Well, we are here, we are alive, and we are tired! (and we are currently using someone's wireless Internet for free) Here's the brief story...
Friday night we had Brother Ben, Taylor and Michael come over to help Ryan load up the "big stuff" and bring over that load. It was a lot of work for those poor boys- but they are amazing and manly and got it done. I don't think we even broke anything on the move! We enjoyed a dinner of pizza and salad with the whole group somewhere in the middle of things.
The ladies got to hang out with the kids and pack up some of the odds and ends. I also got to spend some time with Jenna and chat. She is being induced this upcoming week with her first. It is so much fun to talk about the firsts with someone. It made me remember how amazing those first few days are (and every day after that really) but it was also nice to be able to remember how hard it felt at times and how easy it seems right now (knock on wood). Jenna and Michael are going to be great parents...in just a few days!
After the boys were done with the big stuff they celebrated with a 7-11 run. As if they hadn't had enough fun yet the boys even stuck around to help us load up the small stuff so that we could be over here at the new house by 8 a.m. when we had Elders Quorum help coming.
The help was here and, as they all got out of the cars one said to Ryan, "How do I know you?!" Ryan ended up knowing a guy in our ward from his days working at Land Rover in American Fork. How fun! I just kept Tyler busy putting together beds and playing with tools while the guys unloaded into the garage.
The rest of the day involved running errands, trying to find food to eat, MY CAR BREAKING DOWN, and installing our first ceiling fan all by ourselves! Tyler is waking up so I will definitely have to tell about my dang car next time.
Hope you all are doing well- we sure are. We still can't believe this beautiful (messy) house is ours!! Give us a few days and we'd love visitors any time.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
dreams do come true.
It happened- it really did happen today. We got word about 10am that our cabinet doors were all in place and things were ready for the final walk through (again). This time the walk through only took about 10 minutes and then we were out the door on our way to Title. We had plenty of time until our 2pm appointment. The stack of papers really was at least 2 inches thick- but we were done within an hour and the house was finally ours! After all the craziness Countrywide and KB pulled off a minor miracle by having our loan funded before 5pm today. Unfortunately we were too far away to grab the keys tonight but the simple fact that our loan was funded in less than an hour amazes me.
The emotions that go along with home buying go without saying but we are finally able to be excited. We are picking up the keys tomorrow! We can start to make this house a home.
The emotions that go along with home buying go without saying but we are finally able to be excited. We are picking up the keys tomorrow! We can start to make this house a home.
The day came...and went ARG!
Well, as I should have known, we did NOT get to sign yesterday. When we went to the scheduled walk through and the wall still had not been power washed to get rid of concrete that was all over AND the cabinet guy wasn't even there yet! When the cabinet guy got there he had brought the wrong stinkin' door so instead of getting things fixed they became worse!
Long story short...very frustrating, kinda bummed, but we get to try again today. I can hardly contain my excitement at the thought of finding a sitter for Tyler again for HOURS, driving all the way across the valley (since gas is so cheap), giving away my money, waiting for people to do their job, and hopefully signing papers for an hour!
We are looking forward to a more productive and more positive experience today!
Long story short...very frustrating, kinda bummed, but we get to try again today. I can hardly contain my excitement at the thought of finding a sitter for Tyler again for HOURS, driving all the way across the valley (since gas is so cheap), giving away my money, waiting for people to do their job, and hopefully signing papers for an hour!
We are looking forward to a more productive and more positive experience today!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The Day has Come.
Well, after a tumultuous day yesterday, the dust settled back down and we get to do both our walk-through and sign at title! We have to leave our sweet little boy for a long time today- about 2 until 7 or so...but we are going to buy his house TODAY! We'll update after all the fun and we'll try to have some pictures with it.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
100th POST!
Well, here it goes. Post #100. How exciting. I have no idea how to make it special, so instead I'll keep it simple and just give you what you want- the house update.
Monday, being yesterday, we had our first walk through on the new home. I was nervous, excited, scared, and tired! I didn't sleep well the night before and I don't know why. Could it be the large debt hovering on the horizon? Was it because I don't like to criticize people's work and I knew I was going to be picky? Was it because I had to leave Tyler for almost 4 hours? Who knows... but it went away pretty quick as I was handed yellow KB tape to stick on everything I saw wrong.
You hand Ryan and I tape and we have a blast. We must have used 10 yards of that stuff! (not really) Thankfully almost everything that needed fixed was just paint touch-up type work. There were a few cabinets that need replaced due to warping and some intelligent person took sand paper to one. One step needs re-carpeted because the staples were sticking out. One outlet needs reversed so it works with the light switch. I think that was about it though. We are tentatively scheduled to do our FINAL walk through tomorrow and we might even have our Title appointment tomorrow as well. Crazy! If we can get both of those in then we might even have the keys tomorrow- but it looks like the latest we'll get the keys will be Thursday!
The only thing that I have noticed that I think is LAME is that this builder thinks it's okay to paint over perfectly good, new hinges. Talk about trashy. I even brought this up on the walk through and the guy just said, "that's the way it is"...I'm still working on that though. I think a new house should have new hinges- clean, shiny, metal hinges not trashy, paint-chipping off already, white hinges. That is my only venting point really (other than working with countrywide for the home loan...do not get me started!)
Well, that is all that went on yesterday really. It was fun and yet I still don't believe that we're buying a house or moving. Even though we're not really moving (haha) I'd better go pack some more boxes!
Monday, being yesterday, we had our first walk through on the new home. I was nervous, excited, scared, and tired! I didn't sleep well the night before and I don't know why. Could it be the large debt hovering on the horizon? Was it because I don't like to criticize people's work and I knew I was going to be picky? Was it because I had to leave Tyler for almost 4 hours? Who knows... but it went away pretty quick as I was handed yellow KB tape to stick on everything I saw wrong.
