Girl's Weekend!!

Mom, Lauren and Leslie all came up from vegas this weekend! Friday night we had a Pajama party at Melissa's house! It was so fun to have everyone together, and even Asher loved every minute of it! Due to being down one car, Melissa picked me up from work so Luke wouldn't be without a car all weekend. Asher was cracking me up! She had so much to say! On the way to their house we saw lots of Christmas lights already and was quick to point them out and say what colors they were, and make sure that I saw them too. Before mom and the girls arrived everything was "Kelwy can you help me?" or "I want Kelwy!" I loved every minute of it! That night we all sat aroud and caught up on teh happenings of our lives--Asher didn't want to go to bed for fear of missing something! The next morning we woke up to the pitter patter of little feet across the kitchen floor and little giggles as she peeked around the corner and saw all of her aunts sleeping--so fun! That day we all got to go to Time Out for Women and hear some amazing presentations. It was a great day of laughter and tender moments. After that we returned to Melissa's house for more time with the kids. Asher decided to play beauty parlor and found my make up bag. She loves all things pink right now so she pulled out everything pink and told me to put it on her. By the time she was done she had lipstick, eyeshadow and blush all pink! Then she wanted her nails done--in pink. After we did all that she decided to repay the favor and do my hair. She put in about 15 head bands and a pink clip and said I was done! The worst part was she ripped them all out at once--that kinda hurt! Then she had to go down the line and do grandma and Luaren's hair too. She is destined to be a beautician! After teh kids were picked up the girls were at it again! We had tickets to see "Nutcracker: Men in Tights" at Desert Star Theater. There is not much to say about the show...not at all what I expected and quite disappointing actually. We were falling asleep and at intermission Melissa asked one of the waitresses if it got any better! Even though it ended lamely, it was a fun weekend of just the Freitag girls, and I wouldn't have changed it!

Oh What A Night...

Luke and I don't see each other much during the week due to opposite work schedules, but we really look forward to Thursday nights when we can stay at home, watch "The Office" and just relax together as a nice start to our weekend. Last Thursday was no different. I was excited for just that--it was a cold day so I made Soup bowls for dinner and had everything ready when he got home. I was even decked out in my best sweats ready for a night of vegging. Luke text me about an hour before he got off saying his check engine light was on, and that he would come home for dinner and then go use his parents diagnostic checking machine to figure out what was going on. We had a nice meal and did squeeze in that weeks "Office" episode before he left to go down to the parents. About ten minutes later I get a frantic call asking if towing was covered on our insurance. His car had died on the side of the road about three miles away from his parents house. He managed to get it into a parking lot before calling. He called our insurance and towing was covered, but he needed me to come down as well. Did I mention it was a COLD rainy night? I drove down to get him as he was getting off the phone with the tow truck and we were told it would be an hour wait! Luckily that gave me time to go get us some hot chocolate and try to calm him down. The tow truck driver came and was awfully rude-- swearing and calling the car a piece of junk--even when we arrived to his parents house just dumped the car and left without another word to us! Good thing he didn't expect a tip! We pushed the car into a garage (where it will stay for awhile!) with the help of Luke's brother Bryan. We were talking to him about things that could be wrong, when Luke's dad came out of the house and told us not to panic when the ambulance came! Luke's mom had some bad blood clots in her legs and they were swelling up. The call-a-nurse hot line had said to get her to a hospital. A few minutes later, the firetruck and ambulance arrived to take her in. At that point there were several neighbors who had been awakened by all of our.. uh...excitement? Flashing lights and beeping of a tow truck and now the flashing lights of a fire truck and ambulance some neighbors thought there had been an accident! When everything was over it was almost 2 am... Luke and I offered to go to the hospital with his dad, but he declined. We went home for a few hours of sleep before getting up for a 7am follow up on his wisdom teeth. Needless to say we were a tad bit tired that day.... Jolene is ok for those of you wondering-- Myron brought her home the next morning. She had cellulitis and was put on some new meds for that, but is happily recovering at home. The car on the other hand will not recover for a little bit. The alternator is out for sure, but what we don't know is what ELSE will go wrong with it! Does anybody want a Trans AM???

