Just Around the Corner..

Well, as you may have heard, we are FINALLY getting married!!!! Since we received our letter of clearance, it has been a MAD rush to get everything in order for the 18th! Our invitations gave us fits, but they finally arrived yesterday. My mom and I sat right down and began to stuff envelope after envelope! We rock and were able to get them ALL stuffed and ready to send by the end of the night. They went out today..so that has been a HUGE relief.
Josh and I have also started our temple prep. class. My previous bishop and his wife are teaching it. I LOVE them so it's a super neat experience. On Sunday, we had our interview for our temple recommends!:) I'm very very excited (and maybe slightly nervous)...I'm going this Friday!
It's been so crazy lately. But, it's making time go by faster. So...why not make myself even busier, right?! I was offered a job at the bank here in town and i took it! Yesterday was my first day of training...more of that to come and some lil online training classes to take by dec 20th. PERFECT timing...i know! But, i just couldn't pass up the offer! It's going to work really great for us once things get back to normal. So that puts me working at the bank Monday, Thursday and Friday & at the school Tuesday and Wednesday! I'll always have weekends and holidays off...!!
Anyways, that's about it for updates this time. Sorry, no pictures. Next time for SURE! Wish us luck on making it through these next 10 days! :)

Looking back..

Daddy's been on my mind a lot today. Looking back on this day, years ago..I can remember standing on his toes and sharing a daddy daughter dance with him on his wedding day, he kept me laughing as usual for a minute til the tears caught up with me. I wish so badly I could remember which song it was.

I sat down tonight and flipped through my journal. I came to this entry and wanted to share it...
"December 19, 2009
shopping at gateway mall and dinner with joshs fam. Kierst and James met up with us. Then we went to see lights at temple square. My mom and dad picked Josh and I up and we all went to the airport to pick up Zachy! Yay!!"

Shortly after writing this entry I inserted this..
"after we picked zach up and headed back to the truck. Daddy opened my door for me and leaned in to give me a kiss on the top of my head..which I can't say is usually like him. It's one of my last memories of him"

I miss my daddy like crazy. It's unreal to me that Christmas eve is just around the corner already. I know he's busy watching out for us kids. We've all got the best guardian angel there is..that is the one thing that brings me great comfort when I worry about my baby brother. The hard days don't come along as often but when they do they hit hard.

Love you more dad!

Tagged!

Amy-Jo tagged me! I've been slow at getting around to actually doing it but here it goes..!


1. What is your dream job and what makes it your dream job?
Full-Time Mommy! :) because there is no greater reward!

2. What is your biggest pet peeve and why?
Man! i dunno if i can pick just one! haha I'll go with.. people sucking stuff off their fingers! just makes me cringe!!!!

3. If you could have any super power, what would it be?
To act as "karma" ;) even just for a day would be fabulous!

4. Describe your dream vacation?
Italy..the nice parts of it ;)

5. What is your favorite season of the year and tell my why?
FALL..!!! i love everything about fall! the crisp chill, the smells...perfect time for camping, pumpkins the beginning of the holidays...seriously everything!

6. Who is your celebrity crush?
Ashton Kutcher...duh!

7. If you could be friends with one of the Jersey Shore people, who would it be and how come? (haha)
couldn't tell ya...never watched it.

8. What is your guilty pleasure?
tanning...its theraputical



1. What is the weirdest trend you have ever followed?
"punk" style clothing-freshman year...i'm not punk. haha

2. What makes you giddy?
when josh LOVES something i cook! he's not an easy one to please!!

3. Why do you blog?
to keep in touch! its much easier to type a post ONCE rather than share an update a 100 times! and i like to think my life's somewhat interesting/exciting enough for some to follow ;)

4. Do you believe in Sasquatch (AkA Sassy)? Why or why not?
mmm kinda! only because nothing is impossible and i've heard stories from reliable sources.

5. When do you feel the prettiest?
on the arm of my man whenever we go out!:)

6. What is your favorite kind of cold cereal?
colossal crunch!

7. Why do men have nipples?
so woman can pinch them when they're being turds!

8. What was the best day you've ever had?
our first date! i can still remember being so nervous and going to bed that night KNOWING this was something very special!

Ok so now it is my turn to make 8 new questions and tag 8 new people...

Questions...
1. What is the worst gift you've ever received, and what did you do with it?
2. What's your dream vehicle?
3. Do you have conversations with your pet?
4. What are you most afraid of?
5. What one thing does your spouse do that drives you nuts?
6. What's your favorite childhood memory?
7. What's the dumbest thing you ever did as a teenager?
8. What's the best joke you've ever heard?

and i tag...
1. angela jensen
2. mandi ward
3. mandi wight
4. jessi mayfield...(this means you HAVE to update dear!)
5. erica vanbebber
6. stefanie hess
7. candice percival
8. hot mamma (since you have a blog you've never posted anything on!)

