to go down to arizonia for 4 or 5 months but in the long run it will be so worth it. I am so proud of him!!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
update!
I feel like I have not updated our blog in so long. Its really only been like 3 weeks but so much has happened. We got a puppy!! We have wanted a dog for so long but our land lords would not let us have one. We bought one at walmart and decided we were probably moving soon. We got her and our landlords said we have been good tenants and they would trust us with a dog!! Seriously best news ever. Our dog is half chihuahua and half something else. She is so cute and her name is Sadie!! She is a lot of work to say the least but we love her!
We have to take another trip to Arizona. Matt has to take another test, this one is a psychic analysis. I am kinda bugged cause we were down there 3 days and two days we had nothing to do. If they were going to do this why didn't they have us do it then. I am not sure i am going this time or not because we are poor and I need to stay and work. I have been so thankful that Matt and I have saving cause we would not have been able to make all these trips to Arizona. They said that if he passes this test then they will officially offer him the job!!! I am so excited and I am so proud of him. We will be moving down to st. George and we have started to look for housing. Housing there is so much more expensive than cedar city. So if anyone has any suggestions for housing feel free too.
We have to take another trip to Arizona. Matt has to take another test, this one is a psychic analysis. I am kinda bugged cause we were down there 3 days and two days we had nothing to do. If they were going to do this why didn't they have us do it then. I am not sure i am going this time or not because we are poor and I need to stay and work. I have been so thankful that Matt and I have saving cause we would not have been able to make all these trips to Arizona. They said that if he passes this test then they will officially offer him the job!!! I am so excited and I am so proud of him. We will be moving down to st. George and we have started to look for housing. Housing there is so much more expensive than cedar city. So if anyone has any suggestions for housing feel free too.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Round 2
Monday Matt and I found out that we are going to Phoenix this Friday!! I am excited to go this time around because it's Matt second interview for a job. We are leaving Friday morning at around 3am, we really don't have to leave till for but if we say three then we might actually get out the door by 4am. He has to be in Phoenix for his interview at 3:00pm. We are staying till Tuesday because on Tuesday he has a polygraph test, extensive medical exam (2 hours long), blood testing, drug test, and a bunch of paperwork to fill out. I really hope he gets this job so we can move on with our lives, i sometimes feel we are stuck in a rut. If he does then we will be moving to st. george. I am excited to move but I am a little nervous. I am still going to school here and working so I would have to drive everyday but at least i will be done in December. I am also worried about when Matt goes to P.O.S.T. he will be gone for a little over 4 months. I can't go with him because the company would pay his housing, food, gas, and all that. Which is a great thing and such a relief money wise but he will have a room mate living with him who is also going through post. I know its only 4 months and we have eternity together but I am still not excited about it. I am also excited to get one last little vacation out of it. I really want to lay out at the pool and just relax for a few days. I also think we are going to visit the Mesa Arizona temple. Anyways it will be a fun trip and I hope Matt gets this job!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Grandpa Don
I have been meaning to post this for a while but I just did not want to relive this experience. Last wednesday was a really rough day to say the least. Around 3:30 I get a call from matt at work, I knew something was up because he never calls my work because I don't have cell phone service so he has to call the office. I get on the phone and he says, "my grandpa just died." I didn't know what to say. I just told him I was leaving right now so we could go to the hospital together. I was in shock, but I was not the only one. On the way to hospital we didn't really say much. We talked a little bit about Grandpa Don and fought back tears.
We arrived at the hospital just a few minutes later. It was hard to see everyone crying and it just made me cry even more. I really started crying when I saw Matt's mom and her sisters. Having lost my dad too, I knew what they were going through and how much anxiety, sadness, loneliness, and heartbreak comes with such an experience. We didn't really know what happened, we only knew that there had been a car accident. Matt's mom was telling us about Grandma Jean and the condition she was in. It was really hard for her not only to loose her husband but she couldn't breath very well and crying just made it worse. We sat outside the emergency room for a while because they didn't want so many people back there so fast. Matt and Tyler (matts cousin) and Uncle Tom went back to give Grandma Jean a Blessing! Matt told me that the blessing uncle tome gave was so amazing! He was so happy that he was able to participate.
