I love you mom!

Since Sunday was Mother's day, and we aren't there to tell our Mother and Grandma's how much we love them, I am using our blog to let you all know just how important you are.

With out these amazing women in our lives, neither Nick or I would be who we are today.

You have taught us many things.

How to love, share, laugh, be a friend and do our best at everything we do.

You taught us how to cook, how to read, walk, talk and how to give amazing hugs!

You were there for us whenever we needed you, when no one else would stand by us.

They were there through all of the disapointments and all of the big moments.

We love you so much, Mom, Grandama and every other mother figure in our life.

Thank you, for all that you have done and will do. We wouldn't be here without you.

Living Life

Sorry that we haven't posted anything lately, it has been very busy here. Nick is still working over nights at Target, I am still at Ryder working more and more hours every week. It's gotten to the point where 40 hours is a slow week.
We started looking for an apartment, with our goal being to be out by the end of them month. Kim and John and the kids are all taking a trip to see our neice graduate and my parents are tagging along. After their trip they are coming to spend a week or two here at the Normandin house, and we can't wait to see them!
We had a great couple of weeks, celebrating Easter and John's birthday.
Zach and Katie finished soccer, and Zach has started baseball. It has been so much fun going and watch them play, getting better and better everytime.
This weekend is Aaron's birthday, we are all excited to celebrate his fifth birthday!
I am going to appologize for the lack of pictures, my computer has a virus, so I am using Nick's, but I will get some up as soon as we get it up and going again.

We hope everything is well with everyone, and we miss you all tons!

Getting Adjusted

Well, we have been here three weeks now, and we are finally starting to adjust the way of life here. It's still America, but there are so many things here that are nothing like our home in Utah. The people are different, the lingo is different, so many things.

Speed is everything here. Who can get there the fastest (You all drive slow compared the the drivers out here), check out at the store, or even just get their Dunkin Donut and coffee (which is on almost every corner).

Accents really aren't that big, not that we have noticed, but they do talk a little different. It's not a honk, it's a beep, it's not pop (that is a sucker), it's soda.

We experienced "Solar Glare" for the first time. Utahans really take advantage of the mountains. By the time you can see the sun over them, it's almost above you. But here, the second it comes up it is hitting you in the eyes, so sunglasses don't even put a dent in the streams of light coming in through your windows.

I had an interview on Wednesday, she said that it will be about two weeks before I hear back, but my fingers are crossed. It is for a company called Amaridose, they make medical supplies and some IV drugs.

Nick has an interview this week with Target for a management position, we are hoping that being in a new store, not having any prejudice will give him a better chance to show off his talents and prove that he is the perfect person for the job.

We miss our families dearly, our parents, grandparents, brothers and my puppy dogs, along with all of our friends. It's hard being away from people that you were around for so long and so often. We can't wait to see you all again!

Our Trip

Well, this was the last Utah sunrise that we will see in a very long time. We miss our friends and family so much, but we are very excited for this new adventure that we are on.




Driving down the open road, we honestly didn't see a whole lot. But it was still tons of fun. We got to see Michigan Lake, drove through Chicago and a few other cities. We met some fun people, and had fun spending time with each other.





This is from the ice melting off of the rock side, freezing mid steam.

















We do live in a truly beautiful country, that is one thing that I was most impressed with. We saw a good amount of the country on our journey out here. New york was Nick's favorite state out of them all.














Ice fishing anyone?






This is our home, Athol, MA. Nick was so surprised at how many trees were here. You drive down the highway and that is all you see, trees and more trees.





Gazebos are extremely popular here, which I find so exciting! For some reason, I just love them.



Before my dad left to go home, we went to the Yankee Candle factory. We had so much fun, and each bough a thing or two to take home. I had never even been into a Yankee Candle store, and although I knew they had lots of scents, I was so shocked at just how many they had. You could literally spend days in there, and not get bored for how big it is. You can make your own candles, see how the pros make them and here is even a room that snows!

We finally made it!

Well everyone, we finally made it to the beautiful state of Massachusetts. We have got all of our things moved in and have already gotten lost a couple of time while trying to get somewhere, but it's been fun.

I have lots and lots of pictures to put up, but for now I can't access the internet from my computer. I will try and get them up as soon as possible though.

But for now, we are just looking for jobs, helping out with the kids and having fun. Nick and I both love it here, he tells me almost everyday how beautiful it is here, which shocked me but is really a good thing.

We miss everyone already, and are already looking forward to family vacations and a trip back to Utah to see everyone there!

I will keep everyone posted, talk to you all soon.

Hurry and catch up!

It has been a very, very long time since we have posted anything on our blog, so long, that I don't even remember my log in information! So here is a new one, my News Years resolution is to update everyone once a week, just to let you know how everything is going in our neck of the woods.

We are out of our apartment, and living with Nick's gracious parents until we figure out exactly what our plan is.

Mom and I have been busy making our hats, and having a lot of fun doing it. We are getting more experienced and getting lots of orders lately! I am now online, which is really getting my name out there, and honestly, requiring less work to sell more.

Mom, Heather and I all took some things over to The Road Home - Homeless Shelter right before Christmas.

My car broke down about 3 weeks ago now, and then Nick's car started having problems. We figured that that was the end of our trouble but just to prove that bad things happen in threes, we had a visit from Animal Control on behaf of our young dog Bear. We are working on getting him better trained, mostly around children, I sure hope we can fix his little problem or he is going to have to go to a new home.

We are serisouly concidering moving to Massachusetts, with my Sister Kim and her family, for a number of reasons. We are looking for jobs, and a place to live and packing our things. After hearing about all of their snow it makes me want to reconcider though!!!

We just keep moving along, hoping things will work out, but I really can't wait to see the Normandin family once again!