Wisdom Teeth Woes

A few weeks ago Luke an I went to the dentist. I am one of those odd people who LOVES the dentist. I had braces for way too many years not to take care of my teeth now! My husband, on the other hand, dreads the dentist. But, I made him go--our insurance covers it so why not have our semi-annual cleanings? Well, the good news is I can still claim my record of never having a single cavity, and all the weird stuff I had done while still wearing braces is good. Luke, however, was not as lucky. He still has his wisdom teeth, which broke a crown as they are starting to press forward. So the doctor recommended getting them out before getting the crown replaced. I was excited--does that make me an awful wife to say I was excited to see my husband go under surgery? I was just excited to see what he would be like under the drugs! Well, the day of the surgery came and the Luke was a nervous wreck--even had a dream he died the night before. The doctor was running over an hour late which didn't help calm his nerves either. Two and a half hours later I was able to go in and see him, and I was disappointed--this office allows their patients to wake up from the drugs before letting the family see them so all the funny situations I had imagined didn't happen. I walked in the room and the nurse was placing new cotton in his mouth and he was very awake--even shot me a dirty look and said "You did this to me!" lol After the surgery he was doing well enough that he even went to the grocery store with me to pick out things he would be able to eat the next couple of days. Since he still had the cotton in his mouth he was signing to me which got us a lot of weird looks from people, but we were having fun! All in all he did pretty well--only took one pain pill, was only swollen for a day and only on one side of his mouth, and no bruising! I guess I am going to come up with some other evil plan to see him act goofy!

New Calling

I got a calling in our new ward--any guesses? If you said Relief Society (since I have been serving there since I was 18) Guess again! My first NON-RS calling is to be the Secretary in Primary! This is a little intimidating as I have not been in primary since I turned 12, and our wards is quite large. I will be teaching sharing time once a month, and am actually really excited! When the Bishops couselor called me he asked if we had kids or if we were pregnant--to which we answered no to both questions (in case you were wondering!)-- and then he said this will help you deicde if you want them or not, and prepare you if you do! So I am thinking oh my gosh we are going to be in nursery?? There are like 1000 babies in our ward! Don't panic--stay calm!!But, then he said we want you to be in Young Womens. I was not sure the connection there for a minute between young women and preparing for kids... teenagers maybe? Did he think we were going to adopt? or be foster parents? I guess he could see the confusion on my face and he looked down at his paper and said... I just told you the wrong calling! We want you in primary! It was a funny moment--a little overwhelming, but I am truly excited. I love RS, but I am ready for a new challenge. We have our first meeting tonight and then I will be a little more calm...maybe...

Job Updates

We have both been looking for second jobs to earn extra money for the Holidays and to help us get out of debt. There have been some stumbling blocks and we have good and bad news:

Good News: Luke got hired at Extend Health for seasonal employment
Bad News: He was never able to get his Insurance license

Good News: I got hired at H&R Block
Bad News: I am unable to attend the training as it is during my current work hours, and can't take the job

Good News: Luke applied for a job with the DMV that has awesome benefits and hours
Bad New: We never heard back... (Our hope is they are still going through their massive pile of applicantions to select finalists...)

Good News: I had an interview to be a part-time writer with the Valley Journals
Bad News: They picked someone with more newspaper experience (I ask the age old question--how am I to get experience if nobody will hire me? If anyone knows the real answer--please speak up!)

SO after all that... we are both working the same jobs. The final bits of good news are as follows:

Good News: Luke's family is starting their own insurance business and has asked me to get my license and assist them with marketing/advertising (if anyone needs insurance I am your girl!...or I will be as soon as I get my license!)

Good News: Luke signed on with Mona Vie as an independent distributor. (If anyone is looking to lead a healthier life...my husband is your guy!)

I am still learning that when one door closes, another one opens. We are hoping our new opportunities will keep us busy and help us achieve our goals!