A while later I went back. I was kind of nervous but I really wanted to see Matt and Grandma Jean and also Grandpa Don. Matt was still kinda in shock. I went in by my self to see Grandpa Don and it was so hard. Not only to see him lying there but I just went back to when my dad died. It was so hard. I haven't let my self think about in such a long time. I just started crying. But I was still trying to put it in the back of my mind.
It was so hard to watch Matt's grandma in and say good by to her sweet heart. They really were meant for each other. They hadn't been apart for many many years. I really want to be like them and how close they were to each other. It really was cute to see them together! Once Jean said good by it was like a heavy blanket lifted. I was talking to Matt and it was kinda like Matt's grandpa's spirit was lingering until Matt's grandma said goodbye. You kind of had to be there to feel it but after that there was less crying and people could gather themselves together. (people were still sad of course)
So while we were waiting for X-rays to come back for Grandma Jean and aunt Kathleen we asked what happened. Matt's grandparents were driving back from St. George (grandma was driving) and they got off the exit in cedar by walmart. They were making a left hand turn but they were following a trailer. Grandma went to turn and a car slammed into the passenger side but up by the engine. The air bags went off any everything. Matt's grandpa was taken to the hospital after being shocked serveral time in the street. The doctors said that there was a lot of internal bleeding and that it happened really quick, in a matter of seconds Grandma Jean and aunt Kathleen were taken to the hospital in a separate abulance together. Jean now has two broken ribs, a broken sternum, and broken bones in her hands which she just had operated on a few days ago.
The funeral was Friday because Matt's parents flew out to El Salvador to see Nate get married there. The funeral was great. I cried through the whole thing. There were so many things i didn't know about Grandpa Don. He was such a great man! He loved his family so much. One thing that i loved about him was that he was always happy to see you and he always treated me like part of the family. He also loved to do magic. I never actually got to see him perform magic because his hands could not perform like they used to but i heard he was really good. The hardest part for me was at the barial sight and people were telling stories about Don. Jean was the last one to get up and she mentioned how Don would tell her how beautiful she was, especially this last month. It was so tender and I loved that he still thought she was so beautiful after 50+ years of marriage. Through his whole life everything he did was for his family. I am really going to miss him and his smile.
The Saturday before the accident we got to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa McCulley and I am so glad we did. We went up in the mountain with them and some other people in the family to gather fire wood for them this winter. We almost didn't go because the day before we got back from Arizona and we were so tired, but it was so much fun and it is even more special now. I really got to know Matt's extended family better and give service to Matt's grandparents. Here are just some pictures of Grandpa Don and that Saturday
We arrived at the hospital just a few minutes later. It was hard to see everyone crying and it just made me cry even more. I really started crying when I saw Matt's mom and her sisters. Having lost my dad too, I knew what they were going through and how much anxiety, sadness, loneliness, and heartbreak comes with such an experience. We didn't really know what happened, we only knew that there had been a car accident. Matt's mom was telling us about Grandma Jean and the condition she was in. It was really hard for her not only to loose her husband but she couldn't breath very well and crying just made it worse. We sat outside the emergency room for a while because they didn't want so many people back there so fast. Matt and Tyler (matts cousin) and Uncle Tom went back to give Grandma Jean a Blessing! Matt told me that the blessing uncle tome gave was so amazing! He was so happy that he was able to participate.
A while later I went back. I was kind of nervous but I really wanted to see Matt and Grandma Jean and also Grandpa Don. Matt was still kinda in shock. I went in by my self to see Grandpa Don and it was so hard. Not only to see him lying there but I just went back to when my dad died. It was so hard. I haven't let my self think about in such a long time. I just started crying. But I was still trying to put it in the back of my mind.
