Shopping and Killers Concert!!!

Today was a very good day that started out with me waking up to Tyrel's phone call informing me that he was pulling in! I volunteered to keep Tyrel company when he told me he was needing to deliver some tickets to the BYU game but I was not sure when Tyrel was driving down to Provo so I waited for his call to find that I needed to jump into my cloths and accompany him for an hour! I love my brother and I loved having the time to ourselves to chat and talk about life! It is also Hallie's 8th Birthday today!!! I was happy to say that I remembered to mail out her birthday card and I am even more excited for the purchase in my plane ticket to go to her baptism next month!!!

Afterwords, Tyrel dropped me to my wonderful husband and we shopped on line to see if there were any bed spreads we both liked due to the one we really wanted being totally sold out :( They only had the Queen size left and let me tell you how tempted I was to trade out our new King bed for a King because I wanted the bedspread so bad LOL! Non the less we were able to keep our King bed frame because we found one that Chris loved and I love, especially when I purchase some beautiful rose red sheets to match!!! So it is on the way :)

Next!!!! It was time to get all dolled up for the KILLERS CONCERT!!! We were offered a free ticket last night from our soon to be friendly neighbors and then received notice this afternoon that they were given a second ticket to offer us. Chris would have loved to go and I would have loved to have him with me but he and his dad already made plans to go to the new Bruce Willis movie that came out so he kindly gave up the ticket for sister Britt! It was a joy to take her out with me and get her out on the town! I can't tell you how much I love going to concerts! I would totally go every 6 months to have my fix ;) Maybe some day when I am not focused on everything else I need to save for ha ha....... ya, I don't know that the day would come but I can certainly say that I had a wonderful time and I have much THANKS for our new friends and neighbors to be in a month :)

After our return from the concert, my cute as can be husband was awaiting my attention and we decided to go on a midnight drive to grab some grub from good old Wendy's and yes I purchased a yummy root beer float!!!

Good times~

Friday night I had the pleasure of meeting up with old girlfriends from Oregon! Jennifer Andrus picked me up from work and I noticed right off the directions to Jennifer Long's place due to her living near where we are building our home! In fact they are in the Pilgrim's Landing 2nd ward and we are in the 1st ward, well at least until January when everyone from Thanksgiving Point is moved into our newly built chapel! With the thought of our new home, Jennifer wanted to see our place since she has been away all summer long. Afterwords, we arrived at Jennifer Long's place and played with little Cohen while chatting and catching up! I loved having this opportunity to hang out with some girl friends and discovered that this is a much needed thing for us all but I needed to cut the night short since Chris and I also had my older brother Tyrel with Jessi and baby Ty over to stay the night with us!!! I love having them over and spending time with family! It was the cutest thing playing with my nephew all night and watching him watch Daddy and uncle Chris play pool :) This has been my favorite stage with little Ty! I can't wait to be a mommy some day and receive the blessing of having little children in our home! The good news is, we get to have them over for the next two weekends!!!! Jessi is doing really good! We painted each other's toes because she is 7 months pregnant and it gets a little difficult to paint your own if you know what I mean ;)

Since we all stayed up till after 1am, Chris and I did not get the early start that we had hoped for but we were able to show Tyrel and Jess our home with the new cabinets and counter tops that were installed over the last week! Afterwords we split ways so that Chris and I could get a few hours of work in while Tyrel & Jess went to some yard sales around Draper. Once they were finished we met in Provo to hang out and grab a bite to eat before the BYU game started. At that point, Chris and I went back to RC Willey to purchase our new refrigerator! We were really pleased to get the Labor Day sale on it too! We then headed back up North to the South town mall to pick up some new slacks for Chris and ran into more deals! They were already on sale so we purchased three new pair and when we checked out, the cashier had a coupon for an additional $20 off! It was quit the day and if it wasn't enough, we decided to stop in at Furniture Row to look at some couches because we were not 'totally' pleased with RC Willey's selection. We looked like a couple silly kids plopping on all the couches that looked appealing but needed a test of comfort ha ha :) and then we came across a couple package deals that they had going on that ended this weekend. They were so good that we had a hard time passing it up but there was no need for all the tables that came with it and I was not "in love" with the couches. I asked if there were any more deals and the salesman said that there was a package deal for a couch and love seat but they only had the one color option, so I took a look and ended up loving them! Chris and I also loved the color! The salesmen over heard me say that I would rather have two couches of a love seat so he said that he would only charge an additional $30 to exchange the love seat for another couch and you know what that meant!?! We could not pass up the crazy deal and were SOLD!!!! So here we are! We have been blessed with running into all these sales that has enabled us to purchase much of what we need to furnish our home!

Blessings and a Promotion!

While so many companies are trying to survive the terrible economy over the last year, Chris and I continue to give thanks for our many blessings. Chris and I have so much to be grateful for and we know that our Father in Heaven is looking out for us and our families. I can't help but notice all the wonderful opportunities that have come our way up to this point in our lives.

After I was let go at Central last September due to the difficulty of the auto industry surviving the economy drop and an instant rehire from HIT the day after, Chris and I have survived the lay offs and Chris has received two promotions over this last year. Last December Chris was promoted from Team Lead to a Supervisor and we just found out today that Chris is being promoted to a Management position over the design department. This new position brings us both joy and a new level of security as we both seek to plan out the next year but it also brings challenges to Chris' new position with the continued struggle through this difficult economy. I know that Chris has much preparation as he begins to clean up areas of the design department but I want him to know that I am so proud of him! We both continue to pray that HIT will be able to succeed through this economical struggle and that Chris will soon feel the blessings that this promotion can bring into both our lives.

