more on the house

So today Jameson and I went to the design center to pick out our cupboards, tile, carpet, counter tops, and linoleum flooring!! We were so excited. When we walked in I felt even more excited when we saw this sign below...

It says "Congratulations on your new home!" And it had our name on the sign!! Sorry if this is cheesy but we are just way too excited we had to take a picture.

And here are the colors we're picking. We are going with mostly all standard stuff for now except for the carpet. For the kitchen and bathrooms we're doing linoleum floors because we decided it would be cheaper to do tile on our own. Things are moving along and we are very excited. I said that already didn't I? Well its true. We feel very blessed for this opportunity and hope things move as quickly as they say they will...

the final apartment sleepover!

I was just looking through some pictures on my camera and forgot about these ones. This was us in our apartment for our final sleepover with the Workmans... I cant remember the last time I stayed up so late eating junk food and playing games!! We felt like we were in high school (note my moon valley high school t-shirt haha). Definitely good times!! We'll never forget our first official home we got after being married.

the joys of nursery

So I have been in the nursery in our ward now for over a year and I must say it has its ups and downs. Today was probably one of the most interesting times in nursery to date. Let me also remind you we go to church from 11-2 and we are watching these kids during what should be NAP TIME!

Anyways, aside from all the screaming, running around, and toy stealing we get from the usual kids, today we had a first. One of the little girls, who is usually very good, at the very end of nursery comes over and stands in the middle of the room. She then announces to us "teacher I have to go potty now" and two seconds later before we could even react held up her dress and peed all over the floor. Usually she says she has to go and then we quickly run her to the restroom because she is potty trained. For some reason though today she was too interested in play time to let us know soon enough about needing to go

However, despite what others might say about being in nursery I actually enjoy it a lot. Today was also a very rewarding day when one of the little kids comes up to me and tells me "your my favorite" and then gives me a big hug. It makes me feel accomplished and like I am making at least some small little difference in this child's life.

we bought a house!!

That's right... we bought a house. No more middleman, no more declined offers, no more having a rug pulled out from underneath us trying to get a foreclosed or short sale house, no more waiting and wondering if the offer will go through because we bought a BRAND NEW custom built home just for us! The house we're getting is located off of Olive and the 303 (Brian and Katelyn we're almost neighbors and we'll be in the same stake :))

We're super excited and after months and months of looking at houses and numerous offers we really feel like this is where we are suppose to be. We always asked Heavenly Father to lead us in the right direction and help us find where we should be living. After today we feel really good about this home and cant wait for it to be built. We should be in by January. Here is the link to the floor plan below. Scroll down to see the whole thing....

http://www.atreushomes.net/images/stories/floorplans/amorosa_at_cortessa/Silverstone.pdf

We are so grateful that this is a for sure thing and we don't have to worry about being outbid or the sale not going through. This is something that will take a little longer than hoped, but I'm sure come January we could have still be looking at foreclosed homes anyways.

AAAAHHHH!!

Well well well.... the good news is our lease it up and we no longer have an apartment, the bad news is we didn't move into a house. Yes, we are back living with the in-laws. We definitely don't want to be here for that long but there isn't much we can do but wait. All I know is I really don't like going from total independence to having to wear clothes around the house and being quiet because other people are sleeping and not making my own food and just feeling like a guest. We don't really want to be here for much longer but we don't really know what we would do either if we cant get into a house soon... Pray for the best!!