I'm A Happy Girl...

Over the past couple weeks, we have added a few things to our home that make me happy.
Silly I know, since they are small things, but I can't help if they make me have a smile on my face.

First, I finally got a tree for the corner of our family room. I have been wanting to put a tree in that empty corner since the day we moved in, and I finally have it! I wasn't expecting to get a Majesty Palm (I wanted something that looked more like a tree), but it was on sale. Now lets just pray I can keep it alive! It makes me happy every time I glance at it.Then, I got an Air Wick air freshener (the kind that sprays when you walk past it). Finally, my house smells pretty! I've been looking for an air freshener since we moved in, and nothing made me happy. I seriously tried EVERYTHING! My journey is over, I'm in love. I love taking a deep breath in and smelling apples, cinnamon apples...it warms my heart. (I'm still open for suggestions, if you have any. I'm looking for something for the guest bath)Then, I finally found my spring/summer wine glasses. Of course we don't drink wine, but I still like using wine glasses. I think they're cute :0)
For fall I found wine glasses that had fall leaves across the top, and for winter I found some with snowflakes across the top. When it came to spring and summer, I couldn't find anything! It was a big deal :) A few days ago I finally found some I could call my spring/summer wine glasses! Now I drink my soda from a nice and pretty wine glass, with a smile on my face!We also got a better vacuum...way better! I didn't think our last one was that bad, but Joe hated it! We were able to return our old one at Wal-Mart, and got a Bissell (we had a Dirt Devil). We LOVE it! I had vacuumed the day we returned our old one, and when we got home with our new one, Joe put it together and started vacuuming. It picked up so much dirt and dog hair that our old vacuum completely missed! I also love that it has rubber wheels...it feels better on the hard wood floors. Now I love vacuuming...which is saying a lot!(All that dirt inside is what it picked up when we vacuumed for the first time. I can't believe how much stuff it picked up!)

And last, but not least, my bushes in the front yard that Joe planted for me a couple weeks ago, are starting to bloom! I LOVE it!!(Once we have all our landscaping complete, I'll do a post showing you all that we've done! Hopefully soon, we only have a couple more things to do.)

As you can see, it doesn't take a lot to make me happy :0)
Now, if I can just paint, buy curtains, get new bedspreads for both our bed and the guest beds, and get all our pictures up on the walls...I would be in HEAVEN!!

One Year ago today...

Our house was done being built, and we bought our first home!

Playing Catch Up: Day 3

Day 3: Joseph and Brittany

A lot has happened in our lives these past 3 1/2 years, so I will start from the beginning.

Joe and I met when he was 14 and I was 12. He had a huge crush on me , and he told me he was going to marry me someday. I thought he was a complete loser! (I love you honey:) After a year my family and I moved back to California. For some reason, after we moved away I could not get him out of my mind. Through the years I made multiple attempts to get in touch with him, with my Dad's help. I finally succeeded when he was attending BYU. My brother Ben Lived close by (Ben and Joe were friends when they were younger), So I called him up and begged him to meet up with Joe. When he did, Joe and I talked on the phone for the first time in 5 years! A few months later we were married!

(Joe and I when we first started dating...I know, we looked different :)

3 months after getting married we decided we wanted to move to Colorado, and 2 weeks later we were here!! We stuffed his mustang with everything we could fit, and practically drove across America on a tank full of dreams. I know that sounds completely corny, but it was how we felt. It was a very exciting time in our lives! We could not wait to see what the world had in store for us young newlyweds.

( Joe and I a couple weeks after moving to Colorado)

Joe started attending ITT-Tech to achieve his associates in computer networking administration, and his bachelors in information security systems. He is also planning on getting his Masters in information technology. Joe, through his hard work climbed up the career ladder quickly. Two years after moving to Colorado, he successfully started his career. He is a systems administrator for a health care company. It is his ultimate goal to become a security systems administrator and one day become an IT security director. Although becoming a systems administrator was his first goal, and a necessary step towards becoming a security director.

(Joe achieving his Associates degree with a 3.9 GPA)

In September 2007 we decided to build our first home, through KB Homes. This was another exciting time in our lives! It was so much fun to go to the home studio, and pick out everything from our carpet and floors, cabinets and light fixtures, to the door handles and the color of the outside of our house!! It was even funner to come every week and watch our home be built from the ground up! Seeing the things we had selected from the home studio being put in our house, was like opening a big present every week!

(The land our house was built on)

(Our basement)

(Framing from the up stairs looking over into the living room)

(Dry wall From the upstairs looking over into the living room)

(Dry wall from the family room into the kitchen and breakfast nook)

(Kitchen nearly complete. The appliances got there the day we closed on the house.)

(Dry wall going downstairs into the breakfast nook)

(One of my favorite spots in the house, the bath tub in the master bathroom. I had to fight Joe on this one, He wanted the stand up shower with a sitting bench inside the shower.. As you can see I won!)

On April 30th-08 the house was done being built, and we bought our first home!!

Joe and I are both excited to continue to live out our dreams together, and see what the future has in store for us! Joe will be graduating with his Bachelors degree next year...he is excited! We are also in the process of starting our own computer consulting company. When we do, I will work from home handling the secretary side of the business. With in the next year we are hoping to start a whole new chapter in our lives, by starting to plan for a family!

I love my husband, I love my family, and I love Heavenly Father for many reasons, but one being for how much he has blessed Joe and I! We are truly grateful.

And that is our story so far...

Now that you have been completely caught up with us, we are excited to unravel our many memories to come, with you reading along with us!