Our New House!!!

That's right everyone! After almost 5 years of being married and two children later we have finally purchased our first home! We are very excited. It was a very arduous process. Being that it was a short sale (I don't know why they call it that there is nothing short about it!), from offer to close it took about 2 1/2 months. But we finally signed our lives away (at least that's what it feels like after all that paperwork) on Feb. 27, 2009.

We have been in the position to purchase a home before but things fell through. We felt kind of stupid after telling everyone and showing off the house that we were looking at purchasing, just to have things not work out. So because we were warned that this home could take some time, we decided to keep things on the "down low" until we had worked things through. So sorry to those that are just now finding out.

We had a pretty good turn out for those that helped us move. Moving out seemed to take a lot longer then moving in. I guess 3 flights of stairs would have something to do with that. Between Aaron, Randy, Joel & Nun's trucks we made it all over. Nun also had his trailer as did Aaron. Thanks to all of those that helped out, and those of you that didn't (you know who you are) we hope that you had good excuses! J/K

Each of us has our own reasons to be excited about the new home. What made this move so great for Amanda is that she finally had her Christmas present delivered. She was a good girl last year and Santa had a refrigerator and freezer waiting at RC Willey to be delivered. They were delivered while we were still packing up the apartment and Aaron got this call saying that the fridge was too big for where is was going to be placed. Fortunately between Nun, Randy and Aaron they were able to make it fit. Well kind of, a giant hole in the wall and losing the pantry door later they made it fit. But hey, Amanda has a great big new refrigerator! She is also excited about the large new freezer that she has in Aaron's new garage. Amanda's sister, Britta, does a dinner exchange with freezer meals and Amanda has been wanting to get into it as well. It works out great when both parents work. Just pull it out in the morning before you go to work to let it thaw out during the day. When you get home all the prep work is done so you just pop it in the oven and serve. Makes things a lot easier.

Aaron was excited to finally have a "Honey-Do List". Sounds crazy but not if you know Aaron. The point behind a "Honey-Do List" is that Amanda gets to find all of these projects around the house that she would like to have done. So when she says "Honey, will you please make some storage shelves in the basement", she just puts it on the "Honey-Do List". Aaron loves to build things or even just fix things. He just loves to work with his hands. Plus the added benefit of doing things for his wife and family just makes his day. Amanda hasn't wasted any time getting started on that list either. Aaron is also excited to have a yard to work in of his very own. Weird huh?!

Zack has a great time with his "new house" too. For anyone that has come over to see us or for those who still haven't, plan on getting the grand tour from him. He loves to show off his new room. Mary Beth gave him a great area rug for his room that has train tracks and road ways on it. He is getting pretty good at building his own train tracks and can play for hours all by himself. Hope that he enjoys that while it lasts. Little sister will be wanting to play with his things here pretty soon.

Alexis is happy with the new home. Well as much as one little girl can. She definitely could tell how stressed out we were about getting this home. The last week before closing on the house, she had this astounding sense of the stress and didn't like it one little bit. Now that we are moved in and things have moved into the normal routine, she is much happier.

Over all we are very happy with our new home and the great new area that we have moved into. The ward has been very welcoming as have our neighbors. It's located near everything and the new Day Break temple is just down the street too. We think that we have made a great move and are happy to have been able to make it our home!