We're Under Contract!!!

Well after much searching we found a house that we both loved. I had seen the house a week before and showed it to Jared on Father's Day. It meets all our musts and most of our wants as well. The staircase is our favorite feature of the whole house. Strange we know but it's awesome!! It's a bank repo but is surprisingly in pretty good shape. At least it appears to be, our inspection will be done within the week to confirm that. Mostly it needs some cosmetic changes. The biggest is that every room is wallpapered and it's gotta go!! The best is the Master bedroom and bath that has curtains that match the wallpaper exactly. This would be find if I liked peach, pink and country blue (I still hate pink). Also the yard is pretty dead and might have to be redone. I want that fake grass that looks and feels real but Jared response is "we are not white trash"
Since it was a repo we were planning on putting a super lowball offer in and see what the bank reply was. However we found out there was another offer on the house already so we placed a higher but still much lower that the asking price bid and hoped for the best. We put an offer in Tues 6/17 and were suppose to hear back within 72 hours which should have been Friday 6/20 and thought it would fun to find out while we were in Utah surrounded tons of family to celebrate with. Apparently the listing agent for the bank didn't feel he had to honor the offer contract that stated a decision would be made within 72 hours and didn't get back to us until 6:30 PM Tuesday 6/24. We were really worried that our offer was not high enough and the bank decided to keep the house on the market though the weekend in hopes of getting a better offer. We signed the counter offer tonight that didn't really change much from our original offer except it stated that after closing if we found anything wrong we could not sue the bank.
We are scheduled to close on July 24th. So anytime after is you are needing a place to sleep you are welcome to use one of our many rooms.

Here are some pictures I took from the listing.

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Korimar!!-Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma

How was the wedding? Thrilling. See for yourself this awesome video of the Thriller dance in action. We ended up doing it twice because we botched the first attempt and pride wouldn’t allow us to leave it at that. The corresponding video is a conglomeration of both Thriller attempts. It brought down the house by the way. An otherwise stoic Robert commented that it was “Awesome.” Siskel and Ebert gave it 2 thumbs up. The kid-on-fieldtrip-at-Cave-of-the-Winds said “that was Awesome.” MJ himself would be proud- perhaps we’ll send him a copy- just make sure Joseph is not the one delivering it.

I’d say under the circumstances, the background dancers were really good. Some better than others. And special props to William and Ethan who really outdanced me. Not bad for white guys. Notice in the video how the bride and groom are nowhere to be found…

Also keep your eye on the “zombie” immediately behind Ethan. Her name is Haylee and she’s from Stephanie’s side. Specifically watch her eyes in relation to Ethan’s butt. Ummm Hmmm match made in heaven. Apparently Ethan and Haylee hit it off, exchanging phone numbers and email addresses. Nothing brings together families like thriller. Stay tuned I suspect another wedding in 5 or 6 years, and they’ll owe it all to Thriller. I am proud of Ethan, he handled it with grace and sophistication. They talked throughout the 2 day event and they danced together- a lot. When Soulja Boy was selected by the back-up DJ, Haylee knew the dance so well, William was “embarrassed to continue because she’s so good.” If you woulda told me one of the Christiansen boys was gonna score I wouldn’t have believed it- the magic of….the Thriller.

Other than that, the Artist Formerly Known as Mr. Stinky Face (Joseph) was all dolled up for the wedding. He even got his hair parted and combed for the first time ever. Couple that together with his baby blue 70’s Leisure suit and the growth of a second tooth and you got yourself 1 cute kid. There will be pictures of him later, once I get them. It turns out he likes to Splash in the fountain at the temple. You’d think his parents would stop him…

As far as the wedding itself- pretty normal nothing extraordinary. Went to the temple said a few words came out married, the usual. Although it was weird to have the bride take her endowments out only 24 hours before the Sealing. Yes I know that’s how it used to be but it seems strange to me. They seemed pretty happy. As it turns out I ended up on the same flight home as the newly weds. You think they’d talk to me on the flight home- no. And I even gave them a ride back to their/our house. I dropped them off at their/our house (due to our unfortunate housing situation we are currently staying with the old in-laws, as are they.) Well who wants to be stuck in a house with 2 people who’ve been married a matter of hours? Not me- so I bailed and went to stay at my Bro. In Law’s house Saturday night.

I went and hung out with my parents (my family was still in UT) all day Sunday, which was a nice opportunity to rest, skip church and de-stress. Sunday night rolls around and I’m like well I guess I better risk it and return “home.” As I approach, I see the unmistakable Mercury boat in the driveway- oh great, still here.

So I do the Christian thing and knock real loud before entering. I thought about turning around but I was too tired. So I finally get the door open and newlywed Carl says, “Hey what are you doing here?” I say, What am I doing here?, What are you doing here?” Carl: “We’re not leaving for the Springs till tomorrow.” “What are you doing here.”
Me: “Um…I live here??!”
Carl: “So are you going to come in or what?”
Me: “Um…yeah…I live here.”

Anyways the night didn’t get any less awkward let me put it like that. I ended up taking a shower and going to bed (because I felt dirty? Who knows) but needless to say it was a weird night.

Kylie came to visit

I meet my new cousin Kylie over the weekend when Uncle Ben and Aunt Jenni came to CO for a wedding. She is 6 weeks old, super tiny and everyone says she is really cute. Mommy picked her up and said "Joseph I don't think you were ever this small" Grandma said that I was smaller than Kylie was. I think Mommy must be losing her mind cause it's only been 7 months since I was the same age Kylie is. How could she forget such important things about me. Her job is to remember every moment of my life.
I was excited to have more people come to play with me but Mommy, Grandma and Aunt Diana all kept doting on Kylie and ignored me!! I even caught mommy kissing Kylie several times!!! I tried to tell her that she should NOT be kissing anyone but me and daddy but she pretended she didn't understand me. Personally I thought she was boring, I can sit up, crawl, use my hands, don't have a floppy head and laugh at you when you are funny. All Kylie did was sleep, cry and eat. To top it off everyone kept trying to get me to hold her. I kept pushing her away clearing stating the fact that I did not what her on my lap but again no one listened to me!! I tried to be nice though and shared my toys and listened to Mommy when she told me to be soft and not kick, punch, or drool on Kylie.
Overall it was a good visit and I'm sure Kylie will be a fun cousin when she get big like me.