Our New House

We bought a house!! It's a townhouse in Utah but it is ours. We have moved our stuff in it but don't actually get to live in it til after the summer, when we will move back to Utah. It is SO cute! It's a three bedroom, 2 bathroom, two story place. It has a bay window in the living room and kitchen, and it has a pantry and laundry room. I love it and can't wait to get decorating. The previous owners took really good care of it and had some cute decorations up before (as you can see in the pictures). We decided that we like the paint in the living room and kitchen, for the most part, but we made them paint the bright yellow room the same color as the rest of the upstairs. It was cute, but WAY bright and very intense. It looks better now. It's sort of weird how it all happened. This really just sort of fell in our laps. We were looking around to see what was available and what prices were like. Suddenly I had two separate emails from our real estate agents (there were two of them working together) saying that we should look at this place. I had just been online looking at it and had emailed them letting them know we were interested in it. So we went and fell in love with it and before we knew it we were signing papers! So on top of the finals we were taking at the time, we had to pack and get ready for California And move into our house. It was a crazy few weeks! But we love it and are excited to get back. It's the perfect size for us for now, and gives us room to expand in the future (you know what I mean :) ).

Sunny Southern California

Well, Ryan and I are here in Southern California soaking up the rays and enjoying life.... at least soaking up the rays, ok so mostly just Ryan. I spend most of my time in an office on the phone. And it's not like a vacation for Ryan either. He walks from door to door all day long selling pest control. This is his third summer and he is now managing his own team. They are all doing well and we are excited to get to know them all better. There is definitely some camaraderie and team unity going on. This summer will be awesome, I'm sure! We have already been to the beach where we played football, played in the sand, had a bonfire and listened to the guys sing and play their guitars. We all had fun and got to know each other. Most of the other teams were there as well so that was fun. Here are a few of them playing "Chubby Bunny" for money. It was probably the sickest thing I've ever seen. The new record was 25 marshmellows. How sick is that! I wanted to gag. But fun was had by all. The next weekend, the guys went paintballing and the girls had a night in with movies and popcorn. The guys had fun lighting each other up with paintballs and rolling around on the ground. The last round was a shirtless round... yes, you heard me...shirtless (As if the game wasn't dumb enough.) By the end of it, some guys were bleeding and all were pretty bruised. But there were still smiles and good times. No one knows who won, though. So what was the point? I'm not sure, but boys will be boys. All in all, it was a good time and that's what counts.