Fall is here!

What a busy week last week was!

Papaw got out of the hospital and made it back to Baton Rouge just fine :) thanks for the prayers!

last week i worked (of course) but lots of fun stuff too!

we hung out with the sotos thurs,fri,and saturday! Thursday we went to see Couples Retreat--definitley recommend it, HALARIOUS! Friday we went to eat Ramen (definitley recommend you looking up a Ramen place in your area,its SO good)and then went to the dollar theatre and saw Hangover. Saturday joey and i ran some errands, and then met up with the Sotos at a corn maze in Walnut Grove. it was fun!








definitley a good time :) great place for families!

This week is same old same old-- work for me, and RCIA- i missed it last week cause i went to see Papaw so looking forward to this weeks class :)
OH speaking of catholic! Lala got me the coolest rosary- smells like roses :) i love it!

works going GREAT, loving my job! joeys still looking but actually has an interview with my company this thursday :) he also just started school so thatll keep him busy, im so proud of him. i always think about going back to school and finishing,it bothers me i never did...maybe one day!

kilian is officially at home and ive heard he's doing great! he did have to go home with an oxygen tank, but he's doin wonderful :) so happy he's finally out of the hospital. thanks again to everyone for the prayers,keep em comin!

Family Filled Weekend :)

GREAT weekend this weekend!

Joey's Mamaw and Papaw from Baton Rouge came in on Friday, and so did his cousin (who i for one consider a sister/bf) Claire came in from North Carolina!

Sadly it was Joey's first drill weekend BUT it was mainly breifings so they let him come home each night :)

Friday night we had a big family dinner, chicken dumplings-SO good :)
Saturday all us girls went shopping at Perimeter! Claire and I both got new beads for our bracelets (its definitley an addiction!), which is always fun. I got a pretty blue one, pink one (claire got a matching one! so thats our claire-kelly bead ha) and one with hearts on it. she got some really cute ones! the two that stick out in my mind is her little lady bug-for JuneBug! *for those who DONT know,she recently found out shes prego with her and Nicks first little one and theyre calling him/her JuneBug since shes due in June* and she also got a 'Mom' charm! i cant beleive claire is gonna be a mama :) i was SO excited when i found out!!

*my bracelet*

afterwards we all went to lunch at MArgaritaville/Jimmy Buffet whatever-- SO good.

Another big family dinner Saturday night after we all went to Mass!

Sunday...more shopping! we hit up the avenue, and claire and i went to DSW snoopin around, and hidden in the sale rack...in my size...ON SALE...


*Coach Sneaks!*

claire talked me into it!...although it didnt take much convincing :)

then we all went to Kid to Kid so the mommies and aunts/grandmas could look for baby junk!



such an awesome weekend, and i was so happy to spend time with claire--i havent seen her since Topsail in July! Her and Nick are talking about moving here, and i SO hope they do, i would love that more than anything. not only do i love/miss her, but id love to be involved in little JuneBug's life instead of being a random aunt that he/she sees on occasion. im praying hard this will happen and doin anything i can to help!

Mamaw and Papaw were supposed to leave this morning, but Papaw fell down the stairs last night, he's in the hospital at Northside now and theyre keeping him over night. he messed up his ear pretty bad (a glass vase shattered when he fell) so theyre talkng to a plastic surgeon for that, he broke his nose- just bad news! so everyone please keep him in your prayers!

some good news-- baby kilian is doing well :) he's up to 7 Ibs now and will HOPEFULLY be released from the hospital soon!!!

*Kilian IS OUTSIDE :) such a great family picture*

James had to head back to Japan (Marines) but will hopefully be home for good in a couple weeks,and finally back with his family :) Keep praying! he's such a little fighter :)

busy weekend, im exhausted, but SO MUCH fun :) i dont want claire to leave! and i always love seeing mamaw and papaw :)
this week is just work as normal (still loving it!), RCIA and church happenings, tomorrow night neen is coming over for some wine and girl-time to get some wedding junk done, just loving life and having a blast. God is so good, i cant say it enough!

Long time no see!

Busy busy lately! I havent blogged since Thursday! we had a hectic weekend!

Friday at work we had a cookout! it was alot of fun and cool to meet everyone. ive been workin away since then! gettin my desk and lil area all kelly-fied ;) and jumpin into the files and paperwork-tryin to get everything on track. i really love it there, i enjoy not havin to deal with other females at work lol. im SO thankful this job worked out, i really couldnt be happier!

friday night hubs and i enjoyed a quiet night in, watchin season 2 of trueblood!
Saturday i got up and met brittany,tanya,and CHASE at the mall! i was so excited to finally get to meet him!!!!

