Almost done!

Alright so I am awesome at posting on this. I actually completely forgot about it. Anyway. Here is what Nick, Koen and I have been up to:

I graduated in December! Woo! Now to think of something to do with my degree...

Nick is graduating in a few weeks with his BS in Mechanical Engineering. Dental school is up in the air for now. Nick got a job for AutoLiv in Ogden, so off we go to Utah...yay...I swore to myself I would never live there and here we go! But honestly, this job that Nick got is an INCREDIBLE opportunity for us. We'll still be close to Nick's family and now we'll be a little bit closer to Caitlyn. I think this will make the move easier for us because we aren't going somewhere completely random (like almost moving to North Carolina for a job with Honda). Also, the Church is still everywhere out where we'll be so at least I know we won't be the only members for miles around.

Koen is walking and talking now. He can say: ba (ball), uh oh, dutduh (thank you), beas (please), no (not to sure how I feel about him learning this word...), ma (mom), dada (dad), whoops, ju (juice), he signs milk and all done...there's more, but I'm too tired to think now. So funny story about Koen's new words. I was at church yesterday trying to give him his drink, he looks at it, shoves it away while saying NO very loudly. It was the first time he actually said no in the context that it was supposed to be used in. Usually he just repeats it when I say it to him. Like when he's climbing on the couch or touching things he's not supposed to, I'll say Koen no no. Then he laughs and goes no no no no. He's a funny kid.

Tomorrow is my last day of work. I don't really know how I feel about that yet. On the one side I am so excited because I thought this day would never come, but at the same time I'm sad because that was how I got out of the house and had conversations with other adults.

I've noticed that God kind of plans things out for us and just lets things fall into place. I know this is a super random tangent but I was just thinking about this. He must have known (obviously) that Nick would need help getting a job, so he sent him to Japan on his mission. Honestly, if Nick didn't serve there, I don't know if he would have a job lined up at all. We are so blessed to be given this chance, so I hope that it works out. Also with this job, if Nick decides to stick with it, we might have a chance to go live in Japan for a year. Nick would love this. I would be okay with it, but I told Nick if we do, then no more than a year. Haha I can just picture Koen's little blonde head in nursery or primary or wherever he is with all the other dark haired asian children. It's a funny picture in my head.

So to wrap up what has been going on, I graduated, Nick is graduating soon, we are moving to Ogden in about 2.5 weeks, and Koen is doing what he should, getting into trouble and learning new things.

I would post pictures but I'm about 2.5 seconds away from chucking my computer at a wall right now because it's going so slow...so maybe another time.