KerMatt: Spring Coming!

It's been a busy past couple of weeks for KerMatt... and we're loving Spring coming!

School, school, and school for Matt as he gears up for his last month before his Undergrad Graduation. He has also found a huge interest in our financial health - especially with the introduction of a new "Money Merge Account" program. After weeks of research and driving his wife crazy he finally invested in a program that will help us manage debt and minimize what we pay in interest. He loves talking about this program and will tell you all about it now that he is an independent agent for United First Financial. Check out http://u1stfinancial.com/canceldebt for more information.

He has also taken to trying to institute new rules in our home: such as "you get 1 bowl, 1 cup, and 1 spoon per week" and "if you have not bought more bowls in 2 weeks, I am bringing home the old plastic Wal-Mart bowls that are at Derek's house."

Matt is enjoying his new Dell laptop, of course, which is quite chic and definitely an upgrade from my old work laptop he has humbly been sporting around school to his techie classmates and friends. He also won a new XBox 360 game in a Microsoft drawing at school. He recently interviewed with the Church but was turned down due to not being able to guarantee full-time work in the fall. Keri was also turned down from the Alliance For A Healthier Generation position. But all is well and we both still truly blessed with only more fabulous opportunities still to come.

Some other funny quotes from Matt recently include:
"Thank you for leaving out some of the flavored water last night. I killed that crap when I got home." That flavored water would be Crystal Lights packets and "killed that crap" means that he drank it all.
"You put an onion in the garbage, really?! What were you thinking? Are you trying to make our home smell like Dwight Shrute's beet farm?"

I have been spending time lately helping my old roomie, Mary, plan for her upcoming wedding and attending her bridal showers and bachelorette party. After Mary's wedding Friday, I flew home to Fairfield to spend a week with my family because I have to take the week off due to furlough time at work.

I am looking forward to the vacation but also hesitant to leave Matt since he seems to forget to eat and then falls apart. Though he says that if he orders pizza early on, he can live on that until Thursday (free pizza day at school).

I finally finished my curtains, which my Aunt Liana helped me make. She showed me how to understand the pattern and cut them out. Then she gave me a quick refresher course on how to use the sewing machine and sent me home with the machine to sew them myself. I was nervous but I found that I really enjoyed the sewing. And I love my curtains! They are not perfect by any means but they actually turned out pretty good. And now I'm hoping to make some matching place mats and a table runner.

I'm really turning into quite a Domestic Diva, it's weird :). I also went to the cannery for the first time and put together a little food storage for KerMatt. Our ward has really been pushing Provident Living and self-reliance and I am grateful for all of the advice and opportunities we are given to learn and prepare.

We love you all and hope all is well in each of your lives!

- KerMatt

My homemade curtains (you cant tell from this pic but they are red & white polka dots)

Mary (one of my bestest friends) and her new husband, Tyler, during their reception.

I'm so happy for these two and she had one of the most beautiful receptions I have ever seen - including her gorgeous dress, which was made by one of the bridesmaids, Charlotte.

Pikey, me & Charlotte (talented dressmaker) I recently chopped my hair and dyed it darker again (much against my husband's preferences but when it comes down to it, I'm going to be a lot happier than he will be sad).