*Ring,Ring* Who's there? Destiny? I've been expecting your call...!

The title pretty much sums it up but let us go back about a month to paint a clearer picture...!

Marcel got an email towards the end of April from the Salt Lake City Fire Dept. stating that if he was still interested in a job with them to give them a call because they will be hiring 14 more people (Marcel is #4 on the hiring list). He called right after that and set up his second interview for May 11th @ 1:30. The time that passed between setting up the interview and it actually getting here took FOR.EV.ER!! When it finally came Marcel did great! Funny story: Marcel had to shave off his goatee for the interview, since you have to be clean shaved as a firefighter so the face masks will seal properly. He HATES doing that because he thinks it makes him look like a 12 year old boy! I think it's cute and he's still just as handsome (but I am a bit biased)! When he arrived for his interview he was riding in an elevator with a Salt Lake City Fireman and they were having some small talk. The man asked Marcel if he was fresh out of High School! Marcel replied, "Uh, no. I graduated in '02!". The guy was surprised! Haha! So when Marcel got called into his interview the first thing they asked him was to tell them a bit about himself. He started by saying "Let's just get this out of the way, on my way up here I was asked if I'm fresh out of High School. I'm not!"! Needless to say it gave the guys a chuckle and broke the ice for them all!

After talking to him they told him he is a very good candidate and that they will let him know either way in 2 weeks. Okay, so I thought the weeks before the interview were bad. They were nothing compared to these 2 weeks! ToRtUrE!!

Well yesterday marked 2 weeks to the day and we didn't hear anything. My stomach was in knots all day and I'm sure Marcel's was too. I kept trying to talk him into calling them but he said they'd have to let him know either way by Friday and if he hadn't heard back by then, he'd call. I kept trying to talk him into calling anyway but he refused. So I came to work this morning and my phone rang around 9:30am. I looked and saw it was Marcel and suddenly I could feel my heart beating. Usually he sleeps until about 11:30 so I don't hear from him until at least then. I answered the phone and he sounded pretty tired with a hint of sadness. My heart began beating faster. He said Toby woke him up, which I knew wasn't true because Toby always sleeps until Marcel gets up. Then he said "Oh and I got a little call," in a put out tone. And faster.

"AND?!" I demanded impatiently!

"*Big sigh*....long pause...."

"Marcel!"

"They said they'd like to offer me a position!"

Joyous hoorahs!

I am SOOO grateful that he got this job! It truly is a dream come true! It is going to work so much better for us and where it's Marcel's dream job he will be a much happier camper going to work! Better pay, great benefits and retirement! All around a really good deal! No we won't be moving (and not just because Marcel refuses to leave Nephi!). He'll be working 2 full days and then he'll be off for 4 full days so the commute will not be a problem!

Well my friends our future is looking brighter! I'm excited to see what it has in store for us!

Dani's Graduation!!

Dani graduated from ALA on 5/24/11! It was on a Tuesday so luckily it wasn't one of Marcel's work days and he was able to come! It was a nice graduation and Dani looked beautiful and confident!

After the final hat toss everyone poured outside for pictures!

Once everyone was blind from the flashing cameras we went to eat dinner at Wingers! It was pretty tasty and we had a great time laughing and spending time together!

We are SO proud of Dani's accomplishment in being a graduate! She worked hard for it!

GO DANI!!

Pirate's Life for Me!

For our date night I planned a fun little outing inspired by the new movie Pirates 4! The movie had been out for a week or so and I really wanted to see it so I planned the date around that!

First I set the warning in Marcel's car for him to find when he left for work the day before!

That night I made the "Treasure Map" and clues!

In the morning I had Marcel get up and get ready, which is when he found the map! I hid the little clues for him to find along our journey! The 1st clue was with the map "Our ship be gettin' fixed so we best be takin' th' car on 'tis treasure quest. Travelin' on foot be far too treturous..."! His 2nd clue, hidden on the front door, said "We Must be off shootin' so we be ready fer an ambush. They won't be gettin' me treasure map..."! Can you guess where it took us?! That's right, the gun range!

The next clue, hidden in the car, said "Not that we've worked up an appetite, let us be off ter find a galley to put grub in ar gullets 'til we're stuffed. I've got a fierce fire in m' belly t'swill a pint or two o' grog..."! Any guesses? Yep, grub time! I had originally planned for us to go eat at Denny's but Marcel wanted to make Curry which ended up being WAY better! Yum yum!

The next clue, given to him after dinner, said "We must learn th' ways o' our scurvy pirate enemies. Be off to th' big screen to spy wit' ye eye what dastardly deed they be up to..."! Movie time!! We headed to the theatre and loved the movie! There was one spot in the movie (the big mermaid attack) where the screen shut off for a bit, the sound came back on but it took a minute for the picture to turn back on. Yeah we were kinda bugged but it was great other than that!

The final clue, given after the movie, said "Now that we be knowin' what they gunna do, we be knowin' we have the hour. Let's be off back home to find whar "X" marks th' spot 'n find ye glorious treasure! (Then we be gettin' some slumber to rest from 'r long journey!)..."! So, as the clue said, we headed home to find the treasure!

Mowing down the Jungle!

Yes, we literally had a jungle in our front yard! Our lawn mower was out of commission but our growing grass wasn't! It got SO long that I'm pretty sure you could've lost a toddler in it (I'm really not exaggerating)! Toby loved hiding in it!

Marcel finally had time to get the mower fixed and then took on the Jungle! I just had to document this!

Happy Mother's Day!

For Mother's Day this year we split the day between our moms! We started the morning off at Uli's house. Dani and Manuel made a delicious stuffed french toast breakfast! We devoured that and then just relaxed and visited for a bit. We also played some N64 (and I lost in a BIG way)! It was lots of fun!

That afternoon we headed over to Moroni for a scrumptious steak dinner! It was nice to hang out with family all day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you mom's out there!

Snow Graduation!

Yep that's right! Jes graduated from Snow College! She is so awesome! She was reluctant to walk with her class but with some...uh...gentle persuasion by my mother, she walked! She looked so great and so grown up! We were able to get some snapshots of her sitting in the group of graduating students (which wasn't an easy feat since she is short and there were a few tall people in front of her)!

I was SOOO proud of her when she walked across that stage to get her diploma! She has accomplished so much and we are just thrilled for what her future has in store!

She was also accepted into the Arts program at BYU!! She's seriously amazing and even more amazingly talented! Love this girl!!

GO JES!!! :)

After her graduation we all went to the Snow Dragon Chinese Restaurant in Ephraim for some grub! Our Neeley and Westenskow grandparents were there as well!

 

It was great seeing everyone and celebrating such a big accomplishment with Jes!

Dearest Jes,

     I love you so much! You are truly amazing and your talent excels every day! You have the greatest personality (even if you don't share it with everyone) and I just love that I've had the opportunity to grow up with you and see you become the strong and beautiful woman you are today! Keep it up sister! You are going to go far!! :)

Love,

   Your bestest & one & only sister! <3>