Thanksgiving and a new house

 So we ended up getting out of one of the houses and we moved into our new home that was going to be a rental.  It's probably for the best because this will allow us to get out of all debt and make it our own.  I am a little sad about not having as much land as we did in Draper.  It really gets to me when we can't even park our RV at our house. Oh and when I moved all my saddles to a small little shed that wasn't fun.

We had Thanksgiving this year at Flynn's house. It was great to have everyone there and see everyone.  They got some pre-smoked turkeys and then reheated them on a smoker. It was delicious!

Ok, now for the story that got me to want to post.  Yesterday I was putting up our lights outside for Christmas. It was just me and Clara and I was letting her climb up the ladder to "check for bugs". She even came on the roof with me to adjust some lights.

This is her happy as can be sitting at the top of our roof!

Well as we went to the side of the house our neighbor has some rocks and a window well, cover over his basement windows.  I was on the ladder and she kicked the rocks like she likes to do. I told her, probably a little too sternly, not to do that and to stop kicking rocks.  She then said she was just going to come up the ladder with me to do her checks.  Previously, I had let her go up by herself or would help her climb higher by following behind her.  I didn't want to step on her fingers so I told her that she couldn't come up right now.

She climbed down and said she was just going to go in the house. I asked her why and she said, "Because you are mad at me!" I told her I wasn't mad I was just trying to keep her safe. She then said, "You ruin everything Dad!" This broke my heart a little and I climbed down after her and went inside to find her. I sat down with her and told her I loved her and that I was sorry for getting mad. Later we watched a movie together and ate popcorn. I think she's doing alright and knows that I love her.

Anyways, here' kind of the final picture of what we got so far. The single strand of lights across the top goes up and down both sides of the house.  I'm sure Tamisha will have us put more up soon.

Pictures of the new place!

Another view of the front

A view of the back

The basement kitchen

The hay barn

My house!

So I haven't updated this in awhile. That's because the bank came back and accepted my offer and it's been crazy ever since!
I've been running around trying to get everything in order. I'll post a full story on my house buying experience one day.
In the mean time, I am hoping I'll close in the next 24 hours! I can't believe we are already here! I'll post more pictures soon!

Housing update

The bank's automatic processing unit came back with the same overpriced price on my house but now we are in a human review of my offer.  I should know one way or the other by the end of this week or next.
I'll write more then!

The Housing Hunt

Some might know that I am currently house hunting.  Luckily for me house hunting is not like elk hunting where I don't ever see anything that I'm hunting for!
I've looked at a lot of houses and have put in offers on a few.  One I almost had but the other side kept coming back unwilling to play the give and take game.  All for the best though, I now have an offer that I'm excited about and that I think will go through.  So in danger of being a bit premature I'm going to share some pictures!

This is the view from the street.

This is the downstairs living room and kitchen in the background.

This is the upstairs living room.

This is the upstairs Kitchen and dinning room.

And one of the best things about this house is the land it comes with!  Just over an acre! 

I should know one way or the other in a week or so.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed and I might be giving myself a house for Christmas!  Merry Christmas to me!