I am so thankful!

I am on my lunch and I am writing this post because today is the one year mark of Steve's accident. For those of you who didn't know Steve was involved in a tragic accident a year ago today that changed our lives. It was with a guy on a motorcycle and he passed away the next day. I never blogged about it because it was a really hard time! However, I truly feel that we are stronger because of it. Sometimes Heavenly Father gives you challenges that you don't think you will ever be able to handle and then he gives you the strength to get though them. I am amazed at his love and devotion to each of his children.

I remember standing on the curb after the Accident with Steve in the Police car just pleading with Heavenly Father for the other guys life and I had an overwhelming feeling that the Lord was in charge and I had to trust! At that moment I had to release my will to his will. I am amazed at Steve's strength and ability to keep moving forward. I will forever be thankful for the amazing man that I am married too. He is so tender and caring for me and other people. He would never hurt anything and I know he would have given his own life that day to save the other guy. We are so thankful for the family being understanding. We actually have become friends with them. We think of them often!

I know that the Savior lives, I know that he loves each and every one of his children and that he is constantly mindful and I know that day as I stood on the curb and felt so worried that he truly is in Charge, this is HIS plan and each of us are tested in ways we can't imagine and yet he gives us the strength to make it through.

I am so thankful today for all of the blessings our Heavenly Father blesses us with and I am so thankful for good friends and family who helped us through such a tough time.

Our New Dog!

We got a dog, just after we moved into our house. My sister found him through a rescue and called us. She said she had the perfect dog for me but I was a little worried with a lot of things going on, to have a dog. She said she would bring him up over the 4th of July for a trial run. Well.... I fell so hard for this little guy. His name is Diesel (like a truck). He was already potty trained and create trained and such a snuggle dog. Oh my goodness... He is my little pal and he just gets so excited to see me every day when I come home. I never thought I could love a dog so much! He loves to just sit on our laps and snuggle. A couple gave him up to the rescue because they got divorced and couldn't decide who got him. I don't know how you could ever give up such a cute dog like this but I am sure grateful! He is my new little friend!! He also loves little wal-mart special dog sweaters and I just love dressing him up!

Catching Up! Summer at the Beach

In the Hot tub at my cousins beach house with Virgin Margarita's. It was so relaxing. His house is right on the beach so you can just walk off the porch and on to the sand. We took walks every morning and would enjoy the sun rise. What a beautiful place! And the company was especially wonderful! Steve also spent much of his time building things. This Mickey is one masterpiece.

Me, My Brother and Our cousin who we never see

Life! Catch up...

Wow! Life just gets away from me and I forget to blog. Lots happened this summer. We got to go to Florida with my brother and his family and it was so much fun! It is so nice to get away for a little while. The waves and the sun were amazing and we loved every minute of it. Here are a few pics from our trip. (I am a little sleepy in this pict. if you can't tell. We stayed up late and this is the sun rise at about 5:30am)

The Move is Official!

We just went and signed papers this morning! Its so exciting and scary all at the same time. This is a pic. of Anje our Realtor and us at the signing. For those of you who are able to help we would LOVE any help we can get. We will be moving on Monday night the 29th (sorry its a Monday night...Just consider it an FHE service project right?) Meet here at our apartment at 6:00pm and we will feed you and move stuff. Our apartment address is 9300 S. Redwood Rd. #5-11 West Jordan. If you can let me know if you are planning to come that would be wonderful so then I can know how many pizzas get. Thanks in advance for the help!

Anyone up for a Party...That is a Moving Party?

We are SOOOOOO excited and scared all at the same time. We are buying a new house! We have looked and looked and looked over the past year and we finally found one that we both love. It is a rambler and it is fully finished. It is a 1996. We negotiated in to get all of the brand new stainless steel appliances and the front loader washer and dryer which I am way excited for. I swear the people probably think we are stocking their house because we usually drive by once a day.

We had a home inspector go out last Friday and he said it looks like its in really good condition. Just a few things we need to do but nothing major. We were also able to lock in a 4.5% interest rate which we feel is a major tithing blessing. We locked in last Tuesday and the next day they jumped up almost a full percent to 5.38. It is amazing how the timing of all of this has come together. So if all goes well we will be in a new house by July 1st. And.... any of those who are local and who would spare an hour or so we would greatly appreciate your help! We are trying to be super organized and have lots of people help so that it goes really quickly. Because.... Many hands make light work! And we will feed you really well too!