So for the last week or so I've kind of been down. I'm not sure
exactly why.......I guess it just felt like there was so much sorrow and
sadness and disappointment all around me and it started to weigh on me.
I'm genuinely a very happy person so I really hate it when I feel this way. Of course, during this time I was reading a really depressing book
(The Last Lecture) and I saw the Hunger Games (totally amazing but still
very emotional) and an incredible house came up for sale on what would
be our dream street, but we haven't sold our place yet so we can't even
try for it or make an offer (so frustrating).........just a weird week
filled with crappy wacky feelings I suppose.
Then
last night I went to CBT's Cinderella (which was beautiful by the way)
and when it ended it was a complete down pour outside. I'm talking
horizontal rain here.....totally raining cats and dogs (more like
cows and hippos). We parked really far away and my sister in law,
Michelle, and I knew we had to just buck up and book it......(I knew I
shouldn't have worn that white shirt......Gah!) We linked arms and took a
breath and threw open the door and ran madly, screaming the entire way I might add,
in the rain all the way to our far away parked car. I'm sure it was the most crazy hilarious sight! I don't know what it was exactly, but running as fast as I could and screaming
as loud as I could felt SO GOOD!!! I feel so rejuvenated! That rain really did the trick.....made me feel like a little kid jumping in all the puddles with not a worry in the world. Today I feel
that magic feeling in the air that something is coming and the winds of
change are on there way. I pray that its that we'll get an offer, but
who knows. All I know is that right now I feel hope.....and I'm so grateful
for it.
So I've had a bunch of people ask me if anything happened so I thought I'd better do another post! Before I continue I should say right off the bat that nothing huge or tragic happened......we are all ok and good to go! Something we have been waiting forever for did happen though and I should have mentioned it in my previous post. So since we closed on our place on April 16th that was the day we officially become home owners and received our $8,000 grant....(part of Obama's way of getting first time buyers to buy a home) Our grant was awesome because we didn't have to pay any of it back, as long as we lived here for three years. If we sold it or lived in any other home during that three year time period we would have to pay it back. At one point we were trying to buy Kevin's Grandma's house and we were stuck because we didn't want to have to pay that back and blah blah blah.....it was pretty frustrating. It all ended up working out the way it was supposed to, but honestly we have kind of felt trapped knowing that under no circumstances could we leave unless we forked over that 8 grand.
So on April 16th that burden was lifted and we now have the freedom we've been waiting for! So now if someone does give us an offer (didn't happen on Monday unfortunately) we can move on it as fast as we want! So I guess that counts as something exciting?!? We did go and check out some ipads (I did almost buy one) but I still just can't decide if that's what I want......I guess that would have been cool and a pretty big deal. Dang! Maybe I should have bought one ;)
Oh and I guess another fun thing happened......we lowered our price! That's right! You can now live in this beautiful Townhome for only 127,000! Yes you heard me right....127,000! (did you like my advertising voice there?!?) Kevin talked with our agent and we all felt like that was a good idea so ya.....there you go!
Sorry if my news was a little anticlimactic for you. I'm just glad nothing horrible happened :) Onward we go! Oh and since I'm on here.....here are some pics I took in the last few days!
Sam and Clara holding hands after a fun date at the McDonald's Playplace :)
Sam loving the new Library!
Sam loving the giant bird even more....(I think he may have a fetish with people dressed up as animals....I didn't get any pics of the other two characters he attacked with hugs)
Me dressed up for our ward's Where's Waldo night.....(in person it looked way more real!)
My hiding spot....at the kids play area at City Creek. I overheard two teenage girls talking about me. This is what I heard as they were walking away -"Whoa......did you see that girl?" "Ya I did..." "Wow she was so huge!" "Ya seriously huge!"-
haha! It was fun acting prego. Made me miss it just a teeny tiny bit ;)
Today marks a very emotional day for me. April 16th, otherwise known as dooms day, has been a special date for the past four years.
Four years ago today I was in my last final at the ballet department. It was towards the end of the final because I was doing 32 fuettes to the left and on my second to last fuette my back went out and all my dreams came crashing and spiraling down.........ok so maybe it wasn't that dramatic, but my back was sprained and they told me I couldn't dance for a year. It was a pretty awful day......I knew that my body was giving up on me and I was trying my hardest just to make it through that last semester so I could get that blasted degree I had worked so hard for. Luckily they didn't count anything against me and I passed and it all worked out....(maybe the ambulance that came and took my battered body out of the studio helped boost my grade up a little too).....but still I always knew I would never forget the date April 16th.
Fast forward exactly one year later. Kevin and I closed on our Townhome. We couldn't have been happier! It was a pretty rocky journey in buying our place so that day really was a celebration for us. I remember how weird it was to look back and remember how devastated and heart broken I was and then just one year later life couldn't be any more glorious or happy! We bought our first home :)
The next year I was pregnant with Sam and had a doctors appointment that day. It was the first one that Kevin could come with me and we were the last appointment of the day. Everything looked good and at the end of it my doctor asked if we wanted to go and take a peek and see if we could tell what we were having. Of course we said yes and he started the ultrasound and right away it was pretty clear that we were having a boy!!! It was so incredible! We didn't expect to find out that soon and it was one of the happiest moments of my life :)
Ok, so then last year Kevin woke up and had a strong feeling that we needed to get rid of our truck. It was kind of out of the blue. We loved this truck. It was where we had our first kiss, where Kevin's million drum sets could fit, it took us on all our road trips we'd taken together including our honeymoon to Santa Jorge :) At two different occasions though, both of the front wheels fell off (luckily both times he was driving in a parking lot and not on the freeway) so I guess it really was time to get rid of that death trap. We went right away to the car store (hmmmm I can't remember what those places are called......car store it is!) and traded in our truck and left with a brand spanking new Versa! It was exciting to have a new car and leave all our anxieties and fears about the Tacoma behind......I really would worry every night that Kevin wouldn't make it back home to me. So ya, yet another big event took place on April 16th!
