The Big News...

Its been nearly six months since my last post.... so I figured when I posted again it would have to be for something BIG. Well ladies and gentlemen we have some BIG news...

Garrett and I are buying a HOUSE!!! Crazy huh? The process actually started a little over a year ago. G and I were in a frustrating predicament: We had not one, but TWO rent checks to make each month. A four month time period went by while we watched our precious newly-wed money pay for an empty apartment. Luckily for us, that's when the light bulb went on. We realized we were making enough money to start to saving for a bigger cause. So we started the saving game. Giving up fast food and new clothes was easier when we had a bigger goal in sight. Around January we decided we had enough saved up that we could start seriously looking. We looked at lots of condos and town homes for weeks and weeks and weeks. After a while it got pretty discouraging. If we liked the property it usually meant it was out of our price range. If we found an affordable one it was almost always a short sale with other offers already on the table. I had decided to throw in the towel and give up when G and I decided to fast about it the up coming Sunday (which happened to be Easter.) G and I went up to our parents house for Easter dinner which is when the miracles started happening. My mom inquired how house hunting was going and I expressed my discouragement. She went online with me and started looking at available houses. That was when we saw it; a beautiful three bedroom two bathroom single family home right in the heart of Provo. It was PERFECT! The best news was it had only been on the housing market for a week! So we contacted our realtor and said we wanted to get in to see it ASAP. The next day that both G and I had off was Tuesday so we figured that would be soon enough. Well Jeremy the realtor got back to us and said he was actually available Monday night if we wanted to get in to see it sooner. I had work but G agreed to go, and good thing he did. As he walked through he loved it so much he put down an offer (with out me even seeing it once) (but he did call and ask my permission) that night! There were no other offers on the table so we knew we had to move fast. In the morning we found out that two other offers had been put in on our house that same night! Good thing we didn't wait til Tuesday to see the house. So now we had to play the waiting game to see which offer would come out on top. Im sure you can all guess the end of the story... WE WON!!! In approximately three weeks G and I will be the proud owner of this cozy little home with the big backyard. I am SO happy and grateful that were were blessed by our faith so quickly. What a happy Easter! 

The O'Briens first home!