Saturday, June 26, 2010

Blogging: Obviously Not My Thing!

So today I was reading up on some blogs, and you know how you can see in the margin if your blog is on their page, how long it has been since you last blogged? Ya, I saw mine was 4 months, and thought that was pathetic, because so much has happened in the last 4 months! My last blog was about the lot in Lehi that we were going to build on and that is way outdated, so here's the update!

The Lehi lot is no more, and we are building in Springville. To make a long story kind of short, when we first started looking at lots, we were very interested in this subdivision in Springville. We made an offer and apparently the investors where 3 yrs behind in taxes, and the lots were in the process of getting reposessed. This was back around Thanksgiving/Christmas 2009. After waiting week after week we started losing hope and looking elsewhere. That is when we found the lot in Lehi, so we put in an offer and it was accepted. Then the long process started of drawing plans, financing, and tons of  hard decisions. Along the way we had a couple bad experiences with the guy who actually developed this subdivision, and one that I won't get into that just topped it all, so we backed out. It is really sad what this economy has done to people's morals. All during this time, I was always still trying to find out what was going on down in Springville. I had talked to the city, multiple banks, trying to find out now who owned the property. No one could help me, one dead end after another. Then, one day I saw online, that someone was building there! I was shocked, and called him immediately. I explained that we had been trying to find out anything about these lots, and here he was building there. I already knew our first two picks, and they were already gone, one by over 1 month! So we went and checked out the area again, and found the perfect one! We liked it better than our other picks. The process began all over again! Now we have our final plans, and should be digging a hole in about 2-3 wks if all goes well. Which with our luck I am not holding my breath, but we will get there. We are also exited to be close to Cody, Emily, and Milo Monster! Here are our plans!

                       

On another note, Summer is finally here!! We have already made some fun trips out to the Green River, and to Zions National Park. With Tyler being assistant scout master now, he has been on some other fun weekenders as well. It is fun to watch him with the 12,13 yr old boys, they have already really latched on to him. He is always getting them all wound up, and I know they will miss him when we move. It is funny to see all these younger boys running up to say "hi" to him in church, and to see if he will be at scouts that week. In July, we will be going to southern California for a week, which I know will be crazy hot, but I don't care because all I went to do is spend all my time in the water, and visiting my sis Shanny Panny!

Tyler also won the hunting lottery earlier this spring, and drew out for a deer in the #1 unit right now in Utah. It was only his second year putting in, and he could hardly believe it when I told him over the phone, while hunting turkey in southern Utah, that he had drawn out! Even one of my patients has been putting in for 14 yrs, and still has not drawn. It is his claim to fame right now, and besides the house, pretty much all he talks about. He told me the best time to scout for deer, is July-Sept, so I told him "see you in October!"

This post is kind of boring with not many pics, sorry!