Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I don't know why...

Chris and I have decided that Heavenly Father must be expecting A LOT from us because He truly has blessed us with more than we ever imagined! Sometimes it feels like we're never going to be able to repay Him even for what He's given us so far. We both have secure jobs, we're able to go to school, we have the promise of being together forever, and of course we feel so blessed to be adding to our little family and that things are going well in the pregnancy. And now, He's blessed us to be able to afford to buy a house. We got the good news on Tuesday that the bank accepted our offer and that we now will get a place of our own! Really the timing couldn't be better because after two years of extrememly quite neighbors, a new neighbor moved in who has a drum set and plays all day until about 11:30pm, which wouldn't be that bad...if he weren't a beginner...practice makes perfect right? Anwyay, we have jsut been in awe at the blessings that we have received and how much He has guided our lives. We're ready and willing to do whatever He needs us to. Where much is given...right? :)
We are absolutly thrilled and can't wait until we get to move in. We are closing on March 26th. I can hardly wait. Our little apartment that we have now has been wonderful for us, and we really have loved living there and have so many wonderful memories! But with Boston coming we are running out of room, and just need a little more space. We weren't planning on buying a house for another couple years, but things have just fallen into place for us so we decided to try. We spend hundreds of hours looking at Town houses and houses all over Utah County. We found a house in Lehi, and put in an offer...and thank heavens we were outbid. I'm so glad we didn't get that house. A few days later we found a house in an amazing neighborhood in Saratoga Springs and we put in an offer on that one...we still haven't heard anything back. lol. We were frustrated and so tired of looking, and then Chris found a house a street away from the one we were waiting to hear back from. I was working, so he went with a couple friends to check it out. When he got home that night he told me that if I were out of the country he would feel great about making an offer. He said it was his favorite house out of everything we'd seen...and we'd seen a lot of houses.
We went back the next week to see if we could see it, but the family is still living there. So we knocked on the door and pretended like we were looking in the neighborhood for a house and just wanted to get some of the neighbors opinions on how they liked the area. We talked with the guy for a while, and he let us in for a minute to give us his realator's card who was selling their house. So I got to take a really quick peek at the main floor...but other than that all I've seen are the pictures online. lol. Chris has good taste so if he says I would love it, then I believe him. lol. I'm just happy that everything has worked out so well! I'm so EXCITED!

4 comments:

john & natalie said...

That's awesome! Congratulations. You should post some pictures :)

Tiffany W said...

Congrats! A house, a baby...what more could you want?

RitanSands said...

I am thrilled for you!! Congrats! Question though---will your cute apt. be up for grabs??? Please let us know! Love ya!

Rasmussen Family said...

Hey Rachel and Chris. I didn't know you had a blog. Can I just say how excited we are for you two. What a wonderful time of life. You guys definitely have to keep in touch and let us know when you have the baby!!! I'm going to link you to my blog if that's ok. Feel free to do the same.
Whitney

Forever!!!