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Livin' the Dream

Life is good, really good! We're on, for the most part, a normal schedule, Russ' job is going well and the boys recently finished up their spring sports. Taevin was in baseball and speed & agility training, and Ryler was in soccer. It was super fun but consumed our entire spring! Taevin's team even came in 2nd place in his league! 
  We went on a family vacation with Russ' WHOLE family (there were 35 of us) in May. We rented a huge beautiful cabin in in Ashton Idaho and enjoyed some time at Yellowstone. Everyone had a great time and the kids had a blast with their cousins.
  The kids are in swimming lessons now and enjoying their free time. We're a month into a summer and already I'm counting down the days until the start of school!
  The big news for us is that we have just started building our dream home!!! WOOHOO! We are so excited for this new chapter in our lives. After meeting with several builders and looking into so many different options, nothing really felt right and we were about to give up on our dream, but finally we met with Richmond American builders and felt that it was the right option for us. We signed the contract on our 12th anniversary and are thrilled. The build is supposed to take approximately 6 months, which would put our closing date in November, and although everyone keeps telling us that builders always go over their time frame, we'd love to be in our new home before Christmas.
  Our home is being built in Stansbury Park, It is West of the Great Salt Lake in Tooele County. To be honest, if someone had told me a year ago that I'd be living out there I would've laughed, it was a place I'd never even considered. Russ brought it up one day because his brother Josh and his wife Jessee were planning to move there, Russ' sister Jenny also indicated that they would most likely end up there as well so I agreed to consider it. We finally drove out one day to get a feel for the area and really liked it. We are so excited to start a new chapter of our lives there and finally settle into the home that we can raise our family in and stay forever!

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