OK so I just HAD to post two days in a row lol. Today we got our tax return back and it was actually shocking. Here is some back story. In September, Andrew decided to go back to school but the bank wouldn't let us have a student line of credit and the government wouldn't let us have any student loans because Andrew wad upgrading. Anyways, we had to go into debt so Andrew could go back to school, we were thinking about it as an investment haha. Everyone now knows that Andrew quit school and is now working, so obviously we have been slowly working our way out of debt since then. When I went to file our taxes at my old work (MVO) they told me we would probably owe around $500 between the two of us because when you sell Vivint you don't have tax taken off. Andrew and I were a little upset because we didn't make a lot of money last year and it seems to be taking us forever to get out of debt. SO, back to today, I opened up our tax return expecting to see that we owed $500 when in reality I saw a yellow government cheque...I was more then a little surprised. So I immediately looked down at the cheques value and lets just say it was MORE then enough to get us out of debt! The first thing I did was thank Heavenly Father for this incredible blessing, I know it is because of tithing that we are blessed and we really needed this. So I ran down to MR.R's to tell Andrew and he was shocked too! As of today, we are completely out of debt, we have NO student loans, we owe no money anywhere and we even have money in the bank! Time to start saving for a house!!!
PS. I think a HOT date tomorrow night is in order to CELEBRATE!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Busy Bees
I have been awfully bad at updating this blog in the past couple months but I promise it isn't because I don't love you all! We have been SO busy. Most people that know me can probably describe me as a busy body. I love to have a million things on my plate but watch out because if I get a little too overwhelmed I turn into a crazy girl! (sorry Andrew..haha) Anyways, this is our schedule for the week!
Mondays we usually have family home evening with my Dad and siblings but that past couple weeks we have been enjoying FHE with some young married couples. I think FHE is really important, even if it is just you and your spouse. I didn't grow up doing FHE so I definitely don't judge people who can't find the time to do it or have a hard time getting in the habit of it but ever since Andrew and I have made it a priority we have really enjoyed it!
Tuesday Andrew has meetings to attend because he was recently called as first councillor in our Elders Quorum presidency. He really enjoys his new calling and I feel it is such a perfect place for him....Andrew was a door to door salesman so he LOVES talking to people haha.
Wednesday is usually a night where we take turns visiting teach/ home teaching and on the random Wednesday where we have nothing going on we usually go over to my moms or Andrews parents and visit.
Thursdays we clean my Uncle Ron's pharmacy and get treats after while my mom watches Scarlette for us.
Fridays usually date night.....who are we kidding??? We usually fold laundry or watch movies at our house. We WISH we were cool enough to go out on dates.
Saturdays I usually have shoots and Andrew usually goes dirtbiking or quadding so Scarlette finds a relative to spend time with haha usually Grandma H!
Sundays are church and family visits day but we are thinking we may choose one Sunday out of the month to do family visits. Sometimes it feels that we go from one place to the next that we end up exhausted by the end of the day and it takes away from actually 'resting'.
Anyways, Scarlette is SO close to crawling...she just need to figure out her legs and she will be all over the place. She can move her arms and pivot around but she just can't seem to get those legs moving. She is absolutely loving being an 8 month old and is finally on a pretty strict schedule. It took me 8 months to finally pick up on her rhythm. We wake up at 8am and she breastfeeds then we come upstairs and play till about 9:30am when she wants to eat some whole grain cereal or fruit. At 10am we go downstairs and have a shower together and then get dressed. At 10:45am I usually put her down for a nap and she wake ups anywhere from 11:30 to 12 if she is really tired. At noon she comes upstairs and plays for an hour and then wants some lunch so we eat butternut squash or sweet potatoes (some type of vegetable) and she usually has a bit of my yogurt if I'm eating that. Then we read books and play together till around 2:30 when she breastfeeds again and takes her 'heavenly' nap (at least that is what I call it). She usually sleeps till 4:30 or 5pm but I don't let her sleep past that. Then she comes up and plays in her highchair while I make dinner and we all eat together around 6pm. She then plays with her daddy or reads or jumps in her jolly jumper. We breastfeed again around 8:30 and she goes to bed at 9. We just love that girl!!
I'm fairly busy with my photography and Andrew is busy with Mr.R's so we hope to start saving for a house soon! YAY!
This post was super boring by the way. Oh Well!!!
Mondays we usually have family home evening with my Dad and siblings but that past couple weeks we have been enjoying FHE with some young married couples. I think FHE is really important, even if it is just you and your spouse. I didn't grow up doing FHE so I definitely don't judge people who can't find the time to do it or have a hard time getting in the habit of it but ever since Andrew and I have made it a priority we have really enjoyed it!
Tuesday Andrew has meetings to attend because he was recently called as first councillor in our Elders Quorum presidency. He really enjoys his new calling and I feel it is such a perfect place for him....Andrew was a door to door salesman so he LOVES talking to people haha.
Wednesday is usually a night where we take turns visiting teach/ home teaching and on the random Wednesday where we have nothing going on we usually go over to my moms or Andrews parents and visit.
Thursdays we clean my Uncle Ron's pharmacy and get treats after while my mom watches Scarlette for us.
Fridays usually date night.....who are we kidding??? We usually fold laundry or watch movies at our house. We WISH we were cool enough to go out on dates.
Saturdays I usually have shoots and Andrew usually goes dirtbiking or quadding so Scarlette finds a relative to spend time with haha usually Grandma H!
Sundays are church and family visits day but we are thinking we may choose one Sunday out of the month to do family visits. Sometimes it feels that we go from one place to the next that we end up exhausted by the end of the day and it takes away from actually 'resting'.
Anyways, Scarlette is SO close to crawling...she just need to figure out her legs and she will be all over the place. She can move her arms and pivot around but she just can't seem to get those legs moving. She is absolutely loving being an 8 month old and is finally on a pretty strict schedule. It took me 8 months to finally pick up on her rhythm. We wake up at 8am and she breastfeeds then we come upstairs and play till about 9:30am when she wants to eat some whole grain cereal or fruit. At 10am we go downstairs and have a shower together and then get dressed. At 10:45am I usually put her down for a nap and she wake ups anywhere from 11:30 to 12 if she is really tired. At noon she comes upstairs and plays for an hour and then wants some lunch so we eat butternut squash or sweet potatoes (some type of vegetable) and she usually has a bit of my yogurt if I'm eating that. Then we read books and play together till around 2:30 when she breastfeeds again and takes her 'heavenly' nap (at least that is what I call it). She usually sleeps till 4:30 or 5pm but I don't let her sleep past that. Then she comes up and plays in her highchair while I make dinner and we all eat together around 6pm. She then plays with her daddy or reads or jumps in her jolly jumper. We breastfeed again around 8:30 and she goes to bed at 9. We just love that girl!!
I'm fairly busy with my photography and Andrew is busy with Mr.R's so we hope to start saving for a house soon! YAY!
This post was super boring by the way. Oh Well!!!
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