(*Me and Chase! first time i met him!*)


(*The 3 of us with Chase at starbucks!*)

we shopped around and had some lunch, some starbucks--its been a while since the 3 of us were all together! thanks to tanya i even found my new favorite candle scent! Fresh Cut Roses from yankee candle...amazing! and i got a Coach scarf :)


sadly i had to leave, and get ready for Mass, then Pre Cana, and THEN we went to hang with the sotos some :)
Sunday we got up and went to Burt's Farm! we got a big pumpkin, little pumpkins,apple butter,pumpkin butter-lots of good stuff! and even a whole pumpkin pie for free since joeys in the military! so cool!






we had a lot of fun, long exhausting day!

Today i got more candles in the mail! i've ordered a few from CandlesbyVictoria.com (theres a link to her site at the top right of my page!) they are incredible. very well priced, the scents are amazing, she has close to 600 different scents! its definitley something to check out asap. its made me a candle addict in the past few days! I got the Bella Swan,and Edward Cullen scents...yes im a TWERD :)






this weekend is joeys first drill weekend, boo :( so he'll be gone fri-sun, but mamaw and papaw will be here from Louisiana so itll be fun to see them :) i wish we lived closer to them!
the rest of this week is just work, joeys still looking for a job (keep praying!) and starts school with Devry later this month. RCIA is still goin great, i look forward to it every week :) God is Good and is proving to me how powerful his love, and prayer, really are!


time to catch up on my gratitude challenge!

Day 19 (friday)-- Have confidence in all the choices you make today: this kinda went along with work: it was only my second day, i was still kinda shy/nervous, especially knowing id be meeting ALL the staff that day! so nervous! but i tried to be confident in myself :)

Day 20 (saturday)--thank yourself for taking the time to be grateful: i did alot of this on saturday! i got to spend time with friends, lunch out with my girls, got to meet chase, bought a new candle and scarf, enjoyed mass with my husband and MIL, and spent the night hanging out with great friends. very very grateful for all my blessings and have a great (but busy) saturday!

Day 21 (sunday)-- reflect on the 21 days of the challenge: well...its over! the 21 days went by SUPER fast to me. i think its such a great idea though, it really helps you appreciate everything you have, your life, and everyone in it. sometimes these days people lose sight of the good and focus on the negative-myself included. and this was just a GREAT way to turn that attitude around. ive been continually looking at the positive of everything. extremley fulfilling and refreshing :)

thats it for me! im going to enjoy my bella swan candle and relax :)

loving life and loving me!

Day 18 for the challenge is to write about all the things that make me so lovable-- this is hard! i hate writing things on me...its weird!
here goes...
-good listener
-helpful
-heartfelt
-passionate
-loving
-witty? (ive been told)
-'pretty little smile of yours'-- my husband ;)
-'you're quirky' -- my husband ;)
-'your ability to put up with me,not many people can do that!' -- my husband ;)


ANND thats all i got...asked my husband to help some too--i just feel weird writing things about myself..sorry challenge i tried! ;)

so today was my first day on the new job and it was AWESOME! i absolutley love it! everyone is super laid back, theyre asking ME for advice on how to organize everything, what i think ect--im so used to just being given directions and told 'do this' or 'do that' its nice to be asked my opinion! so i jumped right in! the first thing i did was give the office a DEEP cleaning, they told me i didnt have to and they could hire someone to come in and do it but i told them, i clean my house everyday-im used to it,and enjoy it :) you could tell that office has never seen a female before lol. throughout the day guys were walking in going ' wow it smells so good in here! what is that?' and id laugh and say 'clean!' i think they enjoy having a woman's touch around the office. they said i could even set up a big fish tank in there,and decorate a bit :) i get my own big ol desk with a big area which is awesome :) right now im just working on learning how their system is set up NOW,and figuring out ways to organize more, and just see how they do things. everyone is super nice, sarcasm and cussing is flowing like water--im very much in my element! everytime theyd cuss theyd go 'oh..sorry excuse me' lol--i told them no worries, im used to it ;) tomorrow theyre even havin a big ol BBQ for the entire company so i can meet everyone :) im baking cookies right now to take in, during the interviewing i told em if they hired me id make em cookies ;) lol. i am SO so happy with this job,and the people i work with. thank you God, you are SO GOOD to me!

afterwards went on a big shoppin trip with hubs to Kroger, went to Mass Class, came home and now workin on some cookies and about to treat myself to a glass of wine :)
things are looking up! now we just need to find a job for joey!

keep us in your prayers, prayer is SO powerful and im seeing it more and more everyday!

new job woo hoo!

we just got home from RCIA class, fulfilling as always! even saw a familiar face and fellow army wife there tonight which was super cool :)

ok so Day 16 of the challenge--look in the mirror and focus on something you love about yourself: i love my eyes. ive been blessed with my grandmothers beautiful blue eyes-ive never ever wanted another eye color. i love them!

