Frustrating Catch 22

I'm frustrated. I'm trying to find a job. The thing is, everyone wants you to have experience before they hire you, but you can't get experience until someone hires you. The typical Catch 22. I've been emailing out my resume to several firms and trying to get started, but no luck yet. It is so frustrating. I just feel like I'm aimlessly looking at jobs all day.

I'm not trying to be negative. I'm grateful that I finished law school and that I passed this bar exam. I'm grateful that Elliott got into a great optometry program. I'm happy to be in Florida. I just wish this was easier.

DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!

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PASSED ALL PARTS!!!!! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! GO MOLLY, IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY, GET BUSY, DO A LITTLE DANCE, MAKE A LITTLE LOVE, GET DOWN TONIGHT!!! YEAH BABY!!!!!!

I gained a suffix today! :) Molly Snyder, Esq.

Hee hee...I like the sound of that!

Elliott's B-day

We celebrate September 11th differently than most Americans do now. Poor Elliott, the terrorist attacks have forever put a blight on his birthday! We try not to let it ruin his day though, so he opened his presents bright and early before his ever-exciting birthday started. He had to go to school, take a huge test, go to more classes, come home for 1/2 hour to change clothes and go do a financial assessment of some lady in our ward who needs assistance. He finally came home at 8:30 and then we got to play games with another couple for a while. To make up for his not-so-fun birthday, I put together a party for the next day. We had a BBQ pool party and about 20 showed up for it. It was super fun, but unfortuneately I was too busy dealing with the food that I forgot to take pictures. O'well! It was sure fun! Happy Birthday Elliott!.

I got Elliott a GPS system for the car. He was totally surprised and excited since he's been wanting one for a while now. I got a killer deal thanks to one of my parent's friends.

I also got him the game "And It Came to Pass." We played this game with a couple here and totally loved it, so I got it while I was in St. George. We recommend it...it's not really Mormon-y at all...it's like Stacy's Golf game for all you Garrards out there. :)

My Student Doctor

I ended up going to the White Coat Ceremony - sort of. I waited with a friend outside until they came out and then took some pictures. I'm proud of my husband and for all of his hard work. He somehow manages to balance school, studying, Elder's quorum president duties, and husband duties so well. He's such a light in my life, and I wouldn't trade him for anything. I love you Elliott!

O.D. = Optemetric Doctor...not the other kind of OD. :)
I wish they could've spelled his name correctly. They even had him write it out in these box things so they would be sure, and they still managed to screw it up. We're trying to get them to redo it.

The surprise trip pics!

I decided last-minute to go home for a while. I wanted to make it a surprise, so the only person who knew I was coming was my mom. She helped me set it all up. She told Annie that she'd be arriving in Las Vegas on Thursday around 11:00 since she and Annie and Shelby were going to go to Colorado on Friday. So Annie stayed home that morning waiting for mom. Instead of Mom, though, it was me!! It was so great to see Annie's dumbfounded look. She had no idea what was going on and was like "where's mom?" Haha! I told her mom wasn't coming until Friday morning, but she got me instead. So then on Friday, me, Annie, Shelby, and Mom flew to Colorado to see our grandparents. That was a horrible trip. There was a lot of drama because of a sort-of family feud that is going on on my mom's side of the family. Luckily we only stayed until Sunday morning. We drove back to Colorado Springs and stopped to see my half-brother Steve and his wife Jen. Steve had to work, but we went to his work to see him. Jen took us to the Garden of the Gods park, which was absolutely beautiful. Then Steve was able to take a lunch break and we all had lunch at a really yummy salad place. It was really fun seeing them! Then we flew back to Las Vegas and drove to Logandale to meet Matt, Haley and their kids and my dad. It was supposed to be a surprise for them too, but with all the Colorado drama, Mom let it slip to Papa that I was there and Annie let it slip to Haley and Matt that I was there. But Treyson didn't know I was coming, so he was excited to see me! We went to the lake on Monday, which I love doing! Then we drove to Saint George. Jamie still didn't know I was there, so I went and surprised her. The twins were way excited to see me and Jamie was shocked. It was really fun surprising them! I stayed until Saturday, Sept 8. It was really fun and I got my hair cut even shorter than the last time I cut it. I needed a short do for this crazy Florida humid weather! It was shocking at first, but now I love it. (you can see it in the last picture above). I had such a great time with my family, and I was sad to leave, but excited to get to see my hubby. Thanks for a great trip Mom and Papa! :)

Surprise!

Plane tickets: $565
Car ride to Annie's house: $10
Keeping a secret with my mom: hard, but $0
Seeing the surprised and confused look on Annie's face when I showed up at her door: priceless!

Little Miss Crafty

Since I haven't had much on my plate these days, with no school to attend or job to go to, I've turned to crafts to keep me busy. I'm pretty proud of my craftiness, so I thought I'd post a couple pics. This one is bingo for my little primary class. My kids need to start out with a game because they just don't quite have a 3 hour attention span yet. It helps calm them down and therefore teaching them is much easier if I start with a game. I colored 10 bingo cards plus the cue card things. Then I mounted them on orange cardstock and then laminated them. Didn't seem like that big of a project until I started doing it. Holy crap, took forever!

These are the cutest things ever. They are paper purses and I made 5 matching cards for each purse. I gave two to the two girls I visit teach. They were meant as cards for when you just can't seem to get to see your girls you visit teach...just to let that girl that she is loved. But, one of my girls doesn't visit teach anyone, so I told her she could just use them as thank you cards. This was a fun project that turned out so cute. I kept one for myself. :)

I've also been working on a Christmas advent calander/sewing project. It is proving to be quite a big project and a learning experience. I love to sew, but I admit I have so much to learn about quilting, and this advent calander involves quilting. Luckily my friend Barbara is super good at it and has taught me a lot. I'll post pics of that doosie of a project when it is done...sometime before Christmas. :)