Kayleen's pumpkin carving talent!!

Job, Halloween, Half-marathon, dancing, you name it!

Hello all! It is time for another JordiLeeny update! First of all, I have a new job! (Most of you probably already know this since almost everyone reading my blog also is connected to me on Facebook...) I start working part time with Squire & Co on January 11th. Then once I graduate I will work full-time! My first fulltime salary job! I am quite excited! I am very sad to be leaving the MTC, though. That has been a wonderful job. At Squire, my job will be "Small Business Advisor". Basically, I will be a consultant for small businesses who need to set up Accounting software and want advice about technology in their business. I think it will be really interesting work.

Next topic: Halloween! We had a dance test the night before Halloween so we had to dress up in formal clothes, but we decided to add a little Halloween spice to the mix. So I went with a ghost

theme (white tie) and Kayleen went with a bat theme (black and orange). It was fun.

On Halloween morning, we went to see Rebekah finish a Halloween Half-marathon. She ran all the way from Aspen Grove to the Shops at Riverwoods in Provo! WOW! I am very proud of my sister! She did very well and it was fun to go be her cheerleader. :) Love ya, Rebekah!

On Halloween night we hosted a party at our house, with lots of fun and friends! I still need to get the pics from others' cameras! Kayleen went as a bat, and I went as an orange hairy monster.

Tomorrow we are dancing in the Dancesport competition, so that might be my next blog topic! Stay tuned.....

Fall semester (aka "and we thought life couldn't get busier")

Sorry, no new pics to post. Haven't had time to even think about getting the camera out. We are SWAMPED with school this semester. Kayleen is not going to be working any more so that she can focus more on school. Which is good. But we are enjoying our classes. Especially our ballroom dance class. And we are staying healthy through our aerobics class (even though we always dread going because we are so tired!). But things are good. We had a wonderful general conference weekend, spent with our Provo family (aka Ron,Shaun,Lanette,Brian,Megan,Meg,Jason,Wells fam, etc.).
The big thing now is that I am job searching! That's right, change of plans. I had been planning on applying for schools this year to go on and get my PhD. But things aren't working out that way. We are staying longer in Utah (hooray! for my side of the family and all our friends) so that Kayleen can finish her degree with honors. (She is so smart!) So I'm looking at jobs in Utah or SL counties to pay the bills once I graduate in April. (FINALLY!) So far I've interviewed with Squire and Fast Enterprises. I'm hoping to interview for an IT position with the Church next week, and there are a few other places I'm considering.
We are so thankful for our family and our friends that support us so much. I'm sorry I'm not very good at keeping up with people, but we think about all of you all the time! We love you all!

Anniversary in Park City

We went back to Park City (where we spent our honeymoon) for our one-year anniversary and stayed over one night. We had a blast! We stayed at the same complex as last year, though in a smaller condo this time. We got caramel apples (one with oreo crumbs and one with pie crust-an "apple pie" apple) from Rocky Mountain Chocolate. We toured Main Street and looked at some of the galleries, rode the Alpine Coaster and Alpine Slide, had a nice relaxing bath, tres leches from Cafe Rio and a movie in bed! It was nice to get away for the weekend!

Trying to be Artistic

We went to Color Me Mine and painted some plates to send to Kayleen's mom. Over the summer the Downing family all painted plates for her and we were the last to add to the collection. All the plates were limited to certain shades of yellow, green, and red so that the set would match. We had a lot of fun painting, though Kayleen can tell you I was a little frustrated at first. I just wasn't meant to be a painter I guess! But they turned out really well.

More adventures

Well, with school starting today it is time to give updates on the rest of our summer adventures.

We were able to visit Kayleen's family in Minnesota from July 30 to August 3. We had a lot of fun. We were able to take part in Jake and Brittany's wedding--I played the piano at the ceremony, and Kayleen was a beautiful bridesmaid!! We didn't have our camera out so hopefully we will see some pictures at some point! We also got to go out boating/tubing and celebrated Kayleen's mom's birthday. It was just a very fun and relaxing trip.

We also got to go down to Enterprise one more time this summer. The whole Barlow family was down to see Kelson on Sunday for his blessing. We had fun playing with all four nieces and nephews and visiting with the family. We also didn't have the camera then, either. Sorry! Just call me Grandma Camp....

Enterprise trip

Here are some pictures from when we went to Enterprise at the end of July. Kayleen got a full Enterprise experience--she got to ride a horse for the first time, go shooting, go to a rodeo, and see the Enterprise parade! It was a fun trip. I will try to post soon about our trip to Minnesota.

Harry Potter Fans!

We went to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on the day it opened. It was the first time in a long time we've gone out to see a movie that wasn't at the dollar theater. It was very much worth it! SO GOOD! And we had fun dressing up as Ron and Hermione, if you couldn't tell.

Pics from the 4th of July weekend with my sista's

My beautiful wife and I!

Andrea and Kent

Trevor and Heidi

Enterprise Trip

We're in Enterprise this weekend. These pictures are actually from last time we came down, over Memorial Day weekend. I just haven't uploaded the pictures from this weekend yet. And I wish I would have taken more pictures this weekend. On Friday, Kayleen and I rode Uncle Dave's John Deere Gator up to the gravel pit on the E hill. It was a fun little ride and added something to Kayleen's list of hick activities that she's done now that she's married to a hick from the sticks.

We visited with Andrea and Heidi on Friday night. Saturday we stayed in and played games for the day and then we went to St. George on a triple date with Andrea and Kent and Heidi and Trevor. We got some nummy Iceberg shakes and watched the fireworks. It was a lot of fun! It was a great way to spend the holiday weekend. Happy Independence Day!