Not going down without a fight.

So major update. We have been trying to get the 10,000 dollars back we put down on the house last week. Legally we should be able to get it but Silver Ridge is avoiding us. So what are we doing? We are getting a lawyer and getting ready to fight. I am not a fighter by nature but when I see injustice of any kind it get my dander up as my mom says. So after we went to the title company and they told us what paperwork they needed we tried to give Silver Ridge the benefit of the doubt but after not getting any start answering or even any answers at all we decided it was time for the gloves to come off. We have all the paper work and have an appoint with a lawyer on Monday. I will tell you all I do not really like lawyers except for the honest ones, my brother Jonah wants to be one of those. But i know that there is a time and a place to fight and it is right now. I will not let all of the hard work that Eric has put into this be for nought just because some greedy builder is unwilling to admit when they are wrong and give us back our money. So keep us in your prayers that we will be able to stand strong in the face of this adversity.

Life is full of surprises

So this past few days have been chalk full of decision and actions. First last Friday we went up to Utah to spend the week-end with my family. It was wonderful. My parents and my brothers have been so helpful and supportive with everything. Eric was able to make some progress with getting on with Barrick (cross your finger this is what he really wants). I also have been able to get my job back at This is the Place Heritage Park for the summer, which means we also decided that at the end of April we are going back to Utah for at least the summer. 

The other big thing is we had our pre-natal ultrasound today. We are about five and half weeks pregnant, which is a lot of fun. Mostly because we say the heartbeat. Also it looks like our first baby will be sharing a birthday day month with my mom and a dear little friend of ours, (you know who you are). Finally I quit my job with the library and am spending all of my time with Eric picking and organizing for the move. We have four weeks but we want to make every minute count since we are moving back to Magna for the summer and putting most of our stuff in storage. We know this is the best way to go for the Lord confirmed it to us while we were in the temple last Friday with my dad. 

So in the end while we still don't have all the answers we do have a game plan and are starting to get things in order. We are putting our trust in the Lord and are so grateful for all of the support we have had and know we will continue to have from our friends and family. Don't worry more baby updates will be coming as we get them. Keep smiling and know that no matter what challenges we face we are smiling while facing them too. 

When one door closes...

So this morning Eric and I had a shock. He was called into work on his day off and told that he would be laid off due to the economic woes within the oil and gas field. This has diffently changed our plans. We are looking at moving back to Utah as soon as we can. This is because of the fact that even with the possible new job that I have applied for we will be unable to stay in Farmington. There are no jobs in the area for Eric. The biggest thing for me right now is to take care of him. I know the best thing for me to do is help him to face forward and move. Also I know that if I can get him back to Utah he will have a really good support group. He has not really been around a whole lot. So he does not really have a whole lot of friends here. 

So in closing if you all could keep us in your prayers that we will be able to find another job for him and be able to get back our feet would be wonderful. We are grateful that we had not gone too far on the house or other things yet. Now if we can just get moving again that would be wonderful.

There is one piece of good news, we are expecting a baby at the end of the year. There will be more on this as more information is gathered.

The importance of understanding.

OK, so I am going right up front about this and tell all of you that this post is going to be really sappy. Here is why, all my life I am had this great desire to learn and contemplate the justice or injustice done to people. But I never felt like I could share this desire with any one. I was always call morbid by my brothers and so I just kept it all to myself. But I have found something else with my wonderful husband. My passion to speak and learn the truth. Here how this revelation came about, I had found that a book I had skimmed, The Boy is the Stripped Pajamas, had been made into a movie. Well I had been wanted to see but never got a chance to when it was in the theaters. So I rented it on I-tunes. 

I was afraid to tell Eric because I was afraid that he would say the same things my brothers have always said. But when I was honest with him, he just asked to watch it with me. Well it is a heart wrenching movie that really makes you stop and think. After we finished it, instead of just saying what a sad movie and moving on we were able to talk about. And wouldn't you know this was manna to my soul. I have yearned for years to talk to someone who would understand that the reason I study the darkness of the past is to be able to appreciate the goodness of the present and the hope of the future even more. 

