Catch up...

Wow has it seriously almost been a month already since my last post?? Crazy crazy, I mean I don't even have a full-time job or just getting done with finals to blame it on haha but I figured I would catch up before Christmas when I know I will have more to do then.

First weekend in Dec, my parents, treated us all to another night at Tundra Lodge (Indoor waterpark resort in Green Bay for those of you who don't know) Well this year we had decided that it would be fun to have lunch at Chucky Cheese before, and let me tell ya, it was a hit!! By the kids and the adults haha The whole weekend was a blast..Thanks Mom & Dad!!!!!

Jas & I put our winning tickets together and we got Pop-Rocks!!!! Best prize ever! Totally rip off though, seriously we had like 200 tickets and we got 5 small pop-rocks. haha its the experience I guess

So you all know that job interview that I had?? I GOT THE JOB!!!!!! I'm super excited about it, it's entry level clerical support at the Clinic in the Hospital and its going to work PERFECT with school. Just had orientation and a small shift to show me how it goes. I officially have my first day on the 28th and let me tell ya, I'm way looking forward to it, a few months without working can make you go crazy and I'm excited to actually be doing something now. I also will be going on the schedule at Corner Bar, I've been filling in whenever they needed me, but since I'm staying here, I will be working more. To be honest, I'm not all that excited about it, don't get me wrong, I love the people I work with and the regulars that come in, its just that working friday and saturday nights SUCK! Oh well, I gotta suck it up if I'm gonna work myself through schooling with the least amount of debt possible and I'm bound and determined to do so.

Also last weekend was the Youth Temple trip, which I totally tagged along, We left Friday morning and we stayed the night. We went to the Mall of America and just enjoyed the night, it sure beat getting up and having to leave at 5am. Anyway it was such a good weekend. Mall of America-Spongebob Roller Coaster!!! I screamed like a little girl, but I LOVED it!

Us girls!!
I'm a big Elvis fan and I saw this a fell in Love!

Christmas!!!!!! I LOVE this holiday, and I'm so excited that we have tons of snow! I'm a BIG fan of having White Christmas! Merry Christmas everyone!

Our Christmas card :)

I had the Best time...

I love the Stoehrs!! And I love it when I get to see them...laughing,inside jokes, games, girl talks, and more laughing! Sadly I, along with a good portion of my family, got sick with the stomach flu on friday, which totally made me sad because saturday was their last day here :( But I had a great week with them and am counting down the time until I get to see them again!!

Me and my turtle buddy having fun shopping...she loved the jacket so much she bought it, I tried it on as a joke-fur is totally not my thing!! haha

Us at our very BEST!!! :)Exhibit A: Jeana wanting to take a pic of all of us girls (Heidi & I are were very much against this idea due to not showering yet that day...as you can see I'm not pretty!) First attempt, however, Jeana, who is the oldest of the bunch, tickled Stephy's feet the whole time and this is what we got haha
Exhibit B: Second pic, good one with Stephy giving a BIG cheeser-ohh how I love that girl!

Happy Thanksgiving...

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!! Oh my goodness I haven't been home for this holiday in 2 years and let me tell ya..it was AMAZING!!! As much as I love Arizona, its so good to be home again for the holidays!! Oh how much I have missed Thanksgiving dinner with the all the family...my Grandma's YUMMY Food and just being with the family again! So now as I sit here with Thanksgiving almost over and thinking about my day and all that I am thankful for...I am so very blessed its not even funny!

1. First of all I am most thankful for my Family...seriously I have the BEST family in the world!!! They put up with me which in itself is amazing haha Any given day my family can tell what type of mood I'm in and they call me out if I'm crabby and they definitely know how to make me laugh! I couldn't have picked a better family!!

2. This year the Stoehrs are out visiting!!! No joke, everytime we get together there is constant laughing and talking very loudly haha us girls are told numerous times to talk softer and to be quiet. Games, girl talks, and so much more...what more could I ask for? I absolutely love the Stoehrs and am so HAPPY that I am home becuause I would've been so upset if I would've missed them being here!

