Bahhhhh Blogging is HARD!

HOW DO PEOPLE HAVE TIME TO BLOG???

I see people who post all the time and I can barely get one every 6 months!

Well it actually seems like a lot of people do but I am not one of them. I am proud of myself when I have time to actually cook a real meal. I currently have 3 "pending" posts that now have little meaning since the events they were about were a long time ago. They were titled "Thanksgiving Tenderloin", "Surfing in Provo" and "The Satan Stone". If you already know what they were about WAY TO GO! If not... just make something up because that will probably be more exciting than what I was going to write anyways! :D
Well I did take a picture of the satan stone... so here it is:

So small... but o so painful.

ANYWAYS.... Life has been flying by and I seem to be constantly busy but somehow I feel like I am not accomplishing much. Why is life that way? Maybe I should start saving all my to do lists, so that someday if I need proof that I did things I can pull them out and say "SEE... There is a check there! I did something!!" Yes, the check may be next to "make my bed" but sometimes that's hard to remember to do! ...Hmm maybe I wont after all.

So I will make this blog post my proof. Proof to myself,  and proof to the world of unbelievers (in my doing things) that I have indeed accomplished THINGS! So without further ado here is a list of things I have done in the last few months:

Man I love lists...


#1. Left the BlenderBottle Company to work at LDS Philanthropies!

So this is probably the biggest change that has happened since I last posted. (Sorry to those of you who were hoping for a baby announcement, that's still waiting for approval.) But this is HUGE for me! While I was still at BYU, I worked at LDSP as a student caller at the Telefund. I was made a student supervisor soon after I started there and I LOVED IT! I started there right after my mission and so I loved the fact that I got to talk to people and ask them to help in building God's kingdom by making donations to BYU or one of the Church's many other donating avenues. And the people were AMAZING. The Telefund hired people who were good at talking on the phone... so that translates into people who like to talk in general, which... lets be honest is exactly what this Chatty Cathy needs! I remember when Benson and I were first dating and we would walk together on campus and I would say hi to all the people I knew as I walked around campus and there were lots. Benson mentioned once that he wished he was as "popular" as I was. I just giggled and said something like "O ... stop!" when in my head  I was thinking ... I know all of them from the Telfund and they are just the type of people that go out of their way to say "hello". But Benson didn't need to know that at the time cuz it felt o so good to be popular. hahaha

The point is, I was sad to leave the Telefund after I graduated. I actually applied for a job that was WAY ABOVE me right after I graduated at LDSP because I just wanted so bad to stay part of it. The funny thing is the job I applied for then was given to the guy who is now my boss. Little did he know the great competition he had when he applied. :D But soon after that I got my sweet job working at BlenderBottle. I loved it there and was so sad to leave because of the GREAT people I worked with. I also miss the noise there. During the day my office is so quiet. Sometimes I talk out loud just so I can her a voice... :D

I was at BlenderBottle for almost a year when I got a call from my previous boss Sarah Killen, telling me that somethings were changing around and that she was moving up and that she wanted someone as her assistant that she could rely on. I agreed with her and told her she should find someone just like that and wished her luck in her pursuit. But she wasn't finished. She explained that she wanted me. ME??? What? I have a job. NO WAY. I told her I would get back to her because I had some big time thinking to do. Benson and I prayed about it and Heavenly Father let us know that LDSP was the place to be. I was super nervous to tell my boss at BlenderBottle that I was leaving but I knew that she would understand because she was so AMAZING! So I put in my 2 weeks notice and made the switch!

So my official title is the Telefund Staff Assistant but I am pretty much the assistant manager. I get to work with around 70 student employees, along with a huge full time staff at LDSP. I have to say it is a wonderful thing to wake up each morning and know that I get to go to work for the Church! I get to help build The Kingdom for WORK! Be jealous! IT IS THE BEST! We start our week with a devotional and prayer as full time employees and then at the Telefund we start each shift with a prayer and devotional. It does not get much better than that!


