This year on February 3rd, I turned 25 years old!! It's so crazy that I am now a quarter of a century old (even though my mom tried to convince me I was only turning 24). I love birthdays and we always try to do some fun things to celebrate, but this year was better than ever, and it had nothing to do with birthday celebrations! It just so happened that my birthday weekend was also the weekend we closed on and moved into our first home! It was a crazy, busy weekend and I hardly even had time to stop and think about my birthday, but waking up on my birthday morning in my new home was the best thing I could have asked for!
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| Our first home!! |
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| Don't mind my huge belly! (38 weeks pregnant!) |
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| Colton playing in our backyard. He loves all the space to run around! |
We closed on our house Thursday, Jan. 31, and spent Thursday and Friday moving small loads over and painting the master bedroom. Turns out painting is a HUGE pain in the rear and takes forever so thank heavens the previous owners had good taste and we only had to re-paint one room. Some of my friends came and helped me paint and clean in the new house also- it was so nice to have help! Friday night Jon's parents and his brothers Mike and Mark drove down from MN to help us move. They were amazing help!! Mike, Mark, and Jon finished all of our painting Friday night and moved over a load of furniture. Saturday morning they helped us box all of our stuff up at our town-home, get everything moved into our new house, and clean up the town-home for the new renter. It was amazing to have them there to help! We also had some help moving from our ward Saturday morning! We're so grateful to have such great friends and family!
The family left Sunday morning and Jon surprised me with a sewing machine for my birthday! Sunday night was the Superbowl and we had a few friends come by to watch the super-bowl and eat birthday brownies with us. That's right, I decided I didn't like cake that much so we had some delicious double chocolate reeses peanut butter cool-whip brownies. They were fantastic, if I do say so myself!
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| Happy 25!! |
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| Blowing out the candles with Colton on my back. |
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| Some of my wonderful friends who came by to celebrate the day. |
This week, we finally upgraded our old beat down mini-van, to a 2008 Toyota Sienna. It's got 95k miles on in but it's still way nice! Jon LOVES the color! We needed a more reliable car with more space and comfort for the new baby arriving. The new van has all-wheel drive and lots of space and runs awesome! We also got a great deal on it, which was good considering all our new expenses piling up! It's definitely the nicest car I've ever driven! I love it and feel so spoiled!
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| My new fancy mini-van! (Again- don't mind my hugeness! 38 weeks) |
I'm so jealous! I can't wait to get a house! I am so excited to see you guys and your new baby this summer too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful house and a nice van, and you got a sewing machine. You are spoiled. Happy 25th!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! That would be an awesome birthday present! We rented for the first year of our marriage, and since then have owned our homes. It is so much better when it's yours, and you can do what you want with it! :)
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