Ponds, Picnics, Princesses, & Paris

My Wonderful Husband

Hey everyone this is Lacie (I hope that was clear with the title (; ).  Anyways I just wanted to brag about Andrew seeing how he is always saying nice things about Paris and I, I figure its time I say something sweet about him.

Because Andrew is able to work hard at work he is able to receive all sorts of great things based on how many clients he has and different things like that.  (Andrew has explained it to me before but it uses big words that I don't understand and its an extremely long explanation).

But because of his hard work we have been able to accomplish many things and have been extremely blessed with other things as well.  For example Andrew and I are completely debt free for now, and are working on building up our savings.  (Thanks Brian and Lily for letting us live in the condo, making it so that our rent is only a little over $200 a month, that helped a lot.) 

Also, the more clients Andrew gets at work he receives different 'rewards' that make our budgeting a little bit easier.  Every week he gets $30 in gift cards to Costco because he has made the quota for the past week.  When it was winter and Andrew needed a nice business like jacket for work, we didn't just go out and buy one, Andrew worked hard toward one of the intern goals and got $100 to spend on business clothing.  Which brings me to the main reason for figuring out how to blog while Andrew is at work......

About two weeks ago Andrew Reached over 30 credit lives, (not the same as 30 clients, like I said hard to explain) which means as an intern he has maxed out on the 'rewards'. So yesterday his reward arrived....

A brand new iPad, Which he lovingly gave to me.  

But lets be honest we love to share :)

On the back is an engraving which reads

"Andrew MF Coffman 2013 Focus 30"

Basically you can see that this is a really big deal in his job so they got him Balloons....

They even got him a cake, 

The MF is an inside joke at work, even I don't know what it means.

Which was extremely good last night but probably not needed on my waist line :)

So there you have it my hard working, dedicated husband that is now going to be switching to a full time position there soon and will be able to accomplish even more than he already has!!! 

Love You Babe keep up the good work!!! 

Lacie Coffman

Smart Girl

Paris has been making big strides over the past month. She's working hard on crawling, but has already mastered reading. 

Cut Matt Carlino

Amazing

Lacie & Paris didn't wanna be home alone while Andrew was away, so they drove up to Idaho to stay with her family. And they're still there. Last time they left Andrew he had a pretty incredible man week.

This time around hasn't been quite as adventurous. Now Andrew spends 10 hours a day at work.

But Tuesday night was an exception.


Utah State basketball came to Provo, and Andrew & Tyler had almost-front-row seats. Sure, BYU basketball has been extremely disappointing this season. Already at 8 losses, it will take multiple miracles to keep our 6-season streak of 25 wins alive.

But there's always at least one game that can make up for a rough season.  In state rivalries.   Beating utah and/or Utah State makes everything better.

In true rivalry fashion, it came down to the final seconds and the final shot.

Craig Cusick saved the day and the Marriott Center went crazy. It was an amazing finish.



In celebration chocolate milk was chugged, and hangtime was played.


And now tacquitos are being heated up at 10:30 pm.

The life of a bachelor.

Milwuakee

Milwuakee is the city where Northwestern Mutual was founded those 156 years ago.

Every February, the top 100 interns get flown in for a conference. So Andrew got to spend 3 days there last week seeing the great frozen tundra they call Wisconsin.

It was a pretty awesome experience getting to see our headquarters and learn from some of the big-wigs and higher-ups.

The hotel they put us up in was pretty snazzy too.

Apparently Harley-Davidson was founded in Milwuakee too, cause they have a big museum they took us to Friday night.

Andrew met lots of really cool people - including this random guy who was wearing a very red suit and was willing to snap a picture in the elevator. His wife was not quite as willing.

And some great roommates and friends from all over the country.

Andrew learned a lot and was really excited to get back to work today and implement all the training he got.

But the best part of the trip was that three cute little cheeseheads drove all the way down from Green Bay just to spend a few hours with him. 

He already can't wait to go back in July!

Dresses

Thanks cousin Emme for all the cute dresses!