A Weekend without House Hunting or Snow!

We decided to enjoy the nice warm weather this weekend. Yes~ it's a nice 74 degrees and sunny! Yesterday we went rock climbing! The first of the season and won't be our last. I was so proud of myself because I finally made it up this on crap. It's taken 3 years and finally did! I like to say it's because my forearms are more toned and worked out (from doing massages full time)! One of these days I'll actually remember to pack the camera when we go climbing. It's a great work out and really help take your mind off our the house hunting process.

Every 2nd Saturday, there is a Disc Golf Tournament. Reno finally has it's own course and they put on this games to get people out on the course. Anyways, this was the first time I went with Nick to one of these games. I normally will play with Nick and his dad but I don't like the competition games. Ironically, this was one of Nick's worst scoring games. I did end up playing for fun on the last 9 holes of the game. It was such a nice morning that we forgot the sunscreen and now are dealing with red skin. But hey, it's not snowing and it's warm and sunny. What else is a "Desert Rat" suppose to do in these conditions.

PS~ Next weekend my sister, Heidi, is graduation BYU with her Bachelor Degree!! We are so excited for her. It's been a long process but after 4 kids she did it. Way to go Heidi. Nick and I are excited we get to go out to Utah and see her walk, but also we get to meet our niece, Noelle, what was born in December. She's a great inspiration to me. Good luck next week!!!

Buy a House...

Step one: Find a Realtor. Check
Step two: Get approved so you know how much you can borrow. Check
Step three: Find a house.....

It's not as easy as you think.

Nick and I spent this last weekend driving around checking out neighborhoods of houses we were interested in buying. Amazingly, we cut your list in half just because some places were shady or I didn't want to be at home by myself. We then decided to look at some areas up north in Stead about 10 miles north of downtown Reno. These houses are newer but smaller yards. Since we neared it to 10 houses between Reno, Sparks and Stead that we are interested in~ we are hopefully going with our Realtor this weekend to check out the insides (and narrow that list even more)!

The best thing our parents thought was as kids were to save our money. We've had several bishops make sure we were doing okay, but they never saw the money we were saving. Becuase we aren't big shoppers, like to go to dinner or really spand money, we are able to (hopefully) get into a house this summer because the prices are right and we saved enough for a down payment! :)

I'll try and keep you posted on the house hunt. Hopefully we will be able to move in this summer before we have to move out of our hose.

Mommy/ Daddy Time...

This past weekend, Nick and I watch a couple in our ward's kids. They are 5, 3, and almost 2 years old, but are the sweetest kids. They are very independent and smart. Anyways, we had the 3 kids from Friday to Sunday night. Both Friday, and Saturday we looked forward to mommy and daddy time. It wasn't because we were tired or worn out form the kids, but we needed time to just talk to each other and just be with each other.

I finally realized why parents put their kids to bed early. Parents need time to just relax with out little ones interrupting. We sure loved watching the kids but mommy/daddy time is even better.

Church was a breeze. There was a bet going around the ward that we would end up late and have a hard time during sacrament. Needless I to say that, we were 15 minutes early and made it through sacrament meeting with only one trip to the potty. Nick and I realized how much we love kids and are grateful for the opportunity to help some families get a weekend away.

Still no Cavities!!

I have a friend who is in the TMCC Dental Hygienist program. Nick and I volunteered to help her out any time. SO she called me up and went in to see her. Nick goes next week.

24 years and still no cavities!!!!!!

Not much else happening around here. We are starting the process to get into a house. So hopefully by summer we'll be in our own house.

Happy Birthday MOM!

Last year my mom and dad came out to visit reno. They also happened to come out on my mom's birthday. It was fun to spend the weekend with them. We decided to go to Virginia City since none of us but Nick had been there. While there we bought random things and took an Old Time Photo. We have been taking these photos since my oldest brothers was a toddler, and he is now over 30. We figured it was about time Nick was in one.

So for the good memories over ther years! Here's one of those fun times and many more memories to make.

Happy Birthday MOM!!!!