3. My friends!!! I am one lucky girl and I have the GREATEST friends on the planet!! Again, my friends put up with me which is a miracle seeing that they don't have to, but the fact that they do makes me ever so grateful for them! I would have to put up a million pics up to show all my friends so I will just put a few...

Just a few...

4. The Gospel...This includes so much!! I know it sounds cheesy, but I really don't know where I would be without it or what type of person I would be. I can't explain it any better than that, its just AMAZING!

5. My Life! I may complain a lot and wish somethings were a little different at times, but I seriously love my life and everything in it!!! I couldn't ask for more, I have the BEST family, GREAT friends, WONDERFUL gospel, GOOD education that I have the opportunity to continue, I could go on and on, but I'll stop there.

Sorry if this was boring, it was more for me like the majority of my posts, anyway HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

One decision down, more to come...

I got the call this past monday....someone dropped out of the program in Mesa and I got in!! The class starts Jan 4, and so I told my advisor I would talk with my parents and call her the next day with my answer. Let me tell ya, I had tossed around every possbible outcome of this decision and I honestly was at a standstill. My sisters were at my house that night so I talked with them and my parents, they all gave me adivce and opinions on what and how I should make the decision. I turned to my mom and dad mainly though, but in my mom's words, "I don't know Jen, its your decision..you have to be the one who makes it" This makes me laugh, my entire life my mom has been making decisions for me and when I finally turn to her and say ok mom what do I do...she leaves it up to me!

My dad gave me a blessing before I went to bed and oh my goodness did that help. I knew the next hour or so I would need all the help I could get. Right after the blessing, I broke down ...I don't even know why. My bro-in-law told me to write out the pros and cons so thats what I did. I also called Dee right away, she's me other half and she knows what and how I see things and almost every single time we are thinking the same thing...we talked for 2 hours (Thanks so much Dee, I know you had homework and studying to do but you knew I needed you and you just let me vent and gave me adivce!!) And Dee gave me a chain of scriptures to read about personal revelation and what we sould seek after. So there I sat til about 1 or so in the morning...

I called my Advisor the next day and told her it just didn't feel right and that it wasn't my time to go to Mesa or just not the right place. I was just very frustrated and confused everytime I thought about Mesa and after I turned them down I felt calm which was really weird. I seriously have the BEST family though. First thing tuesday morning, my bro-in-law (who I think saw tears in my eyes the night before and knew how worried I was) asked what I had decided and the rest of my family were completely supportive. Thank you guys!!! I know I've been the Mayor of Crazy Town, but Thanks!!

So one decision down, more to come. I have yet to hear from Tucson and I just got my acceptance letter from Northcentral Tech College in Wausau. Crazy thing happened though Monday afternoon before I got the call, my neices were over right after school and as they were walking out, my sis-in-law said..."I don't know..ask her." Then B comes around the corner and asked.."Are you moving?" I laughed because I honestly didn't know myself, but I had been leaning towards staying here and said "Probably not B, I'm more than likely staying here" What happened next broke my heart, after I said this my sis-in-law goes "see B, Auntie is staying here you don't have to miss her anymore" oh my goodness, break my heart, like I said I seriously have the BEST family!!

My new found Respect...

