My 2013 in review

As 2013 comes to a close I look back on what this year has brought me:

At the beginning of this year my daughter Alexia decided she wanted to be baptized. I myself, am not religious but I was so proud of my daughter for following her heart and getting baptized!! It was truly a wonderful day!

On Easter, we all gathered at my parents house like always and had a wonderful dinner with some Easter Egg hunting! Both my siblings and their significant others came but unfortunately my Nephews and Niece were unable to attend. It was still a wonderful day! 

While I was working at Vivint I made a lot of friends, but only two really touched my life in a way that a part of them will always be in my heart. 

This is my friend Stephen. He is always smiling. He reminds me to not take life so seriously and to breath. Thank you for being such a positive person in my life. :) 

This is my friend Deven. We worked together everyday for almost a year. It was a running joke at work that he was my "work husband" even though we've never been more than friends. Lol Deven always listened to my drama and never made me feel like I was bothering him. Thank you for always being my sounding board.

I must make a spot in my review of 2013 to post some pictures of me and my siblings. We are such freaks sometimes but I wouldn't change anything. There's always smiles and laughter when they are around. I love my brother and sister so much. I have no idea what I'd do without them. 

In July my childhood (and adulthood) best friend came to visit from California!! I haven't seen in since 2009!!! I only got to see her for a few hours but it was so awesome!! We went to Leatherby's and just hung out at my parents talking afterwards. It was so nice catching up! 

Another fun day in July, it rained really good at my parents house so my entire family (that was present) decided to go outside and play in the puddles. It was such a blast! I just love how active and fun my family is. :) 

In August I finally got to see my Nephews and Niece after months of not being able to align my schedule with my brothers. It was so needed!! I missed their faces so much and my kids sure missed their cousins!

Here's a group picture of all of them :) 

In October we did our annual family Pumpkin Patch trip to pick out pumpkins with all the Grand-kids. :) 

On Halloween my kids went all out with their costumes! Alexia was an Imperial Queen, Austen was a Red Samri Ranger, Alyssa was Cinderella, Aspen was Minnie Mouse, and Aydn was Chucky (Don't judge lol)

Then came the holidays!!! Thanksgiving was so delicious as always because my mother spends two days preparing for everything! She is such a wonderful cook! :) Christmas as well came with family and food and I loved every second of it. :)  I got to see my Niece and Nephews again on Christmas too, as well as spend some time with Andrew's family. :) 

This year has been very kind to me. I have made some really good friends along the way. Either they moved in next door to me, I met them working or met them at a friends house. :) I hope 2014 brings me as much love, laughter and happiness that 2013 did. :) 

Just a random thought at 2:00 in the morning.

The world is such a strange place.....

 I look around and I see all the beautiful things the world has to offer and yet everyday on the news I am reminded of all the ugliness this world has to offer too. To think that 1.8 deaths occur every second. This translates to 105 people every minute, 6,319 per hour and 151,650 people per day. Therefore, this means approximately 55,503,922 people die every year and I am fortunate enough to have only lost Grandparents. It leaves me feeling humble and extremely grateful.

I watch Criminal Minds, Law & Order etc and to think that every second someone is losing a family member or a loved one, is just unnerving. I don't go a day without thinking of one of my family members and praying nothing bad happens to them, that they aren't in the "wrong place at the wrong time". I couldn't imagine losing anyone I love in such a manner.

Not to advertise my previous company buuuut I am extremely grateful for my security system. I feel secure knowing that when I walk in my house I don't have to worry about someone hiding in a closet or under a bed. Every entry way of my house (window or door) is secure with a secure (if it's opened or closed) and a glass break detector (it detects glass breaking duh). Someone would literately have to break through a wall to get into my house undetected.

To think of all the people that are attacked in their homes, children that are taken out of their rooms in the middle of the night etc and have no warning, no chance to do anything......I wish everyone would invest in a security system. Mainly I wish my loved ones would. I would feel a lot better knowing they were secure as I am.

I don't know if it's the shows I watch, the news I read or just experiencing life but I swear I get more paranoid the older I get. I am totally going to be that freak that lives in a basement, eating my own hair one of these days. lol Seriously though, this world is a strange place. It has so much beauty all around and so much evil walking among us. I say live your life to the fullest, but take precautions to protect your loved ones too. A gun won't help you if you have no warning. A dog is a good safety measure but a security system is even better.

I will end this blog with this final thought: Having Vivint for 4 months now I consider it something I HAVE to have. Feeling the security I do, knowing that within SECONDS there's someone over the panel talking to me, making sure everything is okay is worth more to me then internet, cable etc. I have multiple false alarms a week from my children dropping something or forgetting the system is armed and opening a door and I rest easy every day knowing there's someone watching over my family 24'7.

-Jamie Lynn

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Work, moving and nuggets!

Wow! It has been a long time since I took a minute to update my blog.

 First I'd like to start off by saying that after a year I no longer work at Vivint. I walk away from working there with a lot of great memories and some life long friends. I was extremely sad for about a week but then decided to change my way of thinking and decided that I no longer work there because there's something else in store for me. I will always think very highly of Vivint and I believe in that company with all my heart.

Second, I am moving back to Salt Lake soon!!! I am sooooo excited!!! I only see my family once or twice a month living 45 minutes away and I can't wait to live closer so I can see everyone more often! I have been living in a duplex for 2 1/2 years and it will be super nice to live in a house again. I don't like living a wall apart from another family. Too much noise. As soon as I get settled I plan on starting college (finally) and pursuing my career dream of being a pediatric!

Lastly, I haven't worked since the 14th of November and it's been so nice to have this time with my children. I have been working so much for the last two years and I have really missed them. It's nice to be able to get up with them in the morning, take them to school, do lunch, homework, dinner etc. I love hearing about their day when they get home. I am sad that next month I will be returning to work but I can't wait to feel financially stable again and provide a wonderful life for my nuggets. :)