10 days later...

So the last post was all about Lindsay and how I had the luckiest Friday the 13th a girl could ask for.  Well, ladies and gentlemen, this past Monday, the 23rd (exactly 10 days after I was hired) was another lucky day for the Yates family.   And I am here to tell you why...

As our close friends and family know, Daren has been interviewing for various accounting positions in/around the Salt Lake City area.  He had received a phone call initiating a call-back interview for this past Monday for a company by the name of Boart Longyear, which confirmed that he was 1 of 2 front runners for the position they were hiring for.  While he was in the two hour long interview, he missed a phone call from Hoyt Archery - another company he had interviewed for the previous week.  When he checked his message from Hoyt, he heard Susan's voice requesting a call back from him ASAP.  Of course, he called right away, and that is when Daren was offered the position of being Hoyt Archery's new Cost Accountant.  Absolutely thrilled, he called his wife and told her the great news!  However, in just interviewing a second time for Boart Longyear and knowing he was a front runner, he realized he needed to let them know he had been offered a position for another company and would like to hear their offer if they were willing to give it.  So he did just that, and it wasn't 12 hours later that Boart Longyear called and ALSO offered Daren a position with their company...   

2 job offers in 2 days.  NBD.  

 

After careful consideration and much discussing, Daren will be starting his career for  

as their new Cost Accountant starting on August 6th! 

We are thrilled!!  Not only is it an amazing position, but it is for Hoyt Archery!  

We all know that hunting is just a small obsession of Daren's, and for him to get to work for a hunting company on top of being their Cost Accountant is definitely a double whammy! 

I cannot believe that we have both accepted careers in just ten short days between one another.  We are feeling so blessed and could not be more thrilled for one another, as well as ourselves.  

So there ya have it... 

Daren and Lindsay have:

Graduated from college, 

gotten married, 

moved to a new city,

and started new careers...

all in 2 months.

We're grown ups now.  

Weird.

Lindsay's LUCKY Friday the 13th

So the old wise tale is that Friday the 13^th is always unlucky.  Well, guess what?  Forget that!  Forget that in Ancient Rome, Friday was execution day and in Britain, Friday was customarily Hanging Day.  Forget the association with the number 13 and the superstition it carries in order to make it where cities don't have a 13^th Street or Avenue, highways often do not have a 13^th exit, airports do not have a 13^th gate, and hotels and buildings don't have floors or rooms numbered 13… Have you ever noticed those things?  How about combining the two together to make the dreadful 
Friday the 13^th?  Yah, well forget those superstitions... Ya know why?

Because for this girl, Friday, July 13^th, 2012 was anything BUT unlucky.  

That's right.  I had an extremely 

LUCKY day yesterday!  Why?  

I was hired for my dream position!!

I, Lindsay Yates, 

will be teaching Kindergarten 

for the 2012-2013 school year 

at Sunset Elementary!

GAHH!  I am so excited!!  Ever since I was blessed to be in Miss Renee's Kindergarten class during my Level III placement, I have known that kindergarten is where I belong as a teacher.  There is something about those sweet, innocent, children coming into a classroom and learning all of the initial, but essential, steps to being successful in life.  There is nothing more rewarding as a teacher to watch your students come into your classroom and go from simply learning to recognize numbers and letters, to applying that knowledge to be able to add equations and read actual words.  I am feeling so unbelievably blessed right now and cannot wait to meet my kinders!  

[Here I am, glowing and gleaming 

in front of my new school!]

Wanna know what else is lucky?  

Last night, on our hott date, I found 2 new pairs of teaching pants for only $10 each, and an adorable Volcom leopard print maxi skirt for a whopping $6.49!  Totaling at a big $28?  Um yah, you know I'll take 'em!

Hello!  I have finally started a blog for the Yates family.   

As you know, Mr. Daren Michael and I tied the knot on  
Saturday, May 19, 2012.   
2 months ago in just 6 short days.  
Wow, I can't believe it's been that long - It's gone by too fast! 

We have been able to spend most of our married lives enjoying the
 company of our wonderful families on

vacations and in various other celebrations.  

I've decided to post some pictures from our [wedding day] 

and what we've been up to so far in our short 2 months of marriage... Enjoy!  

[Our Wedding Day]

Honeymoon

[Cabo San Lucas]

 [Puerto Vallarta]

Family Times

[Lake Powell]

 [Birthday Time!]

 [4th of July at Flaming Gorge]

 [Golfing in Bear Lake]