We are here, We are here, We are here.....

Sorry about the heading, we just watched "Horton Hears a Who" and it has been going over and over in my head. Anyways, we really are finally here in Logan. Everything is a mess and I can't find anything, but our stuff is all here somewhere and we are trying to settle in. I had a few little breakdowns with some tears, about moving, and this crazy busy time of year and the overwhelming amount of packing plus still working. But I survived. I said good bye to my house and am ready to move on with my life.

I went to this incredible sacrament meeting yesterday at my brothers farewell. He is going to Texas for those of you who didn't know, and is leaving this Wednesday. He did a GREAT job on his farewell talk. But, the thing that really struck me about that sacrament meeting was, that there was a woman with 3 children who spoke about her husband getting in a HORRIBLE accident, and him being in a coma and almost dying. When he finally woke up he didn't remember anything or anyone. Not even his wife and kids. He had to relearn everything all over again, and still to this day doesn't remember his life before. She told about her struggles and it was just so incredible all this woman went through and still had a good attitude and was not bitter.

So, it really got me thinking. I have been so sad about moving and leaving my house for this tiny condo, BUT that is SO NOTHING compared to what so many other people have to go through. It really puts life into perspective and totally changed my whiny attitude. I AM SO BLESSED! I always know that I am, but still find room to complain. really I have no room to complain and that sacrament meeting has totally changed my attitude about this move. I had a wonderful confirmation a few months ago from the spirit telling me that Logan is where we need to be. So, I need to be happy and remember that. I am gonna be happy and make this a pleasant experience for our little family. I'm so excited to hang out with all you Logan people! :)

Ok. so know that I have got all that out :) I want to thank everyone who helped us with this move...we really couldn't have done it without you! It is really hard moving with 2 very SICK little kids. So thanks again for all the help. Hope you are all having a wonderful holdiday season. We are going to start getting into the festivities now...setting up the tree tonight :)

New Couch & Dress up...

So, we have been selling things like CRAZY on KSL and to family & friends because a lot of our stuff is not going to fit in our new little condo. The kids beds (they are going to be sharing a room now...so we need bunk beds) my elliptical, and worst of all our couch.... I LOVED! It was a nice comfy sectional and only a year old, SERIOUSLY the the best couch everrrrr. I could go on and on :) hehe. But it won't fit in the new house either. So, my sister bought it and this is our "new couch"....a pile of blankets. But, we will be getting new ones once we get to logan :)

Look at all that stuff that used to be thrown behind the couch....
Moving day is coming on Tuesday and we are SO NOT READY! Look at what a big helper Craig is with packing. haha.


Kylin loves to dress up, So i got her some clothes from Ebay and sha had so much fun with them. I was supposed to give them to her for Christmas but I just coudn't wait :) Look at her nice pose with the belly sticking out.

This is her "smiling"

She isn't quite ready for Top Model yet. Her runway walk is HORRIBLE!

and dress up of course always leads to dancing, we love dancing and music in this house...even though we are not very good at it :)

So it begins...

Well, the time has come....and I am pretty sad about it. Our home sold today, and we are finally packing and moving to Logan the first week in December. I love this house and it has so many great memories for our family. People always say to me, "It is just a house and you can get another one right?" It's true, I just LOVED this house and all the wonderful times we have had in it. I have moved around my entire life and just want a home I can settle down in for a little while. But, it will be good for Craig to finish school and hopefully in a couple years we will be able to buy another home.

I am going to be packing like crazy this next couple weeks...Which, I HATE HATE HATE! Gosh, now I am just sounding super whiny. Sorry. I went to the Temple today for my little brother's endowments (he leaves on his mission in Dec) and I just got a wonderful feeling that everything is going to be ok and that Logan will be good for our family. We found a new town home (that we are renting) it is 3-bedroom, 2-bath, and 2-car garage and a little fenced in yard. Not so bad for $350 a month! So, to Logan we go...and hopefully I won't freeze to death :)

I am gonna miss this....
I love my big bath tub

I love the nice open floor plan & all the light

For sure my kitchen...LOVE it

And, I am gonna miss all you WONDERFUL people I have met here in this ward. Seriously you are so great and I have loved meeting and becoming friends with you all. We have to keep in touch...Thank goodness for blogs :)

Our Home

So it's official, our house is for sale. We were going to try and sell it on our own but, we need to get it on the MLS with the market being so bad, we need all the exposure we can get. I am SO SAD but, it will be good for Craig to finish school. So if any one is looking for a house...the MLS #801729 it is 2100 Sq. Feet, 4-bedrooms, 2.5 bath, fully landscaped with a fence. You can see the rest on the listing if you are interested :) Here are some pictures of it that I am using for the listing. I am still missing pictures of the front of the house and the yard. Also, need to take a picture of the playroom (which is a huge disaster right now), the nook and the other bathroom & hallway. It is so hard having a spotless house with 2-kids. Sorry to everyone who has been calling and emailing me, I promise I will get back to you soon...things have just been CRAZY. I promise I am not ignoring you all...I still love you. Hehe

So, with selling our house I have been really bummed, but then I saw my kids doing this...it made me realize that no matter where we move and even if we don't have this house that I love, it will still be home because of my family. I am so blessed to have my husband and two beautiful kids.

MOVING!

Well we are finally out of our old house and into our new one! WAHOO! Well, at least all the boxes are moved in. Everything is a DISASTER and I can't find a thing but, still I am really excited. Mckay is excited too, except when it gets time to go to bed he says he wants to go home. It is hard to explain to him that this is our home now. We need to hurry and get our yard and fence put in so that he has a place to play. There is a new Ikea that opened here in Utah...I love Ikea. So, we were able to go and get some new furniture for the first time. I'll take some picture of our house so you can all see. I've got lots of work to do before it is put together.

SOLD

We sold our house yesterday! Well, someone accepted our counter offer--so now it is under contract. It just has to get appraised before it is final. They have until next week to get our house appraised. It is just SO NERVE RACKING to sell a house. I just want everthing to go through smoothly and that the house appraises for as much as we are selling it for. I am not a patient person so, waiting till next weekend to know is going to kill me. I can't wait till this is all over and we are in our new house.

We Found One

We finally found a house that we both LOVE. It was just finished being built and is 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms plus it has a small nook for an office. It has a nice open floor plan downstairs so that the living room dining room and kitchen are all in one large room. Plus, it has a 3-car garage so that I can have my photography studio in part of it. I am so excited! We need to put in a yard and a fence. But, the nice thing is, is that they are going to give us sod. I can't wait for Mckay to have a yard to play in. We put an offer in on it and they accepted, so now it is under contract to us. Now we just need to sell our home. Which, is VERY stressful because we close on our new house on June 11th. We can't pay 2 mortgages. It is also really hard keeping our house PERFECT looking with a 2 1/2 year old running around.

House Hunting

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't posted for a little while. We have been looking for a new house this past week and putting ours on the market. It has been complete CRAZINESS! expecially with 2 kids to cart around looking at people's homes. We still haven't found one that we both LOVE yet. It is a hard market out there right now, so wish us luck!