#2. I have THREE siblings on missions now!!

So two of them were already gone when we last blog-spoke but we now have a third!! With the new age minimum for missionaries to serve there has truly been an influx in missionaries. It is such a great time to be alive and means we need to work even harder to find people who want to hear the Gospel. However all three of our siblings would have gone out at this time regardless of the age change. It is really cool though!

Kevin Tom Wadsworth (my cute little brother) is serving in Omaha, Nebraska and will actually be home in November. I am super DEEE duper excited for him to come home so he and Benson can be best buds. They had only met a few times before Kevin left. He is a STUD. He is currently the zone leader in his area and sends us super funny emails. He has always been witty but now he is spiritual AND witty. SO great.. .so so SO great!

Megan Tanner (Benson's younger sister) is serving in Richmond, Virginia. She had a tough few first companions but she took it like a CHAMP! Now she is in a great area with wonderful companions and so shes doing even better! She sends the funniest birthday cards. I am so proud of her!

Jake Tanner (Benson's younger brother) recently left to serve in Des Moines, Iowa. It was so cute when he got his call he said sounded out Des Moines phonetically, making it sound VERY exotic! Which I am sure it is! He has only been out a couple months but is loving it. He even sent us a picture with his shirt off to show how he is growing muscles! :D 

Benson got to see Jake at the MTC because he is a teacher there! 

#3. I have a new niece! 

Baby Raegan Linda Wadsworth was born on November 17th to Kyle and Lauren Wadsworth. She is named after my beautiful Aunt Linda that passed away from cancer about 7 years ago. Unfortunately they were living in Kansas at the time and so I still have yet to experience that whole "look at the baby through the window" thing you see in all the movies. Someday... So Raegan is my first niece  I now have a nephew, the ever adorable Janson Dale Wadsworth and now A NIECE, Raegan! 

I loove love love watching Benson hold and play with babies. We first got to meet Raegan when Kyle and Lauren brought her to Vegas for Christmas. She was barely a month old and so she did not smile much yet but Benson, whom we call the baby whisperer (that used to be me ..sad) got her to smile and I captured this gem:

Yea... She is smiling :D

She is super adorable and I am so glad she is part of my family. Here are a couple of my favorite pictures of her and yes I did buy her the cute outfit on the right:

#4. I have started working as and ordinance worker at the Provo Temple

Benson and I decided that this would be a good time in our lives for us to work at the temple. I go to the temple straight after work and work until about 10:30pm. It makes for an exhausting day but I LOVE IT! I love the things I learn and the Spirit I feel. And... I LOVEEEEEE THE OLD PEOPLE I WORK WITH! Yea they are just the cutest. 

#5. I have two bearded dragons.

Ok I have had them for a bit now but they are just so AWESOME that I wanted to show you. I may be a crazy lizard lady to you but just FYI... it could be much worse. Their previous owner told me she used to take them to the grocery store with her. YUMMMY... not. I have taken them to Petco with me and all the little kids LOVE to run up and meet them. So at least the children don't judge me.

Picasso (AKA Tre): He lost a leg after a bad fall with a previous owner so he only has three legs (hence the Tre). He loves, pineapple, baths, bugs and Sunny.

This video is just cute.

Sunny (AKA Digger): She loves snuggling (ok its digging but I like to pretend she is trying to cuddle), cucumber, yams and her own reflection (much to Picasso's dismay). 

#5. Yard sale season has started again! 

I don't think many people understand how excited this makes me. I love a good deal. I will try and post a compilation of my best finds throughout the summer. Be prepared to be wowed. I just got a Vera Bradley tote for 5 bucks today. I think I should start teaching yard sale-ing classes. I learned from my mother who learned from a yard sale-ing pro and so now after years and years of doing it. I WIN! 

Well thanks for reading this. Hopefully it wasn't too boring. I just want you to know. We're doing things over here!! :D 

Kaitlyn