3 days after moving out of our house, Aftyn was baptized by Reed and became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was a long awaited day and she was so excited. We had lots of family that were able to come and we were grateful for that. There was lots of family that couldn't come and we sure missed them. Aftyn had had baptism pictures taken by my sister Alyson and I'd created a book from them for people to write their testimonies in for Aftyn. She absolutely loves that book and it is really special to her.
At that point, we were staying with my parents in their tent trailer and we stayed there for about 5 days. Just for a fun on the 4th we went and stayed 10 days at Grandma and Grandpa Bishop's house and that was an adventure as well. Grandpa rented a backhoe to do some fun projects around their house, including putting up a power pole using ropes and a backhoe and the kids loved watching Grandpa maneuver that big machine around their property. Grandma didn't find it quite as fun and was pretty stressed about a lot of Grandpa's endeavors. Lochlan loved to watch Grandpa move the bucket all around and drive all over. After our 10 days there that included Aunt Cindy and cousin Cooper who was in town working to save money for his mission, we moved back to my parents house for just a few nights and then we accompanied Reed to a show for his work up in Sun Valley. We had a house rented and we stayed there for 2 nights I think. We had a lot of fun and made some fun memories, specifically when we went up to Redfish Lake and played in the water and had lunch. The kids had a blast and we just enjoyed a quick and fun day trip playing in the water and sand. Sometime during this month, we also needed to go to Idaho Falls for an eye appointment for Mirren and Aftyn so while we were at it, the kids and I got to go and see our house for the first time. We loved it and were SO excited that it was going to be ours!
We went back to my parents house after our Sun Valley getaway, planning on only being there for about 3 or 4 more nights and then moving into our new house. Thanks to an appraiser who has problems and wouldn't fix his original appraisal in spite of being giving a whole dang lot of comps and being given a list that showed all the things he left off of his appraisal, we were granted another 3 week wait before we could move into our house. We were heartbroken to say the least. But since we really had no other choice, my parents and sister who lives with them and Reed and the kids and I just picked ourselves up and prepared for another 3 weeks together. My parents and sister are saints. Oh and it helped that I had started re-doing my parents bathrooms at their house for them with my mothers blessing so that gave me something to keep my mind and body busy while we were just waiting for a house of our own.
Loving our ever changing, crazy, fantastic life
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
The Month of May
The month of May was a blur in our lives. We had just spent all of April preparing our house to put on the market to sell. We had worked so hard in hopes that we could make a good profit and then continue on with our plans to move to Idaho Falls.
We put our house on the market at 5 pm on May 1st and had someone call that very night and show it to a client. We were very apprehensive and excited that this day we had long waited for was finally here! The real estate agent and client showed up before we had left, so out we ran so that they could come in and admire our home, or so we hoped.
The next day around 1 pm our real estate agent called to ask if I had seen his email, which included an offer from the agent the night before. An offer that was better than our asking price. I was dumbfounded and kind of shocked that the whole experience could already be over! Dare I say it, I might have even been a tad disappointed. Ha ha ha!! We accepted that offer and decided instead to be grateful we didn't have to keep our house in tip top condition all the time and instead could focus on finding our future home.
We spent the next 2 weekends driving to Idaho Falls and viewing way too many homes, and none of them were quite right. We looked at homes for about 7 hours that first Saturday! We offered on one house, only to have the owner unwilling to come down $3,000 even though we had come up $5,000. I'm so glad we walked away from that one. My sister Wendy and her family were amazing and helped us so much by watching our kids for us so we were free to go and look at houses without the kiddos in tow. The kids would have died of boredom.
After the 2nd weekend of no luck looking for a new house, with our impending closing date only 2 weeks away, we decided to just figure out a plan B and focus on moving out and then finding our home. Over that 2 week period we had my sister Wendy who lives in Idaho Falls looking at houses for us and we tried again to offer on one house but this time without having seen it. Yeah, that one didn't end up working out either. We were working on so many things at once, getting everything boxed up, helping Aftyn finish up her school year which ended on June 2nd and getting prepared for her baptism on the 3rd, and making plans of where and who we would be living with while we were without a home. It was a crazy month. Oh and we had 3 birthdays and mothers day all thrown in there as well. Yep, it was crazy busy.
In our last week at our house, Reed managed to go to Idaho Falls for work and saw a couple houses. He found one that he absolutely loved and had my sister Wendy go and see that one too. Based off of both of their feedback, we decided to offer on this house because it sounded perfect! And I hadn't even seen it! Haha!!! On the same day we closed on our house, we walked out of Title One in Nampa and I said to Reed, "Well, we are officially homeless. I wish we could hear back on that offer soon so I could know if we have a future home somewhere." Fateful words. 20-ish minutes later, we had a call from our other realtor that our offer had been accepted and we had a house! Woohoo!!
We drove back home, with no home to live in and hope for the day we could move into our new house in Idaho Falls.
We put our house on the market at 5 pm on May 1st and had someone call that very night and show it to a client. We were very apprehensive and excited that this day we had long waited for was finally here! The real estate agent and client showed up before we had left, so out we ran so that they could come in and admire our home, or so we hoped.