All my life I have hated injustice but I know that without injustice there can be no justice. I also know that without hatred and evil there can be no love and righteousness. So end the end my advice is don't be afraid to bare your whole soul to someone you love, they might surprise you how much they are like you in the end. Well that is all for now. 

I will say this those who deny evil in the world only perpetuate it. For if it is ignored or believed to never be able to happen then it can go unhindered. When recognize it we can stop it before it takes over the things that are important to us. I hope the I can be able to recognize it always in my life. 

Thanks for the support

I wanted to take a minute and thank everyone who has helped with the sorrow me and family have felt. Uncle Leonard was laid to rest today I appreciate all the kind words and notes that were left. It is hard because we will miss him but we are so grateful for all the good time we have had with him and that his is at rest. Also that even in a time of tragedy like this our family becomes stronger and more tight knit. I hope that we all can learn to cherish our families for now and in the eternities. Have a great week-end.

How quickly life changes

So yesterday, when I posted I said there was not much going on here. How little I knew at that time. First, this morning we got a call from the carpet people and when to pick out our carpet, tile and such for the floor of our new house. We are very happy with our color scheme. But then as I was getting ready to leave to head to work my father called. He sounded really down and I was worried something had happened to one my brothers or he was frustrated with work. But in reality it all this... my great-uncle Leonard had passed on suddenly in the ER in Carthage, Missouri. He had been ill the night before. When he told me a didn't know what to think or say. All day I was in a daze. I know that he had struggled with staying healthy these last few years, but it is hard to loose someone you knew really well and grew up with. Now the funeral is this Friday in Southwestern Missouri so there is no one Eric and I can be there but we are doing all we can to support my dad in making the trip.

I guess all I have to say is that I am grateful for the ordinances of the temple because the relationships that we make here do not end at death. I know that my dad, me and grandmother along with Aunt Nancy Catherine will all be with Uncle Leonard again someday. I also know that he is at rest and has been re-united with the family members that had already passed before him: his mother 

and father and his brother and sister. I just hope those of us who are left here on earth can make the most of his memory and also celebrate his life for what it was. A life full of service to his family and friends. We will miss you Uncle Leonard but look forward to a union of our own someday. 

Changes, always changes

So things for us are going pretty well. I am trying to get a better job and Eric is hurrying to finish his PowerPoint presentation before his break session in April. The big news is that he does not have to go to Grand Junction for an extended amount of time. He will just have to go up there for jobs every so often. 

Also due to the renovation of one of the ward building here, we now have a very crazy Sunday schedule. Our sacrament starts at noon and then we have thirty meets for Sunday School and Relief Society. So we shall see how it goes with teaching. Eric likes the new schedule because he only has to be away from me for thirty minutes instead of the usual hour. It just melts my heart when he says things like that. 

The thing I am most excited about this week is that I will be in Albuquerque Wednesday to meet with a professor, to finalize my thesis topic and I will be able to go to the temple. Then on Saturday, I have the day off so Eric and I are planning on going down to the temple together. I know most of you are thinking so. Well here is the thing the temple is three hours away and our schedules don't always work so that we are both available to go. And as much as I love to go the temple alone I love it even more when Eric is with me. Well that is all from us, sorry it is a little boring this week, but it has just been a normal week for us, school, work, housework, sick missionaries. Same old same old. Have a wonderful week everyone.

Changes in Life

So things have been pretty quiet here in Farmington. Of course we have had some interesting developments, like the fact that we are officially pre-approved for a mortgage loan and I am trying to get a better more permanent job. This is so we can safe more and also pay off the mortgage faster.

The greatest excitement has been the opportunities that we have had to share the gospel with those around us. Also the fact that we are getting know people in the neighborhood we will be moving into, which is just what we need. Very friendly with a lot of young families. What follows are the few pictures of the house we have so far. Granted it is just the foundation, but hey everything must start with a sure foundation right! Happy March everybody!