We're HOME OWNERS!!!

It's official- we are finally HOME OWNERS!!! We signed all of our papers last night and are now just waiting for the keys... were packing like crazy and ready to move into our new home! Stay tuned for pictures!!!

Another house update!

Well, I wish this update was to tell you we are finally home owners but it not :(

Let's just say they make you jump through a few hoops to get a mortgage loan! The plus side iswe know our loan is going to be done right and we will not be in a situation millions of Americans are now in--- the down side... WE WANT TO MOVE ALREADY!!! We have been approved for closing with conditions which in a nut shell means we have to re-submit more paperwork to prove more and more we are not psycho money laundering drug dealers! (For the record we are not!)! Keep in mind this is the same paperwork we have already submitted 3 times but now they want updated paperwork with a few more additions...I tell ya if we don't have to sign away our first born at closing I will be totally surprised! Well we have re-submitted that paperwork again for what seems like the millionth time and are now just waiting for a final approval to close- word on the street is that should come today or tomorrow...

For now we'll just keep thinking about "our" house and pray we close by the end of this month!!!

Thank you is never enough...

Thank you is never enough but we owe a HUGE thank you to my sister and her little ones for all of there help this weekend. Luckily they were able to hang out with us all weekend but unlucky for them we put them to work. My sister cleaned our kitchen like a mad women- - - if you need and oven cleaner she is your gal! She about killed me- little did I know a stove top actually needs to the burners removed ever now and again to be cleaned... in my defense I AM NOT VERY GOOD IN THE KITCHEN! I promised my sister to clean the stove in the new house more often! :) And her little guy, we'll he was Brett's packing buddy. He sure can tape some mad boxes! :) Because of them we were able to get the apartment pretty much all packed up and completely deep cleaned! THANK YOU GUYS! We owe you BIG TIME!!!

House Update....

Well the house passed the home owners inspection with only a few minor "safety" updates as the inspector would call them! He definitely made Brett's honey-do-list a little bit longer! :)

In other news the FHA appraisal did not go so well..... The appraiser failed the hot water heater and the rain gutters... luckily when we signed a contract with the bank we asked for them to make any required FHA appraisal repairs which they will do we just have to wait on them to do it! So the waiting game begins- - - come on bank work quickly... we're ready to move!!!

Ahhh the Utah State Fair!

Ahhh... the wonderful tastes of the Utah State Fair. This past weekend we headed to the fair with my family for some good ol' fashion fun and of course CRAZY food. This year we decided to give the CHOCOLATE COVERED BACON a try... YUMMY! If you do nothing else this September GO TO THE STATE FAIR AND TRY COME CHOCOLATE COVERED BACON! So, So good.If it wasn't $4.50 a slice I would have sat there and ate bacon all day long! The men in our family didn't enjoy it nearly as much as us women but then again what woman doesn't LOVE chocolate!!!

Sullivan Family BBQ

This past weekend my mom's brothers and their families were in town to pack up their homes here in Utah and complete their move to California. While they were in town most of my moms family was able to get together for a Friday night BBQ. It as a lot of fun! Good food, fun with cousins, and lots of laughs... what more can you ask for! It's always a good time with these crazy folks! :)

It was nice to get everyone together again... Hopefully next time we'll get all of us together!

Who would have thought...

Who would have thought we would have ever had 3 car seats in that big ol' red truck!!!

We're under contract!!!

YEP! We found a HOUSE!!! We wanted to keep things under wraps until we finally knew everything was ok inspection wise and it seems like everything has now gotten the GO AHEAD!!! We are so excited! We officially went under contract this week! It's a bank owned property so things take a little longer than usual but were hopeful everything will work out and we'll be in our FIRST house soon! We have lots of inspections and appraisals to go thru but were so excited to finally have a house picked out! The house is in pretty good shape but we're defiantly excited to get in their and make it our own... we've got so many ideas and plans we've been dying to put into some good use! We can't wait to get started! There will definitely be one rockin' house warming party when we finally get settled in!

Cross your fingers and hope all goes well and we're moved in by the middle of October!

Enjoy some pics of our new digs courtesy of our realtors website- - -more pics to come soon!!!