(Still to this day I pray for whoever bought that car and hope they are still alive!!! If you are reading this, please know that I am truly deeply sorry!)
That puts us up to speed and brings us to today.......I've been a little nervous to tell you the truth. What big event will happen today? Will I win a free ipad? Will I bump into Ramin Karimloo on the street and burst into song? Will I come across more girl scout cookies??? Ya probably nothing will happen, but as you can see my history does prove otherwise ;) I woke up hoping that maybe we would get an offer on our place. That would definitely be huge and the best thing ever! Nothing like that has happened yet, but there are still 9 more hrs left of the day so you never know ;) We will just have to wait and see. I'll let you know if my April 16th streak continues.....at this point I'm kinda rooting for more girl scout cookies...... ;)
As for you, keep spreading the word to your family and friends about our place. We would really appreciate all the help and prayers we can get. Means a lot. Thanks :) Well until next time...........happy blogging and happy April 16th :)
What an amazing Easter we had this year! It all exceeded my expectations and honestly kept getting better and better ;) So much happened so I'll give you a little run down of what went on......
~Friday night me and Kevin's sister Michelle dyed a ton of Easter eggs. It was so much fun! We had some mad skills. I love the crayon that you can write secret messages on the eggs with......reminded me of dying eggs with my family and sneaking "Clayton stinks!" on a few eggs.....he he he :)
~ Saturday morning we went over to Evergreen's big Easter Egg hunt for the first time and Sam found six eggs! He actually got into it and it was so much fun seeing him so excited. The best part was when a giant guy in an Easter Bunny costume was walking around and Sam went right up to him and grabbed his legs and hugged him! He wouldn't let go! He is such a sweetie :)
~Then we went to Dans and got a bunch of donuts (Kevin made me pick them out......I about had a heart attack......never knew making decisions about donuts would be so challenging for me....they all looked so good!) We took them over to Kevin's parents and had a party! It turned out that Kevin's brother's kids missed their egg hunt so we put together an impromptu hunt and it was AWESOME. Some of the eggs had money in them! MONEY!!! (unfortunately Sam did not find any of these eggs.....we will prep him for next year) But we all sat afterwards and ate candy on the lawn and had a great time together as a family. Cute Wendy wants to make this a new tradition! Oh how I love traditions ;)
~Then all of us girls went shopping for Sheri's birthday and I went on my hunt for my skinny jean colored crops. I'll tell you it was not looking good for me......I went into every store frantically asking if they had any and all of them said they were sold out. I totally gave up and was pretty grumpy, but my awesome sis-in-law Angie made me look in JC Penny where I found these bad boys!!!!! BAM! (yes I took this picture in the dressing room.....I sent it to Kevin to ask if I could pull them off.....he never replied so I took a risk and got them anyways!)
~I spent the rest of the night with Michelle while Kevin worked and it was great. She is so awesome. I just love her to death! So glad we are so close......she's the best!
~Sunday came and Kevin had to speak in Church. I'm not sure how to tell you how amazing he was.....it was a farewell so it was packed all the way to the back and he didn't seem nervous at all! My cute friend Lisa took Sam for me so I could listen (Sam kept trying to run up to Kevin the second he started to speak) and throughout his entire talk I was grinning like some love sick idiot! He is just so great. He is so witty and smart and confident and powerful and I love him so much :) What a strong spirit he brought on such a special day. Wow. Ya.......I still don't even know what to say. Gah! Love him! ;)
~ Then finally we had my family's big annual Easter party and it was wonderful. It always starts with a big egg hunt and then we eat and chat and eat and laugh and eat some more. I love my family so much and it's so much fun watching them grow and expand. I love that we've kept up all our traditions for this long. It is so special!
~Sounds pretty great huh?!? Doesn't get much better then that! Oh wait....it totally does! I almost forgot.....so on top of all of that, a random girl was on the street with a horse and gave me and Sam a ride around the block! How cool is that??? Crazy! AND.....I finally got my girl scout cookies!!! I've been looking for some for years! Those blasted girl scouts totally hide from me (I was beginning to think there was a secret covert operation going on.....) So ya, I got a box of thin mints and tagalongs.....oh my sweet sweet tagalongs ;) So good......and now they are so gone :(
Amazing weekend. I love being apart of my family where we keep all our traditions going and being apart of the Davis family where we are forming our own new traditions. I am one lucky girl :)
Here are the limited pics we took!
So stink'n CUTE!!!
Hunting with daddy!
We were both so happy and having so much fun, but needed a quick hug :)
So excited to have his eggs!
Sam on his way to Church.....he always has to have his practice pad and sticks to play with in the car ;) It's too bad you can't see his cute Easter outfit in this pic. Oh and on an unrelated note, does anyone know how to survive living with two drummers??? Anyone?!? ;)
And for fun here are these two.....sometimes it's fun to be nostalgic :)
Hoppy Easter!!!
