The Catch Up!!!

I am starting a blog so it will be easier to keep everyone up to date on our fast paced lives. I also hope to be able to come back and remember all that has happened. Where do I start!!! Here it goes!!!
Ryan and I were able to buy our first house this year. It was a very long/Short (I'll explain) process. Back in August we went out to breakfast and then decided to go for a walk. While we were walking we came across a open house for a condo. Ryan said come on lets go check it out. So we went and walked thru and fell in love with it. It was not as big as we wanted (3 bed, 2 1/2 bath, 1600 sf, no yard) but we could be happy there. So we started the process to get the house. We got the inspection, ordered the appraisal and put our earnest money down. Well as most of you know that can take awhile to get all that done. So about a month later we finally had the appraisal back and it came in $36,000 less than the amount we needed. It also was less than the owners owed. Well the owners just bought a new house and were willing to do a quick sell. So we decided to wait to get that approved. We gave them until the end of October before we knew we needed to find something else (we were trying to get the First Time Home buyers Credit that ended Nov. 30). Now this was the end of September and I kept on saying to Ryan that if this was meant to be it will happen. We had put our trust in the Lord and KNEW he would be taking care of us. While we were waiting Ryan found out that his job was going to be changing his work days to 5 days a week (he currently works 3 days, 12 1/2 hr shifts). We knew that he would not be able to do the 3 hr commute everyday and still be sane. Or he would have to go stay on the base for the week and we would see him on his two days off. Well I actually love spending time with him so we decided that to keep our family in tact we would have to move closer to his work. Because of what Dugway (the base) does it has to be in the middle of nowhere (they play war games and test bombs there) so the closest cities were either Tooele or Saratoga Springs/Eagle Mountain. One was north the other south (close to Provo). We talked and prayed about it and decided that the best thing for us would be to move to Saratoga Springs/Eagle Mountain. Not only would Ryan's drive be cut down by an hour, we also would be only 15-20 min from grandma and Lisa. So we contacted Holly (my cousin) to help us find a house out there (since that is where she lives). She was so amazing and after taking me around to a couple of places and showing me the neighborhoods she brought me over to one of Debbie's (my Aunt) houses.
Oh my I was in love. The detail, the craftsmanship, the style, the room, the View!!!
It was 4 bedrooms 3 1/2 bath 1/4 acre, with a garden tub (because we all know that is the most important thing!!!). I wanted Ryan and the kids to come and look at it before we put in the offer. So the next weekend we all drove up to look and it and they fell in love with it too!!! So that day we signed the agreement and 13 days later it closed!!! We kept on saying that if it was meant to be it will just happen. Now I do believe that Grandpa was up there pulling some strings (so we can be closer to Grandma) but we know that it was only because of living righteously that we were able to achieve this. So we closed Nov. 2 and moved in that next weekend (I had not even packed a thing). So with A LOT of help we were able to get it all done!!