It's insane how quickly I lose track of how much time has gone by between updates!  March was coming to a close when I wrote last and here it is darn near June.  So much has happened over the past 8 weeks.  I guess I will start with the house :)

That's right!!!  The house is OFFICIALLY sold!  We closed on May 15th. I think I has honestly taken the past 2 weeks for it to sink in that after nearly 2 years of trying to sell, we have signed by the "X" and all utilities are transferred into the new owners name. 

We feel so incredibly blessed that everything fell into place so smoothly since January when Jonathan (the man who bought the house) contacted the lender about applying for the home loan.  We were told several times by the broker that we would probably have to have a re-appraisal b/c the mtg company likes to reject them just to make sure the appraisal is OK, and yet they did not reject ours!  The inspection was flawless, termite inspection was flawless and the Mtg company very quickly gave us a big thumbs up when we were once again anticipating a little difficulty. 

We finished the basement the day (literally) we moved out, lol :)  I felt like we were working until the very last second on finishing touches but I can honestly say it turned out a lot better then I ever thought it would considering we are far from professionals and did most of the work ourselves. I'll post a few pix of the punished product!

 

I was never able to get a picture of the basement finished AND empty!  Since Jonathan is my sister-in-laws boyfriend, we agreed to let him start moving in before closing so at one point we had about 1/2 of his stuff from his apartment and the majority of our stuff all in the house.  It was quite crazy! 

 

 

So... now that we are out of the house I have had several people as where we are not living.  Well.... I guess you could say we are never too told to live at our in-laws!  lol.  Ok, this is not the typical "moving in with mom and dad" situation.  Paul's parents left the first part of May to serve a mission for our church in Tacoma, Washington so we are technically house sitting for the time being.  It has been quite the adjustment moving from a 2400 sq ft home into 1 bedroom in the basement but we are very thankful for the chance that we have to save money since our savings took quite a hit with the basement/ house project. 

 

Paul has recently put himself on several email notifications for police departments in Utah so he will know when they begin hiring.  We have a few in mind that we'd really like to apply for.  Provo City PD, Layton City PD and Utah HWY Patrol.  We have both felt really good about Provo for some time so I'm anxious to see where the Lord wants us to be.  In reality, we have no idea how much longer we will be in Virginia.  We'd love to be moved by Christmas but I have realized the Lord has his own timing and I have to find a way to be content with what he has in store for us.  I will keep you posted on job interviews/ testing, etc.

 

I am still loving my job at the Hospice House here in Charlottesville.  I celebrated my 1 year anniversary there in April I will be so sad when the day comes that I have to resign from my position.  The "house" has been really busy the past 2 weeks. Although I am 150% exhausted by the end of the week, my time there goes by quickly and I always have something to do. 

 

Paul has been super busy with his job.  He's been working what seems to be an extra amount of overtime the past couple months since he does traffic at a local school at 8:00am almost every morning.  I have no idea how he get's up so early just to do 30 min of overtime just to come home again and go back to bed.  It would wear on me.  He's such a trooper.  He will be gone for a the 3rd week of June for a class and then for a few days again in July.  I'm so proud of all the hard work he puts into making his resume look as awesome as possible. 

 

Harley is healthy and happy.  We put him on a diet about 2 wks ago and I think I'm actually starting to see a difference.  He's far from fat but we have noticed he's put on a little weight since last year.  It's our fault for feeding him potato chips.  I'm such a sucker when he begs and looks all sad.  Right now we are fighting a battle between him and the cat's food.  He seems to think it's quite the tasty snack but it's not at all good for him.  The cat seems to think 1 morsel of dog food is a nice little treat too.  I fear this is a lose lose situation. 

 

Paul and I's vacation starts in exactly 26 days!  We are leaving early on the morning of June 22nd to drive to Washington DC.  We have a 6am flight on June 23rd but we thought it would be fun to get a hotel room the night before so we could get some good sleep the night before our flight leaves.  I'm taking Paul  to Arlington National Cemetery to see the changing of the guards and then to the Hard Rock Café in downtown DC for lunch.  I'm so looking forward to spending that night relaxing by the pool and enjoying the start of our vacation.  Mom will be getting married that next Saturday in Farmington, Utah so we will be in UT the entire week before the wedding and will fly home the Monday after.  This vacation is coming at the perfect time!!!! 

 

Well my friends, I don't know much else right now.  It could be that it's 2am and my brain is officially tired.  Paul had to work late tonight so I thought it would be fun to update the blog while waiting for him to get home.  I hope this update finds everyone healthy and happy!!!! 

 

LQ