School's out for summer!!

Well school is finally out this year and with it comes great joy and excitement. Jon and I have both received a job at a company called A New Leaf, it is a company that works with the developmentally disabled. We have both been given the title of transfer employees. We will work with children going from DT services to IBI services and are both looking forward to it. With school out and our schedules being remotely the same for the first time since we've been married we hope to have a summer full of fun. Including being much better at taking pictures so that you can keep an eye on the many wonderful changes happening. :)

The Latest and Greatest

So the latest news is that we are doing well. We have had better times, Jon has been laid off from work, but really we can't get discouraged we know the next job will be bigger and better for us. On the other hand, an amazing number of opportunities have opened up for me at work. I can hardly believe how wonderful this job has been for me and how many great things I have learned from the wonderful staff and administration. We are going to Utah this weekend to visit Grandma and Grandpa Kussee for the first time since they got off their mission. Jon and I are very excited because this will be the first time Jon is able to spend an extended amount of time with them, I'm sure it will go great.

Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year

UPDATE: Jonathan's birthday was December 12th. It all went very well and we had lots of fun. I made a cookie monster cake because a story is told that at two years old Jon's mom made him a cookie monster cake, when they lit his candles he freaked out and started crying, "Don't burn cookie monster!" They had to take him out of the room and blow out the candles. They couldn't eat the cake because he didn't want to eat cookie monster. So as a very funny joke I made him a cookie monster cake again. It turned out really well and we really enjoyed each others company while we celebrated and ate cookie monster. And he did let us light the candles and he did blow them out all by himself.


I had my wisdom teeth taken out on the 23rd. All went well, the recovery was quick and almost enjoyable because I was able to spend time with family. It was however much much more painful than I would have ever imagined and I did loose some weight because I was put on a soft food diet for about two weeks which really limits the food you can eat!

We had a wonderful First Christmas together. We enjoyed the gifts that we received and enjoyed even more the reactions from the gifts that we gave. Santa visited us both :) We both are so grateful for the opportunity that we have to be part of a bigger family and all of the fun that it entails.

Our New Year was a wonderful one. We both of course made our goals for this year. My biggest one is to be a better house wife. Make the dinner, keep the house clean, and do the laundry. While keeping up on my work and myself.

We are excited for this New Year and are really excited about celebrating a year together next month!