3rd Anniversary

We went to SOUTH LAKE TAHOE for our 3rd year anniversary on the 10th. We had a lot of fun. The weather was perfect! We stayed for the weekend and did whatever we wanted whenever we wanted. No schedule involved. WE LOVED not having anywhere to be at any certain time.FREEDOM. We did a 20 mile BIKE RIDE along the lake, ATE delicious food and EXPLORED around the lake. It wouldnt be a normal bike ride without me tipping over... once again. Those bike riding clip on pedals and I have a never ending fight.

Happiest 3 years of my life!

Family Vacation

AHHH! So exited that my family came to visit. They came at the end of last month and it was so fun having them in my home. My parents flew in from Chicago and my brother and his wife drove all the way from Idaho to see us.We all stayed in our little tiny house. We had a lot of fun, we talked, we laughed,ate and shopped. They were here for 7 days and the days flew by :( We did a lot for the short time they were here. We went to San Francisco, Yosemite National Park, Sacramento, Big Trees Park,went out on the boat with Jimmy's parents, went bowling and made tons of mexican food. My dad was so nice to change my breaks on my car and sanded down my headlights because they were getting soo dim at night. Thanks Pa! It made me really happy to spend some time with them. My youngest brother couldnt be here because of work and scool but we sure did miss him. I LOVE VACATIONS- because I took off work the whole time they were here! While my family was here we also got to celebrate Jimmy's Birthday. We had two days of celebrations. A birthday dinner on sunday at his parents and a burger dinner at Jimmy's favorite burger place. Overall a very fun time and I cant wait for all of us to get together again.

Family

 

Fun Times

 

Our Kitchen Before and After

I love my new kitchen. I need to get better about picture posting. At least these are better than my las post :)

Before

AFTER!

(I took these pictures at night,thats why they are so dark)

Moving?! Yuck.

Here best describes our house for the past few weeks

Finally The After Pictures!

I just wanted to post the pictures of why our summer has been all work and a little tiny bit of play!These are pictures of our Rental Unit. We worked super hard and here are the results.

PS: The pictures of our place are next to come!

Talents

Lately I've been looking for a talent that I just cant seem to find. I know that we all have different talents but I want to be a good decorator! Some people just have an eye for things, like what kind of furniture to get, and good accent colors and all sorts of creativness that is hard on my brain. I am on a journey to decorate our new place. We are not finished but we will try to move in this weekend. And then I will have a clean canvas. Wish me luck!

The House

Yes. Our House is still Its really hard remodeling two places.

Jimmy has been working there nonstop.

I get home from work and go up there and

do what I can. I can't wait until it's all the way done.

It is looking so much better.

Pictures coming soon.

Summer kid

Once upon a time I was a summer kid. No school, no work, basically no responsibilities. Just pool time, popsicle time,movie time and friend time. I need a day to be a summer kid again!

Im ready to Jump In!

Before and After

This was the place before we got it

This is after, we are still updating it and there will be more pictures to come:

(when we fixed it we got new stoves)

This is the kitchen in the unit we are renting

This is our kitchen

Installed new windows in both units

We got a nice big window for the view!

Installed new siding

Jimmy, Jim (Jimmy's Dad) and Marty (Jimmy's brother) did all the work. Thanks to them it looks soo much better!

The duplex is OURS!

We have been patiently waiting and waiting and more waiting but finally we own a home! This past Wednesday we closed escrow and are officially home owners (it is really a duplex, but same thing, we own it!). We are thrilled that everything worked out according to plan and we are all ready for this new phase of our lives.
Honestly, I feel like now that we own a house we have to grow up and get on with life. As I think about that I feel panic at first then I think about all the good things that the future holds and it makes me happy that we are where we are at.
I am a natural worrier so making a big commitment like having a loan for the house was hard to think about at first but I am glad that I got over it and now.. I AM READY TO DECORATE! and have fun with paint. The first project I will be taking on will be redoing the cabinets. Wish me luck! I have a few projects in mind but I will think about my next one when I am done with the cabinets. One step at a time :)

Jimmy has plenty of projects of his own:

1. Painting the inside of both units
2. Putting hardwood floor in the unit we are living in- wooray! goodbye carpet.
3. Installing granite countertops
4. Getting new garage doors
5. Buying and installing new cooling units

The list probably can go on and on but mostly the major things are DONE!

We are not moved in yet, and we are not planning on moving in until the work we have to do is finished. That way moving in and unpacking wont be absolute chaos.

THIS IS OUR NEW HOME
We will be living on the right side of it and renting out the left side.

Waiting

We are still wating for things to work out for us for the duplex. Banks like to take their time. So for now the clock is ticking!! The work is finished on the house and it looks amazing. So much improvement from what it was before. Once its ours I can post pictures :)

Change

We are in the process of buying a home! We are really exited as this is the first step to becoming "grown-ups" which is really exiting. The place is only 5 minutes up the road from where we live but 5 minutes makes a difference. We will be more in the mountains so it will be a little bit more snowy but we get to enjoy the mountain/forest feel. It has a beautiful view. As of right now we are still pending on it and the closing date is in May. A lot of repairs need to be done before we move in. Im exited to make the place our own and pick out appliances, countertops, floors and everything else! Although it is a duplex, so we get to have double the work and double the fun. In preparation for the transition we had to move! Literally the worst experience. Yes we got to de-clutter but woah. It was hard work. I became a packing machine because I had to. But I am soo happy that its over and that I can just put it all behind me.

From December to February

After not blogging in forever here are a few things that I missed blogging about:

1.Jimmy and I made our debuts as Mary and Joseph at our ward's Christmas Party

2. We went to Chicago for Christmas and New Years!- Loved being with my family

3.My sweet Grandma passed away in January- had to go on a quick trip to Mexico City

4. Spent a weekend with my cousin in San Francisco



5. Went on a cruise to Puerto Vallarta and Cabo- It was Awesome!!!!

Its been busy these past few months and there were for sure some ups and downs but I think thats just how life goes. I love having things to look forward to and the next thing is our trip to Idaho! Heading to good'ol Rexburg for Marty's ( Jimmy's brother) graduation. Im happy I get to see my brother and his wife and some of my old roomates! Yay for friends :)