2015

2015 came way too fast! i can’t believe i am sitting here months

 behind of an update, just a day away from february. 

seriously though, where has the time gone? 

how can I already be planning valentines 2015? not to mention, 

how can my husband already be turning 28 in less than a month!?

 (shh he may have not liked that i exposed his age)

beginning a new year is always exciting.  it’s almost a fresh start: a new beginning 

for new resolutions and plans. now i won’t sit here and list all of my

 “news years resolutions” but i will say this year i am excited to start my own business. 

honestly, i am a bit nervous but totally excited for this new adventure. 

being from arizona i have always loved the sun kissed look but have hated 

the side effects from it.  

a few years ago i got my first airbrush tan and 

fell in love with it! i loved the fact that it was actually good for your skin 

& there weren’t any risks. it was honestly instant gratification; it gave me 

the exact color i wanted and i didn’t have to layout for hours or worry

 if i would get premature wrinkles or even skin cancer.

so after months & months of debating

 i have finally taken the plunge & am starting my own airbrush tanning business! 

it isn’t anything huge but it will keep me busy & it is something i can do from my own home.

 not to mention here in rexburg we don’t get that much sun.

anyways, to wrap this all up i would say that is my biggest resolution this year!  

happy 2015!

endlessglow

xo, J

hello september!

beau & i could not be any more excited to finally have september grace us with its presence.

  

we have finally survived this whirlwind of a summer.

 [ thank goodness ]

on to the next chapter! well almost.

to make a quick recap of the last couple months:

july was full of cake. birthday cake, cupcakes, anything drool-worthy.

it gave me a chance to brush up on my domestic skills.

fun fact: i love to bake. i think its important to eat something sweet 

after every meal, it keeps you happy. [ & the husband ]

july we went from indy à texas à oklahoma

we loved spending the 4^th of july with our original office in texas.

but as always the fun came to a quick end 

& we were off to oklahoma

oklahoma kind of lacks in the “wow” department. 

& if you can prove me wrong please feel free to do so,

 we could use a little excitement over here.

during august we finally had the chance to cash in on an over-due

 birthday celebration of mine before things got crazy.

this boy took me to a super yummy Italian restaurant 

which was followed by an adventure in downtown tulsa 

& ended with blue bell, snuggling & a redbox.

my kind of date.

the rest of august i hardly saw this boy of mine due to 

the biggest competition in vivint known as the cup.

august was probably one of the longest yet fastest

 & most definitely tiring months 

of the summer. i know confusing, but you get it.
it was such an awesome experience 

to fight for first place with the tulsa office.

seriously this team is a machine.

 the guys are all such hard workers 

& the wives are all amazing. 

they deserve first place in my book.

 xo, J

better late than never…right?

oh. my. gosh.

i am embarrassed to say it has been almost 4 months since ive looked that this thing.

so much has happened but yet not much at all.

march:

march was the month we finally got ourselves out of living in a hotel

& into my mother in law’s. ok i promise its not as pathetic as it sounds.

for the month of march my husband & i were nomads. we really had no choice.

march was going to be our vacationing month before the summer season hit hard.

[ for those of you that aren’t familiar with summer sales jobs, our summers are

completely opposite from most of you. my husband works his heart out for the

months of april-august & in the fall & winter we play. ]

however, due to unexpected work obligations we ended up traveling back & forth between

rexburg & boise every week for that month.

april-may:

april was our time to finally make it down to arizona to visit my family

 & get a little bit of r&r before our days together 

were pretty much over. 

we hit our one year anniversary on the 5^th & spent 2 wonderful days in 

a beautiful resort in scottsdale az.

[ check out the view ]

oh & we finally got to meet mr. baby max!

[ isn’t he the cutest!? ] 

  

my sister had her first baby & he for sure is going to be a heartbreaker.

seriously though...look at those eyes. 

but as always our time in az went way too fast & before we knew it we 

were off to austin texas where our big future goals & dreams 

were set ahead of us.

we were ready as ever to make them happen. 

 i was actually kind of excited for this summer.

p.s. sorry this is forever long. but i do have 4 months to catch up on so catch me a break...it gets juicier.

[ our cute apartment in texas. don't mind the mess we were just moving in. ]

beau & i got into a pretty good routine.

 it took some time getting used to austin but we were finally starting to really like it 

when we received some of the worst news.  his licensing for texas had been

 denied & he was no longer able to work in the state.

we seriously were dumfounded when we heard the news.

 what on earth were we supposed to do? 

we had just moved all the way from idaho to texas into our cozy

 little apartment, with our friends, our office, family near by.

we were where we needed to be.

to be completely honest it was hard news to deal with.  

i broke down. i cried in front of friends…my family 

& i don't really like when people see me cry, even my family. 

[ with the exception of beau. he’s seen me cry plenty of times. ]

  

it took almost a month of my husband not being able to work

 to figure out that texas was not going to be easy to work with

 & the options of us staying were getting slimmer by the minute.

& what’s crazy is my husband & i both admit we were scared to know

 we weren’t going to have any sort of income until we figured things out. 

our goals that we had set before the summer even started were

 slipping away from us so fast. & while i was feeling so sorry for ourselves

 my husband was out working with first years [ new guys ]

 loosing himself in the service of his team.  

june:

 this summer has not panned out the way we planned at all.

 here i am sitting in this empty apartment in carmel, indiana 

with not a clue of what to do.

[ carmel, indiana ]

but…

 we’ve adjusted our goals: removed less important ones

 & created even better ones. 

 & we are determined to make the best out of the rest of this chaotic summer.  

so bring it on.

xo, J