City Inspection Passed!

We started working on the basement just 4 months after closing on our home so we feel super lucky to be able to take this step. Here are some updated pictures of our basement after completing the framing, rough plumbing, electrical, HVAC and as of today...the city inspection!!! Chris and I are so excited about this and are happy to share that we are one step closer to completing our home! Yes we still have much more to go, not to mention our lawn that we will need to put in this Spring, I just keep telling myself one thing at a time! Chris is now looking into doing the next couple things ourselves such as the low voltage and insulation! Hopefully we will still be just as excited about it after we complete these next couple tasks :0)

The first picture is the view coming down from upstairs. The full bathroom will be straight ahead and than Chris' office to the left of the bathroom. The next picture is the entry way to the future theater room which may take some time to complete lol, we like to dream ;0). After that is the extra room that we plan to have Chris' photography equipment for the current product photography he takes for work but all in all it is his domain for his hobby! Than last but not least... a picture of my future fireplace which is placed in our downstairs family room!!!

Sheri Dew and more...

Today I had another wonderful opportunity to hear Sheri Dew speak. This is the third experience for me, the first was in Oregon and I went with my mother. It brought back wonderful memories of the things I did with my mom including the spiritual uplifting times we have shared together.

Sheri Dew is a wonderful speaker and again, I had a special yet emotional day as one always will when taken the time to "leave" the world to let the spirit speak to you. I had been prepared in my mind to have gained the inspiration I personally needed at this meeting and for that I am so grateful for! I shared my experience with my husband Friday on my way home from work as it was so tender and ever so important to me. For that, I am grateful. I needed this weekend so badly and I thank my Father in Heaven for this experience. I feel so blessed. I hope that I can remember the importance of my roll as a wife, sister, future mother and as a daughter of my mortal and heavenly parents. I am here on this earth today for what purpose I ask myself? I also ask...what kind of example am I right now and what should I be doing differently? My influence as a women is huge on all who surrounds me day to day and most of all in my own home. There are some things that I am working on and it was so nice to be reminded of a few things that are important to me. This was quit "draining" yet much needed weekend for me.

The second half of my weekend was also spent with our really good friend Leah who I haven't seen since she left HIT. Chris and I loved catching up on everything that has happened not to mention she finally got to see our home since she was with us the day that we decided to build this home. We then had to wrap up our evening at South Town for a little bit of shopping like the good old days! I think all three of us walked out with something new :)

Valintine's Day weekend!

Chris has spoiled me in the past which has led to our "tradition" of going to the Brick House Retreat in Sandy to receive a couples message for Valentines! I can't say that I could ever want anything more than to be pampered along side with the love of my life! So this is what we had done on Saturday which was SO NICE! We also had the pleasure of having Chris' siblings over for the whole weekend! We started out by going to the movies with Josh, his friend Kacey, Annie, her friend Amanda and then Britt on Friday night! Not sure how we pulled it off as a last minute decision considering we saw "Valentine's Day" but we did and it was going out with them all!

Saturday after we came back from our couples message, my brother Tyrel and his wife Jessi stopped by for several hours! Britt loved holding Harli all evening which I was glad because Annie and Josh made Valentine cookies and hung out with friends that night.

Sunday I woke up to Chris making me chocolate covered strawberries!!!! Oh how he knows the way to my heart! So I thought we could keep going by dipping sliced apples lol! We then made Chris' siblings Sunday breakfast before they went back home. All in all, I had a WONDERFUL Valentine's Day weekend with family and of course the one and only love of my life! My best friend!!!

My Root Canal...

Some have already had the pleasure in viewing this beautiful picture of me getting a root canal! Chris' mother said it best, "Chris captures our best moments!" but how could I get upset! Yes, he did post it on facebook for the world to see, but he created good laughs in the dental office. I mean, the dentist was not going to get in Chris' way of taking a "great" picture as I lay helpless without being able to speak up for myself. So why can this not get to me? Chris has been so wonderful and supportive! I couldn't have asked for more.... Chris and I went in for a cleaning Tuesday and this is where it got me :(

Chris had the first appointment at 7am with mine following at 7:30am. Chris decided to gift me with teeth whitening while I was finishing up my appointment (which we both have wanted to do for sometime). I come out with a couple cavities from my old fillings....one tooth had a crack that had been causing decay underneath so they asked if I wanted to take care of it while I was already there to put a partial crown on for half my tooth. We proceeded to do so to find that my nerve was exposed before he could remove all the decay, bla... So he covered it up and two days later I am here getting a root canal :( I can only blame myself for the pain that I am going through for not going to the dentist in over 3 years! If only, I would like to think that we could have caught it before... Anyway, it is not over, I feel as if I was slugged in the face because my cheek is killing me!!! I have to go back on Tuesday for the mold of the partial crown and of course a 4th appointment on March 2nd to finish it up. I am so sad about this because I did not want to put all this money into fixing my mouth that I apparently thought had "no problems."