A few months ago we started thinking about maybe moving in the next year or two. We thought that we needed a bigger backyard for the boys to run around it as they got older. We started casually looking a some houses and neighborhoods. Pretty soon we found a builder that we really liked with a floor plan that had everything we were looking for. We then drove into the neighborhood that they were building in and really liked the lots. After that things just seemed to happen to make our decision so easy. Kurt was paid some money from a former job that was the exact amount as the lot deposit. We put our house up for sale thinking that maybe in a few months it would sell and then we would see if our lot was still available for us. Our house had two offers within three days of being up for sale. So we took the full price offer. We passed our inspection with no changes needing to be made and our appraisal came in right at our selling price. We feel like all of this is going so smoothly and it is what the next step in our lives should be.
We will be out of our house by the 24th of September. I have been so busy getting things boxed up to put in storage.
Our new house will start being by the end of September and we should be in just before Christmas. We are so excited to build a house again. It will be so fun to pick out everything new. I am not looking forward to more yard work on our half acre. But the boys are going to have a great time growing up in this house and being able to have plenty of room to play outside. This will be our house for a long time unless something major happens in our lives.

Some couples in our neighborhood decided to run this relay together. We did it girls against boys. Running a relay was a first for both Kurt and me. The race started at the University of Utah and ended at BYU. The girls name was Does this Skirt Make my Butt Look Fast. We made these tutu skirt to wear at the beginning and end. We won best team name. The boys were the Wife Slayers because they were and did slay us to the finish line. They finished a whole hour before we did. It was a really long day but so much fun.

We took a fast 2 day trip down to Lake Powell to get one more trip on the boat. We drove down Thursday after school and work and spent the night sleeping in the car and boat. Both Friday and Saturday were spent out on the water. Friday night we stayed in a hotel in Page since my dad will no longer camp without a houseboat. And then we drove back Saturday night. Lake Powell brings back so many memories growing up. It is one of my favorite places. We did lots of swimming, skiing, wakeboarding, and tubing. I cliff jumped with my brother. And we watched my brother parasail. We were so exhausted by the end of the trip and had a great time!

We now have a second grader. It is so weird to think I have a child in the grade that I taught. Jake loved his first day back at school. He was so excited to see all his friends and meet his teacher. His teacher seems really good and I have heard wonderful things about her.
The Backpack Fairy made a visit and brought a new backpack, lunch box, a Lego set, and cookie cereal.

My dad needed to go down to Las Vegas and asked that we come along. Since it is Jake’s last week out of school it was easy to say yes. The boys swam for 2 1/2 days. They would get up and be in the pool by 9 and swim until 1 or 2 when I made them take a break and then get back in after dinner and swim for a few more hours. Jake got really comfortable swimming without his life jacket. He even got good at diving and then swimming to the other side without touching the bottom. Josh got where he would let go of me and float for a minute with his life jacket. We didn’t do much else so I am glad the boys had a great time swimming. Both my boys love the water!