New Home Owners

I thought maaayyybe it was time for me to show you our house. ...

This was taken on Easter, and I finally got that cheesy picture standing in front of our very first house. I wished we had the "SOLD" sign to hold up, but oh well! It's awesome and I cannot even illustrate how amazing the last month has been since we moved in. We are excited for when I graduate and we can start some simple updates as we save the money for them. WOOOO!!!!

Also, did I mention that I'm graduating in a week and a half?!?! April 20th baby!!! Sooo very excited to finally have my bachelor's degree! You should be hearing a lot more from me now that I don't spend all my days and nights doing homework! :D

Vintage

This bad boy took the cake for me in my new kitchen. It made me feel a little better about having to wait to get a dishwasher. Now, if only I could get it to work...that would be awesome.

JUMP FOR JOY!!

We are moved in and it was pretty easy. (Although I don't know that my hips/legs/calves/shoulders would agree.)

We started at 9:00 AM and were finished by 11:00 AM. MUCH quicker than I imagined it would be. We had plenty of help and we were so thankful for it - family and both wards helped. A big, fat THANK YOU to all that helped.

And I have never felt so welcome before! Our Relief Society brought us lunch and things to make Root Beer Floats! And cookies! And donuts! (Those are my favorite!) And then after church on Sunday our neighbors brought us some treats too. (Which we promptly devoured...) We are so grateful for the love and welcome-ness we have felt from our neighborhood and ward.

And because of Steven's connections with people in the ward, we have already been asked to sing. Sunday it is! But we are glad to share our voices because, need I say it, we LOVE singing! So we are more than happy to sing on Sunday. Now we'll just wait for them to ask us to speak... ;)

Did I mention that we adopted two kitty cats with our house? There was a food and water bowl already there, and cat food in the closet. So we adopted them and named them Tuxedo and Pretty. They're strays, so we aren't really into the whole petting and loving on them thing. But maybe some day. Although our ward neighbor mentioned they may not be there much longer, so not to get too attached. Either way, I don't mind them. :)

So we are settled in our giant mess of boxes, and totally loving it. It's so nice to be away from the busy road. And you wouldn't believe the view. I can't wait until family/friends come to visit us because we get a nice view of the sunset and lights in the valley-ish area.

Needless to say - loving our house and so grateful for our blessings!

Excitement!

We move in tomorrow! It's really weird to think about it. And to think that we'll be there for a while. But I'm so excited! I cannot express to you how much I am celebrating! So just imagine me doing a crazy dance all day long today!

I also had a dream about graduation last night. I wore the wrong shirt, no shoes, and forgot my graduation robe. Nice... But at least that means I'm thinking about it! And that means it's coming SOOOOOON!!!!

I have some pictures to post, but haven't had time to upload them on the computer.
Including the Christmas one I was supposed to email to Sarah. Sorry, Sarah!

But now I have to go to school, do one last proof read of a senior project, and print it out! WOOOOOO!!!

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

I'm taking a break from a senior project to tell you...

We closed on our house yesterday! It was so exciting. On the way Steve asked me if I was nervous at all, and I didn't hesitate to say, "NO!" And I wasn't lying at all! I was not nervous, and I am still not nervous. I am just plain excited. And Steve had to agree. There were no big surprises and nothing that was unexpected. We were so glad.

So we didn't sign it early enough in the day to get the keys yesterday or today. So we have to wait until Monday for it all to be recorded and official. But we get keys Monday and then we'll start moving in. We can't wait!!!

It's going to be hard right smack in the middle of the semester. But I must say...it was perfect timing! I have an assignment due the day before the big move, so that will be over. A week after we move in is spring break. HOLLA!!! That will give me a week to get somewhat situated. And I won't have another assignment due for another couple weeks. So at least I'm not right in the thick of assignments. And it's lucky I don't have any tests. So we did get lucky in that department.

WOO WOO!!!

And we're excited because we got a killer deal on a kitchen table set from a furniture business that is going out of business. That's coming in a few weeks.

I also can't forget about the free sample of Quaker Oats Squares cereal I ordered a couple weeks ago. That will be coming soon. That will put the cherry on top of our exciting move!

Now back to my senior workshop project. I'm not sure how I'm able to focus on anything else right now.

So close!

We're closing on the house this week! We're hoping we'll be able to do it Wednesday and get the keys by the weekend so we can move on the weekend. But realistically we are looking at closing Friday and not getting the keys until early next week.

Either way, WE ARE EXCITED!!!

We went to our new ward yesterday and I immediately felt the Spirit with the first person we spoke to. They welcomed us in and told us how excited they were that we were moving in to their ward. They then immediately volunteered to help us move, whenever that is.

We had at least 10 different people/couples come up to us and tell us they were ready to help us and welcome us. We even had a man tell us that if we ever needed an extra car, they had one we could use! How sweet is that???

We've never had such a wonderful welcome in our previous two wards. I think it's because this ward is MUCH more established with older couples that have been living here for years raising their children. So a new couple is definitely unusual and exciting.

Nevertheless, we are SO thankful that our ward is loving and welcoming. I already feel "at home" with those people.

Box it up

We FINALLY started packing up the house. Mostly it's only the non-essentials like decorations, pictures, and all the summer stuff. So we have about 12 boxes sitting in the living room, ready to go! WOO.

Our other inspection is tomorrow. This is the inspection we need to make sure everything is good for the type of loan and down payment assistance we are getting. This is the one where we'll need to install smoke detectors, GFI outlets, and strap our water heater for earthquakes. And who knows what else...?

We should be able to close in two weeks!!! It's an incredible feeling. It feels more real now that we are starting to pack up. But again...every day I get more excited for the move and getting to be on our own!!