House Pictures

The house was inspected yesterday and it's looking good so far. Yay!! The inspector didn't find any major problems. The water won't be turned on until tuesday though, so we'll have to check back then to make sure the pipes didn't freeze and that the plumbing is in good condition.

Now for the moment you've been waiting for... here are some pictures of our potential first home. It has a split level entry, which I'm not a huge fan of, but can live with because I LOVE the rest of it! Here is the living room, we really like the windows.

And the kitchen, which I'm sure I'll be spending lot's of time in. I've always wanted a kitchen that has a window overlooking the back yard. Here's the view from the kitchen window.

It also has a deck and a big back yard with a garden.


I really enjoy the view of the sunset from the deck.
Kaleb is a very big fan of the house, which is also very important.Right now it has 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, and a 2 car garage. It has the potential for another bathroom, bedroom, and family room in the basement.

Thank you for all the good luck wishes. We hope it continues to work out, we'll keep you updated on the progress.

Have a wonderful week!!

House Buying Update

Our real estate agent called the next morning, after we put in our offer, and said the owners already responded!! Woo hoo!! They made a reasonable counter offer and want to close escrow in 30 days!! We are so excited and hope it continues to work out. It's a gorgeous home for an excellent price due to the soft market. I'll post some pictures once my computer is back to normal again.

Jarom left for Las Vegas on Tues morning for business and he'll be back in time for the inspection on Saturday. We're not expecting too many problems because the home was built in 2008 and was only lived in by the previous owners for 2 months. It still looks brand new!

We'll keep you posted about how the inspection goes. Wish us luck!

House Hunting

Thanks to a little encouragement from Jarom's cousin, we've decided to take advantage of the awesome rates and try and get into a home. We've been looking for the past 2 weeks I think, and have found some that later turned out to be dissapointments. We've learned that pictures can make a home look better than it really is, and that some listing agents don't always write the correct square footage of a home. We can't believe how many homes there are in spokane that were built before 1910!! Needless to say it's been tough finding a good fit that also works with our budget.
Luckily we just found one that we love and is super nice!! We think it will be a great starter home for us, and are putting an offer on it today. Hopefully the owners accept our offer and it all works out.

Computer Drama!!!

I'm so sad! I think I might have lost a lot of files on my computer, including videos of Kaleb when he was little. I still don't know if my computer got a virus or what, but it started locking up on me. Luckily I was able to get as many pictures & videos backed up as possible before the major problem happened. I should have just taken it in to a computer store at that time, but we're trying to save money to buy a house and I thought maybe I can fix it on my own. BIG MISTAKE!! I somehow ended up completely restoring my computer to how it came when we first bought it!!!! I'm so bummed!! I thought it would still save my files but it didn't!! Why did I do that?? Now I'm going to have to take it to a store anyway and probably end up paying twice as much to fix the problem. That's the last time I'll ever make that mistake, you can gurantee it!! What was I thinking?

Please wish me luck that we can find the files again!! Jarom thinks it's hopeless, but I'm not giving up yet.

Guess who's walking now!!

Okay, so Kaleb has been practicing his walking skills for the past couple of months and he decided a couple weeks ago to let go of our hands and try out this walking business by himself! He started out with just a couple of steps from me to Jarom. He currently takes about 15 steps by himself, with my hands close by. He gets so excited when he walks that he squeals with joy. It's fun to see how happy he gets about it. Also last Sunday he stood up for his first time by himself!!

We are very proud of our little guy, and have been noticing his chub starting to disappear with his new exercise.
I'll post a video of him walking as soon as I have it downloaded.

Snow Jumping!

Yes, we've definitely had a very snowy winter here in Spokane! We got to enjoy a white Christmas and a white New Years even. Lately it has stopped snowing and we can actually see some grass from the front porch. So what did we do during our snowy holiday, do you ask? Well, we weren't able to make snow man's yet because the snow was pure powder. So Jarom came up with a REALLY fun activity we like to call "Snow Jumping". It's basically jumping as high as you can and then landing, as if into a pool of water, into the soft snow. It's so fun!! To see us engage in this wild and daring sport click on the video's below.

Snow jumping soon became addicting and we started jumping into the snow all over the back yard. I even jumped off the roof into the snow! Good times for sure!!

We hope you all had a wonderful and Happy New Years, and are enjoying your winter!!

From first Snow to RECORD BREAKING crazy amounts of Snow!!

Well, here's our first Spokane winter experience in a nutshell. The first snow came the day after Thanksgiving. Totally perfect timing, getting us all in the holiday spirit! Since our family is from CA, snow is a BIG deal, and we were all super excited to watch the first snow fall. Kaleb especially loved looking out the window to see it fall.It's so gorgeous!!! We couldn't wait to get out in it. So Jarom wrapped Kaleb up in a blanket and took him out for his first snow experience. Of course, me being the mother that I am, had to bring him back in and get him "properly dressed" for such a snow occasion.I bought him some thermal underwear and was excited the moment had come for him to wear it for the first time. I thought he looked so cute in it. Here he is in the complete winter attire. Ready for the snow again.Jarom's so good at getting him to smile for the camera.

The snow soon melted after the 2nd day and didn't snow again until I think a couple weeks before Christmas. It was so fun to have a white christmas. All those songs about "winter wonderland" and "let it snow", are finally starting to have meaning to me. I'm definately enjoying the 4 seasons.

So that was our first snow and now... Remember the first picture with the bbq in the backround? Well, here's the bbq now.

Crazy huh? We've had so much snow fall, over 3 ft and counting... A guy from our ward said Spokane has had more snow than any other city in the country!! And it was mentioned on the radio that there has not been this much snow in Spokane that the snow fall in the month of December broke a record since 127 years ago!!! Super crazy! We figure it's good that we had a lot of snow our first winter, so that the following winters will seem like nothing.

This was our neighbors car that got stuck trying to get out to work that morning. We're so grateful that Jarom is able to work from home and not have to commute in the snow.

We hope you all are enjoying your winter and are staying warm.