Two Months Ago, Mark made a job change and quit working as a programmer for the LDS church here in Riverton and got a job as a programmer for Adobe. Adobe is located in Lehi, Utah. It is a very modern building that was built just for Adobe and sits and the base of the hill by Cabella's.
Its always funny how things work out, because Mark interviewed with Adobe in November 2012 but after his interview, the recruiter told Mark that they would essentially close the books for the end of the year and reevaluate the position he was interviewing for at the first of the year 2013. Mark said he did well in his interviews and was told by the recruiter (that was representing Mark), that Mark was "the guy for the job." and to just wait to hear back at the end of the first of the year. The new year was under way, and several months went by. Mark contacted the recruiter several times over this period of time to see if he had heard anything back from them. In the end, the recruiter always had little to tell him. To make a Long story short, we didn't think he would get a job there and Mark was pretty bummed about it. Mark continued to work for the church and was getting a little burned out with the politics there and the department he was in. He decided he would contact the recruiter one more time and low and behold, a different job had opened up. Mark applied for the job, interviewed with several departments and was hired on. We are grateful for his new job because after he started working for Adobe, he learned through a fellow co worker at the church that his department was dissolved. We are grateful for this blessing and are grateful for someone "upstairs" looking out for us. Mark has only worked for Adobe for 2.5 months now but he has thoroughly enjoyed the past few months. Every new job is an adjustment, but Mark has loved his work at this new company.
Several weeks ago, Mark came home and told me that Adobe would be hosting a "Kid Day." The employees that worked at Adobe were encouraged to bring their kids to work and participate in several activities that they had going on. The kids and myself got shirts and official Adobe badges to wear. The kids now wear their badges every time we go and visit dad. They feel so official!
He also said they would have face painting, photo booth photos, The Leonardo Exhibits, balloon making, characters drawn, and obstacle courses for the kids. Adobe had all these events going on when we arrived for kids day. They even provided lunch for the kids and parents.
Our kids had a blast! There were over 600 hundred kids who participated and that isn't even counting all of the adults that were there! It was a lot of people in that big building!!
We had a fun time spending the day together as a family. One of the highlights of the afternoon was getting our picture taken in the photo booth! It was so fun. It was fun to see what Kaleb and Karmindy picked out of the prop bucket to wear in the picture! I love how what they wore reflects their personalities!
I am so thankful for Mark and for the job he has to support our family. We feel so blessed to have a job in these hard economic times!
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