I am determined right now that being an Auntie is seriously the BEST job ever!!! Jeana stood up for her friend's wedding and I promised her weeks ago that I would watch the kids all day so she wouldn't have to stress out about finding a babysitter and what not. I got to the house at noon and Burbs and Jeana got home about 11:30pm. I had the BEST time!! However...a PBJ, hotdogs, sippycups, a few dirty diapers, trip outside playing, numerous times picking up toys, a few tears occasionally, bathtime (experience in itself haha), some cuddling, and lots and lots of hugs and kisses later I have more respect for Stay-at-home Moms and Moms in general... Serioulsy you moms have an amazing job!!!! haha I was wore out!! It did not take me long to fall asleep last night at all! I look forward to the day that I'm a Mom, but I definitely have lots to learn! So for now I am sooo happy with being an Aunt!!! Its the BEST!
We got to play outside while Livi slept, it was too cold for her, and I feel bad that I didn't get any pics of her, she's a cutie!!! Next time for sure. So needless to say, I had the best day yesterday and I have a new found respect for Moms!!! To all you Moms...THANK YOU-YOU'RE AWESOME!!!! (Took more pics, but I put all of them on facebook if you want to take a look..their cuties!!)

Going Crazy...

3 weeks and still waiting.....waiting to hear from PMI if I'm in or not! Everyday that goes by I lose more and more hope that I'm in. My mom did call my advisor (against my will) and all she could tell us was that I didn't make the top 25-which was punch in the gut!!! She did, however, say that I'm still in the running though, but my gut tells me that I'm not going to get in. And that's just in Mesa, my application in Tucson PMI goes in at the end of the month and I find out in the first week in Oct if I got the interview and then there will be more waiting!!! The very first time I visited Tucson, against all odds, I felt at home and I felt good about it and I had the exact opposite feeling about Mesa...who knows?!

So here I sit, going crazier and crazier as each day passes. Seriously waiting and not being able to plan and decide what is right for me is the WORST!!!! I serioulsy don't know what I would do if I wasn't home right now....I would probably be completely crazy if it wasn't for being with my family!!! The only bad thing is I miss my friends like crazy, but I need to be home right now...for my sanity for one thing!! Through all this waiting, I don't think I have ever laughed so hard!!

Last night Jas & I were home alone, and as a tribute to Patrick Sawyze they were playing Dirty Dancing on TV so we were watching the classic movie and we were laughing and joking then out of nowhere, Jas ran over and pinned me on the couch and sat on me...now I started laughing and I mean laughing...and I couldn't stop. Icouldn't even fight back due to laughing so hard. This continued on and on even after our parents got home (Yes we annoyed them haha) Well at one point, Jas was helping me figure out my "TRUE" laugh, being in the laughing mood that I was in I couldn't stop and I'm not being dramatic at all. It was to the point that I had tears streaming down my face and I had my Grandpa's raspy laugh coming out hahahaha Somehow Jas can always make me laugh whether its an annoyance laugh or gut laugh..love her!

Thanks so much Jas and to the rest of my family for distracting me while waiting....if it wasn't for them I serioulsy would be a crazy person in the need to be locked up!

Schertz Family Reunion!!!

Being home has been Great!! Haven't done too much, just hanging out with my family and enjoying every minute of it! August 22nd we had a Schertz Family Reunion...I just love these!!! It was so good to see everyone again and just have a good time!The Crew!!!!! Only missing a few

All the cousins...we are only mission Todd, Nick, Ethan & Joe

All the Girls!! Unlike the boys..we were all present and we had a good time :)

We tried our hardest to get the boys to join us for a huge pyramid, but they all claimed they were too old..so again us girls had our fun

Summer Lovin'

i LOVE Summer!!!!!! And i love being home for the majority of this summer, its been so GREAT to be home!!!!! i seriously am so very blessed to have the family that I do :) Babysitting my boys...this is what happens :) Fun in the Sun...water was FREEZING...but the kids loved it...as for me i jumped and screamed everytime the water hit me above the waist hehe

Me with my Brookie Boo

haha

This is as far as i got in...it was WAY to cold!Yes My Mom, Grandma Julie herself got back on the trampoline!! And yes we got pics and even a video (She didn't this haha) thanks Becky

Blade is a ROCKSTAR!!! Jeana cut his hair and put gel in it..now everytime we see him he tells us he is a rockstar...so stinkin' cute!!

jas and i got bored waiting in the car for our Madre so we decided to take a pic, I said ok Smile and this is what i get... so i said let's try it again and....

again this is what i get...so i gave up. what can i say? she is RUFUS GIRL!
Amy my love came to visit..i love that girl!!! haha TOUGH GIRLS all the way!!

