Big News

We have big news!!...first of all, no, I am not pregnant.  That would be scary.

WE ARE BUILDING A HOUSE!

We have been looking into building or buying a house since December and have decided to build in Saratoga Springs!  We will be in a nice neighborhood with a beautiful view of Mt. Timpanogos and the lake below it.

It is a just over 3200 sq. ft. rambler style house with 1620 sq. ft. of it finished.  We will finish the basement later on down the road. Initially it will have 3 bedrooms and 2 and 1/2 baths with the potential to have 3 more bedrooms and 1 more bath downstairs.

This is further away from where Carson works but there are so many incentives to build out in Saratoga Springs and we are getting a great deal on the house itself so even though Carson's commute will be longer (about 35 min), we figure it is well worth it.  And hopefully the I-15 core project in Utah County will be done soon!

The beginnings...just a big hole in the ground: May 11th

The footings are poured: May 14th

Foundation is up! The back of the house: May 19th

Basement walls are up! Back of the house: May 26th

Front of the house, standing in the garage: May 26th

The Big One

As I have mentioned before, since finishing up school, I have been studying for my Radiology Boards.  My free time while James napped pretty much consisted of studying...boo.  Well, last Tuesday I took it.

This was a nasty test with 220 questions that took me 3 hours!  I felt pretty okay about how I was doing during it but of course wasn't completely confident.  Then at the end I was SO nervous to click the "done with test" button.  This test allowed me to view my score, it would come up on the screen as soon as I ended the test.  My trembling hand hovered over that button.  My heart was pounding.  I closed my eyes and said a silent prayer.  Then I clicked it and my score was brought up.....I PASSED!!! 

WHAT A RELIEF! Now I am officially a certified Radiology Technologist! I am just waiting for my license to come in the mail and you better believe I'm going to frame it!  :)  

I think I might have to get this shirt

...and this bumper sticker 

Mother's Day

This is technically my second Mother's Day as a mother but last year I was so new at it with James being only a month old, I was still trying to get into the "mother mode".

This year was much more rewarding.  James was a gem at church, well really the whole day.  It was the first Sunday in months we didn't have to take him out during sacrament, woohoo!  (this has definitely been a struggle for me).

As we were heading to our Sunday school class and Carson was finishing up some Executive Secretary stuff, we overheard the primary presidency telling our bishop that they didn't have any children today and had prepared a great lesson.  Carson quickly offered up James so they could still have nursery (that Carson...always looking out for other people).  They happily agreed to the offer! So at 13 months old, James went to nursery for the first time (they usually don't go to nursery until 18 months for those of you who don't know).  Yay for married-student wards haha!  There's another little boy in our ward that is James' age so they took him too.  It was SO nice to be able to listen to a full lesson.  It was a really good one too!

It's hard to see and turned because of how I took it on my phone, but this is a pic that James drew in nursery

look at those chubby hands!

Later in the evening we went over to my parents to eat dinner and celebrate with the fam.  It was such a nice, relaxing evening.

For Mother's Day Carson surprised me with some beautiful flowers Saturday evening and I got a long awaited Kitchen aid mixer for my birthday/Mother's Day!  I opened it last week for my birthday and have tested out making cookies and I am LOVING it!  James is scared of it, but what isn't he scared of?  Haha, he's a tender boy :)