We bought a HOUSE!

 We now live in Spanish Fork!

We closed on Tuesday and by that night we had ripped out the carpet (thanks to Jamie’s help J), took off all the outlet and light covers, and taped up the whole house to be ready to paint. Wednesday Christopher painted all day long while Grandpa Baum worked on putting up shelves in our master bedroom and stairs going into our cold storage. Thursday Christopher (with Brett’s helpJ) started putting in the hardwood floors and took many trips to the drop off trash and junk that was left behind in the house. Friday Melissa started cleaning out the apartment and taking trips to the house while the carpet was put in and Christopher continued working on the hardwood floors (with Dad Borget's expertise and determination). Then Saturday we moved all the rest of the things from the apartment over. THANK YOU, THANK YOU for all your help Jonathan, Jamie, Rob, and Mom! We then worked hard to get everything into place on Saturday and Sunday to be ready to go back to work on Monday. WHAT A WEEK! 

Right after Closing :) We are offically homeowners!!

The first of MANY trips to Home Depot

Here are a few before and after pictures to let you see all the work that was put into the house!





BEFORE

AFTER

We love the hardwood floors :)

We got a big Monster Sac! It's super comfy!

It was tons of work but so worth it! Stop by and see us anytime!

Merry Christmas!

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From our first cruise together (see March blog) , getting good ideas at the parade of homes, a quick trip to Indiana for the Fall Festival (see October blog), reading the Hunger Games (and anxiously awaiting for the movie to come out in March), and conquering our first year of marriage,  we have had such a fun and busy 2011!

  

We have so much to be thankful for :)

This is our cute little Christmas tree. We love it!

(Thanks Grandma Baum for all your help in teaching us how to really decorate trees :)

We wish you all a very merry Christmas and the happiest New Year!

We love you all!

OCTOBER 2011

October has been a really fun and really busy month filled with a trip to Indiana, celebrating our anniversary, and Melissa’s birthday!

We were so glad that we got to visit Indiana and see some of our friends and family. Christopher also got to experience the legendary Fall Festival. (For those who haven’t had the opportunity to attend the Fall Festival, you are missing out on a whole mile worth of booths full of FOOD!) We were in a constant state of full the whole week!  We ate many Monster Ears, a few Texas tenderloins, fried s’mores, Stromboli’s, meatball sandwiches, walking tacos, corn on the cob, bacon wrapped jalapenos, and Christopher even tried a Brain Sandwich! We loved spending time with Kate, Lily, and Elise (and the older people too!) and we already miss them so much!

We also LOVE having family close too! We were able to celebrate Emily's birthday this month!

Happy Birthday, Emily!

Emily had a few helpers :)

Madeline smiling at Jonny

Christopher & Jack are matching!

We celebrated our 1^st anniversary! What a wonderful year! Christopher surprised me at work with a beautiful bouquet of star gazer lilies. They smell so good! I also gave Christopher a notebook that I wrote in during the whole first year of marriage. He really liked it, I think :).  It really has been a wonderful year of being married! And the best is yet to come!

And I had a great birthday! Christopher bought me a whole new set of makeup brushes from MAC, new hair brushes, and new Love Rocks lotion and spray! He really spoiled me by sending her to work with a bag of goodies, bringing me lunch from Zupas, and getting ingredients to make me a yummy cake! It is great to have Christopher to celebrate with!

✮ BIRTHDAYS! (and other adventures) ✮

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!! I know you are thinking, no, not quite Christmas yet. But we love autumn! We love when the air starts to turn brisk and the leaves start to change colors.

Christopher and I have made some fun new recipes including homemade pizza, sour cream enchiladas, crock pot roast and peach cobbler.

We love living close to some of our nieces (we just wish we lived close to ALL our cute nieces!!). Elizabeth and her family welcomed a new baby girl, Madeline. She is so sweet!

Birthday Banner Melissa hung up above Christopher's bench at work.

Christopher turned 29 years old! We had a great day! We went to the Cheesecake Factory to eat and then to the Hales Center Theatre to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It was fun day!

             

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRISTOPHER!

☀We love Summer!☀

We got to go to a professional marching band Drum Corp show last week! We loved it! It was fun explaining all the technical aspects of marching band to Christopher as we watched the performances. The sound was amazing! We had great seats right on the 50 yard line.

Our favorite show to watch was the Blue Devils (but it's hard to have a favorite when they are all so good!)

Satisfied Audience :)

And we went to Bear Lake! It was a much needed vacation! We rode our bikes, went running, went boating, took naps in the hammocks, and enjoyed the nightly campfire. And we especially loved spending time with our family! Can't wait to go next year!

We rode our bikes into IDAHO!

Relazing in the Hammock :)

Can you see the rainbow in the backgroung??