Asher and Monsters

A few weeks ago I had Melissa and the kids over for dinner, and as usual Asher wouldn't eat a thing. So I told her if she didn't eat her dinner not only would she not get the candy I promised her, but that the monster would come out of my laundry room as well. All you moms are probably freaking out on me right now--yelling at your screen that is not something you say to a 3 year old! Well, I don't have kids, but I am learning my lesson. Asher did eat her dinner that night, got her candy and the monster didn't come out, but every time a floor board squeaked or there was a noise she didn't recognize she thought the monster was going to get her. I guess I am naive when it comes to kids because I thought she would forget it by the time she got home. Boy was I wrong! Melissa called me a few WEEKS later to thank me again for my monster comments. Apparently Asher had cried when going to bed the night before that the monster at Kelwy's house was going to get her. So, every time she has seen me since she has asked about the monster at my house. When we went to the Scarecrow Festival a week later, Asher freaked out about some of the kids dressed in costumes because they looked like monsters. She then had to tell me again that there was a monster at my house. I was actually excited because this was my chance to make it up to her so I told her the monster ran away from home. Never have I seen her so excited over monsters! She gave me a great big hug and ran over to tell Melissa "Mommy! The monster at Kelwy's house ran away! He won't get me no more!" Now Melissa gets to hear that every day. This past weekend mom and dad were in town and asked if they could have dinner at my house so I invited Melissa and the kids and made it a big party. As soon as Asher got there what did she ask about? You guessed it--my monster! This time I showed her the laundry room so she would know he really was "gone" and she asked where he went. So I said "he left on vacation so he wouldn't scare you any more!" All during dinner she asked where the monster went on vacation and if he was coming back. She got a little nervous to use the bathroom because she thought the monster was hiding in there, but I reminded her he went away. As she was leaving that night she gave me a hug and said "Kelwy I glad the monster went away. He didn't want to scare me huh!" There is the old addage that kids say the darndest things--so true in the case of Asher. I would love to spend a day in her mind to see how she thinks.

Phonex Halloween Party

My company goes all out for the holidays! This year our Halloween party was no different. We invite all families of employees to come play with us. Since Luke had to work, and we don't have kids I invited Melissa and Jaman and Asher. Mom and dad were in twon as well and got to join in the fun. We had a nice lunch of taco soup and witches fingers (breadsticks from Great Harvest designed to look like witches fingers) and then headed out to the warehouse to play games. We brought in love saks, blankets and pillows and threw them out on the floor for the kids to sit on as we watched It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown from our projector. We hung black lights and a disco ball back there as well to make it more festive. After the movie we had the kids go Skeleton Bowling, took them on a Haunted Scavenger Hunt around the office, decorated sugar cookies, and made scones. We had the kids vote on adult costumes-- we were all asked to come as someone from our era so first we went through and explained who we were as some of the kids wouldn't get it. We had Michael Jackson, Indiana Jones, Smurfette, I was Punky Brewster, and a few others, but the prize went to Smurfette-- Allison did a great job!

Dan & Charly's Halloween Wedding

As I mentioned in my last post, Luke's cousin got married on the 16th of October, and it really was a Halloween themed wedding, and everyone really did come in costume. For those of you who read my summer is gone post, I was outbid at the last minute on Batgirl and Joker so we settled for going as Darth Vader and Padme. This was quite ironic since I have never really seen Star Wars and didn't know who she was when Luke mentioned it. The costumes, however, were a hit! I am still meeting some of his family and it is not to a point where many of them recognize me yet so nobody really knew who we were since Luke had his mask on. We lit up the light sabers as we walked in and had everyones attention. The funny thing was we couldn't find the breathing machine as it had fallen down Luke's leg so it kept going off during the ceremony! I guess that's what you get for having a Halloween wedding!

The ceremony was cute--the bride and groom dressed in normal attire--he even had a top hat and cane! She could not stop giggling through the whole ceremony and you could tell they are very happy together. After the wedding we went to dinner with some of Luke's family--we got some great reactions as we were sitll in costume. Luke's little nephew wouldn't come near him when he was in his mask, but other little kids were delighted as he waved to them.

As some of you may remember we dropped our camera on our honeymoon so the only pictures we are taking are from Luke's phone and have had a hard time uploading them to a computer so I will have to post them later. I have a hunch though that I will be getting a video camera that also takes still pictures for Christmas... Just a hunch though!