I am HOME!!!

As many of you know I left Lubbock with great hesitation. I was happy for matt to have a job he enjoyed but sad to leave. We had signed a lease to rent a house in north west tooele. While visiting our friends the bradshaws in may of 2008, we looked at a house just kiddie corner. We loved it. I was nervous about the neighborhood. It seemed a little more affluent then I was used to and it seemed an older area. Well it was ridiculously priced and we had just signed a lease. So we happily lived in our rental in a fun neighborhood with a bazillion kids. I was very pleasantly surprised by the school. Okay I am getting off track

So Christmas time comes around and the prices have dropped substantially I am getting antsy to buy. We find a house that is amazing.... Huge and fairly cheap but it was a home show house and had tons of amazing extras..

Alright a side note... Since Staley was in primary she has had all boys and one partially active girl in her class in three different wards always the same stats. So for two years I have been praying to find a ward with a really good friend for staley.

Okay so we are one and a half days away from closing on this house in a brand new development. only three other houses in the whole neighborhood. The night before we close the whole loan falls through.. I couldn't believe it I was CRUSHED.

So we were shell shocked and just finished out our lease.. two other times we look at the house by the Bradshaws. We talk the poor builder down three different times.

Well anyway the rest is history. I finally knew this house is our destiny. We had looked very seriously at ten or twenty houses and it was always this house.

I LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. We are encircled by the best neighbors. Today we had an impromptu bbq. After the BBQ there were 14 kids playing red rover in my backyard. I am hussling to finish so I can go beat a few other moms at a board game..

I have the best friends here. I didn't even need friends. I have 100s of amazing friends. But I know I have made lifelong support, help me when I am sick, help me raise my kids, friends. I hope to never leave. I want to grow old here and watch these kids graduate from high school.. Our ward is amazing I feel so close to everyone and we haven't even been here a year yet.