Saturday, July 18, 2009

Terrence and Laura (Pabst) Mills

WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO SINCE HIGH SCHOOL

After two years of having a long distance relationship, Terrence and I were married on June 6, 2003 in the Manti temple. We spent our honeymoon moving Terrence to Denver where he started working for Savage Services in Boulder and I worked as a department manager at Michaels craft store. We both worked full time and I went to school, graduating from my program in May. We welcomed our first little girl Kylie into our family on September 2004 (about 2 1/2 years earlier than the original plan). In April of 2006, Terrence was given the opportunity to transfer job locations to New Orleans, Louisiana. He moved to the deep south to work at the Valero oil refinery as a Lead Safety Specialist and Kylie and I joined him 5 weeks later. We LOVED the experience of living there. Our little Kylie even started to develop a southern accent. We made a lot of great friends, got to experience Mardi Gras and learned how to cook like the locals. Our sweet little Madison was born in Baton Rouge in January of 2007, but she didn't get to experience the south for long. Terrence finally decided what he wanted to be when he grew up, and there was no way on earth I would send my girls to school in the Louisiana school systems, so...we made the most bold and daring choice of our lives. In August of 2007 Terrence ended his employment with Savage and we spent the next two months apart while Terrence moved to Utah to look for jobs and enroll in school. He is now working full-time for Schreiber foods in Logan, Utah while going to school (yes, also full-time) at USU majoring in mechanical/aerospace engineering. Right now, I get to stay home and focus all of my time on being a mom to two pretty amazing girls. When the time is right, I will get to go back to school and further my career. Terrence and I are still each others best friends. We have an amazing relationship and spend any free time we have outdoors. Life is pretty chaotic most of the time, but we definately have fun in the midst of it all!