Wednesday, September 24, 2008

We are homeless

Well, I haven't told too many people because I didn’t want to jinx anything. About 6 weeks ago we put our house on the market and we got an offer after 2 weeks. We closed on the house this morning and have 30 days to move out so the new owners can take possession of the house.

We wanted to stay in Magna but we can’t find anything in Magna that we like. We extended our search south and found a builder and a .27 acre lot in West Jordan (approximately 6400 West and 9000 South. Here is the house we are building.




Once we finish the basement, we will have a little over 4000 sq ft. gulp… I hope I can keep it clean. Anyway, we are excited and nervous at the same time. The third car garage is double deep so Terry is getting his 4 car garage. I’m getting my knotty alder cabinets and granite counter tops (you know…since I spend so much time in the kitchen). We will have 4 bedrooms on the top floor so no one will be sharing a bedroom. Eventually, I will have a scrapbook room in the basement but I’m not holding my breath. We are now in the process of trying to select the upgrades and man, it’s a hard decision. If I get everything I want, then we are 60K over what we want to spend. I’ve cut the list as much as I feel I can but we are still 14K over. This part bites. Now I’m going to have to let go of my 9 ft ceilings and 8 ft doors. That’s 8K right there. That still leaves us 6K. I can’t think of anything else I want to cut. This is so hard. Terry suggested the tile which is 7K but man, I HATE vinyl. I wish I didn’t have expensive taste. Anyone want to help lay tile for us? J/K. We are still figuring out the details but we both want this house. Anyone know anything about DR Horton? That is the builder we are looking at. They have cut the base price of the home 16K and are giving us any/all our upgrades and modifications at a 25% discount. I think we are getting a good deal but if you have any suggestions or information on DR Horton, let us know.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

My poor son, Trevor

A few weeks ago, Trevor hurt his neck during a football game. He didn't complain much at first. As the day passed he started to complain a little about his neck hurting. We were thinking he pulled a muscle or something and that he would start to feel better soon. The next day he was in a lot more pain and it was getting worse. I gave him some Motrin and sent him to school. That night he was in a lot of pain and the meds didn't seem to help much. I still didn't think much of it. The following morning I still sent him to school but he called me around 10 AM and wanted to go home. I left work and took him to the doctor. The doctor immediately put him in a neck brace and sent us to the hospital for x-rays. The doctor was/is worried he has a fractured disk in his neck. We have now been waiting 8 days for results and today we learn that they need to take more x-rays and possibly an CT scan. Ugh. I want to scream! Trevor is still in a lot of pain and we just want answers. Terry just took Trevor to the hospital again and we are waiting to hear from the doctor. I am on pins and needles. Is it more then a fractured disc? Will my baby ever play sports again? Will he have any side effects? Will it heal on it's own? so many questions and I don't feel like we are getting anywhere.

Please keep Trevor in your prayers and lets all hope for a speedy recovery and that he will not have any limitations once he heals.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Summer's end...

I've been a lazy little blogger lately. My head hasn't hatched an original thought all week and let's be honest, it's late summer and I want to spend as much time outdoors as I can.

Speaking of outdoors, we made plans to go camping last weekend and then Trevor came home from football practice on Monday and said they were having a fund raiser game on Saturday at 1:30 in the afternoon. Well, needless to say that put a damper on our weekend plans so we postponed our trip to this weekend (since there was no game on the schedule). The league ended up canceling last weekends game at the last minute but we had already changed our plans so it didn't effect us either way. Last night Trevor comes home and informs us that his coach's arranged a game for this weekend. WHAT! He has got to be joking....right? NO, he's not. We are left changing our plans once again to accommodate football. We decided to camp close to home this weekend so we can drive to town for Trevor's football game and back to the camp ground. Jesh...I'm so excited. We've decided to go to Grantsville...a whole 40 minute drive from home. But, on the positive side, we can still four-wheel, ride bikes and hang out with our friends and family and watch my baby play football. It will still be a great weekend!

I hope all of you are enjoying your summer because there are only 31 days left until autumn rings in and leaves start to fall. I have to admit, fall is my personal favorite. Come on, who doesn't welcome the warm/vibrant colors that surround us during the fall months??? I know I do! I enjoy the warm (not hot) days and chilly nights. I love wearing sweaters and shopping for the new trends and boots. OMG...it's almost boot season...yay! I even get to put my designer hat on and decorate the house through-out the fall season (in fact, the remainder of the year...autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas). Such fun! Oh, and I must mention photography. I know the kids get tired of pictures because fall is the best time to be outdoors snapping shots of them. I lay them in a pile of leaves and let them go at it. We take an annual drive up Butterfield Canyon and get family pictures done... we'll head to the railroad tracks, and barns, we'll go to the park and I'll make the kids pose, sit, stand, etc. and all they will want to do is play...well, I'll I want to do is get a good snap shot of them. I do love the candid pictures as well and I eventually let them run around and play so I can capture those pure and innocent moments that I will treasure throughout my life time.

That brings me to another topic. I really need to organize my pictures and get them scrapbooked. Once the cold and dark season kicks in, I'm all for scrapbooking with a cold drink, chocolate treats, a warm blanket and country music. I think I've convinced myself that I'm ready for the next 4 months...but are you?

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

STRAIGHT OR CURLY?

I'm finally posting a before and after picture. I LOVE my hair straight. I may miss the curls at some point but straight hair is so much easier. I finally have control over my hair. I can even use a hairbrush. YA!



Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Starvation

We went boating with our friends, Diana & Paul. We had so much fun and are happy to go with them anytime they want company. :-) Here are some pics from our boating trip.















Monday, July 21, 2008

We took the travel trailer (camper) out this weekend

Yahoo! We had sooo much fun in our new toy this weekend. We traveled to Fairview Canyon but we didn't get to the camp site until Friday night and it was really dark. It was hard finding a good spot but Terry did it! I loved the spot we camped at.

We saw a ton of deer. Although, I never seemed to have the camera when the deer would stumble into our camp site. I promise...they were HUGE. LOL

Take a peek at some of the fun pictures I was able to capture from this past weekend. (Sorry for the long post but I have too many pics I want to share.)



Trevor trying to hold back his smile...

This is Skyler, Trevor's best friend. He lives in Tulsa, OK and is visiting for two weeks. I love this kid. He is so much fun.

Thatcher playing with his goggles.

Alyx is always ready to pose for the camera. :-)



Ah! Check out my boys. Trevor and Thatcher are really close despite their age differences.

Thatcher had so much fun fishing. He had been asking us to take him fishing for a while...here are some pics of him fishing. He caught his first fish. Woo Hoo...It was so exciting.

Look at that smile. Thatcher is reeling in his prize fish.

Woo hoo! Thatcher catches his first fish.

Alyx patiently waiting to catch a fish....

...she didn't have to wait long.

Alyx caught 3 fish in 2 hours.

Skyler is a pro-fisherman. He didn't need any help casting and catching his trophies.

This is just 1 of 3 in two hours.

Trevor knew what he was doing too

but the first thing he reeled in was seaweed.

and the second, and the third and the fourth. All he could catch was seaweed. Poor kid!

Terry taught Skyler how to ride a manual ATV. He caught on really fast and didn't want to stop riding.

Alyx loves riding her pink ATV.

As it got late, we let the kids roast marshmellows and make smores.









one last ride before it got too dark.