A Celebration

A big life change has taken place. Darrin got a new job! He'll now be working for EBAY as a project manager(starting after Thanksgiving)! We are thrilled. It was a long, long, long process- a test of patience, really! We've had a lot of ups and downs looking for a new job but the waiting is over-it's here-he got this job! I am so proud of Darrin! He's going to do great!

We wanted to celebrate! So, this last weekend on Friday we went to dinner with some of Darrin's family and then went and saw the new James Bond movie. Honesly, it wasn't my favorite movie. I felt like it dragged on and on. BUT this could be because as hard as I tried, I couldn't keep my eyes open...so be the judge for yourself :). Then on Saturday we enjoyed the freshly fallen snow by going sledding! Parker had a great time, while Spencer showed no reaction to going fast speed down a hill of snow. In fact, he fell asleep. haha. Pictures to come. After sleding we went to Crystal Hot Springs with some of Darrin's family. SUCH a fun weekend!

Now here comes the serious part. We are listing our house for sale. One of the reasons we wanted a different job (one of the many!) was so that we could have a little more income to be able to afford to move. We LOVE our ward, I LOVE my calling, we LOVE our renter, we LOVE our friends here. BUT, we've simply outgrown our upstairs and are ready for a change. This has been a really hard, exciting, terrifying, axious time and it's just begun! I've never dealt with selling a home before and I'm not really looking forward to it. Just think-I need to keep my house clean, perfect, smelling good and uncluttered with 2 boys at all times. Hmmm...sounds easy enought right? That's what I thought. Anyways, I'm sure I'm over thinking it. Part of me is ok with it taking a while to sell because like I said, we LOVE our ward and friends here! But the other part of me obviously wants to just get it over with so I can stop stressing and so we can get the whole moving thing over with. Don't get me wrong-I'm UBER excited to be getting a new place-that's always fun, but only AFTER all the moving is done, right?

Well, if you know of someone who is looking to buy, here are some specs of our home. First of all, it has a mother-in-law apartment. Which obviously doesn't have to be rented out, but it's helped SO much with the mortgage-half our mortgage every month is paid for. We have THE BEST RENTER OF ALL TIME who says she doesn't want to move. She loves it here to and is willing to stay if the new buyer would allow it. She's in her early 40's, single, no pets, quiet and always tells us how great it is to live with us. Oh, and she always pays rent early or on time. Moving on, all together 2,500 sq. feet, 5 beds, 2 baths. It also has my home salon. Which obviously could be used as a great craft room, even a bedroom or anything really. It's a pretty big room. It's pretty close to the 3300 South and 4500 South entrances to I15. Let me know if you know of anyone who may be interested. We're hoping it's up on the MLS today or tomorrow.

Now, for pictures of our celebration weekend.
(P.S. Can you believe it's Thanksgiving and Black Friday next week?!?! Yes, black Friday is a holiday too...)