Who's out there?

So I got this idea from lauren that I would like to see who all comes to my blog. So whoever comes to read please leave a comment to know your here lol like a roll call get it. The reason for this is, is because I hardly ever get comments and the few times I do its usually from the same 2 people and im thinking of deleting my blog for the simple reason its not worth it if I have no one visit me. So if you just stop by every now and then or if your a regular reader please take the time to say hi. Thanks ;-)

New Update

So this is the house we officially decided on and we have a meeting with a guy at Cantwell Lumber to draw up our house plans tonight at 5:30. You see if you buy the lumber for your house from them they do your house plans for free so that will save some money right there lol we're already cutting corners. The only thing we will change/add to these plans will be where the window in the living room is we are putting a fire place with a long skinny window on each side. Then where that weird half wall thing is between the dining room and living room we will take it out and add sliding doors there instead. We will be putting a deck from the top right corner of the house to to the wall where the master bedroom starts. So thats our plans we are excited and cant wait to start. Unfortunitly Travis and his family will be leaving to go on a cruise next monday so we will have to wait till they come back to continue.

GREAT NEWS...SO EXCITED...!

Im so so so happy to anounce that me and travis got pre approved for a loan to build our home...! We met with our mortgage broker yesterday and we got a phone call today saying we got pre approved and the next step is to choose our house plan and bring it in to get appraised. So we noticed a few nights ago that you can actually buy cheap house plans over the internet if there is a house you like exactly, so we might do that and save some money rather then go get some made from a contractor and spend alot more. Im so excited this will be so amazing for our family to finally get settled especially while jaxton is so young. We were thinking of doing a 1300 sq ft home with a two car garage and an unfinished basement. This is kinda what we want our house to look like but we arent sure exactly, so we might change a few things on it like put the garage on the left by the master bedroom or get a completely new plan, or we might just get a contractor to do it we havent decided for sure yet its still so new to us. But as of right now we like this one the best out of the few ones we've seen.

Oh so close...

So lately jaxton hasn't been hating being on his belly on the floor. I used to put him on the floor and he would start crying and just lay flat on his stomache with his face in the carpet. But the last week or so he hasnt been so fussy when it comes to tummy time. So the reason for my post is because tonight when I got home from work I was playing with him on the floor and he started doing push up type moves then he actually got on his hands and knees but it only lasted like 3 seconds before he fell but that is such a big improvement...! I tried to get a picture of him doing it but by the time I got my camera he was down again and pooped cuz he didnt do it again and started fussing soon after these pics. We think he will be crawling very soon though and we cant wait but then maybe I dont cuz that means my little baby is growing up and wont be my little sweat chubby boy anymore lol but we really are very happy he is developing and growing smarter by the day. We love you baby jax and we cant wait to see you start crawling ;)

The new plan

Ok so the deal didnt fall through with the house due to our realtor screwing us over and selling it under our noses but thats what happened and there isnt anything we can do it about it. There is no reason we should cry over spilt milk. Anyways so you see travis's brother is a couple weeks away from graduating with a civil engineering degree and him and his wife found this lot in a new community being built called Legacy Ranch in between preston and logan right around the border of Idaho and Utah. Its a huge community being built but its just starting out there are only 2 houses that have started being built so far. The size of Legacy Ranch is going to be huge though by the time its done in a year or so. There are about 300 plus lots in this place so you can just guess how big it'll be. Oh and it also has a man made lake that just got put in and they told us its getting fish put in it today. So long story short after we didnt get the house we started looking into these lots as well and luckily they had 4 left (out of about a hundred) in the first phase. There will be 3 phases of construction, the first being single family lots 1/3 of an acre and a adult senior community by the lake, the second being single family lots 1/3 to 2 acres and a bunch of townhomes, the third being parks natural habitats and various other things im still learning about. so we called and made an appt to check it out. So we are meeting with the guy in charge tonight at 7 and we will decide if we are going to build there or just buy a house already built. That is only if we dont absolutly love it there. We figured out It will cost us including the lot about 140 to 150 thousand which really isnt that bad we can turn around and resell it in a couple years for about 200 thousand if we wanted. If all goes well and we start building the same time travis's brother does, which is sometime in May, we should be done by around christmas or a little after the new year. But we are hoping to get it done before the heavy snow hits. I will try to get pictures of the land today and post them tomorrow. Hopefully this will work out but i'm excited for this if we do it...!

