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Thursday, June 18, 2009

And the house hunt comes to a close...

Rob and I just returned from a trip down to Arizona. We left our boys at home with Rob's parents and sister (thanks so much guys!) and took the baby with us. We saw LOTS of homes while we were there. On our second day (Friday), Rob happened to see a brand new listing we liked so we went to it first thing that morning and immediately made an offer! This house had really everything we were looking for in a house/yard and just felt right. Because it was a bank owned property (good price), we knew there would be lots of offers so we spent the remaining days looking for a back-up house if it didn't work out.

We visited the ward of the house we really wanted on Sunday and even visited the school on Monday morning just hoping to get it. We were informed on Monday that there were 15 offers on that house! We upped our offer (twice) and said lots of prayers as it was a blind process and we couldn't see the other offers. Interestingly enough, every house we would decide on as our "2nd choice house" kept disappearing off the market. It was a fairly stressful process and trip (I wouldn't consider our time down there a *vacation* in any sense of the word, although we were able to sleep in a few mornings).

Well, we just found out yesterday afternoon after we were already back home that we got the house! It will officially be ours sometime in July. We are getting excited about entering this next chapter in our lives as this entire "moving" process has seemed to be going on for a long time now. I'm so grateful that even though my faith is very weak at times, things continue to fall into place. I'm feeling very thankful.

9 comments:

The Laundry Queen said...: Congratulations on the house! I showed Pen the pictures of your house this morning and she exclaimed, "They have a pool?!?" Needless to say, she is already trying to pin me down about when we're going to visit you. We are so excited for you guys!; June 18, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Tammy said...: WOW! That is great! I hope it will be the perfect house and neighborhood for you guys! We will all miss you guys back here, but we are happy for you in this new phase of your lives. Good luck and Congratulations!!; June 18, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Angela said...: Congrats! I am so glad you got the house, can't wait to see pictures. I am glad that stress is over.; June 18, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Sara and Company said...: Yay! Yay yay yay yay YAY!!!! So incredibly happy for you. What a blessing. Love you guys!; June 18, 2009 at 11:46 AM
The Grant Family said...: Yippee, yippee, yay!!!! I'm glad it all worked out in the end! What city is it in? What's it like? I was thinking of you guys this weekend and hoping your house hunt went well!; June 18, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Andi said...: Yeah! One step closer to the desert heat and critters. Aren't you excited? ;); June 18, 2009 at 4:12 PM
The K Fam said...: congrats, no more house hunting!! Post pics soon :); June 23, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Perschon Family said...: Tamsen...I'm SO excited for you! What a great blessing to have found one you loved and felt good about and then to have gotten it after all of that stress. YA YA YA!!! I can't wait for you to get moved and settled into it...and then you must post pictures!!! YEAH!!; June 23, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Lindsey said...: Hi! Stephanie gave me your blog address and I thought I would drop you a line! You are moving in right down the road from me and I have a 2 year old boy and a 4 month old girl. PERFECT FOR PLAY DATES! When are you guys planning on moving down? I would love to get to know you! Feel free to drop me a line. I am going to add you as an FB friend so we can communicate better!; June 24, 2009 at 4:33 PM

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Hewitt was just telling me about a new game he created where you can't touch the ball with your hands or feet. He said, "You can only hit the ball with your leg or foot-wrist." And so I clarified, "You mean your ankle?"
(10/8/09)

Me to Hewitt: Whatcha doin?
Hewitt: Arting. It's making art.
(10/2/09; Hewitt's 5th b-day)

Two jokes by Burke:
What does a storm wear?
Thunderwear!

What do you call King Kong's feet?
Big Foot!
(9/26/09)

I had the following conversation with Tosh:
Me: Are you a boy or a girl?
T: Boy
Me: Is Livvy a boy or a girl?
T: Baby
Me: Yes, but is Baby Liv a boy or a girl?
T: Girl
Me: Is Daddy a boy or a girl?
T: Big boy
Me: Is Mommy a boy or a girl?
T: Mommy a babe!
(Not prompted, I promise! 9/3/09)

Hewitt had set up a bunch of toy figures and Tosh was trying to play with them... Hewitt was telling Tosh not to touch them and I asked him to share the toys or to go and get some more figures for Tosh to play with. Hewitt said, "These are not toys! They are art!" (9/3/09)

