the house. or should i say OUR HOUSE!

yes.
we actually did it.
after months of underwriting.
many many phone calls, faxed papers, and long hours.
(all of which cory did. can i just say that my husband rocks, like seriously ROCKS)
we finally got our home.
OUR PERFECT FIRST HOME!
it is sooo cute!
now i can't wait to actually live there!
yes you heard me right. . .  we are not living in our newly bought home.
sad huh.
underwriting didn't like that for the past year we haven't had any bills (except a cell phone)
i guess they wanted proof that we could pay bills on time.
anyways, because of this we had to put 20% down on our home instead of 10%.
yikes.
there goes our savings.
so we had no choice but to stay in bethel for the next 6 months or so to rebuild what was lost spent.

BUT
even with all the blah of not being able to live there
we are still so proud to have reached our goal of purchasing a house after one year in bethel.
it was hard. but now that our baby will have a place to grow up it is totally worth it.

i still can't believe cory can get his arms around me and my big ol' pregnant belly.

this is a picture of our backyard and the awesome view from it.

my internet is being super slow, i will put more pictures up soon.

playing catch up: christmas

first things first. i had to get out of bethel.
the only way out is to fly.
the only way to fly is to walk outside in freezing cold to your plane
(there is only one plane).

second. i didn't have enough PTO to leave before christmas eve.
so, we left after work on the 24th.
and then spent the next 36 hours getting back to utah.
yes. it took us that long!
yikes.

but let me tell you.
when we finally got to utah... WE WERE EXCITED!!!
but there was someone even more excited to see us... well more cory than myself.
and that gentleman caller is OTIS!

we took OTIS for a long long drive on the 26th.
(since we were in a airport for most if not all of christmas)
he loves the car.
we did too.
being road deprived in bethel, sucks.
i miss being able to drive for hours.
its crazy the simple things in life you miss when you live where we live.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE CHRISTMAS FANTASTIC FOR US!!!
WE ARE SO SORRY THAT WE COULDN'T BE THERE IN TIME FOR THE ACTUAL HOLIDAY.

BUT WE PROMISE TO MAKE UP FOR IT NEXT YEAR!

packed and ready to go.

reboot sessions. {mae+me time}

kaylee.

the beach.

oh and a trip to the happiest place on earth.

yea. that's right it's vacation time.

a weekend in anchorage.

1.

we decorated cupcakes at the anchorage saturday market.

2.

we are here to SAVE money. so instead of a hotel

we slept in the back of our 4runner.

after a trip to walmart for sleeping bags and pillows

i was so comfy and fell asleep quick.

this little dirt path was our home for the night.3.

cory took me to the biggest water airport in america.

i doubt it is really called a water airport.

but you know what i am talking about.

for planes that take off on lakes.

it was gorgeous.