Brand New House!

So, we bought a house. A brand new house! It was kind of crazy how it all came about. During December we started contemplating/praying/fasting about what we should do for the next school year. We were really hoping to move out of Utah, but that just wasn't in the plans. So, we talked more and more and felt that staying in Utah is what we were to do. We talked about buying a house but didn't think we would until the summer time. But we love to dream.
   Over Martin Luther King Day weekend, we took a drive around some neighbor hoods just to see what was for sale. We then saw three houses for sale by Utah Housing Corp/Wasatch Housing Authority. We had talked to the Wasatch Housing Authority guy a couple of times before but weren't too sure what we wanted to do. But, now that we knew that we were sticking around we figured we would email him and see what he says. So, Tuesday (since Monday was the holiday) Andrew got a phone call from Gary (hes the Wasatch Housing Authority guy) saying to pick up an application, go apply for a loan, and get everything back to him ASAP, like that day! I was SO SO nervous! But we got everything ready and Andrew went and applied for a loan and then we waited. It seemed liked we waited forever to hear word but really it was only a day. Our loan officer let us know that we were preapproved and sent the letter off to Gary and then a couple of hours later, Gary called us and told us we were selected to buy the 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath house! We were thrilled! Then we had to do some more waiting. But we ended up closing on February 27th. Just a little over a month from when we first saw the house! We love our new house! It is so nice having so much space. It isn't the perfect house, but its perfect for us right now. So we have 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths and an unfinished basement and 2 car garage.

   We are loving our new neighborhood. There are a lot of young families. There is a HUGE park right across the street from our house. We have awesome views of the mountains. When Im sitting in my bed, I can see the backside of Mt Timp. LOVE IT! We also have an awesome ward. It is HUGE though. On Sundays, the whole chapel is filled, as well as the overflow and they actually have assigned families to sit up on the stand and it just keeps growing. They are planning on splitting it when the new building is built, but there is speculation that they may not be able to wait that long. There are 4 nurseries and 3 sunbeams classes. Yeah, crazy big! But its fun and everyone is so friendly.

   I thought we had pictures of the interior but I can't find them. So I will either find them or take new ones.