Yes! Goodbye to TPM!

A little while back we applied for the job as managers at a singles complex in our ward area.  We were excited at the possibility of having a part time job for Sam to help with expenses.  We were dissappointed that we were not hired for the job.  We felt that the Lord wanted us to stay in Provo and for Jared to continue with graduate school, but we couldn't really see how.  We thought maybe we'd just start cold calling singles complexes and ask if they were hiring, but nothing really popped out to us.  A couple weeks ago as we were driving home from Macey's we passed the Brentwood Park Apartments.  I told Jared to call because I thought maybe they had some family housing available and we really wanted to get out of our TPM apartment.  Well, it turns out that they are hiring a manager and we went in Saturday morning for an interview.  They called us back yesterday to tell us that we got the job!  The Lord has definitely been looking out for us.  I start training tomorrow for the office work, which I can take Kaitlyn to.  The apartment will be available for us as soon as Friday, but since Jared has a massive three day test this week, we won't be moving until next week.
We will miss our apartment, it's been a great home for the past 3 years.  However, the management agency is horrible and we will not miss having maintenance issues go unresolved for 2-3 months.  Also, since the Owens moved, they have put single guys up there and I don't really want to live beneath them with a small baby in the house.  We are also sad to move from our ward, we have many great friends there.  But, we hope to stay in touch with them as we won't be too far away :)  I always thought that this was a singles complex, but it turns out that it has recently been changed to families only.   If you are looking for a place, I suggest checking them out.  They are very comparable to prices around Provo and they have a great maintenance crew.  Also, the walls are painted a kind of tan color - not clinical white!  I'm also very excited about the playground, complete with a baby swing, out front.

A Gargantuanly Long Weekend

Well, Kaitlyn has been throwing up a lot of her food lately. We thought maybe it was something I ate, but couldn't figure out what and it kept going, even after we started itemizing my food. We then thought maybe she was eating too much - she does love her food, after all. So we started giving her a pacifier - but first we had to find the brand that she liked! By the way, if anyone wants some free, slightly used pacifiers, let me know. By slightly used, I mean she sucked on them once and spat it back out - you could totally sanitize it and it'd be fine. Anyway, that helped some, but not all. Right now we're thinking that she may have reflux...wouldn't know a doctor's opinion, though, since no one from the BYU Health Center will return my calls, even a week later! Anyway, Saturday my cousin Andy and his family were moving, so we went up to help them out with that. Kaitlyn and I took Andy's girls shopping, mainly to get them out of the way. There's only so much help that a 7, 9 and 11 year old can do before they start to get bored, tired, whiny, and in the way. Jared, however, stayed and helped move big furniture. Then we came home and had a long night with Kaitlyn, more of the throwing up. It was a late night. Sunday I ended up sleeping late, which turned out to be a good thing although I missed church. My cousin Andy is also in a math class and needed some help from Jared. Andy was going to drive down Sunday night but my grandfather, who has been sick lately, went out to my Aunt and Uncle's for dinner. So, we went up to West Valley to see my grandparents and help Andy with his homework. We got home at around 10:30 and got a phone call from Jared's brother, Chris. He wanted to know what we had for burns. I asked what he'd burned himself on and he said water. When my sister was little she got a 3rd degree burn on her leg after tripping into one of those hot/cold water coolers so I was a little nervous of Chris' comment and went over to take a look. He told me he'd put aloe on his hand but it was still burning - five hours later! I took him to Walmart and got some Solarcaine and BurnJel. The Solarcaine only worked for about 5 minutes, but the BurnJel, which has 2.5% ladocane in it worked great! On the way home from Walmart I found out that this wasn't a cooking accident, but an argument between him and his roommate over the thermostat which ended when his roommate poured boiling water on Chris' hand! I brought Chris to my apartment and Jared and Dad helped Chris decide to call the police to file a report. The cops came over at about 1 am, and I decided to go to bed. Jared took Chris back to his apartment so he could get some clothes and any valuables and then they returned and Chris spent the night on our foldout. Monday Jared, Chris, and I went to the housing office to get Chris transferred to a new apartment, and then we spent the morning moving Chris from one apartment to a different one - down 1/2 flight of stairs and then up 2 1/2 flights. We were very very tired by Monday night - and then Tuesday Kaitlyn's stomach problems started again. She's been on and off again all week, but tonight has been pretty bad. I will be calling the Health Center on Monday and clogging their lines until I get to talk to a nurse - no messages! On the plus side I got this amazing photo of Kaitlyn and her Great Grandparents Zaelit: