Things did not turn out the way I though they would

Its hard to believe that Jon graduated with his masters a year ago. Back then I thought that we would be in a house some where in the salt lake valley, Jon would be celebrating his year mark at his new job. When we left the village I told everyone that there was no way I was ever going to live in Vernal. When we are in school we often dream bigger than I eyes can see. I was one of those people. The lord must have known I needed to be humbled cause he gave us a curve ball when come the end of July we still did not have a job and needed a place to live. We moved into my brothers house and I was given one of my biggest blessing the chance to see my brother and his family every day. During this time I gained a best friend. My sister in law. Over the next few months Jon looked none stop for jobs. This was very hard and depressing at times. But again the idea of moving to vernal come up . After many hours of prayer and lots of fasting our prayers were answered and we began to plan the move to vernal. We had a house with an offer on it by the time we moved and we were excited for the next adventure. But the lord thought I still was not humble enough so he gave us a curve ball and we decided the house was not right for us. I was heart broken. In the mean time jon settled into work and I settled into a routine with the kids. And right now that is how things sit. We are still in a small apartment with three kids not any closer to a house and three hours away from salt lake and Jon had been at his Job for three months and not a year. Nothing how I thought things would be a year ago. But there has been things that have changed. I love Jon more now than I ever thought I would and he has taken care of me just like he said he aways would (and I believe him) We go out on dates more ( cause we have the time) and we do more as a family(again cause we have the time). But one thing is the same and that is that I am just as happy to today as I was the day he graduated. The sky is the limit for us and our future is bright as ever. Things did not turn out as I thought they would ........ they are better. I may not be as humble as I should be but I am more humble now than I was a year ago.

Sunday Drive to flaming Gorge.

This was on top of the dam looking down at the green river.
This is were most people start there water rafting trip down the green river. We were told it has some of the best rapids.
Inside the dam looking that the machines that make the power.
At the bottom of the dam looking up.
At the bottom of the dam you can feed the fish. They are huge.
When you drop the food. The fish are jumping all over each other trying to get the food. It was so cool.
a look at the dam from the top.
The green river again.

The back part of the dam. It was so amazing.

Flaming gorge. So amazing.
The bridge going to the dam. I thought it was cool.
We were just going to take a small drive and ended up at flaming gorge. For those of you who do not know. It is only 42 miles away from our house. It only takes like a half hour to get there. I have never been to flaming gorge and all I can say is I loved it. It was so amazing. and we only saw a small portion of it. The dam tour was free so we decided to go on it. the kids need to get out of the car any way. They loved feeding the fish and they loved looking down at the river. Jon just kept saying I need to go fishing. So I am sure a trip will be planned soon. The drive up there is so cool. I wish I would have taken more pictures. But I just enjoying looking at everything and sense it so close I am sure we will be going again soon. It was so nice to get out and see what is around us here in vernal. There is so many places that you can go hiking and there is three lakes that are with in 30 minutes of us. I am excited to see what this summer will bring for us as we go and enjoy the great out doors. And they say that vernal is the arm pit of america. If this is the arm pit then I must like arm pits cause this place is so beautiful. I am sure this summer will hold many adventures for us. I love that Jon works normal hours so that we can go and do things like this.

Sunday Drive

I love the wild life that is always around. My kids get so excited to see it.
This was taken up by stineker. Not the best picture. But I love it up there.
This is again by stineker. It is so amazing up here.

More wild life. I love that every thing is so close to us. This was about ten minutes from our apartment. The area up here is so amazing. This drive was so cool.