Sad day :(

Just called Zachy to tell him goodbye :(
trying not to think about it cause I just my cry!
As much as I wish he didn't have to go over there, I'm so proud of him for doing what so many aren't brave enough to do!
Love you Zachy!!

An End In Sight.!

There's finally a small light at the end of the tunnel! We're closing on our loan next Friday and we were told that the appraiser will be back out to the house before then. Unfortunately...he expects the rock done and and a lot of these loose ends to be tied up by then as well! UGH!! I won't even sugar coat it...this past week has definitely SUCKED!! I'm the one complaining but Josh has ton ten times the work I have! I'm so grateful for him :) He's such a hard worker..it's all i can do to get him to stop for some dinner most days. His hands are cracked and dry as sand paper from all this rock but he's still goin! What a wonderful man I have! We've also had a lot of help...MUCH needed help to get this far. So thanks again to all those who have given us a hand! Hopefully we'll get things taken care of before the appraiser shows up...keep us in your payers! Anyways... here's what it's lookin like so far! I am SO pleased with how everything looks together! I must say we did good ;)

I know these pics are almost exactly alike but i couldn't decide which one to put up!

Sneak Peak :)

Hooray! The pic uploader behaved today! :)

I hope you're not surprised that I've slacked off in the bloggin department again! But we do have some big news...We passed our final inspection!!! Soo..we got right on it this weekend and moved most all of my stuff in! It pretty much looks like a bomb went off haha. Therefore...I don't have extremely recent pics of the inside for ya! But! i have a handful of all our bargain shopping that i've been meaning to share! So here it goes..


This is our new couch...that came in a tiny lil box for us to put together. I wish i had a pic of the "instructions" for ya. this thing was a beast! we spent FOREVER trying to figure it out. So cross your fingers we did it right lol.

And here we have the new bed. it's not at all what we had set out to buy but it was a good deal and I'm liking it more and more all the time. I want to paint the brown wood pieces black to match a bit better.

I'm extremely proud of this baby! BRAND NEW with TAGS...Ashley Furniture... and we got it for $80. Yeah...EIGHTY BUCKS!! This desk..along with the table you'll see next were used in a model home in St. George...they ended up being stored in a lil craft store that closed down in South Jordan. Well...the building was being sold so they had to get rid of this stuff and we just so happened to be the lucky ones browsing ksl when it popped up!

And here's that table...$75 brand new but no chairs. So we're workin on that.

These barstools were another find on ksl...they're used but we got all three for $45 and they match the table perfectly!

We also got some amazing deals on our appliances. We went to Sears and picked from all the clearance items. We got over $5,000 worth of appliance for $2500. Everything we picked were just discontinued models and they were half off..!! This fridge was originally $2499...we paid $951!!

And here's our stove! Another half-priced beauty!

Here's both the barstools and table together!

Malad had a "Scarecrow Festival/Contest" They picked a winner in the 'city' and a winner in the country based on the block with the most scarecrows. There were all sorts of scarecrows...ours was an actual scareCROW. :) we helped Josh's parents put it up at the last minute and it just so happens that our block won! We we got a big ol block party with the city winners! haha it was pretty fun!

And of course...our baby boy. We weighed him not long ago and he was 55 lbs. but the other day he was only 50...either way...he's a fatty! haha.

Now for the exciting part! We also started the rock this weekend! and i literally mean WE did it. Josh's bro-in-law came over to help us out (thank goodness) and with a crash course we just went for it. so far this is what we've got done..its WAY time consuming but we're moving pretty quickly. If Josh has his way we should have it done this week. but we'll see ;)

Snip-Snip!

Kingston got his peanuts removed today. Poor baby!
It was horrible dropping him off..he just KNEW something was up.
Broke my lil heart!

Anyways...all is well, he's just a lil droopy-eyed from the anesthesia.

As for the house... Josh did some grouting today in our bathroom and they started on our well hook up. It got pretty cold and rainy though so they'll be finishing that hopefully tomorrow. That's all for now! :)

Carpet? Yes Please!

Look at me go! 2 days in a row with the updates! lol..

Anyways, our carpet was installed today...I've VERY happy with it!

My first at school was great! The boy I'm aiding is very well-behaved (thank goodness!). I told Josh last night that this would be an experience similar to "are you smarter than a 5th grader?" haha, but it hasn't been bad at all so far! I even had to help the music teacher remember the counties in Idaho for a song that they learn. (I did learn SOMETHING in 5th grade!) I mostly work with the boy in class and only have one period where we work separately from the class in another room. It just so happens that he has the same 5th grade teacher that I did! (she was feeling a little bit old as she introduced me to the class!) Overall, I'm excited for this new job and see it being very rewarding!

Now on to the whole point of blogging today...the PICTURES!

Getting Closer!

