Tornados :(

So...we had another scare with a tornado again on Wednesday. Geez, I feel like they are following us! jk They really do scare me so bad, especially after seeing first hand all of the desruction they cause and from hearing of all the deaths so far this year from them. There first was one in Joplin Missouri that came through on Sunday night and they said it was one of the worst tornados in history. Then on Tuesday a couple hit in Oklahoma and hit a dozen or so people. On Wednesday they had our area on a tornado warning and we were in one of the highest risk areas.We had the weather channel on pretty much all day and watched as about a dozen tornados were going through and wiping out cities and homes in states all around us. Then at about six or so the city sirens went off here in Memphis and that meant it was our turn. The only place the hotel had for us to go was in the stair wells of the hotel, so that is where most of us wives went to sit it out. I had told Tyler earlier that the news said a tornado was heading right towards us and asked that he come back to the hotel to be with me but he got called on a job and never made it back to the hotel. He hung out in some random persons house until they told us the storm had passed...I really didn't like that he wasn't there with me. The sky's turned black  and it started raining and hailing really hard. I thought for sure one was going to hit us, and I didn't feel too safe sitting in the stair  well of our hotel, but that is the best we could do. Most of us wives were freaking out in the stair well and a lot of the guys thought the sky looked cool and they sat outside to watch, which we didn't think was very smart. A few of the sales reps saw funnel clouds come down, one was right over our hotel, but none actually touched the ground in our area. There were a bunch that hit in cities above us and below us but not any where we are at luckily. After a few hours the storm had past and we had made it through another tornado scare. I hope we don't have too many more of these! It really made me miss Utah though...I feel so much safer there!! Here are some pics...

This is a picture of the sky when the storm was heading in....it looks pretty cool but scary at the same time!

Here are us wives hanging out in the stair well ha

And here is some of us once the guys got there...Tyler still wasn't there :(

   

Summer 2011...so far!

So far the summer is going pretty good. Tyler has caught on to the job really well and seems to be liking it. He has installed about 30 jobs on his own so far. We were in Albany Georgia and they were doing really well until the sales reps ran out of area to knock in...then they decided to move us to Memphis Tennessee for a week or two until we can all get licensed in Alabama. So, on Sunday we packed up our things and drove seven hours to Memphis. We are staying in a Hilton Suites hotel and they are pretty nice. They feed us breakfast and dinner at this hotel, plus we have a kitchen in our room which is super nice. In Albany our hotel room didn't even have a mini fridge or microwave so we had to get very creative with our meals...we are grateful to be in these hotels now. Memphis is really nice and we are in a good area here. We haven't really had time to explore around yet but we have everything right by us. We are planning on going to Graceland one of these mornings to see all of the Elvis stuff. I will post pictures of that when we get a chance to go there.

Last Saturday a bunch of us wives drove down to Panama City Beach in Florida for Karissa's birthday. It was a little over three hours away from where we were staying in Georgia and we figured since we were so close we needed to go there. It was so much fun and we are planning on going back with our husbands at the end of the summer when we get to Montgomery, Alabama. The beach had perfect white sand and the ocean was so blue and everything was very pretty. The water was really salty but it was a good tempature so that was nice. Here are some pics of our trip to the beach...

This is Me, Shay, and Karissa in the car on the way down

Karissa and I...we just pulled up to the beach and were waiting for the other girls to get there.

All of us playing in the water :)

All of us...Karissa, Bexi, Olivia, Kailee, Me, Michelle, and Shay!

Laying out

This is the sand castle we made :)

Shay and Karissa made me into a mermaid ha

There was this cool building in Panama right by the beach and if you can't tell the building is upside down.

There was a Ripley's Believe It Or Not building and inside was this car made out of over 23 thousand gold coins from England.

This was also at Ripleys...it is a lady statue made out of junk. ha

Just us

Panama City Beach, Florida

Georgia :)

So we have been in Georgia for over a week now and we are both loving it! We get to spend every morning and afternoon together and it has been wonderful. We usually get up and make waffles and then go work out at the gym in the mornings. Then we relax in our room and get ready for the day. Tyler usually doesn't have to go install any systems till about 4 or so, sometimes later and sometimes earlier. So we get to spend most of the day together. The only bad thing is he usually gets home late from working :(

While he is gone working I hang out with the other wives that are here with Vivint (Karissa, Shay, Michelle, and Bexi). We lay out by the pool most days and usually make a Wal Mart stop every day. We go and work out at nights too so I'm doing double time at the gym on some days. Speaking of the gym, I love it!! We are staying at the Marriott here in Albany and we get to go to this gym that is just down the road for free. It is a way nice gym and has everything! I wish we could take this gym with us when we go to Alabama!

Yesterday we went to a lake  with the guys and had a picnic. Then we went to the city park in downtown Albany. It was lots of fun and is very pretty. Here are some pics of us yesterday and also some with us girls on other days:

                                                                Lake Loretta

We only saw one turtle, but at least we saw one!

Riverside Park in downtown Albany

These were huge piano keys as the sidwalk.

Downtown Albany in front of a government building

Hanging out by the pool

Back at Lake Loretta

Feeding the ducks and geese

Standing on the piano keys are the Ray Charles Plaza

Ray Charles Plaza

Posing at Lake Loretta again...Karissa and I

Huge Turtle in front of the government building in downtown Albany

Sorry for all of the pictures and that they weren't in any particular order ha. I am still trying to figure out how to do everything on this blog so hopefully I will get better at it soon :). Also Tyler and I brought our camera but forgot the cord to hook it up to our computer. So as of now I have no way of downloading our pictures on here. Thanks to Shay and Karissa for taking our pictures and for letting me steal them from you!!