Valentine

Last night we were a party of three! Jackson joined us on our Valentine's date. We all went to Tucanos. It was amazing!!! When Ike came home from work he had flowers, chocolates and the sweetest card for me. Then it was off to dinner! Jackson ate fruit and peas but I had delicious grilled Brazilian meats!!! After we stuffed ourselves we went to the mall where Ike gave me my last Valentine's gift, a pair new shoes! I got to pick out whatever pair I wanted! It was an awesome valentine's gift. Then we went home and had a slumber party in the living room and watched Eclipse (Don't judge us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Not gonna lie, Team Jacob all the way. This morning I had the chocolate cake for breakfast that we bought to have for desert during the movie but were still too stuffed to eat! Overall rating for this year's Valentine's day: 10!!!! It was awesome!


Valentine's family photo


Jackson flying and Ike trying to catch him...or Ike throwing him in the air...


Valentine's shoes!

...and the winner is....NEBRASKA!

So the verdict is in and the Carrs are officially moving to Nebraska! We got a job with Fullerton Public Schools in Fullerton, NE. The town of Fullerton is really small but really cute! We drove out this week to see the school and the town. I realized on the way back why will absolutely never never NEVER live in Wyoming. We ended up getting stranded for two nights there because of snow storms. The first night we actually slept in the cab of two truckers who took pity on us after we got stranded at a rest area when I-80 was closed!


This is what the weather looked like when we got to the rest area.


Ike outside of the rest area where we stayed the night.


Inside the truck that we slept in!


Me inside the truck.


This was our view from outside our window in the cheap and somewhat scary Motel we stayed in our second night in Wyoming. The town of Wampsutter consists of a gas station and two motels, both of which were kind of gross looking.


Bathroom of the scary Motel.

So overall the trip that only should have taken two days ended up taking four. When we got home though we had a message on our answering machine from the Principal of the school and when Ike called him back he got offered the job. Opposition in all things right? We will probably move in July and school will start in August. I am more excited than I can really put into words.


Have I mentioned recently how awesome my family is? They are awesome.

Cute or Strange?

So Jackson has been carrying around this trash bag and the remote for the last hour. Not sure if I think it is cute or if it is strange. For a 10 month old he has a strong personality. I think he may look exactly like Ike but I think he has my brains...minus the whole carrying around a trash bag thing.

February!

I can't believe how fast January went by. I was hoping it would get warmer but that does not seem to be happening. Anyway now that it is February the ball is really rolling! Valentine's day is just around the corner and then we just have to make it through March. After March though all kinds of great stuff happens! My birthday, Jackson's birthday and Graduation!!! So to celebrate the beginning of the end of the semester, Jackson and I had a photo shoot today!

I know he will hate me when I eventually show these pictures to his future wife and children but for right now he is too cute!
FYI dressing up Jackson might be one of my favorite things ever. Favorite costume to date was his Harry Potter Halloween costume. I think it is my favorite costume I have ever made.

The Waiting Game!

So this week my little family accomplished two huge milestones. The first is that we applied for our first real job! Ike and I are both graduating in April and we have started our job hunt for next fall! We applied for a job in the tiny town of Fullerton, Nebraska. If you had asked me two months ago if I would consider living in Nebraska, I probably would have said no. But when we saw this job and did some research on the town I just fell in love with it. I am really trying to not get my hopes up though because who knows if we will get it. I think this will probably be the first of many jobs we apply for. Right now all we can do is wait to hear back from them. Hopefully we will hear sooner rather than later.

The second major milestone we reached this week was....WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST VACUUM CLEANER!! Yes, it is kind of sad that we have been married almost three years and have never bought a vacuum but now that we have one I know that we can never live without one again!!! I think the novelty will wear off sometime in the next few weeks but for right now I feel like a ten year old who just got the coolest toy ever for Christmas.

The Remote

So its funny what kids will attach themselves to. Jackson has always liked getting into things he isn't supposed to but lately I have noticed he has a weird attachment to our remote control for our TV. He carries it around and has even gone to bed with it a few times. I think this is funny because I try really hard to not have the TV on while Jackson is awake so he doesn't see me or Ike use it that much. For some reason though, he really loves it.

Best Friends.

I wish I was awesome at everything!!!

So I see other people do these awesome things and I want to do them too. I wonder is it better to be really good at one thing or just OK at fifty things??? Anyway I am slowly trying to be good at lots of things. This weekend I made one of those crocheted headbands everyone is wearing for my sister for her birthday. I learned to crochet a few months ago and after watching about an hours worth of YouTube videos I learned how to do flowers. Here is the end product!