We have a house!!

Well, we are almost there. They have accepted our offer, and now we get to jump through some hoops, but hopefully we will be closing in about three weeks and we will officially own our first home!!!! Here are some pictures. It's a very cute house, built in 2007 and seems like a wonderful neighborhood. Actually, to those 14th Ward alumni, the Gunter's are going to be our next-door neighbors--how awesome is that?! Anywho, we wanted to share our happy news and get some pictures up for people to see. These are the ones they have online for the listing...

Here is a view of the front room just as you walk in. I love the window! The yard needs a little work, but the lawn is in already so that's a bonus!












Here is the kitchen. We have to buy our own appliances, but that's really okay with me because that way I can pick out things I like and that I know are clean ;) I'm wierd that way!!












Here is a view of part of the master bedroom with a walk-in closet-- yay!!! Evan still doesn't think there will be enough room for our stuff, but this is WAY bigger that anything we've had so far and we've survived just fine, so I think it will be okay... ;)












The master bathroom- how cool!












I'll post some others once we have them. We have a fairly good-sized yard in the back which is nice. There are three bedrooms and two baths upstairs with a full unfinished basement. Evan is really excited about being able to do some building down there himself. One thing though, as you look at the picture you may notice something...ALL the walls are WHITE! Everything is white! SO, I am not a crafty person and would love any and all advice of some ideas for color that we can spruce up the space with.

Anyways, here it is and we are way excited!!

A house...perhaps...

Who knew looking for a house could be so stressful?! Holy cow! But it has been fun to look around, see what you like and what you can hopefully plan for in the future... :)

We did find one on a Smokin' deal and put an offer on it today so we will see what happens! I'm really excited to see if it is accepted, we'll keep ya posted! Until then keep your fingers crossed please :D

Update

Hey there! I thought I'd just to a quick update about what we've been up to lately. Summer is finally here and we have been loving the beautiful weather! Evan and I went camping over Memorial Day weekend with most of his family up in Driggs. They staked out this great space for us, big open meadow with plenty of room for all the tents and horses and dogs....yep, it was a full house. I'll have to add pictures later, but it was a great time.

I've been working quite a bit lately, but I really love my job with MountainView. I work three 12 hour shifts a week, so that makes it nice. Sometimes the days get long, but I have great co-workers that keep it fun. Evan likes his new job too, he has some great guys in his office that he gets along with great. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly guys can get comfortable with each other. I mean, keeping the air freshener on the desk and blatantly using it? Seriously! ;) hehe But I am SO glad he's not gone so much anymore.

Above that, we've started looking at houses. Holy smokes, the thought of owing that much money is SCARY! :S But we are so excited to finally be able to buy a home to call our own!! :D We'll see what happens- Wish us luck!

I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!

I took my registry test today and I passed!!! I am SOOOO EXCITED!!!!

Anyways, I am absolutely done with all my school stuff and

can almost call myself an official RadTech!

I have to wait for a few weeks for my official score and

credentials to come in the mail, but I passed!!

Let the rejoicing begin... :D

Graduation!!!!!

Well it finally came, graduation day!!!! Evan was a stinker and refused to walk, but he was a trooper and came to graduation for me. It was so fun! We had a great time entertaining ourselves on the field while people who went to school for a really long time got their hoodies, etc etc etc... Anywho, it's official, I am done with school- HECK YA!!!!!!! Here's some fun pics from the last few days of my college career... how cool is that?!

Our coordinator from the hospital threw a little party for our clinical group, Yum!!

Here's my clinical group and our fearless leader...ah the memories! We had a great group!
Me and my gal Kristin at GRADUATION!!!

Me and my Hubby!! Both college graduates, I think that is so awesome!!!! And he was so awesome to come and support me even though he didn't want to walk, what a guy! ;)

A picture I've waited a long time to see... go Bengals!!

I can honestly say that I have enjoyed my time in college. ISU has been great, we made so many great friends in Pocatello (shout out to the 14th Ward!! and lots of others too ;) hehe) and truly were sad to leave. I am SOOOOO glad to be done with school, I'm not gonna lie, but it was a great ime. The Radiology Program is the best and I wouldn't have it any other way!!!

Finally!!

I had my last official day of class today!!! WOW!!!! It seemed like it would never get here, but now I just have my last day of clinicals tomorrow and life is good! Just wanted to share cuz I'm a little excited about this whole pending graduation thing. Anywho, hope you are all having an equally fantabulous day!!!!!!! Smile Big :D

A "Wicked" Weekend!!

I finally have some time to post, the last few weeks have been crazy! But we're almost there, only two weeks until graduation!!!!! I can't WAIT!! But, I got to do something incredibly exciting a few weeks ago.

I spent the weekend with my mom, my awesome bud Paige, and her mom in Salt Lake. We went shopping and hung out, I finally got to go to Ikea--that store is so cool! I will absolutely go back there when I have a house to decorate. We also ate at this totally cute little restaurant called "Bucca's" that's just down the street from PF Chang's. It looks kinda dumpy from the outside, but it is SO fun and the food is amazing!! I tried Bruscetta for the first time- YUM!

But the best part of the weeked was going to see the musical Wicked at the Capitol Theatre!! It was AMAZING!!! If any of you have not seen or heard of it, it's very worth your time. Basically, it's the pre-Wizard of Oz story. It tells the story of Elphaba, the "Wicked" Witch of the West, and how she and Glinda met and became friends in college, and then how she becomes "wicked." The music is incredible and very moving. The gal that played Elphaba in our show was SO GOOD!! I loved her voice and how she brought her own things to the character. I just can't say enough about it, I was extremely anxious to see this show and it was all I was hoping it would be!! (I'm still a little excited about it, can ya tell? ;) hehe) Anywho, to show my enthusiasm, enjoy the ginormous set of pics to follow...but thanks Paigie, Melanie and Mom for a fantastic time!!

Here's Paige as we get ready to leave on our road trip

The beautiful Capitol Theatre--it's very old-fashioned with the red velvet everywhere and stuff

Me and my gal before the show...

The Stage-- The TimeClock Dragon and a map of Oz

A view of the theater from the balcony

Paige and her cute mom--love these gals!!

Me and my beautiful Mom (pardon my big head though-yikes!
The two amazing leads for Glinda and Elphaba--all I can say is WOW!!The whole cast taking a bow, they put on a great show!! If you ever get a chance, you HAVE to see this musical!

Mom getting treasures at the "Oz Dust Boutique"--I got a REALLY awesome shirt and a "Wicked" pin that I can wear on my lanyard at work.

After the show, all smiles!

Anywho, hope you enjoyed the pics. It was an awesome trip and a fantastic show!! Now I just want to see it in New York on Broadway...hubby? ;)