Day 17--Perform random acts of kindness throughout the day: i picked up my mom, took her to get her mail, took her to my grannys where we hungout for a bit and visited with her (she just got out of the hospital), went to lunch with my papaw, and also: my mom had a ton of frames and wanted pics in them so i spent about 45 minutes sticking pictures in all these frames for her :)

so my interview went well yesterday...well enough for them to OFFER ME THE JOB! God is good! i prayed so hard for this! i was so sure they wouldnt hire me! especially after i initially turned down their interview and then went crawling back! they called me this morning so it started my day off great! so so excited! i feel like im really going to enjoy working with everyone--theyre even having a BBQ at work friday so i can meet all the staff! my first day is tomorrow though! its for All American Roofing in Tucker--ill be their executive assistant working M-F from 10-4 everyday :)
wish me luck!

so as i mentioned tanya is in town and its killing me knowing shes here and i havent seen her yet! im metting her and brittany at the mall of ga on saturday for lunch and shopping though so im excited :)

anyhoo, i need to figure out what im wearing tomorrow for work! woo!

love my life.

so of course im behind on my gratitude challenge!
Day 14: reflect on how the challenge has changed my perspective-- it definitley has! the challenge has been in the back of my mind everyday since i started it, its a little reminder to be more positive. i find myself reflecting on how grateful i am for everything and everyone i have in my life, focusing less on the negatives. its definitley been a very refreshing and cleansing thing :)

Day 15: appreciate and give thanks for my unique qualities-- this ones hard, its always hard to do stuff like this for yourself. but coincidentally i had a somewhat similar question in an interview today. what i told them was this: i like to help people. im a people person. if i see someone stressed or upset, i calm them down and help figure out a solution, or see if i can just plain ol make em feel better. i like to be there for people,help them out, make them smile. i wear my heart on my sleeve (which can be a good AND bad thing but ima chose to think of it as good!), im a good listener, im a passionate person.
is that good enough? ha i feel weird 'giving praise' to myself!

anyhoo as i mentioned above i had an interview today! it was a follow up interview with the roofing company i met with on Friday. theyve narrowed it down to 4 girls (including me) and i should hear in the morning whether i get the job or not. i feel like both interviews went well,and id fit in really well there...im SO nervous! i really hope i get it. i have a good feeling about it but ya never know, i dont know what the other 3 girls are like that they interviewed! so pray for me!

tanya is in town from germany! i cannot wait to see her, im hoping i will this weekend. and i cant wait to meet her baby Chase!!
Sunday we're going with joeys family to Burts Farm to get pumpkins! its in North GA,and something theyve done for years-so im excited i get to go this year! :) im gonna soak up this weekend cause next weekend is his first drill weekend with the reserve! i know what youre thinking-whats a weekend compared to the deployment we just finished!? lol you're right,its nothing! im just so used to being with him all the time, its gonna be weird to sleep alone again--im gonna miss him!

anyhoo thats all thats really going on! nothing too much new. hopingt his job works out and cannot wait to see tanya! :)

crazy job,soto x3,concert,sunburn!

crazy weekend! its been SO busy since i last posted!

well friday was my first day on the job...and my last. its a long story but let me put it this way--i cried, it was so not legit,super sketchy and i ended the day with an interview for a different company...insane i know. i shouldve followed my gut,it didnt feel right but i couldnt put my finger on it, didnt get a wink of sleep the night before...it was AWFUL.
friday night we went to dave and busters with the sotos and friends and had SO much fun! id never been there! i had such a good time with joey :) it was so fun to be there with my husband and just laugh, play games, (have a couple drinks! ha) and just be silly! especially after the day i had! and of course Lala is my girl and i loved sittin with her at the bar orderin drinks and cuttin up ;)
we were out till...midnight-ish, and then woke up briiiight and early at 730 to get ready for the Fall Fest at church. we were there ALL DAY till after 5. exhausting! and my face got SO sunburned...blisters and all :( but i got some cool stuff for our house, and even a very pretty rosary! very cool!

(*Soto and Joey,more alike than they know! fell asleep on the grass at the festival!*)




afterward we went home,got ready,ate,dozed on the couch for a bit and headed out to ATL with the Sotos to see Snow Patrol (their song-Chasing Cars) and Plain White Tees (our song-hey there delilah)! we were a liiiittle late so sadly we missed plain white tees :( but snow patrol was AWESOME. we went out and got their new CD today, LOVE it.

(*Snow Patrol performing!*)



Today we went to Mass and lunch with mom and dad, hung out with my brother for a bit and then back to the Sotos (sotos x3!) for a cookout! we just got home and its goin on midnight!

busy,exhausting--but SO FUN weekend :)

now for my gratitude challenge!

