Update-ish?

Oh so much has happened since I last updated, it would be impossible to write about everything.. I'll just skim, eh?! For starters, I read all of Harry Potter this year and it was AMAZING! I can't even tell you how excited I am for the first part of Deathly Hallows to come out this month.. If I didn't have to work at 7am, I'd totally go to the midnight showing! I just love reading so much and these books completely renewed my love for literature. *sigh*

Also, our fifth anniversary is coming up and we got some photos taken! I'm thinking about including one of them in our Christmas cards this year, but that's still debatable. Here is one of them:

American Crafts is great. It's a job and it's hard work and I hate getting up so friggin' early.. But it's such a good job for me. I just love it! I've gotten so much paper and scrapbooking supplies, I just need to make the time to do it now. I'm planning on making all of our Christmas cards this year, so I better get going! It's going to be some hard work for sure!

The house is great! We got our front yard's landscaping done.. What a relief! Our friends and family were so kind and helped us with the sod and it looks great! Now that it's getting cold, I didn't get to enjoy it as much as I would've liked, but I'm so glad it's done.

I hiked Timp with Jeremy! Well, at least we got to the basin.. But it was gorgeous! I'm hoping to try again next year with Kris and Jake for sure.

The fall colors were amazing!

wake me up when September ends..

...or whenever our new house is built. That's right, Cody and I have signed the papers to build with Salisbury Homes in Spanish Fork. For the time being, we are living with Cody's very gracious parents here in town. Honestly, things could be more roomy down in their basement. But since we're living here for free, I'm not complaining! They have been so accommodating (even doing my laundry this weekend because I was busy babysitting!) for us, I just feel so blessed to have them in our lives.

We had some changes at work, so that means I will be picking up the slack in the customer service department. I am grateful that I still have my job, but I am definitely not liking my job anymore. Thanks to being lined up with Salisbury, even if I could find another job, it would have to be in the same line of work (shipping/production). If any of my coworkers are reading this, don't panic. I'm too scared to do anything.

More about Salisbury, you say? Well, we're getting a two-story (w/unfinished basement), 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home in SE Spanish Fork (w/a decent sized lot). The build time once the city has given the ok is about 5 weeks, but the city approval usually takes about a month. That's not surprising when you consider how many homes are being built in Spanish Fork with Fieldstone, Ivory Homes, etc. It looks like the builders work 7 days a week, so I'm sure that helps in getting the homes up faster. As far as we're concerned, they could take 5 months building and we'd be fine. That would give us more time to save the 3.5% we will need for the down payment. We technically didn't owe at the closing table of our sale, but our profit went towards the darned closing costs. That's another reason we're grateful we can stay with his parents while we save.

When it comes down to it, I just want the summer to be over. I want my company's profit level to get better so I can go back to my normal job. I want to have the down payment saved up for our new home. I want the home to be done so we can move in. I can't tell you how excited I am to decorate that house and to be proud of our home. But where would we be if we had everything we wanted at the drop of a hat? I know I need to just trust in the Lord and do my best and He'll pick up the slack. Satan is doing his darndest to keep me discouraged, but I don't have to fall for it. It's up to me and I have the knowledge I need to fix this. Wish me luck..