We were driving along a road near our house (a rather quiet highway, really) and Hewitt suddenly exclaimed, "Mom! I just found the road to our old house! Keep driving straight!" I looked up and realized there were some big mountains in the FAR distance. Hewitt clearly thought he was staring at Utah. (8/28/09)

Hewitt brought home a little "Groundhog's Day" craft that he had made at preschool and kept calling the groundhog a bear. When I tried to tell him it was really a groundhog he looked at me like I was very silly and said, "It's a BEAR Mom, not a CORNDOG!" (2/2/09)

I explained to Burke about the recent airplane crash into the Hudson River and knowing that he would be very concerned, I quickly told him that all of the passengers were just fine. He looked at me with a worried look and said, "What about the birds? Are they okay?" (1/15/09)

I have a trunk full of old performing costumes from when I was a kid. Hewitt saw the trunk in the basement and told Rob that he wanted to open up the "treasure chest." Rob asked him if he knew what was in the trunk/chest and Hewitt replied that it was full of clothes. When Rob told Hewitt that he didn't want him to make a big mess Hewitt said, "I won't make a mess, I will just get out one clo." I guess that "clo" would be the singular form of clothes... (1/13/09)

Burke is always mentioning how he wants us to have lots more babies because he wants "hundreds" of brothers and sisters. I was explaining to him this morning about how it gets harder and more dangerous to have babies as a woman gets older...he looked at me and said, "Well, you look young Mom, like 19!" Then he leaned in closer and said, "Well, I do see some indents in your skin around your eyes (those would be wrinkles--thanks for noticing)." (12/26/08)

Hewitt blew his nose and must have accidentally gotten some snot or tissue in his mouth because he said, "Yuck! That tastes like cow dung!" (12/24/08)

Tosh got to Hewitt's cup of water at the table today and dumped it all over Hewitt's lap and onto the floor. Rob asked Hewitt, "Are you a little wet?" and he said, "I'm a BIG wet!" (12/24/08)

Rob was playing "Memory" with the boys and when Burke got a few matches in a row Hewitt said, "Wow Burkie, you're on fire!" (11/08)

We just bought some sod for our park strip and while Burke and I were looking at the pallet, I mentioned that some of the pieces looked like crabgrass and that we needed to find the best pieces of grass to buy. Burke looked at the sod for a little while and said, "None of it looks like crap grass to me!"

While I was flossing Burke's teeth he said, "Wait--I need to tell you something." I paused flossing and he said, "You sure know how to be a good mom!" (now there's a treasured compliment!)

Hewitt watched Rob kill a fly in our kitchen and then asked, "Did he cry? Did he want his mommy fly?"

I told Hewitt that I was going to get Tosh a snack and asked if he would like one. He paused and then said, "I'll take a milkshake." What am I, a drive-up window?

Hewitt was asking for toast today and when I pulled out the bread he said, "No, the 'letter O' toast!" I finally figured out that he wanted a toasted english muffin.

Burke came down for breakfast and said, "Mom, it might not look like my bed is made and you might not like it, but it's really stripes that I did as a design on my bed."

Hewitt has really liked eating plain tortillas lately. When I asked him if he wanted one he said, "Oh. Sure. I'll have a mamma mia."

Hewitt understands things very literally. When Rob told him that he "needed to fly" this morning (go to work), Hewitt asked, "Where is the fly? In the house?" When Rob asked him if he had a runny nose he said, "No. It's just boogers."

When Rob was leaving for work he hugged the boys and told them to "be good for Mommy and do exactly what she says." Burke said, "OK bye Dad, you be good at work and do exactly what your boss says."

We were discussing prophets in the scriptures for Family Home Evening and when Rob asked Burke which prophet(s) wrote the Book of Mormon Burke said, "Nephi, Jacob, Enos..." and continued to name the books in order. Rob and I were pretty surprised and couldn't help laughing.

I was just eavesdropping on Hewitt while he was playing with his toys and heard him say, "Ladies and jumpingmen..."

Burke was heading off to a neighbor's house to play and stuck his head back in the door and called, "I'll be traveling by bike."

When the garage door opens for us to drive in, Hewitt will pretend to be scared and say, "Oh no, it's the garage mouth! He's going to eat us!"

Hewitt got distracted and starting playing with his toys during lunch and when I reminded him to please keep eating he said, "But Mommy, I'm working."

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And the house hunt comes to a close...

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