Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Promotion

Even though this happened in the end of November/beginning of December I need to make sure I document how proud and how excited I am for Chris getting promoted to a store manager. He is currentyl an Assistant Manager (or 1A) as they would say. Basically he is right underneath the manager and he does a great job of taking care of his responsibilities.
The reason we are so excited for Chris is that he deserves this more than anyone I know. Let me explain.

He always goes out of his way to help others when he doesnt have to.
He loves going to work and loves to talk about how great QT is.
He is an amazing leader.
Is always on time.
We always get gas at QT (hahaha )
He has been Assistant Manage for about 3 years now and I dont know anyone who wants to be promoted as much as Chris did. He is tooo cute!!!
He looks good in a QT uniform of course!


I have to post about how his manager told me about his getting promoted. Last month we had some more truck problems (Oh joy!) and I drove him to work. It was the week before Thanksgiving and my husbands manager told me to stick around for the good news he was about to tell Chris. So I did I stood there for about ten minutes and then he pulled Chris and I off to the side to tell him he had an interview lined up for the week after Thanksgiving. December 1st is the exact date. :) It was so cute to watch how happy this made Chris. He had a huge smile and his eyes lit up. It gave Chris the perfect amount of time to prepare for his interview. He had a panel interview with a couple of supervisors (two of them he's personally had before). He had to practice a list of questions and make sure he hit some important points. I helped him by practicing with me and giving him my input.
Finally, the big day finally came and I had to make sure he had his pants super ironed as well as his qt shirt. I made sure he had a good breakfast and words of encouragement so that he would feel good about himself. He left very early and I told him to make sure and let me know how it went. His interview went much faster than I thought so we were able to meet up for lunch.
He told me he thought he did good and I could tell he did by what he told me. Later that day he got the good news that he is going to be promoted to manager. I knew he would get it and I am very happy for our little family. Just when we needed it and are about to have our first child it's all falling into place. I knew it would. I had to keep telling Chris it'll happen when the time is right just be patient. I'm so glad those words actually came true because sometimes you just don't know how long somethings might take.
Now we're just playing the waiting game. We have to wait for an opening in another Qt for him to be the manager. We're hoping it'll happen within the next month or two so we can start seeing that raise.
That's our big exciting news as of lately and although a lot has happened this month and last I've been too lazy to blog. I am going to try and play the catch up game before more exciting things happen.



Love,



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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

November came and went

A lot of fun things happened in the month of November and I think it went too fast!

First off it was our anniversary on November 5th. I couldn't believe how fast the year went, it has been the best year I've shared with anyone. We had a pretty relaxing night and we weren't able to do too much since we both have been super busy and just wanted to relax. Chris worked all day! Poor guy he's been working so hard to try to get his own business started besides his QT job. :) He makes me such a proud wife. Anyways so I had been preparing his surprise all day! I had been finishin my hearts I was making so that I could heart attack the entire house. Then, I wrote on a hundred big hearts a hundred reasons why I love chris so much. I had so much fun with this idea. I think its easy to come up with the first 50 reasons then I just had to take a moment to think, but once I got in a rhythym I went superfast and finished them all. I also made him a poster that I painted myself. I was very happy with the end result I felt like this gift among with other things that I did came from my heart and I had to think them out and plan ahead.
By the time we went out for dinner we decided to go to Chipotle since I know I would love their burritos even though I've been super picky with this pregnancy. So we went out to the one out by superstition springs and then we went and got some delicious Kripy Kremes. After dinner we drove around to saguaro lake and got to have a really nice conversation while driving around. I was so thankful that we both had the night off and were able to spend it with each other. We had such an enjoyable night, it was so relaxing and beautiful. I honestly can't believe how fast a year goes by. I am so happy with my eternal companion and even though I know we're both not perfect we have grown to love each others imperfections and love each other for who we are. True love is amazing once you find it and then work hard to maintain it.

I truly couldn't have found a better eternal companion, I love him so much.


Love,



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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Grandma Rudd








I was so happy that I was able to meet such a special woman, who has a beautiful family. I am so thankful for her raising such a beautiful and strong family. She's truly a beautiful person. Even though I didn't know her for that long I could tell she was an amazing woman. Chris would tell me really nice stories about her, and it made me realize that she truly was an inspirational woman.
I know she's in a much better place with her husband.
Chris is so adorable he told me the other day that next time she sees me she'll be able to recognize me and for this reason I am thrilled about the next time I see her. (She had Alzheimer's so she never really remembered me)

Unfortunately this woman of such wisdom and pureness passed away this past Monday. RIP Grandma Rudd, I am very happy I had the opportunity to meet her.




Love,
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Im thankful for the gospel & more






I had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week. My husband and I were both off and we got the entire weekend to relax and see each other all the time. I'm so happy he got Thursday and Friday so we could spend lots of time with our family. On Thanksgiving morning Chris played football and I stayed home and slept in. I also picked up the house and did some cleaning. By the time Chris made it home we got ready for dinner at 1pm, (now dinner at one is a bit early for me specially since I'm Mexican and we're used to eating at 7 or 8 ish.) But we got there at around noon to help set up and by lending extra hands.
FOOD WAS SO GOOD. I loved the Turkey and mashed potatoes, then for dessert I had some homemade apple pie. It was a perfect afternoon with my Rudd family. They were even nice enough to let my small family come- my dad and sister.(MOm was working :( )
We were there until about six or seven and then we went to my parents and had dinner number two.





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Monday, November 7, 2011

Temple Sealing.

About two weeks ago we had the opportunity to go to a family sealing. Well I should say a baby sealed to her eternal family. What a special blessing for us to be able to attend such a wonderful and special event. It was so awesome being in that room and the spirit was very strong. I am very thankful for the Stewarts example and frienship. They deserve those children more than anyone else I know. I hope their family continues to grow and they keep doing what they're doing. Here are some pictures we took after the sealing. Isn't Chris such a natural with a baby ? I think so, he's so good with children I love seeing him hold and play with kids.







Love,

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My newest nephew Malcom

He is so cute and tiny. I've already got to see him multiple times and I can't get enough of him. I'm so excited to hold our little baby... :)
Here are some pictures I took of him when I visited him. He's adorable and we are so blessed to have him in our family.









We love you very much and can't wait to keep watching you grow and get to see your personality come out.


Love,

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Monday, October 31, 2011

Alis Giveaway

One of my friends is having a giveaway for her birthday. If you want to enter a chance to win you just have to do easy things. GO TO HER PAGE :)


Click on her button:

Our Happily Ever After





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