Rainy Day at The Park

Last week I took the two youngest kids to the park.  The park is just around the corner from the house so I packed a picnic and put them in the wagon and we walked to the park. When we left the house it was a little cloudy so I grabbed jackets for the kids and an umbrella in case it rained. It has rained for a little bit each day I have been here, some days it rains for only like five minutes and then some days it rains for a hour and stops. But anyways, after we were done with our picnic it started raining so bad! Luckily there are lots of trees in New Jersey and the park was surrounded by trees so we sat under a tree for a little bit hoping that the storm would pass by quickly. Unfortunately the storm wasn't going to pass by quickly and it just kept getting worse so i covered the kids up in a towel that they were sitting on and I used the umbrella and we started walking home in the pouring rain.  But we got very lucky and just minutes after we started walking the mom drove by on her way to the house and she picked us up and took us home! So after all we made it home fairly dry :) 

Nanny Life

I am sorry that I haven't been keeping my blog updated.  But I am in New Jersey now and have been for two weeks, and I am loving it so far! It is very different from Utah but it is good for me to experience something new.  I am a nanny for three kids, ages 13 months (boy), 5 (girl) and 7 (girl). The nanny job keeps me very very busy during the day and by the time the day is over I am ready for bed! I sometimes wish that I could lay down for a nap everyday just like Ryan does (the youngest). My day starts off at 7:45, I help get the kids up for the day and help with breakfast, after breakfast the two girls usually have something scheduled, whether it is some sort of camp, play date, or some other type of activity. The children back east are involved in almost everything you can think of, they stay very busy! Anyways, after driving the girls around to where ever they need to be, Ryan and I come home and play or go for a walk, and then it is nap time for Ryan and usually laundry time for me.  Ryan usually sleeps through lunch time so when he wakes up we have lunch and then we are out the door to go pick up the girls from their activities. After we all arrive back at home we usually play for a little bit and then the parents come home and it is dinner time and I am officially off work :) 5:45.  Well that is pretty much how every day goes, Monday-Friday, and the weekend is all mine! 

  I have met a few other nannies here, two of them are in the same town as I am and I also met two others that are in a town close by. I have been out with them a couple times and it has been really fun.  They are all from Europe so they have awesome accents and say the funniest things! We all went to ice cream one night and then another day we went to the mall and to a movie. It is so fun talking to them about what they think about the states and how the states are so different from their home land. I hope to become good friends with them and do some site seeing together! 

I have also met a lot of great people through my ward that I go to.  I go to a family ward that is about twenty minutes away from where I live. The people in the ward are so nice and welcoming, which helps a lot since I just go by myself to church.  The first week I was here a family in my ward invited Talisha (she used to be the nanny for the family I am with) and I over for Fathers Day dinner. For all you football fans, it was Bart Oates house that we went to, former center for the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers.  His house was beautiful and the food was very good! And last Sunday a family in my ward invited me over for dinner with them and the missionaries, once again the food was excellent! I am so thankful for all the wonderful families in my ward and for treating me so good.