Decisions, Decisions

Our home is coming along very nicely.  We figure that it will be done by the end of the summer.  It has been fun to drive by every day and take pictures to document the process.

This is the foundation after the dirt had been filled back in. 

 Basement floor after it was finished

 Basement getting framed

 Sarah welcoming everyone to our front door

 In the very back will be two bedrooms.  On the left will be the bathroom and on the right will be a laundry room that will then lead into the boiler room and some storage area.  

The most recent view of our zoo.  

We are feeling so overwhelmed with all of the decisions that need to be made.  We thought that it would be fun to build a new home and design it the way that we wanted.  What we did not realize is how overwhelming the whole process is.  There are some choices that are easy to make, but others are so difficult because either choice would be good.

Right now we are deciding on what stone exterior to have on the home.  Our home will have some stone and some stucco.  We think that we have narrowed it down between these two choices:

Any thoughts???

Disney World

I have always dreamed about going to Disney World! I am so happy that we were able to spend extra time in Florida after the wedding to go. We were spoiled and got to spend 5 days at the happiest place on earth. I was impressed with my 25 week pregnant self and how I was able to hold up. We were able to do open-close every day except for our last day (we had a plane to catch).  I was able to have a lot of fun even though I was not able to ride the thrill rides. I especially liked the animal kingdom, and Toy Story Mania at Hollywood studios.  Here are some pictures from our trip. The first day we went it poured buckets of rain. We all bought poncho's and kept running around like children. It was great. 

The safari at the animal kingdom was amazing!

Loved the petting zoo portion at animal kingdom

The best part of Epcot was all the floral features

Yes we waited in line for princesses. I told Joe he better get use to waiting for princesses with our little girl coming. 

"I'm gonna wreck it!"

This pictures captures it all.

Sam and Taylor's wedding

This past weekend Joe and I were lucky enough to go down to Florida to see Sam (Joe's brother) get sealed to his beautiful bride Taylor. These two are perfect for each other, and we both could not be more thrilled with the new addition to the family. They were sealed in the Orlando, Florida temple. 

We have lots of extended family members who were not able to come down so I will post TONS of pictures to help them get an idea of how beautiful the wedding was. 

I love this picture for some reason, maybe because Sam has a ginormous wedding ring on his finger. 

Stunning women

The reception hall looked out on the lake, it was beautiful.

I am ready to move to Florida. It is seriously so pretty and I am in love with the current weather. 

John, Cheri, and Tom

We are so excited to be able to have another reception in Burley this weekend to celebrate these two getting married!!! Congratulations Taylor and Sam!

We bought a ZOO!

When we decided we were going to be staying in Pocatello we started immediately to find a permanent home. All the homes we looked at we just were not in love with.We had long lists of what we would want to do to change the houses we looked at so we could love one. Our Realtor walked us through a new build and we immediately had a list of things we wanted to change, but liked the house and the price. The builder told us our changes would be easy to incorporate in a new build and encouraged us to go check out a lot. We fell in LOVE with the lot and before we knew it we were signing papers with an offer. Things with the house are moving along quickly. The house should be done shortly after our baby girl comes. We love driving by our lot and seeing the daily changes. We are now trying to pick out all the details of our home. 

Our lot is right next to a large grass area the city owns. 

Our hole

The basement will be unfinished so we will be able to grow into our home. 

We are so excited to finally have a home, and have even more room for visitors, and our growing family.

Hooray for jobs!

Sadly Joe's clerkship is coming to an end. He has loved him time with the Judge and we both think it was a wise career move to not take a job at a law firm last year and work as a clerk for a year instead. He has been able to learn what to do and what not to do as an attorney.  But as his year mark with the judge was coming to an end he needed to look to jobs at a law firm. He has worked so hard getting job applications, and doing lots of interviews. We both had a feeling all along that even though we were applying where we would love to end up that we needed to stay here in Pocatello or as many call it, "the armpit of Idaho".  He got a job offer from a firm here in town, and we both knew that it was the job he should take. 

So we are going to make Pocatello home. I promise that I can think of dozens of other cities in Idaho that I would truly call "The armpit of Idaho." and Pocatello is not one of them. Be warned that we do however have more trailer homes per capita than any other city in the world (just my observation). If you don't believe me come up and see for yourself (we LOVE visitors!)

Congratulations Joe on a new Job!

Today I finished a project I have literally been working on for YEARS! About 2 years ago I found this cross stitch for a new baby name and I instantly knew that I needed it. My mom had done cross stitch for each of her kids, but none were as huge of a project as this one was. I think at that time my Mom was living with us and "babysitting me" because I was passing out so much. I became very discouraged at the time and working on this project reminded me of one of the many reasons why I was going to such great lengths to fix my heart and not give up. So here is a picture of my finished project. I am quite happy with how it turned out. 

Now all I have left to do is put her name, birth date and weight when she arrives.  

My next project is to crochet a white blanket to go with her blessing outfit. 

I'm not a fan of pregnancy pictures. But I feel like I am still "cute and small" and want to document that while I can.  Here I am this morning about 21 weeks pregnant. I am so happy Gap has a maternity department. I literally own most of the Spring line. I don't think I will ever put my stretchy waist jeans in storage, they are SO comfortable. So if you hate maternity clothes you are not shopping at the right store. I love GAP and desperately miss my discount.

21 weeks