Exciting, but scary news!

*UPDATE: SOLD*

For the last, 3 or 4 months we have lightly talked about our feelings on moving.

We both...

-knew we needed to be in Provo since we are both in Provo every day any way.

-felt like it'd be a good time to start looking up in the Provo area.

-also felt like we could be a little more picky this time (i.e, we want live in the Edgemont area), since we were (are) "content" living where we were (are), so there wasn't necessarily a rush.

We LOVE Spanish Fork.

We love our ward, we love our neighbors and we love this area.

We moved down here because of the price.
(definitely cheaper to live in Spanish Fork than Provo)

We feel very strong about the decision to be back in Provo after a year+ of living south.

As we started looking, I told a bunch of people including the Bishop,

from my parents ward about how we would love to be back in that area. 

I asked them to keep their eyes and ears open for any houses that open up 

or people that are thinking about selling. 

We were told about a house a couple streets over from my parents house 

that was going to be for sale in the next few months. 

So I jumped on it and made some calls to people that would know what was going on about it, 

or that could at least find out more info on it than I could.

Andy and I realized after, that if this all works out, it's going to be lightning speed of a deal.

This family wants to sell really soon, and there are a couple other people looking at it too.

Andy and I have put our trust in The Lord on this.

It's a scary thing because we will need to sell our house sooner than they are selling theirs.

And once we sell our house, pray so hard that they accept our offer 

and not someone else's so that we aren't homeless....

We are asking that any and everyone pray for us in this time.

We could use all the prayers we can get. 

We feel strongly about this house and this area to live in, but there is still so much in the air.

As well as prayers, we'd love it if you wouldn't mind sharing our listing to get the word out.

http://www.utahrealestate.com/report/load/type/1/st_id/37613674/actor/79583/stg_id/22738511/token/12be2f6aa997b62e361f5d5d37f45668

I can't help but feel so blessed with the place Andy and I are at in our lives. 

We are thankful for all our friends and family that have helped us get where we are today.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Love, B & A

24th of July

This year for the 24th of July, we decided to head down to Spanish Fork main street to watch the parade with the rest of Andy's family.

I'm so happy we did, because it was a much better parade than Provo's.

After the parade we had our annual BBQ up the canyon in honor of Matthew.

It's one of my favorite things we do during the summer.

Baby Peyton gets lots of lovin from everyone!

We all went after the BBQ to the cemetery to visit Matthew's grave.

Unfortunately (but lets get real she's adorable, so not really unfortunately), 

I didn't get any other pictures there except for these two.

On our drive down the street to Heather & Jarom's house for the fireworks, the sunset was breathtaking.

Camden had set up a projector screen outside for us to have a Mario Kart tournament, complete with a bracket and everything.

It was a blast, and to avoid fights, everyone was required to play, even Nana!

Their neighbors probably spent a good $1,000 on fireworks, 

because we kept thinking that these were the ones for the Rodeo, but they weren't!

Happy 24th of July everyone!

One of my favorite holidays!

3rd Annual National Ice Cream Party

3rd Annual National Ice Cream Party!

We celebrated a week early again this year, for the reason that we don't want to have conflicting events over the 24th of July.

We like to keep it around the 13th-15th.

This years ice cream flavors:

Vanilla, Root Beer, Candied Bacon, Nutty Pina Colada, Strawberry Peach, Snicker-doodle, Rocky Road, Strawberry, Chocolate Mocha, Zesty Lemon, Watermelon Sherbet (not pictured).

All the flavors were so yummy, but I do believe that Snicker-doodle was the winning flavor this year. It had chunks of Snicker-doodle cookie in it! MMmmm!

We cannot wait until next year! 

Again, thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us! 

4th of July

The Fourth of July is a packed weekend, full of fun activities with the family.

On the list of "to-dos" for our Fourth of July fun:

*Balloons

*Parade

*Campout

*Outdoor Movie

*Breakfast on the 4th

*Stadium of Fire

July 3rd

We woke up bright and early to head down to the Balloon Festival.

This is one of my favorite parts of the 4th.

We were worried about the weather, seeing as it was a little stormy looking as we drove up.

Unfortunately, our worries came true, and not very many balloons even blew up, 

let alone took off.

But it was still fun to watch most of the balloons blow up and then go back down.

As Kendrick, Ryan and I were watching our neighbors balloon go up, the wind came and blew it right back down but the opposite way than it had gone up.

Luckily we dove out of the way in time to not get trapped under the balloon.

It was pretty crazy and I think Kendrick and Ryan were a little scared for a minute.

After we watched the balloons for a bit, we headed over to look at the Life Flight helicopter.

The kids were very excited to see it, 

but we were all sad that they weren't letting people in to look at it.

We then headed to Magleby's Fresh for breakfast (just like the rest of Utah County).

After breakfast, we went to hang out at my parents for a little while.

The boys went on motorcycle rides with Grandpa and we all just hung out outside enjoying the beautiful summer heat!

Later that night we set up "camp" in the backyard.

Cooked some burgers, and set up the movie screen as well.

Everyone came over (except Chase & Lucy worked), and we all snuggled up 

and watched Meet the Robinsons.

After the movie, or during for some people, my parents, Kendrick, Ryan, Andy and I went to bed in the tent for our campout!

July 4th

When we all woke up in the morning, we got ready to go to 

my parents' ward breakfast at the church.

In the sky were all the balloons, it was so pretty but we were bummed we didn't go that morning!

We all got ready, and headed to the parade.

The more I go to the Provo Parade, the more I am disappointed.

It's just something you have to do for the fourth, 

but I really wish Provo would step it up with their "Grand Parade". 

Like maybe not so many army trucks, more candy, and more fun things to look at..

Between the parade and Grandma & Grandpa Morgan's house, the kids played in the water while Andy and I headed home to rest for a little bit before coming back up for the night.

We all headed to my Grandparents house up on the Y Mountain.

I taught the kids a game that I used to play at my grandparents house.

You run to the sidewalk, and if a car is coming you have to run and hide before the car drives past or else you lose a life.

The boys loved it but man was I tired after it.

When the sun finally goes down, we all gather on my grandparents back porch to watch the Stadium of Fire fireworks.

This year, my mom bought glow sticks for all the kids to play with since fireworks (sparklers) are banned up by their house.

The kids loved the glow sticks more anyway. So it was a WIN.

My grandparents have a gorgeous view of basically Payson--->Lehi.

One of my favorite things is watching all the fireworks going off across the state while we watch for the main event of Stadium of Fire.

July 5th

Since the first time going to the Balloons was a sort of BUST, we decided to go again on the 5th.

This time we took only Kendrick and Ryan since they were the only ones willing to wake up that early...yet again!

It was much better weather and all the balloons went up in the air, but didn't quite make it back to the field. 

It was still amazing to watch all the gorgeous balloons blow up, and take off.

It was very jam packed, busy weekend, but we had a blast celebrating with my family.

Happy Birthday America!