House update

Well things are going slower with our townhouse and they are a bit behind. We now will be  moving in sometime in August and they said around the end. So that means an AMAZING birthday present to me! We go down once a week to see the progress and it is so fun! The framing is now almost complete they just need to finish the roof then everything should go quickly from there!! :)

I can't contain my excitement!! 

We are so close to the mountains and this is our view from where our dining table will be. It is such a beautiful area!!

Alex and I in our future bedroom!! 

It is finally starting to feel real now that there is an actual building that we can go through! This whole process is so fun!

who knew

The other day Alex and I were talking about how many times we crossed eachothers paths while growing up. I remember when I was younger I would always say I wonder when I will cross my husbands path or if I ever knew who he was. Well some of the times that Alex and I could think of were:

He would run past my house down to one of my neighbors and my mom would be outside mowing the lawn and would smile and wave at him. Little did he or she know that they were waving to their future in law.

One time I was at my friend Chelsea's house and we were walking around the neighborhood and Alex was riding his bike around and was chasing a cat. I remember Chelsea and I getting mad at him for trying to hit the cat! ha

I was at Danielle's birthday party in middle school and Alex came over with my neighbor to play night games. We both had know idea who each other were but I remember thinking "hey this boy is really cute"

Then we were in spanish class together and both thought each other were cute and we just wrote notes back and forth and I was SOOO incredibly shy I would give him the note then run away down the hallway. He didn't know that this shy little 8th grader would one day be his wife. But I remember always thinking "i'm going to marry this kid" I always thought it was just the little girl in me saying I was going to marry him, little did I know it would really happen one day. :)

It is so fun to think of all the times we could have crossed each others paths. There are many more that could have been because our families used to go to a lot of the same places but we never knew if we crossed paths then.

OUR house!!

About 5 or 6 months ago Alex and I started to look at houses. We had found a townhome that we loved  but it would not be done being built until August which at the time would be perfect for us but we could not sign a contract at the time because the building had not been released yet. So during the time that we were waiting the price kept on increasing and so once it got close to our max we decided to opt out of it which was a big bummer.

Then the search continued and we looked at a bunch of other townhomes and houses but didn't find one we loved. A couple weeks went by and we went with our realtor to a couple more and we had a house and a townhouse that we absolutely loved! We weighed out the pros and the cons of each and decided that the townhouse was more of what we were looking for. So that following Monday we were going to put in an offer on the townhouse but right before we were going to go down..... somebody else came and signed on it. So in the same complex we looked at another one,  and decided we would do that. Then again right when we came to sign somebody else got there before us. So 3rd time was the charm, they had another unit that they would release in a couple of weeks and they guaranteed us that they would save it for us. So the day they released the property we went down and were in contract to build!!!!!! We were so excited and so thankful that everything was working out because we really loved the area and we knew it would be a great place to raise a family.

So we are building a townhouse in centerville and it is perfect! We went to the design center about a month ago and picked everything which was so much fun, everyone told us this was the hardest part but Alex and I knew exactly what we wanted when we went in so it was pretty easy and we got everything we wanted! 

They broke ground this past week and then next week is foundation!! 

We will be in our home either end of July or beginning of August! We are SOOO excited to not be renting anymore and to have a place that is just ours. It will be so fun to make tons of memories there and knowing that this is the place that we will start to raise a little family. 

I'm not good at this blogging thing....

I have been slacking majorly on this blogging thing. So here is a little update on what we have been up to these past couple of months.

My sweet nephew Nixon was born on February 13, 2013 and was a month early but healthy as can be! I got a text when I got to work that my sister in law Kendra was at the hospital and that they were admitting her! I was sooo excited but was sad that I was at work and thought I would miss the moment that he was born, with most of my nieces and nephews I have been at the hospital when they have been born, so the anticipation was killing me! I was constantly checking my phone to see if this sweet little boy had been born but the end of the day had come and still no text. So after work I hurried over to the hospital so I could be there when he was born he was being very stubborn and came around 7:00. Hayden was so excited to be a big brother! When we told him that Nixon was born he ran over to the door to listen to see if he could hear him cry and when he did he got the biggest smile on his face! When he saw him for the first time he could not stop giving him kisses it was the sweetest thing ever! I am obsessed with this little boy, he brings so much joy into our lives and we are so excited that he is finally here!

My brother Jordan got married! I have another amazing sister in law and 2 more adorable nephews! Their wedding was so beautiful and they had the funniest ceremony ever! They pretty much have a set of twins because my niece Lily is one day older that James. But during the ceremony James kissed Lily and then just started doing his dance moves in the middle of the aisle it was pretty much the funniest thing ever! I am so glad that my brother and Cherice found eachother they are perfect for eachother in every way. She is such an amazing mom to both her kids and to Jordans it's amazing to see two families come into one. We are so blessed to have 2 new nephews and Cherice into our family they fit so perfectly!

I have been pretty sick for the past couple months and have had terrible stomach pains every time I eat so I went to the doctor and had a bunch of tests done and they figured out that it was my gallbladder and that I would have to have it removed. I was terrified to have surgery, so the doctor gave me some medicane to prolong the surgery so I could make it until spring break so I didn't have to miss any work. Well spring break rolled around and it was time for surgery. I was absolutely terrified and could not stop crying whenever I thought about it. Well the morning of surgery my sweet husband and dad gave me a blessing which gave me peace going into the hospital. I did really good up until I had to give Alex and kiss and they rolled me away.Waking up from surgery was terrible! All I remember was crying because I was in so much pain. For all of you who know me I am a pretty happy and easy going person, after anesthesia I certainly was not!! I was so grumpy anything the nurses, Alex, or my mom would say I would snap at them! I asked the nurse if I could have a drink and they gave me some diet coke. After that it was like magic I was pretty much back to my normal self. The nurse was like "We should have given this to her along time ago!" :/ haha soon after that I was able to go home because I was not in much pain. This surgery was so easy and it pretty much only took me 2 days to recover and then I was back to normal.