Year 2015 proved to be a good year so far, after all. It didn't start out too good and we went through quite a few disappointments but we persevered and stayed together through it all and things did get better.
In February, after receiving our tax return and paying off more of our debt we decided to start looking for a new home to buy. We've been renting for years and buying seemed feasible and the next natural step in our family progress. So, I contacted my friend Serena Essuman who I remembered was certified as a real estate agent. It turned out that her husband David was too and practicing more than her who at the time was a Stay-at-home Mom of two young children and pregnant with the third. After searching and searching and searching some more, we found a 3 bedroom condo in Pleasant Grove. We liked it a lot and were so excited to buy it but after a month of going through the process, the loan officer realized that we didn't qualify for the loan necessary to buy the place. And so the process of searching restarted, though we were sad and disappointed that things didn't work out with the first apartment. Well, after more searching, in May we found another apartment we loved even more than the PG one. This one was in Saratoga Springs; still 3 bedrooms but nicer. It took us another month to go through the process again but by my birthday we were able to move. What a birthday present! :)
We've lived here for a few months now and we all love it. It's a nice neighborhood, we have stores and restaurants close and we are close to friends and lots of places where we can go have fun. We are only about 25 minutes farther away from Salt Lake. We got a membership to Thanksgiving Point, which is very close to us and we go there with the girls often. David doesn't mind the commute and we are happy that we live close to Lia and Eni and can hang out and have un with them a lot more than before.