Pictures of the house and land (see 2 posts below)

A day of many firsts...!

So today was another beautiful warm day and we had the chance to do alot of fun things with my husbands family and we had alot of firsts for jaxton. We took the boys outside and had them feel what grass felt like for the first time and Grandpa van orden took the boys on a short slow 4 wheeler ride (one at a time) for the first time although they were more interested in grabbing the keys and buttons on it lol. After that we all went to the park and played tether ball which turned into a competition between travis and his dad. Then we all were so hot we had to stop at Artic Circle for an ice cream cone. While travis was eating his cone jaxton was just so eager to have a bite so he gave jaxton just a little taste and oh my goodness he just went crazy he was kicking and throwing his hands around he wanted more. So travis pretty much shared his whole cone with him jaxton wasnt about to let him eat it all by himself. We also had a chance for jaxton to try out his new hat and glasses i got him while in st george but havent had a chance to have him wear them yet. It was a great day and I cant wait for it to get warmer so we can take jaxton outside more often.

Maybe soon to be homeowners...!

So today me and Travis put our official bid in to the house we want to buy...! I will tell you about it now but you'll have to wait a day or two for pictures cuz I cant find my USB adapter. It is a 2058 sq ft home with a basement and main level on 1.24 acres with a detached 2 car garage about 5 min outside of Preston. The main level has a living room, 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, a dining room, a kitchen and a laundry room. Then you go down about 5 steps and you have a mud area and a door to the back yard. You turn to the left and go down about 6 more steps and in the basement there is 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, a few storage closets and a huge room that has an old coal furnace in there the size of a bed and a smaller room off that that has the coal in it the size of a bathroom lol that we will take out as soon as we get the house because the old owners put in electric heat but never took the old furnace out. Now if you go outside that back door you see a couple huge oak trees and about 3 or 4 fruit trees all spread out. If you walk past them you hit huge flat ground big enough to build a house on. The lot itself is square for the small exception in the back right corner there is a ditch and a small creek that runs by. All in all the views are spectacular and the lot is HUGE, we're thinking of getting a calf later on, and we plan to remodel a few cosmetic things. Its a beautiful home but it is old so it does have green carpet and funny wall paper in the dining room lol but like I said it is just cosmetic that we need to do. We were lucky enough to find this at a great price and we hope the sale goes through so prey for us...!

Ode to Jaxton...!

So I thought Jaxton deserves a moment in the spotlight...He has just been the best baby I could have asked for. He sleeps through the night and even lets me sleep in sometimes to 9 or 10 ;) He lets toddlers and other children tug and pull on him with no complain and justs loves to have their company. He is always gentle with little animals and never fusses unless he is sick and even then its only enough to let you know he is there and wants to be comforted. He loves to just sit in his bassinet and play by himself for hours so that I can get the things done around the house and can just have a great time doing so. He is always entertaining us with the many news coo's and baby words he is learning and saying daily. He absolutely loves going on walks and being outside. I guess I am just lucky to have this wonderful joy in my life and we cant wait to see him grow and develop and learn new things every day but it also comes with sadness to see the time go by so fast. We love you very much and we hope everyone see's how great you are like we do....!

Oh and these pictures were taken 2 weeks ago at JC Penny for his 6 month pictures and they turned out great but I didnt get them put on line so I had to take pictures of them with my phone so sorry if they are fuzzy looking.

Late easter pics..!

So I know this is about a week old but I just downloaded the pictures of my easter sunday. We had an easter egg hunt and a best dyed egg contest and my egg was 2nd place so here is the winning egg I call it hillbilly farmers egg lol ;)