.Week.

One week until we close on our first home. AHHHH, so exciting!

One week until we pick up our first puppy, Cooper boy. They have been so nice to keep him for us until we close on the house, but boy has it been difficult to go visit him and leave him there each time. I have had to limit my visits and have only done so when family or friends have wanted to see him as it is a torment to me emotionally.

One week until my mum heads to England.

One week until we prepare to head to Utah for a family party.

This time next week is going to be a busy one that's for sure.

.We Got It.

We got our house! Just sorting the last little things, addendums etc. We close at the end of the month.

Here are a few photos of the new digs.

Entrance

Right of entrance, or if you walked in through the garage

Half bath

Kitchen

Dining (which is open to the kitchen and open to the family room)

Family room (to the left of the kitchen and dining area)

Stairs

Hallway - looking at the 2nd and 3rd bedrooms

2nd Bedroom - on left

3rd Bedroom - on right

Bathroom

Hallway to master, laundry to right

Laundry

Master

Master Bathroom

Master - walkin closet

Garage

Backyard, oh the plans we have for this baby... next summer...

We are excited for this new chapter in our lives!

.The New.

Well, we have an offer in on a house and are awaiting a reply or counter offer... I feel calm about it, not going to get too excited just yet. We are meant to know by 5pm today or first thing tomorrow.

I turn 30 in a week... eek!

Is it just me or does everyone seem to be pregnant lately? Could be just that baby pang I feel when I should be starting to exercise the thought of have another...hmmm... (when Cade was the same age Ethan is, I had a 4 week old baby...shesh, hard to imagine).

On that note, they all seem to be having boys.

'The' puppy I want arrives in a week, not sure if he can be 'our' puppy though, depends on timing of closing etc if we get our home.

Beagle or Golden? Which would you choose?

The man desperately wants a bow for his birthday, which is only a couple of weeks away and I would love to get it on the sly, but we'll see what I can swing.

Did you know they have a Cabelas in Rapid City? Me either, we went there on the weekend and the man had a bow fix, shooting arrows etc. It was pretty sweet.

I have been growing my hair for about a year I guess it would be now and am oh so tempted to get it cut short again. I hate that. Might just get it colored to suffice.

.Place.

Here are the pics of our place... finally!

Kitchen, laundry behind white doors

Kitchen with front door seen on the left

Laundry, what you can't see is the lovely deep shelves that go above the washer and dryer. Love me some storage, even if it is just a shelf

Living area from the kitchen

Master bedroom

Master

Master bath and his/her closets

Master Bathroom

Master Bathroom

Hall from master bedroom, looking toward the living area, open door on the right is the half bath

Half bath

Hallway to bedrooms, linen cupboard on the right then open door is the boys room

Boys room

Boys room

Jack and Jill Bathroom from boys room

Jack and Jill bathroom

Bathroom from 2nd bedroom

Second bedroom

Second bedroom

That is the grand tour.

My favorite things,
- by far the tile instead of linoleum, tiled showers and bathrooms, entry ways and kitchen/laundry. Heaven!
- The higher ceilings.
- A dishwasher again!
- Living on one level, with the washer/dryer on the same level as the bedrooms.
- Central air.
- A pool and a nice patio to bbq on.

The things I don't like.
- Living on the 3rd floor, which means hiking 4 flights of stairs with groceries and a tired 2 year old not wanting to walk but instead be carried. (He walks, and cries the whole way up)
- The snotty kids that live here, that play outside unattended.
- There is no park here (as we have the pool) so we make a daily trek to another park, there is a small one across the road which is great, I just have to wait for the late afternoon so little bums don't get burnt on the slides.
- I hate not having a yard for the kids to play in anymore, soon enough.

We LOVE our ward. Although we were on the program our second week there as speakers and not told. We walked in and the councellor goes, "Oh good our speakers arrived, you won't have to listen to me the whole time" and we literally looked around to see who he was talking about. UMMM us!! We made it through. Talk about freak our for a little while though. I am filling in for the gospel doctrine teacher this week as he is going to Minot to help out for a while. I have NEVER taught gospel doctrine, so this is all new and out of my comfort zone, good think I love the lesson this week!!

We are settling in well. Have been busy looking for a home to buy GASP!! I know, big girl pants!! We are excited/nervous. Just waiting on a place we know is going to be listed to be listed. Total buyers market here right now with like 500 properties for sale at the moment.

Sorry this was super long, but newsy. Hope I got you all caught up.