It was so hard to watch Matt's grandma in and say good by to her sweet heart. They really were meant for each other. They hadn't been apart for many many years. I really want to be like them and how close they were to each other. It really was cute to see them together! Once Jean said good by it was like a heavy blanket lifted. I was talking to Matt and it was kinda like Matt's grandpa's spirit was lingering until Matt's grandma said goodbye. You kind of had to be there to feel it but after that there was less crying and people could gather themselves together. (people were still sad of course)
So while we were waiting for X-rays to come back for Grandma Jean and aunt Kathleen we asked what happened. Matt's grandparents were driving back from St. George (grandma was driving) and they got off the exit in cedar by walmart. They were making a left hand turn but they were following a trailer. Grandma went to turn and a car slammed into the passenger side but up by the engine. The air bags went off any everything. Matt's grandpa was taken to the hospital after being shocked serveral time in the street. The doctors said that there was a lot of internal bleeding and that it happened really quick, in a matter of seconds Grandma Jean and aunt Kathleen were taken to the hospital in a separate abulance together. Jean now has two broken ribs, a broken sternum, and broken bones in her hands which she just had operated on a few days ago.
The funeral was Friday because Matt's parents flew out to El Salvador to see Nate get married there. The funeral was great. I cried through the whole thing. There were so many things i didn't know about Grandpa Don. He was such a great man! He loved his family so much. One thing that i loved about him was that he was always happy to see you and he always treated me like part of the family. He also loved to do magic. I never actually got to see him perform magic because his hands could not perform like they used to but i heard he was really good. The hardest part for me was at the barial sight and people were telling stories about Don. Jean was the last one to get up and she mentioned how Don would tell her how beautiful she was, especially this last month. It was so tender and I loved that he still thought she was so beautiful after 50+ years of marriage. Through his whole life everything he did was for his family. I am really going to miss him and his smile.
The Saturday before the accident we got to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa McCulley and I am so glad we did. We went up in the mountain with them and some other people in the family to gather fire wood for them this winter. We almost didn't go because the day before we got back from Arizona and we were so tired, but it was so much fun and it is even more special now. I really got to know Matt's extended family better and give service to Matt's grandparents. Here are just some pictures of Grandpa Don and that Saturday
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| Grandpa Don (this one is my favorite) |
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| Aunt Kathleen |
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| Donna (Matts Mom) |
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| Aunt Karen |
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| Matt and Me using a Chain Saw |
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| Uncle Bob and Jason |
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| Aunt Karen |
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| My Pink Gloves! |
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| Grandma Jean, Kathleen, and Karen |
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| Me and Amy (matts sister) I don't know how to turn it right ways |
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| Me and Matt! |
Friday, August 12, 2011
Friday, Home sweet home (kinda)
Today was a long day to say the least. We got up at 4:00 and went to Matt's PT test. He did so good. He passed all the tests and everything. Then we went back to our hotel, ate breakfast, and headed home. We left around 10:30. I am glad to come home but i was sad to leave to. It was a bitter sweet feeling. Matt and i grew so much closer during this trip. It may be due to the fact that we were stuck driving together for over 20 hours but it really didn't seam that long. we have so much fun together and i am glad we have each other. We got to cedar city at about 6:30pm. We only stopped once to fill up gas! we had brought a cooler with food so we only at out twice the hole trip which saved a lot of money. It really was a fun little vacation even though we spent most of the time in the car. On the way home we mostly discussed if he was offered both jobs and which one he should take. Of course there is a chance he won't get either of them but we have a good feeling about both. Each have their pros and cons and it will seriously be a hard decision. Hopefully he will have a job soon!
We are going up in the mountain to get fire wood for Matts grandparents tomorrow with most of his extended family. It should be fun, we will probably be tired but that's all right. It will give us a chance to do something for Matt's grandparents and time with family.
We are going up in the mountain to get fire wood for Matts grandparents tomorrow with most of his extended family. It should be fun, we will probably be tired but that's all right. It will give us a chance to do something for Matt's grandparents and time with family.
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