The House
After going back and forth a few times then walking away for a week or so we went back into negotiations with the bank and the night before Thanksgiving we ended up getting the house. Yeah! we are all very excited. Having a home is definitely something I took for granted. One of those "you don't realize what you have until it is gone" type of things. For some reason living in the duplex temporally has been really hard on all of us. A few weeks ago Teegan and I were out and I turned to him and said "lets go home". "Home?" he said "you mean the duplex?" "Yes, that's home" I said. He said "that is not our home that is the landlords". I know all of us will appreciate having a home a little bit more now.
Job
I started a new very part time job at a new clothing and home decor shop that just opened up. I actually spent a week or so helping them get thing set up and ready to open. I will only be working a few times a month as they need me.
Thanksgiving
This was our first year away from home for Thanksgiving. We had a lot of invitations from friends but in all honesty we were so excited to just have Thanksgiving together as a family. It was something we had been planning for a long time. In fact Mike and I talked month ago when we first found out that we were moving that we had actually never made a turkey and Thanksgiving dinner before and we were excited to give it a try. Mike was in charge of the Turkey and he did a great job.
With all the messing around the next thing I knew the turkey was ready and the rest of the meal was not. Oops. I had started some of it the night before and we all pulled together and got it done. Everything turned out great.
After Thanksgiving we had Thankschristmas. When we were buying the house the first round we had decided we would not be going to Utah this year for Christmas. But when the deal didn't work out we went ahead and bought our tickets. So when we went back into negotiations we had already got the tickets but had not told the kids. We are all leaving on the Dec 20th. Whitney has to be back for soccer the 27th so she and Mike will fly home the 26th and the boys and I are staying until the 31st. The bank was pushing to close in this calendar year so we are set to close on Dec 27th, yep I will be in Utah, and we told the landlord we will be out by Jan 1st , yep I will still be in Utah until the afternoon of the 31st. Yep we are crazy! With things being so crazy we were slipping up and decided we needed to tell the kids. So that is where thankschristmas came in. We gave the kids their tickets.
They were so excited. Whitney was crying she was so excited.
Then we gave them annual passes to Six Flags and told them we were going to San Antonio for the weekend.
After dinner got cleaned up and the kids came off the ceiling we did our traditional gingerbread decorating.
Then watched a movie.
Weekend
Friday I worked half a day and then we headed off to San Antonio. It is really only 1 1/2 away but we decided to make it a fun weekend and stay the night down there. After driving down, getting checked into the hotel, we headed to Six flags for some fun.
Of course it just happened to be the coldest day since we moved to Texas but the kids didn't seem to mind.
Teegan made some friends.
Saturday we went downtown and walked around the river walk. It was such a neat place.
Then spent the rest of the day at Six flags again
But when we got home on Saturday night we found where that funny smell had been coming from.
Over the last few months the master bath had been leaking and had been seeping through the wall into the master bedroom. There was a box on the floor (right where the hole is) and then our long dresser was next to it so we did not see that the baseboards were all swollen and the wall was growing mold. I won't tell you what the bottom of the box looked like. Joy! right when we were going to tell the landlord we were moving out. We decided it would need to be 2 different conversations and this one needed to be first. The landlord decided to rip the whole tub out so needless to say it has been a week of workers coming in and out all day. And we eventually were able to have the "we are moving out conversation". So we are now onto inspections, appraisals, and loan
Church is keeping us busy. I am serving as the 2nd councilor in the Relief society, Mike is the 2nd councilor in the YM, and Whitney is the Mia Maid president and just got to speak in church. So between meetings, activities and teaching lessons we have a lot on our plate.
Yes, I would have to say things around here have been a little stressful but we are looking forward to going to Utah for Christmas. I have to keep reminding myself that it is even Christmas.
