Thursday, June 13, 2013

From work surprises to first anniversaries!!!

 Job Drama
Hello my dedicated blog followers out there! I know I left you with a cliff hanger in my last post... did I take the promotion and go to the HP account? Well... I did take the job! I started in March as a new Market Analyst for the HP team!! 

As you all know I work for MarketStar which is an outsourcing company. This means that teams can come and go with a drop of a hat. Well... I received news about a month ago that the team I was hired on to work with was going away! That means one of two things for me... that I am either out of a job, or I find a new position in MarketStar. Luckily the VP of insights really likes me  (well at least I like to think so) and offered me a position in Ogden as a Market Analyst. He said it was because I was doing such a good job, and they couldn't afford to lose me. Okay... those were not the exact words, but you get the point :) This is the position I wanted in my last post. However, I really liked the HP team and I am so sad to leave them. 


First Anniversary!
Kody and I also celebrated our first anniversary last week. We both had not taken a vacation since our honeymoon last year, and decided that a trip to Seattle would be great gifts to each other. We did so many fun things on our trip, but our favorite was visiting the Pike Place Market located in downtown Seattle. This market is awesome. We could have spent a whole day in just one part of town. We would highly recommend anyone to visit Pike Place Market next time they are in Seattle. We also decided to drive just north of Seattle and visit the San Juan Islands. We stayed on Friday Harbor in a bed and breakfast. We went hiking, shopping, and kayaking. The only problem is that Kody got violently ill on our kayaking tour. Poor boy... it wasn't very much fun for him. On our last day we took a tour of the underground city of Seattle. It was awesome to learn of the cities history. I have attached some pictures of our trip. I hope you all enjoy!
There are so many deer on San Juan

Beautiful hike we took

Pike Place Market! Our favorite spot!

Eating at Beth's Cafe
 
We decided to go to a place where Adam from Man Vs. Food had a food challenge. This is HALF of what Adam attempted to eat.
 
This is Kody Vs. Food.


Food Won.
 
It was a great vacation. We had a blast!