Hello again, friends and family! :) I do appologize that it's been so long! My oh my, how life can get busy in a hurry!! Holy smokes! Here's what's been happening the last few months in our lives....
October: Michael and I had a great plan to be pirates for Halloween! We started getting stuff ready for costumes and everything, and then life took over and those plans went down the drain. Maybe next year. :P We DID manage to make it to the Ren Fest on the pirate weekend! It was the weekend that Wichita was the sponsor city, so both of us got in for the price of one. The trip set off our fall nicely. We love going every year! I had a big greasy turkey leg and regretted it 2 hours later. :P We also saw Nick and Maggie while we were in KC. We went with them to a bar called the Flying Saucer where they have nearly 100 beers on tap! It was a nice little trip. Michael continued to work at Toys R Us and continued to ask for lots of hours, but they continued to schedule him only 10-12 hrs/week. Michael interviewed with 4 different companies in October and November. On Oct. 26 he was offered a job at Bunting Magnetics in Newton. He was VERY excited to have a real job and a purpose each day. It was exciting to see God providing! We also found out at the end of October that Sis and Adam are having a BOY! So we will be getting our first nephew at the end of March! :)
November: On Nov. 11, after working only 1 week at Bunting Magnetics in Newton, Michael was offered another job at Dell (the computer company). He accepted the job and gave Bunting his 2 weeks, but they decided he could go early, because after only 1 week of work, they were still training him. Michael started working for Dell right after Thanksgiving. He was driving with a group of guys to Heston every day to work at AgCo on a project. You see, the small office Michael is working in was originally called E-Serve and was an engineering contracting firm. Then, Ross Perot's company bought out E-Serve. When Ross Perot retired as CEO of his company, Dell bought out everything that he owned. And that is how Michael works for Dell, but is actually working on farm equipment for Pioneer and AgCo. He LOVES the new job! He's learning a lot and they treat him very well. I am still subbing and working at Belden's. The 2 jobs are working out very nicely. I found that I like to stay busy between the 2 of them. I sub 4-5 days/week and I work 20-30 hrs/week at the jewelry store. Definitely keeps me on my toes. In November I also bought our next set of Christmas dishes (pictures to come). The puppies are doing great! (Pictures and videos to come)
December: As Christmas approached, Michael and I got more and more busy. I went up to 40+ hours at the jewelry store, and was still subbing quite a bit. Michael continued to drive to Heston, and even went to Manhattan for a few days to work in the machine shop on the Pioneer project (which he will be on full time starting in January). I ended up selling $20,000 in jewelry in December! It was a great month! We had/have (1 to go) 5 Christmas' to schedule this holiday season! We went to Mama's with Sis and Adam and I got boots, some new Christmas decorations, a new food processor, and a creme brule set (just to name a few). On Christmas Eve Michael and I ate junk food on our new Christmas dishes and played lots of games. We also gave Harlee and Gabby their big bones that we bought them. Gabby chewed on one bone continuously for over 3 hours. She ate over half the bone in that time! Michael and I did Christmas together on Christmas morning. Michael gave me some new socks, a black and white diamond ring, and a gift certificate for an hour-long, full body, hot stone massage (just to name a few). Michael's big gift from me was an extra large hammock complete with a stand and all! It fits both of us and is the width of our living room! (Pictures to come) It's been a fun gift so far! We also went to Topeka on Christmas day and did Christmas with Michael's family. I got another creme brule set (someone forgot to take it off amazon, so I ended up getting doubles), a new blanket, candles and candle holders to use as a centerpiece on our new table, and a crockpot cookbook (just to name a few, pictures to come). It was nice spending some time in Topeka. Last night Michael and I went to Grandma and Grandpa Counterman's and had supper. We visited for 5 hours and didn't get home until Midnight! It was good to spend some quality time with them. We have one Christmas to go, tomorrow night we'll have Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Heorman's house. Then our holiday season will officially be over. I'm looking forward to some rest!
Well, I hope you all had a great holiday season! Sorry I don't blog nearly as often as I should. I'll try to work on that for my New Year's Resolution. We love you all very much! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from us here in Wichita!
Love,
Jen, Michael, Harlee, and Gabby
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