New Opportunities

The Hubs got a new job!  It's bittersweet to be leaving our home that we love, a town that we love and so many people that we have come to know and love.  BUT, we are so excited to be moving back closer to our family, closer to our hospital where our baby will be born, a new job that sweetened the deal enough to get us to move.  We are going to move in to my Nana's home, one that I have many fond memories in.  The timing for this couldn't have been more perfect.

We had our last day at church in Horse Country today and I don't think either of us expected to be so torn about the experience.  We were both released from our callings at church during sacrament meeting and it was announced that it would be our last Sunday there.  It was so hard for me to leave my sweet little primary class and very difficult for Hubby to leave the young men that grew very attached to him in the last 2 years.  We were both pretty emotional when we left church.  Our ward was really good to us and we were sad to leave.

Now, back to the happy stuff!  Our family really rallied to help us this weekend especially as we quickly tried to get the house and yard in top condition to put on the market.  My Dad and Gigi came and stayed Thursday thru Saturday.  Dad and I painted the master bath and sunroom and  spacked, sanded and touched up all of the places where we had hung pictures and mirrors.  Saturday brought Bab and her crew to help with the yard.  We raked and trimmed hedges while the Hubs did some carpentry work inside the house.  We also took down our light fixtures and put in builder grade stuff for a more uniform look.  I consider our house to now be de-personalized and as vanilla as we can possibly stand!  Now, we start working with the relocation company to get our house listed and the packers/movers scheduled to come move our belongings to our new home.  We hope to be moved by the 23rd is all goes well.

Some Random Thoughts

We have actually been quite busy lately not that you can tell from my total lack of blogging.  We helped friends get through a very tough obstacle in their life, we helped move the BFF and spent a fair amount of time catching up with friends and family in the last couple of weeks.  And of course, we have both been working...it' can't all be fun and games! 

Other randoms:
*We bought an 8X11 rug for our living room finally! 
*I got some bookshelf staging tips from a good friend.  I don't know that I've got the 2 in the living room where I want them but it's a start.
*We were gifted the most amazing photograph by the BFF who happens to be an awesome professional photographer.  I mean, it is SO me.
*We pretty much finished the kitchen project but some touch-up painting is needed before I post pictures.
*I think we've realized that my families sense of humor is genetic due to my 4 year old nieces zingers that she throws out pretty often.  Babs sends me her jokes via text...makes me laugh every time.
*Trying to plan a family vacation in the fall...will it happen?  Your guess is as good as mine!
*It has been such a hot summer we can't seem to drink enough water in our household. 
*Tervis Tumblers are the bomb.com/thebest to keep your water nice and cold.
*My obsession with throw pillows continues to dominate as does my obsession with TJ Maxx.  The 2 go hand in hand for me.
*Babs made us homemade yeast rolls and homemade blackberry preserves...amazing!

That's all I've got for now, maybe I'll post some actual photos soon!