Big Updates

Well there is some big news to be shared, but I will share that a little further down the blog, so I guess you'll need to read! haha

Some of you have asked me about my birthday and how it went, so I will try to quickly let you know about my great day.
We had three days of celebration (I'm sure many of you wish you could celebrate your birthday's three days a year too! haha.) Thursday, Jon took me to Olive Garden (yummm!) I think it was actually one of the better experiences we had there too. It was our waitresses first week, you could tell she was nervous, but she was fantastic! She didn't bother or annoy us, she was quick to take our order, give us drinks, bring our salad, and even our meal! We had our plates before I was done eating my first plate of salad, which is probably best because normally I would want more than one plate of salad. I didn't fill myself up on breadsticks or the salad at all because our food was ready in quick time. It seemed like a busy evening too. She was a great waitress and we really enjoyed our time there. When we got back from dinner, Jon excitedly gave me a couple of gifts: the Jessica Seinfeld cookbook that I've been wanting (if you don't know what's special about it, you'll find out during Christmas) and a kit to make a gingerbread house! I liked Jon's creativity with the gingerbread house, I never would have thought of asking for one of those. But I was excited about it because I have never made one before.
Saturday, Jon and I went to the temple and then enjoyed another birthday dinner at Rodizzio. We went in time to pay the lunch price but enjoy to dinner meal. Jon got a gift card from work to their too so we were able to enjoy it at an even cheaper price. That always makes dinner a better experience. haha We had a good time there and enjoyed ourselves. Service was good. That was my second time eating dinner there, I would go more often if we could afford it. haha It was a delicious time. :D
Sunday, we made our gingerbread house! :D (I will post pictures soon) It was a fun activity to do together. I'll admit though, it's not really the best tasting. Gingerbread should be a bit softer, but then it wouldn't be very good construction material would it? I think it turned out well though. I really enjoyed making it with Jon. He didn't better than I did though, I think because of his experience in the task.
So those were our three days of celebration. They were all grand. I still feel the same and often forget about my age, but when I do think about it, it does sound a little weird. I guess it sounds better though. haha

Ok, so I will tell you about the bigger news that will probably surprise you, it did me! haha I'll make this short though. Jon has decided to change his profession and work towards a much different line of work. Although he will be staying at Wamu for quite some time to pay our way through his training. Here it is... Jon is going to become a helicopter pilot. Sounds weird I know, well at least to me it still does. I think only because it's very different from what he's been doing and it's not really the "normal" job. But we feel good about it and he is going to do it. We are now in the process of choosing the best school for him. There are actually many schools close by here in Utah. They're really all over the place. There are many different occupations you can do as a helicopter pilot, Jon is thinking he'd be most interested in search & rescue and fire fighting at the moment. But we have a ways before he gets to a point of making that decision so we'll see. We're actually planning on him first getting a job as a helicopter trainer. This is most common for people wanting to fly as a profession because it's great practice for themselves and they get paid to gain the flying hours they need in order to get different job. If you don't do it this way, then the only way to earn the flying time you need is by renting a helicopter and that's just super expensive. Anyway, so we are pretty serious about it and now it's just a matter of time when he starts. Pretty crazy huh? But he is excited and so am I. We both feel this is the right thing to do. I truly believe this is a great thing for him. It's weird to think that I'll be married to a helicopter pilot someday though. haha It's VERY different from banking.