A Crazy, Beautiful Life

After Addi was born, life seemed to get extra crazy. Not only because we had a new baby, but because Michael was finishing his Masters program at the University of Utah, and in the process of finding a job to start his career in Special Education.

The week after Addi was born, while I was recovering from gallbladder surgery, Michael had a job interview for a teaching position at Pahranagat Valley High School in Alamo, Nevada. Luckily, they were able to do it all over the phone so he didn't have to leave me as I helplessly laid in the hospital bed. It obviously went well, because a few days after he was offered the job and accepted it.

Now the real fun began, we were trying to qualify for a home loan all while Michael was jobless, and in the middle of his Masters program. He finished his Master's program the end of the summer and moved to Alamo, Nevada to start off the school year while Addi and I stayed in St. George. He was able to live with his parents until we were able to find a place of our own.

We immediately found a house that we loved and had our eyes on. (Note: there really is no housing market in Alamo since the population is about 1,000 so we got really lucky finding such a nice house at the perfect time.) The problem was, we had good credit, but not much credit history so it took a long time to get a loan to go through. The first one got denied, and we were kind of sad and mad about it because according to our loan officer we were "qualified" for it. Our loan finally went through and we were able to close on our house on October 7th, one month ago today.

With the help of Michael and his parents, we were able to get the house ready to move in by painting Addi's pepto-bismal pink room, as well as getting new carpet. We moved in the following Monday and have loved the house so far! It is nice to have a place that is ours, that feels like home. I do miss St. George, and I will visit often, but this is my home now.

We are so grateful and blessed to own a home in a great place, with wonderful people and a wonderful ward! We've already got a calling as 17-18 year old Sunday School teachers and the first week was great! Michael is around these youth on a daily basis as a teacher and a coach.

Here are a few pictures of our new home! :)