The next day around 1 pm our real estate agent called to ask if I had seen his email, which included an offer from the agent the night before. An offer that was better than our asking price. I was dumbfounded and kind of shocked that the whole experience could already be over! Dare I say it, I might have even been a tad disappointed. Ha ha ha!! We accepted that offer and decided instead to be grateful we didn't have to keep our house in tip top condition all the time and instead could focus on finding our future home.
We spent the next 2 weekends driving to Idaho Falls and viewing way too many homes, and none of them were quite right. We looked at homes for about 7 hours that first Saturday! We offered on one house, only to have the owner unwilling to come down $3,000 even though we had come up $5,000. I'm so glad we walked away from that one. My sister Wendy and her family were amazing and helped us so much by watching our kids for us so we were free to go and look at houses without the kiddos in tow. The kids would have died of boredom.
After the 2nd weekend of no luck looking for a new house, with our impending closing date only 2 weeks away, we decided to just figure out a plan B and focus on moving out and then finding our home. Over that 2 week period we had my sister Wendy who lives in Idaho Falls looking at houses for us and we tried again to offer on one house but this time without having seen it. Yeah, that one didn't end up working out either. We were working on so many things at once, getting everything boxed up, helping Aftyn finish up her school year which ended on June 2nd and getting prepared for her baptism on the 3rd, and making plans of where and who we would be living with while we were without a home. It was a crazy month. Oh and we had 3 birthdays and mothers day all thrown in there as well. Yep, it was crazy busy.
In our last week at our house, Reed managed to go to Idaho Falls for work and saw a couple houses. He found one that he absolutely loved and had my sister Wendy go and see that one too. Based off of both of their feedback, we decided to offer on this house because it sounded perfect! And I hadn't even seen it! Haha!!! On the same day we closed on our house, we walked out of Title One in Nampa and I said to Reed, "Well, we are officially homeless. I wish we could hear back on that offer soon so I could know if we have a future home somewhere." Fateful words. 20-ish minutes later, we had a call from our other realtor that our offer had been accepted and we had a house! Woohoo!!
We drove back home, with no home to live in and hope for the day we could move into our new house in Idaho Falls.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Had to Document this somewhere
Today, Lochlan learned how to snap his fingers. No one showed him, he just started doing it while he and I were sitting on the couch. I need to get video of it because have you ever heard a one year old's little fingers snap? It's the quietest most delicate little snap I have ever heard. It's hilarious!!
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Catch Up Post
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My life is a myriad of struggles and frustrations
and trying to appear as if I've still got everything under control
and that I am calm, cool and collected.
But let's be real.
I'm a mess!!
I had my birthday a few weeks ago.
We spent the day looking at 8 houses with our new realtor while Wendy and her awesome family watched our kids for 11+ hours that day.
We still haven't officially celebrated it with my kids and husband.
I had a great celebration with my sister Wendy and her family.
It's been super weird to not even think about it really
because we've been so busy getting all the stuff done for this house.
Bronwyn's birthday/Mother's Day was also weird.
Mostly because we celebrated 2 big days on the same day.
It. Was. So. Weird!!
Our house is in the process of selling and closes in less than 2 weeks.
That's SOO weird too!
And unfortunately the house we had chosen to put an offer on,
well, turns out that's not supposed to be our house.
So 2 weeks from now we will officially be homeless with 4 children and a full time job.
It's okay.
Heavenly Father has a plan and He's got this. I have faith.
My life is a myriad of struggles and frustrations
and trying to appear as if I've still got everything under control
and that I am calm, cool and collected.
But let's be real.
I'm a mess!!
I had my birthday a few weeks ago.
We spent the day looking at 8 houses with our new realtor while Wendy and her awesome family watched our kids for 11+ hours that day.
We still haven't officially celebrated it with my kids and husband.
I had a great celebration with my sister Wendy and her family.
It's been super weird to not even think about it really
because we've been so busy getting all the stuff done for this house.
Bronwyn's birthday/Mother's Day was also weird.
Mostly because we celebrated 2 big days on the same day.
It. Was. So. Weird!!
Our house is in the process of selling and closes in less than 2 weeks.
That's SOO weird too!
And unfortunately the house we had chosen to put an offer on,
well, turns out that's not supposed to be our house.
So 2 weeks from now we will officially be homeless with 4 children and a full time job.
It's okay.
Heavenly Father has a plan and He's got this. I have faith.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Bronwyn's Lost Her 2nd Tooth
Wow!!!! She just kept laughing after she did it.
And kept saying, "I can't believe I pulled out my tooth!".
We sure love her and are proud of the girl she's growing into.
DaVinci Night Art Project for Aftyn
This is her set up project at school that night.
Aftyn was really proud of herself and so was I.
Aftyn chose a parrot (on her own) to paint and
stuck with that idea for a good month, never changing her mind.
I have to say, I admire her fortitude.
Aftyn knew what she wanted to do and never wavered.
The Reality of My Window Project
What my house really looked like the weekend
I worked on my 7 windows and Reed was out of town.
Total chaos.
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