For those of you who don't know, Bryan has been going to school to study computer science. There was a dinner for all of those who were graduating this year at the Bluebird. There was yummy food, and some "words of wisdom" and such from some of the professors. One professor handed out a couple awards, one of which was for Bryan. The professors voted on who received this award: the Utah State University Computer Science Outstanding Senior Award. Guess Bryan is just a likeable person : )
Some other good news: we signed our papers for our lot and our house! The dig date is June 9th, and the latest it will be done is Oct. 12th, and we could begin moving in on the 19th. I'm SO excited! Here are a couple pictures of our lot from the front and back, and a picture of the model home, which is the same floor plan:
Our house will look a bit different however. We won't have a third car garage, or the fake windows on the roof, or the brick or probably even the same color of siding. But I'll post pictures as they get started, and as it progresses. I'm so excited! It is such a beautiful and open home on the inside, and will be perfect for us to grow into. It is a three bedroom, two bath on the main floor, and we will have an unfinished basement that we will finish as needed (or as we can afford!).
After having two sets of crazy neighbors living below us for over the first year at our apartment, we finally got someone a little bit more normal. It is an older lady, who lives by herself. We love having someone quiet below us, as well as someone who doesn't sit on our stairs and smoke or drink. However, there is one drawback to having an older, single lady living downstairs. It starts with a little story. Our managers had us go over to sign a new contract for our apartment. We went over everything, and we were told something that Bryan and I were both rather excited about. We have these flowerbeds in the front of the apartment that were kind of trashy, and not well taken care of at all. We were told that we can do whatever we want with these - plant flowers, or even a small garden - like tomato plants, etc. The next day, when I came home from work, I saw these two teenager-ish boys cleaning out the flowerbed. I figured that our managers had some boys from the ward come over and clean it out so that we wouldn't have to put much effort into making the area look nice. However, when I came home the next day, we had some bright, tall, green tulips that had popped up from the ground! After taking a little bit of a closer look, we came to realize that these were FAKE flowers. And yes, they were planted into the ground. It definitely made for a good laugh. But a day or two later, we had an even bigger surprise. Look at the picture below.
After having two sets of crazy neighbors living below us for over the first year at our apartment, we finally got someone a little bit more normal. It is an older lady, who lives by herself. We love having someone quiet below us, as well as someone who doesn't sit on our stairs and smoke or drink. However, there is one drawback to having an older, single lady living downstairs. It starts with a little story. Our managers had us go over to sign a new contract for our apartment. We went over everything, and we were told something that Bryan and I were both rather excited about. We have these flowerbeds in the front of the apartment that were kind of trashy, and not well taken care of at all. We were told that we can do whatever we want with these - plant flowers, or even a small garden - like tomato plants, etc. The next day, when I came home from work, I saw these two teenager-ish boys cleaning out the flowerbed. I figured that our managers had some boys from the ward come over and clean it out so that we wouldn't have to put much effort into making the area look nice. However, when I came home the next day, we had some bright, tall, green tulips that had popped up from the ground! After taking a little bit of a closer look, we came to realize that these were FAKE flowers. And yes, they were planted into the ground. It definitely made for a good laugh. But a day or two later, we had an even bigger surprise. Look at the picture below.
This is what Bryan and I came home to. More fake flowers "planted" in the ground, an eagle, skunks, creepy gnomes, deer, etc. So much for our garden.
1 comment:
Ha ha, those fake flowers make me laugh! I wonder if you will still have tulips blooming in August. Wow. Congrats on the award and on your house. That is so exciting! it's cool that you are building just down the street from us. :)
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