Well, once again, I've slacked off in the blog department! Which means there's plenty to write about, but I'll try to keep it as short and sweet as possible!

First of all, the HOUSE:
It's seriously almost DONE! (Well, not done, but livable--I've been told many times it will never be "DONE" and I'm believing that more and more every day!)
The laminate wood floor is done..the interior and exterior doors are installed, we have all the tile done except for the the master bathroom shower which should only be a one-day project. Carpet will be installed tomorrow as well as the septic system. Josh has pretty well got the baseboards finished, just a small portion of the hallway and main bath left...and of course the touch up work. That is more time consuming than anything! We're expecting one more visit from both the plumber and the electricians to tie everything in once the septic and well are hooked up. So what does all this mean? It means...by mid to late September we are expecting to be MOVING IN!! (Well, one of us will be haha). Anyways, here are some pics (most of which were snapped today...)

this is my favorite part of our house so far :)


the floors are finally done













Next big thing is our ENGAGEMENT PICTURES!! all 100+ of which i LOOOOOVVEEE! Mandi did an AMAZING job! I still haven't figured out how I'm going to pick which ones to use for our announcements! I tried scrolling through them reeaaalllyy quickly and taking note of which ones really caught my eye at that speed, and i still ended up with like 20 of them. It's going to be difficult! I hate the pic uploader on here and Josh has suggested we keep them a surprise til after our announcements are sent out haha so... i'll just give ya a sneak peak of a couple.








Also, I get to go back to school tomorrow..but not as a student! haha. I got a job at Malad Elementary as an aide. I will be working with a special needs child on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I can't deny that I'm nervous to meet this boy, but I'm also VERY excited to get to know him and learn from him. I'm certain he has more to teach me than i do him. I hear that's usually how it goes.



And...My best friend Mary was sealed for time and all eternity to her Best Friend on Saturday! We drove up to Rexburg for the wedding and luncheon. She was the most beautiful bride! It made me think of how lucky and grateful i am to have this gospel in my life. Nothing can compare to a temple marriage and I cannot wait for the day when Josh and I will kneel across the alter from one another and be sealed for eternity. What a blessing!



Speaking of which....We've had some complications with our temple clearance papers. :( Unfortunately, this means our countdown to October 1st is no longer. We don't want to spit out any more dates until we here FOR SURE that everything has gone through but they're telling us it should all be taken care of by the END of October and that we can start looking at dates in November. (We're thinking 11.11 but don't PLAN on it yet!!) It's been a HUGE bummer!! but...I guess all things happen for a reason and our patience is in need of some testing haha. We'll keep y'all posted, but for now...that's all we know!

PS. Our baby boy is STILL growing like crazy! He now weighs 45 LBS!!! but he is as lovable as ever! :)

Thanks Mandi! :) :)

We had Josh's sister Mandi snap a few pics for us recently. It was a cold cold day but we were able to fight through it and get some great pics!
(I'd love to post em all but i have the patience of a toddler when it comes to this pic uploader so here's my 5 favorites!)

Lots of Updating!

Alright...it's about time for another post! :) Seeing as it's taken me long enough to load all these stinkin pictures...I hope y'all forgive me for not writing much! Josh and I have kept ourselves plenty busy lately. As of July 1st...I no longer work at West Liberty!! Y-A-H-O-O!!!! What a relief...I can't even describe how happy I am about that. (Yes, it was THAT bad...call me a wuss if you'd like). :) Anyways...as for the house, we have insulation and the sheetrockers will be here Wednesday. The roofers will be here Thursday to finish up unless they call yet again to reschedule (We're a bit irritated with them :) ). We picked up our paint last week and the stain for our front door. (The fun part has FINALLY started!) We've also picked out our cabinets and counter tops...which I'm super stoked about! Soo...we're thinking if things go as planned...we should be done with paint by the end of the month possibly counters and the tile in the bathrooms. Keep your fingers crossed for us ;)

And here's the handful of pics from the past couple months!

Barbara, Me & Mom at Zach's dinner!

This (believe it or not!) was the most normal photo we got of Zach with Grammee and Grampee. Gotta love him!

And this one just made me laugh..Joshy has no idea what's coming! :)

Baby Kurt and Ella. She's such a good big sister!

Josh and I went to Bear Lake on Saturday with some friends!


Us on the boat tryin to stay out of the wind.

Joshy :)

Myself..

Our baby boy :) He's getting sooo big...but he's the sweetest thing ever!

(ignore the garbage please) This is kingston's fort..he'll fit perfectly and we're arranging things so he can come and go as he pleases while we're gone :)


Here's the view of the Living Room, the Dining area and Kitchen from the back door.

Our front door...still needs to be stained.

Living room/fire place from the front door.

Master Bed/Bath

Us cleanin up after the insulators...it was such a disaster! That stuff got EVERYWHERE!


Front view

North Side

Back

back again..

and the garage!


That's all :)