SO Blessed

We are SOOO blessed! Two days after Curtis started his new job, Novartis (his old company) laid off 1,500 employees! Every guy in Curtis' old territory got laid off! Can you say...ummm perfect timing to get a new job???!!! Crazy how Heavenly Father lets things fall in to place at times. :) Curtis was ranked #1 in his old territory, so he may not have been laid off...but still...it is such an amazing feeling to know he's at a new company with great job security!

Curtis Got A New Job

Curtis got a new job!! His first official day was yesterday. His training consists of "at home" training for 2 weeks, training in Philadelphia for 2 weeks, a week off for Christmas, and then back to Philadelphia for a week. It's pretty intense.

For those of you that don't know, Curtis used to work for Novartis as a pharmaceutical representative. His main drug was Diovan, which is a blood pressure medication. He now works for a different pharmaceutical company called Novo Nordisk and sells Novolog, which is a fast-acting insulin used to treat diabetes. He's super excited!

He did a phone interview in Utah, an interview with management in Utah, then flew to San Diego to interview with the head corporate people. I guess there were three other people in the running, but Curtis got the job! He is the BEST interviewer/people person ever! How could you not pick him for the job?! :) They offered him a higher salary, bigger bonuses, and better job security! Pharmaceutical reps have one of the best jobs! They pretty much make their own hours, the benefits are AMAZING, they get to socialize all day with people and bring them lunch, he gets a lap top, a printer, a phone, a car, a gas card...etc. It's a great job! I'm so proud of him!!

List of Curtis' Previous Cars (provided by his pharmaceutical company):

Dodge Charger. His 1st car with Novartis until it hit 60,000 miles...

Chevy Malibu. 2nd car with Novartis...temporary...about 3 months...

Ford Fusion. 3rd car with Novartis...

Chevy Tahoe. 4th car. This is the car Novo Nordisk gave Curtis for the next 3 months...

Chevy Traverse. 5th car. This will be his car in 3 months.

CRAZY right?!? :)

Dessert

Curtis left tonight at 9:02 PM and came back at 9:14 PM with this:

Curtis says, "What?...I just bought us dessert".

Now you know why I can't stay off the sugar drug!

Trach Change

My friend Kym and I replaced a trach yesterday on a patient at work. It was slightly bloody but awesome. The end.

Kim & Kym

Alumni Flag

Curtis was asked to run the alumni flag in at the BYU game last Saturday! What an honor! :) He got amazing tickets to the game, plus field access. We asked my sister, her husband, and her three oldest boys to come with us. The boys were in 7th heaven! It was a pretty cool experience! And BYU slaughtered UNLV...so thats always a plus.

Here's Curtis leading the team out of the locker room. :)

Curtis told Cosmo to go meet his three little nephews... They were SOOOO excited to meet him. I seriously think this was the best part of the day for them by far :) It was so cute!

Luke, Cody, and Steven watching the team warm-up before the game...

Me and my alumni! :)

On the sidelines...

My little nephews!

Here's Cody focusing on getting his perfect picture haha... :)

I got a quick video of Curtis running in the flag :)

My New Car

We got a new car! (I feel like the voice on Price Is Right) :) We were looking at Honda Accords at first...then Tahoe's...but fell in love with this Escalade (the look, the mileage, and the price)! The previous owner took great care of this car and didn't drive it very much...so to me, it's like brand new! :) It has tan leather interior and bucket seats for the future kiddos! I'm so excited!!

Here's our old car, 1999 Toyota Camry, which is now for sell! :) Anyone need a car?? Let me know!

Marissa & Brandon's Wedding

Ok, first of all, I forgot my camera so I had to go buy a disposable camera (not the best pictures)!

One of my BEST friends got married this last weekend in AZ! Curtis and I drove out Thursday night and came back Saturday night. Marissa is seriously such an amazing friend! She is the epitome of what a friend should be. She is always there for you no matter what! She is so kind, thoughtful, beautiful, energetic, fun, loving, etc.! We always have fun together! I absolutely love this girl! "Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget."

Marissa's fiance' (at the time) Brandon got baptized the night before their wedding so we wanted to be there in time to see that.

After the baptism! :)

Gettin' pedicures the morning of the wedding! :)

I can't believe she's getting married!!

Helping the bride get ready!

Such a beautiful bride! :)

All the girls!

Awwww....such a cute couple!

Father of the bride walkin' his little girl down the aisle...

All the bridesmaids!

Yes...I know...I need to go tanning... The disposable camera makes me look even whiter!

Cuttin' the cake. They were pretty nice to each other. It didn't get too messy :) She was whispering in his ear that he better not smash the cake in her face or she'd ask for an annulment asap haha..

Fun times with the girls!

Curtis and I left right after the wedding and drove back to Utah thru the night (or should I say Curtis drove home). He's a trooper! I wanted to stay the night and leave in the morning...but he wanted to leave that night :)