After much deliberation and hard work (on Jason's part) we have accepted a full time position!

Where could it be you ask?

Perhaps it is where:

 

Big Tex resides

 The Alamo fell

 Where meat is king :)

 Gorgeous bluebonnets line the highways

 The Cowboys call home

And specifically where these guys play:

 

That's right ladies and gentlemen, Jason has accepted an offer to work for Dell Inc. in Austin, Texas. Although he had a couple other great offers, this one fits us just right! He has also been accepted to their leadership development program so it should be a great experience for him.

We look forward to warm weather, great music, AMAZING FOOD and all the adventures that await us!

Downtown Austin

I will start looking for a job as it gets closer and we will decide where to live and what to do in the meantime before the job starts, but for now we are just excited to have a place to call home!

Half Way There

As promised here are pictures of our Labor Day weekend trip to Idaho.

The whole Thomas family got out Saturday morning for the Pocatello marathon.
Jedd went first since he was running the full marathon at about 4am.
Jason followed at around 6 am for the half marathon.
Michael and Camie went next around 7 for the 10K.
Finally, Karen and I got up around 9:30 to cheer on the troops!

Here are Michael and Camie running to the finish line.

Here is Jason crossing the finish line for his 13.1 miles! You are half way to the whole marathon honey!

Here are all the family runners:

This day was also Jedd's bday so he got to open up all his presents and a letter from Brady (he is on his mission).

Then on labor day we went to the Bannock County Fair and it was a blast! We ate so much fried food!

Jason liked these bunnies

Karen and the mini pony

Ostrich at the petting zoo

With our foot long corndog...mmmm

Jason wasted $5 on this game. He thought he could beat it. They saw sucker on his forehead!

The famous tiger ear from Idaho!

We had lots of fun with Jason's family and Jason did so good with his half! Oct 2nd he is running the full marathon in St. George with his dad. Should be lots of fun!

Encore!

As a wife, I get special privileges, one big one being that I get to say how proud of my husband I am.

This week Jason received a special honor at work.
Jason received the "Encore Award" in "Recognition of Special Achievement" for working on some doodad at work (the project name won't mean anything more to you than it did to me).
But it does make me very proud!

As well as being a very big honor for him, quite impressive for an intern, he also received a framed certificate [nifty] and a nice little cash bonus [really nifty].

Please congratulate him and make him blush!!

Sincerely,
The Proud Wife