Day 11 (Friday) was see the world through the eyes of a child: friDAY was definitley not it lol, but friday night was! we went to dave and busters, and as i said had SO much fun! i felt like a kid again! (except for the drinks we had ;)!! ) it was fun winning tickets,playing games with joey,and walkin out with a teddy bear :)

Day 12 (Saturday) was Dare to see the glass half full-- i started getting cranky and losing patience throughout the day, just tired, feet hurt, sunburned,wanted to walk around and enjoy the festival instead of working it BUT...then i really thought about it-it was a gorgeous day, we were there doing something at and for the church, i was there with my husband,in laws, bestfriends,my mom,ect! it was great to have so many people i loved there. i even got to see vicky and her mom, and the fideros too! they all stopped by and i was so glad! :) AND even though we missed plain white tees performance, snow patrol was awesome and we had a great night with awesome friends :)

Day 13 (today) was assume goodness in people today--i most definitley did that, but its not something ill openly share. just know it happened,and went well :)


so there we go! im gonna try to get on posting gratitude challenge updates everyday like i was in the beginning so i dont have to keep playing catch up! i have NO doubt ill sleep hard tonight!

Grateful x3 and a new job!

ive been slacking on my gratitude challenge--as in posting about it, i HAVE been actually doing it! ;)
so 3 things i need to blog on:

1. Sending 5 thank you notes to people in my life. i REALLY enjoyed this more than i thought i would! taking the time to write them made me feel so much love for the people i was sending them to, and appreciate them more. and the responses i got back made it even more worth it! :)

2. Enjoying the people around me-- yesterday was a day of running around BUT i definitley got to enjoy the people around me (and kinda far but kinda near to me too!) FIRST thing in the morning i heard from claire,oh claire--the sister i never had, i adore her and miss her so much! shes in NC with her husband nick (hence the near to me but kinda far at the same time thing)-- SHES EXPECTING! their first baby! it brought tears to my eyes and absolutley started my day off on the right foot, i am SO happy for her. and wish so badly we lived closer so i could be a part of this babys life! i felt honored that she told me so soon :) i ALSO got to have lunch with my husband,and my in-laws! i feel like i never see them these days, i guess maybe since i used to live with them lol--i miss them alot, and i truly am blessed with the best in-laws so im SO glad i got to spend that time with them :)

3. todays challenge!-- one of my senses that i am grateful for today is: hearing- i had so much to listen to today! i had an interview, followed up by a phonecall to a friend ABOUT an interview, speaking to my new boss (who has a hard time with english) i REALLY had to listen hard, chit chatting with mom and aunt becky and hearing the coolest stories about God, and going to Mass Class tonight :)



moving on....YES i DID say my new boss ;) i DID accept a job today! i'll be working for a realtor! im very nervous about it, but i think because its different, and out of my comfort zone.
1. its an office out of his home- but he has 5 other employees, a VERY nice home,and a super nice office set up.
2. his english is very difficult to understand-which is why he's hiring me. he was telling me he really needed an American to help expand his business.
3.its real estate-i have zero experience or knowledge in this field.

im very nervous. but i called my moms bestfriend from highschool,who is in real estate to see if she knew him...well small world..he works for her! she laughed so hard :) ! she told me definitley take it, ill be working with her and her staff, be the face of HIS realty, and could very well become indispensable to him. she said i could really learn alot, and its not a bad skill to have, and if i decide i want to pursue this business shell help me. realty assistants can make anywhere from 15-20 bucks an hour, woooo! ;)
so i decided to step out of my comfort zone and take it-but i am SO SO nervous about it. i keep telling myself it was meant to be- Aunt Becky told me she prayed for me in Adoration this morning, MIL was praying for me on her way to work asking God to let me know if this is the job for me, and then my moms bestfriend from highschool is his boss? i had to take it! im following God on this one.
i start tomorrow (which means NO 4am wake ups anymore PRAISE THE LORD!) i hope it goes well!
one good thing, its 8-5 Mon-Fri, and almost exactly 3 min from my house, 2 miles or less-SO CLOSE. so i can come home and eat lunch,save money, let the dogs out, get an hour long lunch break-woo!

i really really really hope this works out. pray for me!

i had to go get more clothes (seriously had to) bc i didnt really have any 'business woman' clothes ;) i went to ross and got a ton of cute stuff so im excited :)! even got my first lil dress suit blazer thing that is SUPER cute! and a dress too! im trying hard to break out of the tshirt and jeans kelly,and move more toward the married sophisticated and classy kelly lol ;) hard habit to break though! ima souther girl tom boy...always have been!

hubs just got home from the braves game and its already after 10:30-i need to go to bed soon! so im gonna hang with him and the pups and then hit the hay!

God Bless!