This also means that Chris moved back to the department I work in. Last time he was a supervisor so I was still able to report to the manager while everyone else reported to Chris but now we do not have that option. Even then, HR did not like how close we worked together having a husband work over his wife but the company is still not wanting to move me from the design department at this time. We will wait and see if changes arise for me in the future but for the mean time I remain completing the tasks for the design department while I continue reporting to Lance who was moved to cover a special project for the company.

While all these changes have happened, Chris and I continue to be thankful for the opportunity to build a beautiful home together and receive the 8k from the government and recent news of an extra 4k from the state! As we prepare ourselves for a new chapter, we see and have seen in the past how things fall into place as we trust in the Lord. No matter how things work out since they never go as planned, Chris and I know that we will always be okay and we will always have each other!

Exciting Mail!

Yesterday Chris was looking through the mail from what we received over the weekend and he started getting excited for me because it was in regards to my school loan for Cosmetology. It was a small monthly bill every month that was automatically pulled and we did not even notice it so Chris was not worried about getting it paid but I hated having it. When we looked into building our home I was reminded of it and I was able to see how much I had left to pay. When I discovered that it was a little over $800 or so I told Chris that I wanted to just pay it all off. He said it is no big deal but if I wanted we could before we close on the home. Again, I forgot all about it but now here we are with the fantastic news!!! We are now just weeks before we close and we receive a letter that says they are waiving the last $700 and closing it out because I never gave them any late fees or something! So I guess they reword people who always pay the bills ha ha! I am just so happy I did not pay the rest of it a couple months ago and listened to my husband!

Other exciting news is the tile (entry way and kitchen) and vinyl (both bathrooms and mud room) are completed today!!! The cabinets are to be delivered tomorrow for installation on Wednesday!!! I can't tell you how giddy I am over the tile and vinyl :) Chris and I both thought we remembered our tile being more cream with a little bit of brown and we had no idea what the vinyl looked like but the tile was darker then we thought which makes us so happy and the vinyl looks fabulous! So we did 18 inch tile in the kitchen and the 12 inch in the entry way, above are pictures of the entrance from the front door and then the entrance from the garage into the mud/laundry room so you have an idea what they look like!

Stucco and Stone!!!

Here we are, now the stucco and the stone work is completed and we are super happy with it!! The funny thing about building a home is that Chris and I have forgotten the shades in colors of our selections... We had to go back and actually ask which exterior option we picked last May lol :) So we had a general idea but everything is a little different when it is actually done because your looking at little samples when you pick it all out. Next is the tile work and we are curious to see if it is as light as we remember.... time will tell!

Payson Parade!

Labor Day Chris and I always spend it with the Wilson family which is Fran's side of the family. Out of the three years Chris and I have been together, this is year number two that Grandpa Wilson was in the parade! Three years ago, our cousin Adam Wilson got permission to fly down right over the parade! It was the coolest thing! The Wilson family have always been so good with supporting each other. It makes life so much more fun having a close family! This year I came prepared and brought our camera to take a picture of Grandpa driving his jeep with the rest of the war veterans from world war 2. Almost the whole family came so it was a great turn out!

After the parade was over, all the cousins walked over to the park which had carnival rides and booths etc. Chris and I saw a dog that we both agreed on for when the time comes and we hung out with our brother Aaron and Tom & Sydney Wright. When walking around, we came across a section with a ton of kids! We laughed a bit because it looked like Santa's workshop only they were kids and not little elves ;) Before Tom checked to see if there was an age limit lol! Home Depot was just built in Payson so they thought they would make friends by letting all the kids build little tool boxes or key holders for free. So we all put on our "Kids workshop" aprons on and went to work lol :) We were so proud but we did not dare separate from each other till we left the park ha ha. Once we all made it back to Grandma and Grandpas place in Payson, we started the BBQ which was fabulous! Thank you to everyone who prepared the food!!!

Hike to Timpanogos Cave

Over the last couple months during the process in building our home, Chris and I have been able to get to know our neighbors who have already moved into the neighborhood or are also building! It has been so fun for us and we are even more excited to move in! Derek and Stephanie are one of the couples building just a couples houses from ours and we have been able to become good friends with them. So two days ago we thought it would be fun to hike up to the Timpanogos Caves over the Labor day weekend. Derek has not gone since he was just a kid and the other three of us have never been, or Chris just could not remember them if he had.

Chris and I were a little nervous about how the weather would turn out but we decided to give it a try and if it rains then it rains on us. So I went prepared and chose a dark shirt just in case ;) We started the day early and picked up Derek and Stephanie to car pool. It turned out to be perfect hiking weather because it was nice and cool out! Stephanie and I had a great time chatting and the same went with Chris and Derek. We were entertained by the excitement Stephanie had about the different rock. Once we made it to the caves, the temperature dropped to 45* so I was so grateful to have me new hiking pants and jacket with me!!! I have been wanting some hiking pants for quit sometime now so when Chris said we were going to REI for dome pants for me I was so happy! Chris and I love to be outdoors so my pants will come to great use!!!

The caves were a great experience for me! Very educational and fascinating! I loved it but next time Chris and I will need to summit Timpanogos :) Afterwords, We all went to grab a bite to eat and then Chris and I went to shop for a king size mattress for our new bed frame that we purchased! It was so funny because Chris sounded like a mattress pro! Out of the blue, Chris asked one of his coworkers if they new anything about mattresses and he had actually sold mattresses for 3 years before he came to HIT. So we had all the info we needed to get a good mattress and not get ripped off. So we got a stealing deal for a great mattress at Denver Mattress!!! What a perfect day and start for an exciting Labor day weekend!

Interior Painting completed!

So here we are, the interior of our house is all painted!!! We are so excited for the progress of our home! The paint was a little darker then we remember but Chris and I love it and we think it will work well with our choice in colors when furnished!