Life in General

So my sister Jessica told me the other day that I really needed to update my blog haha She is totally right... I have been slacking! But to be fair I have been working a lot and I just don't like to update my blog if I don't have pictures to add cause lets face it, looking at pictures is the best part! Still here is a little update on our lives.

I am now working at DownEast almost everyday and to be honest I am loving it! All except for the fact that I seem to be the one employee with the worst luck... First I get secret shopped by some people who were not very nice, then I had some lady pay me with a fake $100! I just don't understand why I keep getting the crazies and no one else seems to have a problem but they haven't fired me yet so I think I'm ok :D Also, Austin has to keep reminding me that I am not allowed to spend all of my hard earned money on clothes and that we are saving up to get a TV for Christmas haha

(Our store at the Arrowhead Mall)

Austin is still rocking medical school! Unfortunately he has a little bit of a cold right now but that is not stopping him one bit. He still continues to study hard and pull off some amazing grades. We can't believe that finals are just around the corner which means he is almost done with his first med school semester! I feel like the time has just flown by. Austin also had to put in his bid for where he wanted to go his third year and we luckily were able to stay right here in West Phoenix! We really didn't want to have to move and we really like the area we are in so it all worked out for the best :)

We have also had some surprise visitors this past month. First Derryl and Terri, Austin's Aunt and Uncle, came down and we were able to meet up with them and have dinner at an awesome pizza place called Oreganos. It was so fun catching up and seeing some familiar faces. Then this week we were really surprised to hear Bryan and Jenny, my Aunt and Uncle, were in the area for a few days! They were able to come see our place and we also went out to eat with them one night. I couldn't believe how big their baby Talmage was getting! Last time I saw him he was just a newborn. It kind of made me sad to think we don't live close anymore and we don't get to see all our family grow up like we use to.... I guess that is just another one of those sacrifices we have to make.

(Not the best picture but us out to eat with Bryan and Jenny) 

So that is what our month has consisted of. Oh and our month has also consisted of eating our weight in sweets and treats haha Ever since we moved down here I have had more time to cook and bake. Well I see all these cute and delicious recipes online that I constantly have to try which means we are constantly eating cookies or cupcakes or some other treat. Probably not the best for our bodies but they are so fun to make! Like a few weeks ago I tried making cookie dough cupcakes. They were great except for the icing, that didn't really turn out....

(That's cookie dough in the middle of the cupcake)

Overall it has been a great month. We are so excited for the holidays coming up which means lots more pictures and lots more blog posts!