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Feeling busy in February

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I agree with everyone who has ever said that buying a home is one of the most stressful times in your life.  It has definitely been one of our top stressful and busy moments in our life.  Mid January we went to look at a home that I found online.  It was probably the 9th or 10th house that we've gone to see since our home search began last year when we first moved to Meridian.  Since then, we have put in an offer on the home.  We negotiated back and forth a few times, then accepted a counter offer.  Now we've completed the inspection and appraisal.  The final steps are getting all the information the underwriter of our loan asks for.  Man, these underwriters want to know every detail of your money withdrawals and deposits.  But things are working out and it seems that we will be moving around the first week of March.  Anyone want to help me pack boxes? I despise packing.  But what's worse than packing is unpacking!!  The one thing that is keeping me going through the packing process (we've done two boxes) is that this will be the LAST time we move for a while.  Maybe even 10 or 15 years! Woohoo!

The kids are doing great.  Mckenzie is the most giggly baby ever.  She laughs when you pick her up, when you walk down the stairs, when you make faces at her, and especially when Channing is around.  She is now 7 months old.  Channing is soon to be a 3 year old.  Wow.  Before I know it he'll be in kindergarten.  His favorite things to do is watch Monsters Inc, make Mckenzie laugh, getting thrown up in the air by daddy, eating chocolate, playing at the park, and riding his strider bike.  I cannot wait for Spring and Summer to arrive.  It'll be a blast to play outside more often.

In other news, Justin turned 30 years old on Jan 30th.  His golden birthday.  We went to Tucanos for dinner and then had family over on Sunday for a get together.  I made a freakin good ice cream cake for his bday dessert.  And we had his favorite Wisconsin brats. Yum yum.  For his birthday present I got him a GPS running watch and heart rate monitor.  And I signed him up for a 10K in May.  Have I mentioned that the house we're buying backs up to a greenbelt that has a great running path?  And less than half a mile down that greenbelt is a park. Sweet right?

As I'm sitting here writing this I just remembered that Justin and I are giving a talk in church on Sunday.  I should probably start that.... Dang it.  If you ever want to give lots of talks in church all you have to do is move in and out of wards each year.  Super fun! Not....

Here's some pictures from our life!
This is what Channing set up while I was putting Mckenzie down for a nap.  Quite genius he is.  

Snow! I love the snow here in Meridian.  Channing is SO excited whenever he sees snow outside.  And then I'm happy because it usually melts by the afternoon! 

Mckenzie's cheeks.... need I say more?

Snow in a bowl!

He was so excited when I let him bring the snow inside! He kept touching it to his face and feet.  Funny guy.

We stuffed ourselves at Tucanos for Justin's bday.  So delicious!!  Except the chicken hearts...no thanks!!


Happy 30th Birthday!

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  1. UnknownFebruary 19, 2016 at 9:28 PM

    Glad you are blogging... I always love to read about your family and see pictures!

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