Arizona!

This weekend I went to Arizona with my mom, aunts and grandma! We went because my cousin Ashley was getting married! I had such a fun time! I had not seen my cousins in a while so it was fun to catch up! I also got to see Becca! She weaved in some more blond for me! I love it! She did such a great job!
I have pictures of both!
Dustin went camping with his dad and brother while I was in Arizona! They had a blast together! Dust also took our dog too! He said she did pretty good!
I also sent our first house payment! It was the first time that I had fun writing out a check! Ha


I took this picture on my iphone so its not very good!

What do you mean we're still busy..

This week we were busy again! We went to our friends baby blessing! Little Sophie is so cute! What a fun time to share with Curtis and Courtney! I will put a picture of that cute girl up!

We went to dinner with Chad & Tiffany and Spencer while he was in town!
We finally got our Direct Tv installed and our Internet up and running!
I even managed to get Dustin new church clothes! He has been in need of new church clothes for a while now!
We were able to go see 1 week old puppies too! The lady we bought Addison from had another batch if puppies and so we decided to get another one! Addison is so good so I the only way I would get another one would be to get one from this same lady. There's something about her boxers! We get a new puppy at the end of April!

Moving In!

This week we spent our time doing small projects and moving in! We moved all our boxes into the den until I could open each individual box. I didn't want to rush and just start putting stuff where ever! I want it to be all organized!
Dustin put in new 3 and 1/2 inch baseboards this week and replaced all the door frames with cute new ones!

We replaced all the light switches, all the ceiling light fixures, the mini blinds in the master bedroom and front room, installed the new washer & dryer Dr Bogle gave us and installed Addisons doggie door! I also bought a cute area rug and a ficus tree!

This week has been crazy!

Lamenite and Carpet!

This weekend we had brand new carpet put in the three bedrooms! We chose a golden tan based carpet with dark speckles! A friend of Dustin's Dad installed it for us for only $200!
Dustin and his dad spent Saturday laying down hardwood lamenite in the front room and halls. We chose the Brazillian Cherry by Kingston. I absolutely love it! Dust and his dad did a great job of cutting and laying down the hardwood! It looks better than I expected! We saved a ton of money by having Dustin do it!

Pictures of this to come too!

Valentines Day!

For Valentines Day, we did something her different this year! We worked on the house ALL DAY! I wanted to! I just really wanted our house to get done so we could finally move in! It's been a long and tiring 2 and 1/2 weeks! At about 7:30 we finally quit to go out to eat. We had reservations at Sakayna at 9:30! I knew it would be a long day so I put us at the last appt available! We had a great time! The food was good, the service was great and the other people at the table were cool too! Over all, it was a nice day.
Picture to go here too!

Painting the house

So Dustins dad, David has a professional spray paint gun!
We were able to get the wall paper off in the living room, kitchen(by far the hardest room), both bathrooms, and the master bedoom. David and Dustin started by painting the ceilings bright white! The next day they painting the completed rooms a gold tan color. We chose a Behr paint called Desert Camel. Its exactly what I wanted! A few days earlier my dad came over and taped off everything. He did such a wonderful job! He's so meticulous so every room had a perfect line where the ceiling and the walls meet! We decided the bathrooms could be completed after we move in since they don't require any covering really. We decided to hand roll the den since we are not changing out the carpet in there just yet. The sprayer can get so messy!
I've been so proud of all the hard work Dusty has put in to our first home! We've been so blessed to have such great friends and family who have come over and help with our big project! Thank you! We love you!
This picture came off my iphone so its not that good! sorry!

Wallpaper, Wallpaper, and more Wallpaper!

Wallpaper takes FOREVER to take down/off! We worked all day and all night and only got one and a half rooms done! Dustin and his dad have bought all the different types of wallpaper removing tools! We have scrapers, hot water bottles, a rented steamer, razor blades and finger nails! We quickly discovered which method we personally preferred!
Chad & Tiffany, Katie, Courtney, Shaun & Brooke, grandma Billie, Stan & Susan (my mom & dad), Brad & Brent, David & Kim (dusts parents), Sydne and Stephanie all came over through out the week to help with the wallpaper! Most everyone was sweet enough to come everyday! Especially when we were all sore from bending over or reach up high!
On top of all this excitement, we babysat for the Bogles over the weekend!
Pictures if the wallpaper to come, as soon as I can get my Internet to work again!

The first day of cleaning!

Today was the first day of clearing out the house, cleaning the house and tearing down all the wall paper!
Dustin, Me, Katie, Stephanie and my parents and my brothers helped clear out the house!
My grandma and my aunt had left quite a bit of stuff that needed to be sort thru and trashed! We had gathered so much stuff that we had to request a city street curb pick up! Our pile was 5 feet high! Crazy! That was fun.
We also started the wall paper tonight! Not a fun process! We thought it was going to be easy since the back room was coming off in huge strips! It's been anything but easy! We started in the living room!
I will put a video of it here!

Keys to the House!

At 11:00 AM on February 2nd 2009, Escrow officially closed! At 6pm we recieved keys to our new house!
We are so excited!
Tomorrow we will start the clearing out of the house!

Signing our lives away...