You hand Ryan and I tape and we have a blast. We must have used 10 yards of that stuff! (not really) Thankfully almost everything that needed fixed was just paint touch-up type work. There were a few cabinets that need replaced due to warping and some intelligent person took sand paper to one. One step needs re-carpeted because the staples were sticking out. One outlet needs reversed so it works with the light switch. I think that was about it though. We are tentatively scheduled to do our FINAL walk through tomorrow and we might even have our Title appointment tomorrow as well. Crazy! If we can get both of those in then we might even have the keys tomorrow- but it looks like the latest we'll get the keys will be Thursday!
The only thing that I have noticed that I think is LAME is that this builder thinks it's okay to paint over perfectly good, new hinges. Talk about trashy. I even brought this up on the walk through and the guy just said, "that's the way it is"...I'm still working on that though. I think a new house should have new hinges- clean, shiny, metal hinges not trashy, paint-chipping off already, white hinges. That is my only venting point really (other than working with countrywide for the home loan...do not get me started!)
Well, that is all that went on yesterday really. It was fun and yet I still don't believe that we're buying a house or moving. Even though we're not really moving (haha) I'd better go pack some more boxes!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
finishing touches.
We stopped by the house once more on Saturday just to say hi. The extra sink and linen cupboard were finally in and so were the appliances. There was a ton of blue tape all over to show where there were flaws in the paint or defects in doors etc. There are some little things to be finished/touched up but we have our walk through tomorrow, Monday, at 9am. The beginning of the official stuff has begun! 
I am trying to get things together in my mind about what will go where. I am trying to not stress about the things I can't control.
We are hoping to close early so keep your fingers crossed that things will go well tomorrow. We'll keep you all updated.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
lasts.
It finally happened, I think I realized that we are actually moving. I started thinking of all my "lasts" after my friend Jessica told me Friday morning that it would probably be the last time that we walked together because she was leaving town next week.
That, phrase, "LAST" got me thinking- and got me sad (thanks a lot Jess) Although we haven't been in this house even a year we have had a lot of good times. My favorites involve; watching Tyler learn and grow, hosting family dinners (which almost always included more than just family), our BIG Christmas tree, decorating for Halloween, "childproofing", having enough rooms to have guests anytime, washing cars as a family, and living close to my sister. That list could go on and on. As much as we may have belly-ached about how bad the area is (which it isn't really that bad) and how strange the people are (kinda true) I am going to miss my routine. I love waking up, getting breakfast, seeing Ryan off to work, going to the air conditioned Rec Center to walk for about an hour, coming home to lay Tyler down for a nap, getting ready, doing something with Heather or Jess or both between naps, coming home for another nap, making dinner, cleaning house, sitting down to dinner with Ryan (or Heather's family), going to bed and starting it all over again.
I will miss Cinnamon Ridge park, Seguaro park, Haley Hendrix park, the public pools, Wal Mart and Food 4 Less (yes, I am white trash- but the food is so much cheaper!), McD's play place, Taco Bell down the street, walking to my sister's house (only .6 mi away), running errands with Heather or Jess, having friends over for dinners spontaneously, having cousins and friends so close for Tyler... I'm sure there are other things too.
I am excited about the FIRSTS as well. I just get so attached to friends and change is hard for everyone but here are a few things that I am excited about; our first home together, decorating (kinda nervous about that one too), making a beginning for our family, being in a safer part of town, synthetic grass in our back yard, new carpet, being closer to Ryan's work, walking to our community pool, walking to our park (whenever it's done), going for jogs outside on the paseos, making new friends, meeting our neighbors, staying in one place for longer than 10 months, and being with my two favorite people- Ryan and Tyler. I know everything will be okay. I am excited to go and sad to leave...and I have SO MUCH TO DO before we close early next week. Wish me luck!
That, phrase, "LAST" got me thinking- and got me sad (thanks a lot Jess) Although we haven't been in this house even a year we have had a lot of good times. My favorites involve; watching Tyler learn and grow, hosting family dinners (which almost always included more than just family), our BIG Christmas tree, decorating for Halloween, "childproofing", having enough rooms to have guests anytime, washing cars as a family, and living close to my sister. That list could go on and on. As much as we may have belly-ached about how bad the area is (which it isn't really that bad) and how strange the people are (kinda true) I am going to miss my routine. I love waking up, getting breakfast, seeing Ryan off to work, going to the air conditioned Rec Center to walk for about an hour, coming home to lay Tyler down for a nap, getting ready, doing something with Heather or Jess or both between naps, coming home for another nap, making dinner, cleaning house, sitting down to dinner with Ryan (or Heather's family), going to bed and starting it all over again.
I will miss Cinnamon Ridge park, Seguaro park, Haley Hendrix park, the public pools, Wal Mart and Food 4 Less (yes, I am white trash- but the food is so much cheaper!), McD's play place, Taco Bell down the street, walking to my sister's house (only .6 mi away), running errands with Heather or Jess, having friends over for dinners spontaneously, having cousins and friends so close for Tyler... I'm sure there are other things too.
I am excited about the FIRSTS as well. I just get so attached to friends and change is hard for everyone but here are a few things that I am excited about; our first home together, decorating (kinda nervous about that one too), making a beginning for our family, being in a safer part of town, synthetic grass in our back yard, new carpet, being closer to Ryan's work, walking to our community pool, walking to our park (whenever it's done), going for jogs outside on the paseos, making new friends, meeting our neighbors, staying in one place for longer than 10 months, and being with my two favorite people- Ryan and Tyler. I know everything will be okay. I am excited to go and sad to leave...and I have SO MUCH TO DO before we close early next week. Wish me luck!
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