Ok...so maybe for me, blogging should just be like a semi-annual thing. So here's what's happened since the last post.
Tyler graduated from BYU-Idaho with a degree in Mechanical engineering and was hired by Avery Dennison. He's in their GOLD program which is a leadership development type thing, where they train you to become managers. It's can be either a two or three year program where you do either two or three rotations at different offices of theirs around the country. This led us to move to Meridian, Mississippi, the good 'ol south.We've been here since mid May, and actually really like it. We were pretty uncertain when we found out this is where we were going to be, but so far we have enjoyed ourselves. Granted the weather has been REALLY hard to get used to, but at least people that have spent their lives here say that they aren't used to it either. I just don't see how you can get used to 100+ degrees with 90+% humidity...just stay in your house. But other than that we really haven't had any issues with the area. It really is gorgeous here, everything is so green and the trees cover is so thick, it's just like a wall of green, you can't see through anything. Plus, we've made some awesome friends and Tyler is enjoying his job...so we really can't complain. We're only here until either next June or the following January. We're not sure yet, then we'll go somewhere else, which we're not sure of yet either. So life will be a little adventure for the next few years until Tyler is out of this program and we can actually settle down somewhere. So here we are in Mississippi. It's a little hard being so far away from family, we still get to see them so it's nice. In August, Tyler's sister Angie, her husband Lee and their baby girl Addison were down from Alaska visiting Lee's family in Texas and New Orleans, so we were able to meet up with them in New Orleans for a day and spend some time with them. It was really good to see them again. We used to hang out all the time in Rexburg, and we've definitely missed them. I was also able to go to California in July to see my family. Tyler had about a month of training he had to do in North Carolina, so instead of being bored out of my mind by myself, Abby and I flew to California for a little vacation of our own! That was really fun seeing all my family again too. Then in November my parents are flying out for a little while and then Tyler's parents are coming down for spring break next year. So even though we're pretty far away, we still get to see family a few times a year which is really nice.
Abby is doing very well! She is getting so big! She turned 6 months old yesterday! I can't believe how fast time goes by! She has been such an amazing little baby, Tyler and I are SO lucky! She's just about sleeping through the night. She'll usually only get up once in the middle of the night, but we just go give her her pacifier back and re-snuggle her in her blanket and she goes right back to sleep until about 7. She's a super happy baby during the day, too. Not so much lately though, but I think that's because of teething. Just this last weekend she started to army crawl too. That's really fun to watch. She barely sits still now, she's got to be exploring everything! It's so cute! She's getting really good at it to. It's amazing how once she realizes what she can do, she just goes. It's only a matter of time now until she starts crawling on her hands and knees then walking....that's when the fun starts...I guess we better start baby proofing everything. She is such a fun little baby. Some of her newest favorite things to do are blow raspberries and give you the cheesiest smile you've ever seen...she's pretty much perfected that one...wrinkled nose and all. Then is she's in the mood she gives some pretty good hugs and kisses too. But those have to be HER idea....otherwise, there's no way you're getting one. She'll pull away and fight it.
Well...I think that just about sums up what we've been up to. I'll try and post more pictures and whatnot...but based on my track record....
