Our New House

So we're finally getting comfortable and organized in the rental and we've found a house! We just signed the final contract and took it over to the sellers tonight. The house is in Providence, and was built in 1912. About 10 years ago, the walls were torn down and completely re-built on the inside with all new wiring and plumbing. It's BEAUTIFUL! The current owners have kept it really nice and have even painted it nice. It has 3 rooms and 2 bathrooms and a 2 car garage. The best part of the whole deal is the yard. This house sits on .39 acres that is very well landscaped. We have mature apple trees, and about 10 other trees which are only a couple of years old and include: Peaches, Pears, Plums and Apricots! We also have raspberries, strawberries and grapes! (and a whole other plot to plant veggies) There is a fire pit out towards the back of the yard as well as a shed. We already have a few friends in the neighborhood and are SO excited to move in!

This is the Living room looking in from the front door.

The gi-normous kitchen

The Master Bedroom on the main floor

The bathroom on the main floor

The downstairs family room

Downstairs bathroom

The Backyard ( I know you can't see it- but it goes WAY back)

My Raspberries, strawberries and grapes.

We are planning on closing the first part of September! YAY!

Josh Ritter Concert

We went to a concert about a week ago and Deegan was having so much fun. The concert was Josh Ritter (native Idahoan). His website is linked on my blog, check him out. Anyway, it was SUPER hot at the concert while we waited, so Adam's parents got us slushes. Deegan LOVED it. He was so dang cute in his little hat and blue face from the slush. The concert was really good, and you could tell that Josh Ritter sings just because he loves to. After he was done singing, Adam and his brother went to meet him and get autographs. Well, America First (our bank) let's you put pictures on your debit cards, so Adam has one of Josh Ritter's album covers on his. He got up and asked Josh to sign his card. Josh was SO excited because of all the things he's signed, he'd never seen a debit card! He took it and showed it to the rest of the band. Adam was pretty excited too! needless to say, we are now sharing a debit card until his replacement comes in the mail!

On the move...

Deegan has decided that he no longer wants to stay put! He's starting to learn to crawl. He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks and usually moves his knees in until they are tucked under him so far that he knocks his arms down and lunges forward into a faceplant! Whatever works I guess... he's getting places! He's also sitting up REALLY well now... once in a while he tips back when he tries to see what's behind him. Unfortunately, right now I don't have any pictures to prove that he's up because the minute he sees the camera he drops and reaches for it.

Moving Day

Well- I'm a little late on this, but we got our house sold and are now moved up to Logan. I hated the house, but we sure put alot into it and it was sad to leave all of that work and the memories behind. We had exactly 2 weeks from the time we accepted the offer to the time we had to be moved out, so we quickly found a townhome that we can rent month to month in Logan while we look for another house. I think the 2 things I will miss the most about the house are Deegan's room and the patio- Adam and Kyle finished up re-paving the patio just intime for us to sell it. Here's a picture, I think it turned out beautiful!

I changed my mind- there are 3 things I will miss... (and already do) the number one thing is having family close! I used to go sit at my mom's or sister's house and work when I didn't want to be working at home, and it was easy... now, not so easy. Today is one of those day's when I would be at their house becuase I am locked out of my network, so I am sitting here basically doing nothing while I wait to work. Oh well, sometimes you have to choose the lesser of 2 evils. (being away from family or comuting 5 days a week and filling up on gas every couple days!)

So far we love Logan. I love that I don't have to be even a little bit concerned about someone breaking into my car or house. I love that EVERYTHING is close and that there are so many friendly people around. I love that it is just beautiful here. I love that my neighborhood (no matter where I end up moving) will not have an average age of 74, as did our last neighborhood.

Basically, we are happy to be in Logan and excited to get a new (bigger) home!

Not just for pregnancy cravings...

Apparently the 2 weeks at the beginning of my pregnancy when I craved pickles was enough of a taste for Deegan to know he loved them. He's found his two favorite desserts... Pickles and Oreo's. (no ice cream for this baby!)

Laundry day at Grandmas

So for those of you who read Kristin's latest laundry update- I swear I'm not copying it! The week before we were to move out of our house, the dryer stopped working. I tried hanging ALL of the clothes for a couple batches, but hanging EVERY baby outfit, onesie, towel, etc. got very time consuming! We had decided that since the washer and dryer were probably close to 10 years old, it wasn't a bad idea to just get new ones than to deal with trying to fix the dryer. Of course, getting the house packed up we didn't want to mess with trying to bring the new set in and the old set out for just a week, so we went with out for a week and a half. We decided that since my parents were out of town for the 4th of July weekend, we'd go do laundry there between the parade and the fireworks. Deegan really loved helping!

4th of July

Ok so it's time to update the blog again!

(I'm starting to get better at this!) For fourth of July, we went to the Kaysville parade with my sister, brother and their families. We had alot of fun helping the kids gather candy from the streets, but I'm not so sure Deegan enjoyed that part- He got hit in the head with a rootbeer barrel candy and a tootsie roll.

At the end of the parade there was a BIG water fight where we were standing, so Adam and I started to walk away so we didn't get soaked.

On the way out of the crowd, a girl walked past us and (standing about 2 feet away) sprayed Deegan right in the face with her super soaker. He didn't like that much either!

He was having fun in the inbetween times though!

It was very hot, so Deegan got worn out quickly.

When we were leaving, I put him in the sling awake, and by the time I got him situated in there he was out like a light! (what a day!)

We spent the rest of the day relaxing and then Deegan and I went to the Kaysville fireworks with the family (Adam was exhausted, so he stayed home).

Deegan LOVED the fireworks! Everytime one would shoot off he'd start jumping up and down and laugh and get SO excited. That was the best part of the whole day. I love to see him get so excited! The other kids were having fun too (with the exception of Aiden

who was a little bit scared by them). After a couple big fireworks, everyone clapped and Liam got so excited and started clapping and dancing! It was cute!

Splash Pad

So we went to this fun park on Monday with my family and they have a "splash pad" with fun fountains and other water things. Deegan LOVED it! (Adam and I had lots of fun too!!)