Tools I've used in the past 2 months

Miter saw, Table saw, Circular saw, Reciprocating saw, Jigsaw, Hand saw, Hack saw,

Drill with several different types of bits, sledge hammer, crow bar, linoleum cutter, razor blades,

paint brush, paint roller, nail gun, compressor, level, caulk gun, channel lock pliers, soulder,

blow torch, hammer, needle nose pliers, teflon tape, mortar trowels, mud and tape with trowels,

sandpaper, sander, shop vac, appliance dollie, chalk line, contractor square, clamps

My Valentine

Valentine's day itself was very uneventful as far as the romantic side of things. Because of my work schedule I spent most of the day out seeing patients. But Trent still has a way of doing those little things that make me feel like the luckiest woman in the world. We got up together and Trent made us both breakfast (best scrambled eggs and pancakes I think I've ever had!). I went out to work and we decided we would try to check out the ward that we're going to be moving into hopefully this week so we had a plan to meet up for sacrament for that ward. As luck would have it I got there and was able to stay for the sacrament portion alone and had to leave again to see another patient. But sweet little Trent was there waiting for me and never complained about me being late or having to ditch him for the rest of the meeting, he just held me close while he could. And then, when I got home Trent had made a delicious dinner for my sister's family and us...he even did the dishes!!!

I've learned through all of this that Trent doesn't have to do anything more than what he already does to be my Valentine. He's my Valentine every day and I'm lucky to have him!

Family

Family is the most important thing to me! I absolutely love the holidays cuz it means having an excuse to just hang out with my family all day.

I have the best family I could have ever wished for. We're all very disfunctionally functional. We all have our own different quirks but put together it just works and is the best feeling in the world! The center and binding force in our family has got to be our mom and dad.

My mom is the sweetest, kindest, hardest working woman I know...she would never say anything bad about a single person and if she did mention something that bugged her it's always

so right on and honestly funny to hear her say it in her sweet little way.

My dad is the biggest goofball and has a rough exterior but inside is just a big softy. He surprised us all by showing up as Santa for the kids...I didn't even realize it was him until the grandkids started yelling "It's Grandpa!!" You should've seen my sisters and I, we were all choked up and crying cuz we love our "Pops" so much! It was so great to have him there for Christmas! We are so excited to have him back for good in the middle of January!!

I absolutely love being married too for the fact that I get to inherit a whole other family!!! It's like double the pleasure, double the fun, double the excitement with the Will-yums ;) haha! That was super cheesy ;)

But honestly I love it cuz now I get to be the big sister I never could be with my family and have so many more brothers, sisters and even more parents! I love how fun and just great people they all are! What more could a girl ask for?

I wish every day could be Christmas!!!

I know, I know...I'm working on it...

Such is my blogging history that I neglect you in a time of transition or just pure laziness.

A lot has happened since the last post! We closed on our Clearfield house on the 13th of November and moved out that weekend. We're now living in my sister Brooke's basement in West Point, pretty much straight west of our old house. We live in this one framed room that my Brother-in-law was very sweet to frame, insulate and line the wall with plastic so we weren't breathing in insulation all the time. We tried to transform the rest of the basement into a makeshift closet, family room and, well lets face it, boxes of junk ;)

We really are enjoying ourselves cuz we have really good privacy but still get to hang out with my sister and her family almost every single night. We take turns making dinner and packing it up for lunches for the next day. It's been great to have home cooked meals and I'm learning a lot from my sister about how to realistically plan and budget out meals for 2 weeks!

Our dogs are the ones that have to suffer a little bit because they don't have the backyard anymore and we haven't been able to trust them to be out and about downstairs so when we leave, the poor little things have to either be outside in the cold or locked up in their kennels.

Work has been really crazy busy for me the past month so I haven't had time for much else. We have looked at a few more houses and have a few that we're interested in so we'll see how that goes.

We had a great Thanksgiving with both families and are SO STOKED for spending Christmas with them too!

Who's walking who...or is it whom?

So this morning Trent took our dog Jake for a walk, but rode his bike instead of walking...BAD IDEA! I honestly knew something was going to happen but had high hopes it wouldn't...Why is it when men are hurt they turn into little babies...love you babe ;) It was really fun to take care of him though he's a cute baby :D

SOLD

HOLY CRAP!!!! Alot has happened since, oh you know...YESTERDAY!! We got an offer on our house last night, made a counteroffer this morning and like 20 minutes after we made the counteroffer they called back and accepted the terms. So it's all but official for being under contract they just have to send us back the signed papers for the terms and the process begins! We are just hoping and praying that the appraisal comes back to cover the offer but everything else should be easy peasy....now, where do WE live??? We've got some promising houses we're checking into tomorrow in the Layton area so we'll just take our time and hopefully find a KILLER deal!

House for sale

It's official we are now in the system! We've already had 2 lookers in the past 2 days and have another showing tomorrow...ohp wait...2 SHOWINGS TOMORROW!!! and the day isn't even over yet! check out our MLS site to see our beautiful home!! MLS#: 919580 at utahrealestate.com!