Ending of a Great Year

Well again a ton has happened since last month. I keep getting reminders to update, but I hate doing it with out pictures. Anyway we have been traveling and visiting everyone this season and just loving it all! We moved into the little house we mentioned before but are just renting it for now...not sure that we love it enough to want it permanently. Christmas was great! Or is it just great as your 1st year together as husband and wife? Mostly because we know what we got and we got what we wanted! matbe we went a bit over board but oh well.
Tiffany , my little sister, just got home from the hospital. She is a frequent visitor it seems. This time it was appendix and pnemonia (?). Lucky ducky:) Britt has been way sick too. What a sicky time to be sick.
Well we are excited for this new year and looking forward to all the adventures it could bring...vet school, babies, moves...who knows right? But bring it on!

Update!

Wow, Has it really been a month since I updated? Holy cow how the whole world has changed! First Dustin and I moved to Wyoming and in with my mom and step dad...and boy what a treat! Actually i don't mind it so much but Dustin is going crazy lol. But luckily we both started new jobs and are settling in. Dusty is welding and getting used to all the wind but I think he likes his job (He leaves at 5 am and I don't love mornings so 4:30 am lunch packing is getting very old very quickly). I got a job at Urie Elementary working with Title One kids in reading. It is awesome!! I have my own room and four different classes (1st, K, 2nd, 4th). The kids are adorable...and they liked me so much they offered me a position at Lyman Middle School working with kids there in a reading program called Wilson. So basically I'm thrilled because now I get insurance!! BooYA.
But the best news is that Dustina nd I are trying to buy this cute little house!! It has 3 bedrooms, one bathroom, a big living room and a cute kitchen. Also it has two acres on it and water rights so we can keep our little farm together :) The best part about it is that it is only 75,000!! We should know more at the beginnig of next week! So hopefully we are in our own house by December!

Man Tag

Man Tag

A. The rules are posted at the beginning

B. EAch person answers questions about their sweethearts

C. At the end of the Post, the person then tages 4 peopele and post their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment letting them know they have been taggedWhat is you husbands name? Dustin Kelly Lemon

How long have you been married? About 6 months

How long did you date? 6 months till we were engaged 9 months till we were married

How old is he? 22

Who eats sweets? Well both of us; it’s a toss up!

Who said I love you first? Him

Who is taller? Dustin

Who can sing best? Me but Dustin makes up the best songs!

Who is smarter? Book smart=me, Practical=him

Who does laundry? Me unless its too nasty

Who pays bills? Dustin makes the dough, I make out the checks for bills

Whos sleeps on the right side? Dustin

Who mows the lawn? Definitely him (last time I got the mower stuck in the tree :$)

Who cooks dinner? I do, He’s usually busy doing ranch chores

Who drives? Dustin, I hate driving

Who is first to admit they are wrong? It depends, usually him but we both can be stubborn 

Who kissed who first? It was mutual, but he moved in to kiss first.

Who asked who out first? Well I think it was me…we hung out a lot before we actually dated.

Who wears the pants? Both of us

I tag Karissa, Kenna, Jenny W., Laycee

Movin' On Up!!

Yep you heard it right!! Dustin and I are moving back to Wyoming at the end of the month!! He has accepted a welding job up in Mountain View that he is super excited about, and I'm moving back closer to my family! (can you tell I'm just mildly excited?) We will be living with my Mom and Kendall for a few months to save up some money and pay off some bills. We are looking at some land out in Robertson to buy and build on, and hopefully start a ranch on! We already have 3 1/2 pairs of cows and 3 horses. Isn't it strange how prayers are answered and how when it's right things just start to fall into place! We will miss it here, especially our friends and family, but we just can't pass up this opportunity :) YEA WYO here we come!

Crazy Busy

Well it has been a busy few weeks. Work has been crazy-trying to set up tutoring programs. I'm heading the Mentor Tutoring where are 6th graders tutor our 4th graders. We start Monday...wish me luck! Also , I have been volunteering at the Dialysis Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I absolutely love it! I have one old man (Byron) that I spend most of my time visiting with. He reminds me of Grandpa Welling :) Sometimes it is funny, like my 1st time there. Everyone was sleeping and the only two people awake refused to talk to me. They just wanted to watch TV. Then finally I got Jonas, my Native American, friend to chat. He was pretty funny, but it is hard to relate sometimes with such a culture gap. Soon we'll have BINGO and Checkers going...if they wake up enough to play :). 

This past week my in-laws and I have been canning peaches like crazy! But i love it. I always wondered how Grandma Welling got her peaches so smooth and the pits out so easy. I've always wanted to learn how to can, and I'm glad that Peggy has the patience to teach me :)

But mostly, Dustin and I are way excited for the BYU-Wyoming game on Saturday!!!!! I'm mostly excited to see my family. I miss them like crazy. Someday we will live closer :) I am thinking about wearing my BYU get up and sitting smack dab in the WY section!!!! We'll see how brave I am. Dustin says he'd sit somewhere else to avoid the embarrassment :) 

Don't be too harsh on my lack of blog creativity because I am just starting out. But I thought this would be a great way to keep track of friends and family that we don't see too often.

Also, I had an ingenious idea today sitting in training...I would use the blog to promote AmeriCorps and to get the word out in my community (and to all of you) about what it is and how you can help! As an overview, it is a volunteer and service organization under the govenment to promote literacy in grades k-12...and we are in need of volunteers at all of the schools, especially parent volunteers who help in classrooms and with tutoring reading. It is a blast and very rewarding either as a parent or AmeriCorps member. I'll keep it posted as I learn more about it myself! Stay tuned....

Just Starting Out

Well it has been four great months of being husband and wife! We are living in Roosevelt, UT and are finally getting settled into our little house. For those who don't know...Dusty and I met last summer at the Bridger Valley Ranch Rodeo over Pioneer Days in Wyoming. It was the best summer fling ever that now is forever. Dustin is a pumper for the oil field and is still running the ranch for his mom. I have been working for an early intervention preschool (which I loved) but have just started a new job at Roosevelt Middle School with the Ameri Corps program. I am so excited to be working with kids grades 4-6 and helping them (and their parents) to become better readers! Dustin and I just got back from an exciting family reunion where my family finally got to see Dustin's true colors and see why I fell in love with him. Now school is starting and the harvest is coming so life is about to get more routine--YEAh!!!!