2 decades...really???

I turned 20 on Friday and I am officially not a teen anymore even though I still feel like a 15 year old high school girl! haha I was talking to my friend tonight and we got talking about getting older and he told me that it is simply and state of mind and I totally agree...think YOUNG!!!!

Fun week with Dee

After our road trip, Dee stayed a week with my family. I did my best to show what Wisconsin really is about and I think I did a pretty good job being that she wants to come back :) We went to eat at John's (my fav!!) we went 4-wheeling in the woods, went to the Rcaes,went shopping in green bay, went to see ski sharks, hung around the house and had TONS of fun!!! At the races..for once of me and Dee knowing eachother, she was the one who was cold...usually its me, but not tonight. Also she always thought racing was a boring sport, but by the end of the night she liked it more..nothing beats Shawano Speedway!!We had a girls night at the ski sharks and after we went and had DQ..it was a fun night!!
Having fun on the 4-wheeler throught the woods

Road Trip...oh yes we did!!

Before we left...us at 5am...haha

Yes I am home...and I know I know this is way passed due. July 6th Dee and I left good ol' Thatcher, Arizona and traveled to even better Gresham, Wisconsin. Monday we drove 15+ hours to Wichita, Kansas...the driving all day was not the best but actually wasn't as bad as I was expecting. We left at 5am and got to Wichita at about 11pm....we got to see a couple pretty cool little sites on our way.

Power naps all the way I think it was in the middle of Texas, we passed this HUGE farm...

DEE: What do they farm?

Me: Cows, apparently...

ok so Dee and I thought we were pretty funny and so we were laughing at ourselves of course then all of a sudden came the deadly smell and by all means this is no dramatic telling....hahaha so this is Dee trying not to puke as she drove..it was pretty darn nasty...

So along the way we would tell Jeana what towns we were going through and she would go online and look up little sites we could see....exhibit A-Hooker, Oklahoma and their baseball team...no joke and can I please say that this just might one of the best things in the world. hahahaha (Thanks so much Jeana..you gave us a good laugh)
Yes we did get to visit Dorothy's house in Kansas, we did it for my Mom but it was pretty cool. There's no place like home...

Tuesday we drove to Lee Summit, Missouri to visit Nick and Ro...that included having lunch, visiting Liberty Jail, Independence Visitor's Center, the RLDS Temple, and when Nick got off work we went to dinner. It was so good to see them and hang out with them for awhile. We then drove over to St. Louis to see the Arch, we were late to go up in the Arch, but it was sooo cool to be there and walk around. After that we finished the day by driving to Nauvoo to our hotel. it was about 1am by the time we got to hotel and we were both pretty tired, so needless to say we both crashed that night.

Liberty Jail, it was so neat to be there and feel the Spirit

Independence Visitor's Center

It was getting late so the pictures were not the greatest, but it so cool to watch around under the Arch

**Special Thanks to Ro for spending a few hours with us and driving us to the sites, it was so good to visit with you and Nick. Miss you guys :)

Wednesday we had the amazing opportunity to spend the day in Nauvoo. We went to Carthage Jail and visited the sites in Nauvoo. We were able to go to Nauvoo Temple and see the new pageant, which is amazing and so so good. I love Nauvoo, there is a spirit there that can not be described. I would back in a heartbeat over and over again.

Thursday we finished our trip, we drove in the driveway at about 5 in the afternoon. It was definitely such a fun trip, Thanks so much Dee for coming with me and helping me, it was such a blast. It is definitely good to be home too, Right now I'm just chilling with the family and job hunting...FYI job hunting sucks, but hopefully something comes up soon. Dee & I are already planning our next road trip hahaha it was sooooo fun!!