New house offer

Today we went to look at yet another house and this one was a winner! We withdrew the offer on the short sale house and put an offer in on this house. We should know by Nov 5 if they will accept the offer or not. This house is a tri level home, walk in to the main level, which has the living room and kitchen. There are about 5 stairs up with 2 bed 1 bath and 5 stairs down with 1/2 bath, 1 bedroom and a family room. The house is extremely dated and needs the kitchen and bathrooms updated, but we got it for a great price. I am pretty excited about this one and can't wait!!

Halloween

Halloween is not as fun as they used to be. I no longer have the little kid so I do not get to do the fun dress up. Patrick typically will hang out with friends instead of hanging out with family. Typically my older sister has a big party and the entire family comes over so I get my little kid fix. This year her oldest, who is 17, placed in state for cross country. So on Halloween they were in Cour de leane for his race. So this year we hung out with Matt's parents, which was fun, but nothing like little kids on Halloween.
Funny how things change.

House

The deal with our house was going very smooth almost too smooth. I got an email with things that need to be fixed. There are only 4 things so not bad at all. Some we knew about. However, one thing is completely ridiculous! The house is cedar shakes and there are some parts of the house were the paint is peeling a little. No big deal we can touch up the paint.
The frustrating thing about it is the buyers do not care. They want to side the house with the tax break they will get. The only reason we have to paint is because the bank will not find the loan until the chipped paint is touched up. The buyers argued it even, with no avail.So this weekend we will be going into IF to fix the issues the buyers and the bank want fixed. I guess I shouldn't complain it could be worse.

Finally

Well it has only been the entire summer and most of the fall, but I have decided to post. From July until now has been pretty busy.
Football is over. Patrick played his last game last week. Football was a lot of fun. Matt and I are not big football fans but were there to be supportive. We ended up loving it. It was so much fun to go to the freshman games and cheer for the team. They were not the best team and lost most of their games, but it was fun. Patrick had fun playing and will probably play again next year.


Patrick is in band as well. October was a busy month for him. He has been doing marching band competitions through all of October as well as September. They have all been on Saturdays so that has consumed him!



We have finally sold our house. Well we are in process. We are supposed to sign on Nov 10. I am pretty excited and cannot wait. It is bittersweet. I am glad to move on and glad not to have that expense any more, but it will be sad. I love that house and the neighbors. I am sure I will cry when it is final.
We put an offer in on a house in Burley.It is a short sale and we put an offer in 5 weeks ago and the bank still has not assigned it to a real person. So we are not sure if the offer has been accepted or not. We are starting to look at other houses to see if there are any others out there that may be better for us. We are looking Tuesday, so I guess we will see.

What I love about Burley

What I love about Burley is Holidays
Living in a small town means a lot of sacrifices. No big stores, no where to go out to eat, not a lot to do. But living in a small town does mean a lot of community support and activities. Especially when it comes to a holiday.
Now Christmas great, lights were strung everywhere, decorations in every corner and a ton of activities going on. One other holiday that is big here, the 4th of July!
Rupert (Which is 10 miles away) does a 5 day 4th of july celebration. It is held at the rupert square and all 5 days there is food vendors there and music performances every night. They begin the 5 day celebration off with fireworks and end with fireworks again on the 4th. They have lawn mower races, carnival, rodeo, parade, and on and on. Since I love the 4th so much this is the best to me. I get 5 days of celebration!
Last night the celebration began. We went to the square and had dinner from one of the vendors, listen to music all night, which ended with a great band and watched the fire works, and the 4th was still 5 days a way! I Love it!
So that is what I love about Burley.

PHR

Yesterday I took my Professional Human Resource certification test and passed!
Now this is so exciting because I took it last year and did not pass it. So I was a little nervouse this time around, but I passed.

This certification doesn't really benefit me know with Boise, but if I decide to look for another job it will benefit me. Most of the really good HR jobs have begun to require a bacholers degree, PHR Certification, and 5 years of experience. Once I get the experience I will have all requirements!

June 13

My baby is now 14, yet I remember the day he was born like it was yesterday.

I will have to post pictures later, but I cannot beleive that my cute little screaming, fit throwing baby is now 14. He will be entering into highschool next year, taking drivers ed, and doing all of the grown up things that no longer require the assistance of a mom.

For his birthday we celebrated with matt's family the weekend before. Matt's dad cooked hamburgers and we had a mint chocolate chip ice cream cake (Patrick does not like cake). The day before his birthday we opened presents and went to Twin Falls for dinner. The day of his birthday he went to football camp.

I will post some of the pictures a little later....

One Year Ago

It has been a little over one year since I have moved to Burley, and what a year it has been. I think I have gone through every emotion and every question possible. Well I got to Burley, loved the job, hated the town. After a few months I grew frustrated with the job, but worked through that. I dealt with the frustration of our house not selling or even being looked out. I worked through the long distant thing and then when Matt finally moved her I watched him hate his work and get frustrated with going to work. The worst part was when I watched Patrick cry because he hated school and did not have friends. I often asked my myself, what have I done? And wondered if I had made a huge mistake.
So after a year what do we all think?
I love the job, all of the frustrations I have worked through and will probably continually work through. The town has grown on me, I don't mind it too much now. Matt loves his job and is happy for he has learned and Patrick is getting involved in school. He is playing football, in the band, and making friends.
Now when I say we can move bakc to Idaho Falls, they say no.
It is crazy to think it has been a year and nice to know that we have finally settled in.

Road Signs

Who comes up with the pictures that are put on road signs?





Patrick and I went into Idaho falls for March birthdays. On the way this is a sign that we came across. I thought it was pretty interesting.

Sisters

I love my sisters. There is nothing better than having sisters. I think girls who grew up in a family full of boys sure missed out on what it is like to have sisters. As kids we fought all of the time. We did not like each other, I like to think that is normal for girls. As we have gotten older we have become better friends, in fact they are my best friends. A few weekends ago we went to Salt Lake on a day trip. That was a lot of fun. We laughed over the stupid things and just had fin together.

So I just wanted to say to Jennifer and Heather, I could not have asked for a better sister. We may have been at each others throats as kids, but letting each other live to see another day sure paid off. Look at us now. I love you both.



Jennifer, me, and Heather

We also had the oppertunity to spend some time with my sister in law. I sure love having her in our family!