We found Riley, The Beautiful Free Couches and My Anniversary Gift

After about 24 hours we found Riley, he is back home and safe with us. One of the neighbors at the end of the street found him sitting at his front door that night and took him over to his friends house who could watch him over night. The next day Clinton went knocking doors after he got home from work and got him back. The two men who kep him over night (whom live together and we think are gay!) just feel in LOVE with Riley and offered to take him any time we didn't want to leave him at home. They are very nice and so kind that on Saturday we let Riley go over for a play date with their dog!!

So it was before we had even moved into our house that someone in our ward had some couches they were getting rid of. I jumped right on that because nothings better than free stuff!! We thought we could use some couches in our loft until we can afford something new. Well we found out really quick why they were getting rid of them, they day we went to pick them up!!

The print is very fancy for someone who ......... actually.... i don't know why anyone would really want this print!

Besides the fact that they are rather ugly.....they are very comfortable and until we can get something better they work better than the floor!!

For our Anniversary Clinton got me a picture from this really fancy framing shop, I got to go down and pick one out and this is what i found. Its one of Greg Olsen's newest paintings. I just feel in love when i saw it.

RILEY COME HOME

Tonight we came home and found Riley GONE! He dug a hole in the back yard at the gate and got out. We are devastated and I'm just broken. We just moved into our new house and he doesn't know the area at all. Riley was like our child.... I'm just in tears thinking and wondering where he is or if we will ever find him. We went out and searched in our neiborhood but it was so dark and by then it had been 3 hours he had been out.

He is such a good and happy dog. I hope that just maybe someone saw him and took him in.

We rescued Riley from the pound, he was a stray, and now he is lost again this is so sad

I know most of you who look at this don't live close and cant help us find him but we just hope and pray that he will come home or be found soon.

Riley we hope you are safe and cant wait for you to come home soon.

my nephew Peyton with Riley. Riley is just so lovable!!

this was the first pic. of him after we brought him home from the pound, he was so happy to have a home.

Welcome To Our New Home!!

Well for those of you who don't know.....

We bought our first HOME!!

Its official and we can now spread the word!!

We had been looking for a while but were not really aggressive about it. Our friend from Church was our realtor and he did all the looking. He called us up Sept. 21st and said he had this amazing foreclose that we should take a look at. I was a little hesitant because the last forecloses we looked at were more on the “fix me up” side. But he said it was incredible, so we decided to take a look. The best part was it wasn't even out on the market so we would have to first bid if we really liked it. So that night we drove over and took a look and we were AMAZED, it was beautiful. This home was built with "STYLE" (Dad that was for you, we can’t live that saying down!) and it pretty much had upgrades all over. Granite counters, tile floors, stainless steel, beautiful railing, custom blinds in the ENTIRE house, fancy light fixtures and more. It’s 2200 Sq. Ft 4 bedrooms, a loft, 2 full bath and 1 half, and a 2 ½ car garage. The back yard is HUGE, this alone sold Clinton right away!! So we thought about it for a few days and I was hesitant and thought there was no way we could do this. I think I was more scared than anything. By Wednesday we had put in a bid and we were countered offered that night and we accepted it. We were so excited and happy, we were going to have our own home!

Then on Oct. 24Th, the day we were supposed to close and sign the papers, we got a call that we didn’t expect. The seller was asking us for more $$ upfront and he was being difficult and basically we had to back out and LOST the house. The real story is much more complicated but that is more understanding.
It was so sad and it was a huge let down. But we moved on and decided it wasn't time and we would just wait and find something else. Then a week later we get a call back that the seller changed his mind and would accept our original offer and we got the house back!! We were really nervous until the day we went down to sign all the papers and it became OFFICIAL!
On Oct. 31st we became "Home Owners". It was really odd at first and didn't feel real, and even after moving in it took me a while to realize that we own a home. It’s beautiful and we just love it!! I have so much room in my kitchen I don't know what to do, I went from 3 drawers and 10 cupboards to 10 drawers and 25 cupboards! I have so much room im loving it.

Riley is adjusting to his new home and just loves his doggie door and we love it even more now that we don't have to take him out for walks!! It is rather hilarious to watch him use the stairs; he doesn't really understand them too well. If you go up stairs he will just sit at the bottom because when he tries to use them he trips on them the entire time he is going up.

We feel so blessed to have this beautiful home and have such wonderful family and friends who helped us move and who supported us with our new venture together.
Here are some pictures I took but we are still getting things unpacked so when we have our house warming party at the New Year I should be all put together!

This is the view of the front door looking down from the upstairs.

My dining room from the kitchen. Its BIG !! My dining room from the front room.

My honey putting the entertainment systme together in the Loft.
Riley not sure how to use stairs!!