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 :)

Coming Together..finally :)

Well, it has been a slow process...and there's still PLENTY to be done before it will be finished, but our house if finally coming together and LOOKING like a home! We are officially done with the interior framing and should have our trusses up by the end of the week! It is SO neat to be able to WALK through our house and have the rooms and everything framed in! As if I wasn't already anxious enough for the 'fun' part..!! I've found myself spending more time just looking at it and planning on where I want to put things and how fun it will be to decorate. Here's some pics of the process...most likely not in any specific order haha..

First...Here's one from our ride on the rzr.



My face is FILTHY!!







Josh COVERED in saw dust!




The finished product!



&& here's our baby boy...who is now a whopping 24 lbs...he's already DOUBLED in weight since we got him.



We sure love the lil guy though!! :)


and here's a video from above everything...it's taken from master bedroom corner if you'd like to refer back to the post with the floor plan.



Leave of us comments...we'll update more ;) lol...jk, but seriously :-P