May, June, July and August(so far) in Review

I have been behind on my blog, however a lot has been going on. Here is a review of May, June, July and August to date! Enjoy

MAY

May was a quiet month, lots of things went on at work and I finally got settled in. I do not have any pictures from May, however it was a great month! We celebrated Bryce's and May's birthday!

JUNE

Was a great month and the start of some very exciting things in the Corning family. Amy came home to visit from Provo. She is 7 months pregnant in this picture, doesn't she look cute! We had a baby shower for here while she was in town.
A couple of weeks after that we headed to Esclante for my Grandma Lyman 95th birthday!!!
A typical setting at the house in Esclante..... Here is the picture of the beautiful bench that my aunts gave to my parents for the house
JULY
We celebrated my birthday and my mom's. I also went to girls camp. No pics from my birthday yet, but here are some girls camp. All my awesome YW women's, they are amazing girls!
August

On August 11, 2010 Cannon James Dyer enter this world. His parents are Trent and Amy Dyer. I am so excited to be an Aunt and I cant wait to meet him in person!

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Mormon Message- If Stephanie can do it so can we!

Girls Weekend and Sedona

Its been a while since I have posted. Life has been a little crazy to say the least with work. But, I'm loving every minute of it at the same time. The temple was closed for two weeks for cleaning so I had some weekends to myself. The first weekend mom and Sarah came up Phoenix and spent with me. We watched movies, went shopping and just talk. It was a lot of fun and glad that they were able to come up. Hopefully we can do again soon.

I took two pictures, one of Sarah, doesn't she look beautiful!?

One of the dog, sorry Mom and didn't realize that I didn't get one of you until after the fact.

But here is a cute one of mom and dad at Easter Time

Then last weekend, I went to Sedona with Olivia, Chelsa and Suzie. We had a blast! The weather was beautiful and it was nice to get away for a weekend.

We ate some amazing food in Jerome, AZ!

Enjoyed some amazing views

Ate ice cream of course!!!

Cheers, to a great weekend, with the drink of choice Diet Coke!!!

The view from the sliding glass window of our condo, life does not get much better than this!

Did some hiking, the weather was awesome.

Chelsa and I

Olivia and Suzie

Did some deep pondering about life....

Me looking awesome!
So, when are we going again girls?!?!?!

Career Path- its long

Almost four years ago, I was in a very stressful, non healthy job situation. I started searching for a new job. I decided to start with searching on the provident living website as it was the same place I found my previous two jobs. I found one working for a FM Group in the chcurch. I had no idea at the time which department it was. I applied for the job and went for an interview. I then found out it was working for Physical Facilities Department of the church. The interview went well however the starting wage was low. I express my interest in the job but said that I had to make at least what I was currently making. I left kind of sad, because I really did not think it would be possible. A couple days later I receive a call saying that I had got the job and the paid graded that I needed. I was shocked!!! I started two week later working for the Mesa AZ FM Group as the Office Assistant. I loved my job and enjoyed what I was doing. It was a challenge and something that I had never done before. But a year into it I felt the need to go back to school. So I enrolled at University of Phoenix in their MBA program. So for the next year and half I worked full time and went to school online. It was a very hard year and half however I learned so much and not just educationally. Shortly before finishing my degree I realized that I enjoyed working for the church however I would be crazy to have my MBA and work as an Office Assistant. I had a talk with my Regional Manager and explained my situation and my interested of promoting with in. I didn't think it would happen anytime soon. I was required to take a Talent Plus test. Less then two weeks later I was promoted to the Gilbert AZ FM Group as their Assistant Facilities Manager. I have really enjoyed working at the Gilbert FM Group. I learned a great deal. I knew that in time I would be promoted as an FM, however I did not know when and where. Last month we had a meeting to realign some of the FM Groups. At that meeting my Regional manager then informed me in front on everyone else there. That the FM Manager in Tempe would be retiring by year end and he would like me to take his place. Also to start as soon as possible. That being said, my new title is Tempe AZ FM Group, Physical Facilities Manager. The past couple of weeks have been very overwhelming but a great learning experience. I know that this is where I need to be and at the right time. I had never thought I would be where I am right now. However, I also know that my life has been lead for this point in time. So, folks that is the big news!!! Wish me luck, because I am going to need a lot of it.

New Years

This year for new years once again I spent it with my family in Tucson. We had a great time and created many memories. We even got my 94 year old grandma to stay up and bring in the new year with us. Thanks for being such a great sport grandma. We once again tried to launch the hot air balloon, but it caught on fire and went up in a blaze of glory! Sarah and grandma put a lot of time and effort into getting all fixed up. I guess we will just have to build a new one for next year!

December 2009

So much happened in the month of December. I am not sure where to start! I guess we will start with my aunt and uncle coming home from their mission. They came and surprised my grandmother. I was a very sweet reunion. They spent a couple of days with my family and we had a great time with them.

The following weekend it was Christmas!!! In my family we have the tradition of the bell. "Santa" hides the bell on Christmas eve. And in order to open our gifts we have to find the bell. This in years pass has taken anywhere from 5 mins to 2 hours!!! If we want a clue we have to tell "Santa" that he is the best Santa ever. Which he is. It amazes me that even though we are all grown up this little game of finding the bell is still a VERY BIG DEAL! I do have to say that Santa did a great job this year. The picture tells all.
The bell and all its glory!

This year for Christmas my parents put a 50 dollar price limit. That work out to be about 10 dollars per person. I have to admit that Bryce's gift top them all. He gave us all rocket engines. He then helped up build our own rockets. They next day we launched them. We had so much fun. Bryce thanks for a great Christmas gift. To my other sibling, your gifts were awesome as well:)
That concludes 2009 and all its adventures! I am sure that 2010 will bring many more.