Milestones and Special Occasions

This week, I was able to join NATE\’s Legislative and Regulatory Council in Washington DC for our Spring meeting circuit to speak with elected officials on policies regarding closing the digital divide and improving workforce development in our industry. We packed 16 meetings into two days, so it was definitely a busy, but very productive

That’s a wrap on our big trip of 2024: Zion National Park! Dan and I, my parents as well as my sister and Tanner took off for Utah for 8 days of vacation – the longest vacation I’ve taken in a LONG time. It was so long I almost felt guilty for taking that much

Oof it was a crazy week. From Friday to Friday I put in over 80 hours of work and travel for our annual show and I’m ready for some sleep!  This was my second NATE UNITE show and one of my coworkers joked with me before we left that they took it easy on me

That\’s a wrap on another year! This will be my last blog post of 2023, which just seems crazy. This is always one of my favorite blogs to write because it gives me the opportunity to look back on the year and reminisce on the highlights. I highly encourage you to do the same! I

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! I absolutely love this time of year, spending time with family and eating way too much good food. It\’s a little weird that we are going to have a brown Christmas here in South Dakota this year – but I\’m not complaining! It\’s almost like a bonus Christmas

Those of you who read my blog regularly know that hunting is something I am still relatively new at. I didn\’t grow up doing it, never shot a gun until I was 25 years old, just never really had anything to do with it. Dan is an avid hunter and LOVES everything about it. It\’s

Happy Thanksgiving yall! I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday with good food and good people, and hopefully you get a few days off work to unwind and relax a little bit.  I’m going to keep it shorter this week, but I do want to share our Thanksgiving traditions with you real quick. It’s a

It’s that time of year again where Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and I like to take a moment to reflect on all the things I am thankful for this year. As always, I can’t say enough how thankful I am for my family. No matter what life throws at me – good or

Dan and I got engaged a little over a month ago now, and so far, the wedding planning process has been pretty exciting! I\’m starting to check things off the list in preparation, and today, I checked off a big one: I found my wedding dress!! With the wedding being less than a year away,

We’ve got another milestone to celebrate this weekend: October 8, is Dobby’s “gotcha day” and since we don’t know when his day of birth actually is, it’s also his unofficial birthday! I brought this handsome boy home four years ago this weekend, which just seems crazy that it’s been that long already. That also means