Today Dustin and I went and signed the final documents for our new house. We are all done and will be able to move in as soon as my aunt leaves for home. Hopefully Saturday, if not, then Monday.

5 Things I have learned about buying a house:
1. You, the loan officer, the underwritter, and the escrow officer will become best friends! Multiple phone calls, text messages, voicemails and emails are exchanged ALL DAY, EVERYDAY.
2. Be close to a fax machine at all times. You give, collect, gather information constantly! You think you have it all together then your loan/escrow officer will call asking for 1 more piece of information.
3. The Interest Rate is actually a gambleing game! One day the interest rates go down 2 points and the next day they go up 5! You just never know if the rates are going to continue to drop or if they will go up. Then when you think the time is right, you lock in your rate. Luckily, we locked in right before the rates sky-rocketed!
4. You better be a good at signing your name because you do it a lot. Every single page has to have a signature.
5. Signing Loan Docs should be renamed to Sign this huge book that signs your life away. I thought Loan Documents would be like 10 pages, maybe. Little did I know that I would be signing a book! I swear there was 50 plus pages! Every pages has at least 1 signature or initial line.

In the end it is all worth it. I would do it all again, if I had to. Dustin and I are so excited.

Next Post...And the wall-paper came tumbling down.

Can you say home owner?

My grandma passed away in August of last year. My great aunt Sheila is the trustee of the home that my grandma owned. Dustin and I were given the opportunity to buy the house just this last month. We opened escrow on December 30th and escrow should close this Friday (earlier than planned)! We are so FREAKIN eXcItEd! The house is 3 bedroom 2 bath, 1300 square feet with a huge backyard and RV parking on the side. The house is off of Willow between Shaw and Ashlan. We will be in the Peachwood ward in the North Stake. Weldon elementary school. I can hardly wait to move! The paperwork to buy the house was never ending but definately worth it! The bank just wants everything you can think of! We are truely blessed to be getting this house. I am so glad that we have been saving. We were able to put down a great down payment! We are going to be doing a few things to the house so I will post pictures of that coming up real soon!

Dustin turns 25 years old!

I planned Dustin a suprise 25th birthday party. A lot of his friends were in town for Christmas so I thought it would be perfect to have a party the day after Christmas!

Oh its Christmas!

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a great day and a wonderful holiday season! We had a great Christmas this year! Dustin got me an iPhone! I was totally suprised and extremely happy! I love it! I got Dustin some new clothes and told him a little while ago he could order this gun he has been wanting. We got a camcorder from my parents that records onto mini DVDs. We love it! I also got some perfume and uggs from David and Kim and they gave Dust an army vest that he has been wanting. He looked so cute in it.! He was so thrilled, it was hullarious! I'll upload the pictures later! Merry Christmas!
Heres the picture of Dustin's Christmas Army Vest! He loves it so much!

Dustin got Addison a Christmas sweater. She loved it!


Oh and tomorrow is Dustin's 25th Birthday and I'm throwing him a suprise party! I'm so excited. :)

Brooke got Married!

So my sister Brooke got married to her boyfriend, Shaun Tucker on October 31st 2008. She had a reception on November 29th 2008. Here are some pictures from the reception. She looked so pretty! Congrats again! We love you guys!

San Francisco/Oakland Trip

Dustin and I went to San Francisco and Oakland this weekend. My parents came too for the sealing on Saturday! We went to Pier 39 to Chocolate Heaven and Bubba Gumps. We walked around and had lots of fun. We also went down Lombardo street (the crazy road) and went across the Golden Gate Bridge.
Saturday we had the opportunity to witness Allison and Kellen be sealed in the Oakland Temple. The ceremony was so nice and everyone looked so happy!

We had such a great time! Saturday night I took my sister-in-law Synde to go see Twilight. We read the books together! It was amazing! I absolutely loved it despite some of the negative comments other readers had. :( Oh well. I can't wait to see it again!

Oh and the best part...Dustin gave me Diamond earings for my birthday! He is so sweet!

Chad and Tiffany got Married!

This weekend, Dustin was in Chad & Tiffany's Wedding! He was a groomsmen! Chad was a groomsmen in our wedding too! So they got married at CooperRiver Club House. It was so nice! The food, people and dancing was so much fun! Congrats!

Halloween

This year for Halloween we didn't really get dressed up! We went to my Uncle Jerrod's house for his annual Scary Haunted House party. Dustin helps my Uncle scare little kids and he loves it! I have a fun time watching too!
But before we did that, I went over and did my friend Becky's daughters make-up! She looked so cute!!

Bakersfield!

Dustin and I are moving to Bakersfield, CA for Dustin's job! He is supposed to start up an office out there. Bakersfield is 2 hours away from here so we will still be pretty close to home. I already got a job at a Medical office...Kern County Neurological Medical Group! This should be an adventure

Utah

I went to Women's Conference this week! It was so uplifting! I loved it! I drove, yes drove, to Utah with my friend Katie! It was wild! I had a great time learning more about myself and visiting with my friends!

Addison

Today Addison was born! Addison or aka Lefty was bron Feb 13th 2008. She was so cute! The owners called her Lefty because of the white spot she has on her left shoulder! WE got her a little late because the owner had wanted to originally keep her. Addison was 12 weeks when we got her! WE Love her!