Lucky Month

March has been a busy, yet good month for our family........at least so far!

Usborne came back from a short hiatus in full force, so my days have been filled with books, booths, meeting new people, and parties! Don't get me wrong....I LOVE IT!

We also were able to pay off some debt with our tax return and get qualified to buy a home. We found one quickly that we just loved, so we moved on it. We are now waiting to close, and become homeowners once again!!

Once moved and settled, I will post details with pictures, but needless to say we are excited!!

We also have a couple birthdays this month. Alyssa's was on the 1st, and we will be celebrating Preston's on the 28th. My kids are growing up so fast!

Last night we went with Preston to his final Cub Scout pack night. After Sunday he officially moves to the 11 yr. old scout group. WOW, before I know it he will be leaving on a mission. I am not sure what I think about that. LOL

Now it's time to gear up for April with our Anniversary, 2 more birthdays, Easter, Usborne, closing, cleaning, packing, beginning to move, etc.

We are more than ready though. This time it will be FUN!

Patience

Is there such a thing as the "perfect house"? We don't know that for sure, but amazingly enough we think we found one! Is it really possible that we could have 5 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms (with another to be finished later), a huge yard with vinyl fencing, a double garage, and an additional single separate garage???? The house only being built in 2004 in a great neighborhood?

It has all the features we love, and we are looking at a really great price if all goes well. Trying to keep it from going to a short sale is kind of tricky, so we are waiting on the exact payoff from the bank. We will see how close it is to a payment we are comfortable with and if we can really do it!

Of course there have been a few bumps in the road (on the seller's side). That wouldn't be our life if everything went perfectly smooth all the time. We are trying to be patient and leave it in the Lord's hands. If it is meant to be......

It would cut Eric's commute in half, and not be too far from the "city". We went back a second time and saw it again last night. We thought if we went one more time while we were waiting to put in an offer it would confirm that yes, we still feel good about it, or maybe it isn't as cool as we thought the first time.

But, now we loved it MORE! Fancier counter tops that we didn't realize were in there, a jetted tub in the Master Bath (which by the way we have never had a master bath so that in itself is exciting). We also discovered a HUGE pantry that we didn't notice before, and a little nook in one of the bedrooms making it a much larger room.

Wow, we are trying so hard to be patient, and praying that everything works out! Hopefully we will be submitting an offer this week, and keeping it from going to a short sale. Most if not all of our paperwork is done on our end, so we shouldn't have to wait too long to close. We will try however to push closing out a tad if needed just so we don't overlap in payments. We have this rental until the end of May, so we don't want our new house payment to start until June!

Please pray for us and wish us luck!!!

The House Hunting has Begun!!!

Last week I was able to go meet with a lender, and get us pre-qualified to now once again purchase a home! We are so excited!!! Still a little nervous, as we just want to find something that we can truly call home! We are looking mostly in southern Utah county, so we shall see.

We are trying to time it just right to get in on that last tax credit! We did own a home for 5 of the last 8 years, so if we can time it just right, the $6500 tax credit would definately come in handy next year!!!

Our lease in this rental is up at the end of May, so if things go well, it should work perfectly.

Wish us luck!

Quick Update!

Sorry, everyone! I am so behind on my blogging, but just trying to keep up with life.

Here is a quick update, with hopefully detailed posts to follow with some things later.

My St. George booth was fun, and a lot of work! The attendance was down, so sales weren't over the top, but we did well, and I got a really excited recruit, so it was worth it. She is pumped to begin her new Usborne adventure! We also got invited to the Tuacahn Summer Market, so once I can figure that into my schedule we may look into that. :-)

And the biggest thing over taking me at the moment is moving! By this time next week we hope to be settled back in Pleasant Grove. It has been so much work, and is quite the process, so it will be nice to get settled.
A big bummer about that is though, it just brings us closer to Eric's leave date. I don't think it's quite hit me yet that he's leaving. I hope we all survive.

We planned on moving a load over Memorial Day weekend, but the truck we were borrowing fell through, so we had to postpone things. Our landlords are also finishing up some painting and new carpet in the rental home, so they weren't quite ready for us even in the garage, so it worked out for the best that we wait. We are just anxious!

Monday, May 25th was Cade's 2 yr. birthday as well. We just had a cake and ice cream, and let him open several gifts. He needed new clothes desperately, so that was the bulk of it, along with some summer sandals, and of course a couple really cute books.

Next week will be even more crazy, and I don't know if I will have internet through the whole process, so until I do, you may not hear from me. Maybe in a couple weeks I can get back to normal.
Next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I have another Usborne booth in Lindon though, so I doubt it!

I have to admit, even with all the craziness, I'm loving every minute of it!

YAY for Summer!