Murder Mystery Party

 Kent and I were invited to a murder mystery dinner party at Kent's cousin Debbie and her husband Eric's house.  This is the second one that we have been to, and we always have a good time.  The theme for this one was 1985 class reunion.  Hence the rocker dress.  I think it is really fun, because Kent and I aren't exactly people who dress up just because.  But in these cases, what choice do we have???

Don't you love the mullet?  For some reason, it looks so natural on him!

They had a wall of pictures of the different characters.  Most of the people had their senior picture, and they had photo shopped an eighties hairdo onto it. However, there were 2 people who had hair bad enough that they could use their original senior pictures, and didn't have to do a thing.......

Unfortunately I was one of the two!  The pictures of everyone were pretty hilarious.

Not sure why, but they always have me be the flirty person.  It is so unnatural for me!  Somehow I managed though.

Kent's 40th Birthday Party

Kent had a big milestone birthday this year. He turned the big 4-0 on May 29th. It is hard to believe that we are getting that old. I guess "we" aren't. Kent is. :)

We had a little dinner and birthday party for him, and had a great time. His cousin Debbi was amazing, and made this cake for him. She asked if she could make a cake, and I thought, well, sure. Well, she went all out and made such a nice cake. Way nicer that I would have made.

We had a great night, and it was fun to celebrate Kent. I am so blessed to have him in my life. He is so kind and patient with me. Thanks for all that you do for me and our family. I love you !

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, it's off to work Kent goes....

I just wanted to check in really fast and let you all know that Kent accepted a job with Sovereign Financial Group, (Click on the name- I linked it to their website) and started work this morning. Saying that this is a relief would be an understatement. We are very grateful that it didn't take any longer than it did. It happened pretty fast (In a VERY slow way). He had had 3 interviews with them. Then last Tues. night we had a wife interview. The pressure. Just kidding, it wasn't too bad. I was able to ask any questions that I had, and got to meet the people who run the company. I thankfully was comfortable, and was able to get some of the questions that I had answered. They called back on Wed and extended an offer, he went in on Thurs to get the contract, went in on Friday to start a marketing plan, and then started for real today. We feel very blessed to have this opportunity. Kent is very nervous, but who isn't when they start a new job. I want to give more detail in another post, but I have felt bad because it has happened pretty quickly at the end, and a lot of people don't even know yet. So now you know.

I want to thank ALL OF YOU for your love, help, support and prayers for our family at this time. It has been a challenge, but we have also been so blessed. It is amazing how things work out. Sometimes you just have no idea how they possibly can. But they do, and we are so happy that we can move on with life now. It is nice to know that we will be here for awhile. I am happy that we get to stay in SLC.

Celebration!

The big day has come and gone. We are celebrating at our house! Kent took his Series 7 exam yesterday. He has been studying for it non-stop for a few months, and he passed. We are so proud of him! He scored an 87%, which is wonderful. He has been under a lot of pressure to pass. If he didn't pass, he would have been laid- off on the 31st of Jan. They are getting rid of his department. If he passed, he could continue working for Fidelity in their retail department. It was fun to see him when he came home. He looked like he had lost a HUGE weight from his shoulders. We had the house decorated when he got home. One of my friends came over today and saw the decorations. She asked if I had waited until Kent called me to tell me he passed to put the signs up. I didn't. Even if he hadn't passed, I would have still been proud of him, and grateful for all that he does to take care of our family. He worked so hard studying, and did everything that he could to prepare. So regardless, I was proud of him. I would have been extremely STRESSED, but still proud. :) We all went as a family to Chili's last night for dinner to celebrate. We don't ever do that with the kids, so that was fun and a big deal for the kids to get to go. We have all had to sacrifice for Kent to pass this test. When we got home he said "Wow, I don't even have anything that I have to do." Now that is a big change. We are going to go on a date tomorrow too. We're going to milk the celebrating all we can. :) It will be fun. We appreciate everyone's prayers and support. We felt it.