another texan summer

Greetings from Texas!

We are enjoying another summer in Texas for Dustin's job.  This is his 4th summer with Vivint. but this year he has a bunch of recruits and he is an assistant manager of the office so he is working harder than ever.  I can't believe we have already been here almost 3 weeks now!  We are currently in Beaumont (90 min east of Houston) but will be moving to another city in June.

We're living in an extended-stay hotel right now but when we move we will be living in apartments which I'm totally looking forward to - don't get me wrong, the hotel lifestyle ain't so bad, but it gets old after a while.  All of the single guys are living in the Marriott hotel next door which is nicer, so we go over there a lot to use their pool, bbq area, basketball court and to mooch off the free dinners they have Mon - Thurs.

I am so beyond grateful for my friend Emily!  (Her husband is also a sales rep and the other assistant manager this year - he has sold with Dustin every summer.)  Without her to hang out with I think I would go crazy being here alone all day.  We get together and try to do something fun every day - whether it's crafts, pool time, going to lunch, seeing a movie, watching sytycd or just going to Walmart haha.

It's also been fun having my brother Trevor and brother-in-law Stephen out here selling!  They are hilarious and fun to hang out with but are both off to a good start as "rookies".  I try to have them come over at least once a week for a home-cooked dinner (although I am limited - I only have a microwave and a stove-top).

Here's a few pics from our adventures so far:

Trevor turned 22!

I don't know about you but I'm feeling 22!!

 we celebrated by going to Chili's with a bunch of guys from the office

The B&N has a huge Texas section of course

Emily and I took a day trip to Houston last Saturday!  We went to the huge Galleria mall, ate at The Cheesecake Factory there, and then checked out the Houston temple!  It was gorgeous!

This was at one of the Saturday night office dinners.  I love this handsome hardworking husband of mine and am so proud of him!  We are excited for another successful summer in Texas!

weekend in review

We had a great weekend!  It started off right on Thursday night in the temple.  Dustin's sister Korinne went through the temple for the first time, in preparation for her mission.  Always a sweet and tender experience being there with family when someone is going through the first time.  She leaves June 5th for Spokane, WA!  

I love love love this temple.  

Friday night for our date night we got Cafe Rio salads and then came home and watched a few episodes of the show "Revenge".  We just started watching season 1 on Netflix and are hooked!!

Saturday we prepared an Argentine feast at the Harper's home!

Getting our supplies at the Argentine market.  Yummm dulce de leche.

We made milanesa (breaded & fried steak/pork), empanadas (the little meat pies), and noquis (gnocci in italian, potato pasta).  Everything was muy sabroso!  Dustin had to wear his Argentina jersey of course!

Hannah and I made Alfajores - a traditional Argentine cookie with dulce de leche in the middle.