Woohoo, we’re so excited! Paige is due August 17th and is feeling good. If you want to see, here’s the first ultrasound (at 11 weeks): 
We’ve started gathering name suggestions and predictions, and we’ve included them here. Seems like there are some common themes! We like seeing what everyone thinks. Continue reading
Yea! After serving a two-year mission in Brazil for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Josh’s brother Caleb is home! Hooray! We got really lucky and were able to see him because he just happened to have a layover – guess where – in Dallas! So welcome home, Caleb, and we’re looking forward to lots of good times and Sunday dinners in Provo this fall!
Yep, we’re here! After a weekend of driving, we arrived at our new home (that is, extended stay hotel) Sunday night the week before last. Here’s us saying goodbye to Provo:
And us right before we left.
Our car was riding a little low…
…because it was filled with all of our life that we’ll need for nine weeks in Dallas:
So after a day and a half of driving…
…we reached Texas!
And then after some more driving, we arrived! Here’s some pictures of our temporary home.
You can pretty much see all of it in these three pictures (except the bathroom). It’s just a tiny little studio-apartment type hotel room with a sink, fridge, table, bed, and TV. What more do you need, right? And it was definitely the cheapest and easiest option we found.
Josh is really enjoying his internship, and I’m just working from home, and we’re doing great! It’s been a fun summer so far, already filled with a few family reunions (watch for posts to come). We’re also really looking forward to exploring Dallas while we’re here. So if you know of anything awesome to do here, let us know!
Hooray, we finally have it! Yes, we decided to grow up and buy our own car, instead of having to rely on the charity of our families (thank you families!), and we are excited! So here’s the details.
We were looking for some sort of used family sedan, like a Civic or Camry. After doing some research, we also added the Nissan Altima to the target list because it got good reviews and was less expensive than some of the more household brands like Honda and Toyota. We came across a listing for an Altima on the good ol’ Wilk Board at BYU from a man named Peter, a car broker. We didn’t end up getting that particular car, but we did like what Peter was doing and decided to use him to help us find a car. For those who may not be familiar with the idea (like us when we started), a car broker is an individual who will take requests from clients and go out and find that type of car for the client, usually saving money in the process. There is a trade-off because you lose a little bit of control in the final selection, but it makes it much easier on the client.
Well fast forward a few weeks and Peter managed to find us a 2005 Nissan Altima 2.5S in really good shape, a year newer than we were looking for, and… we took it! It’s silver (check out the photos below) and drives very nicely. Because we went through a car broker, we also saved a good chunk of change on it too. So hooray, we hope to have it for many years to come. Thanks to all who helped make it possible!
P.S. – If any of you have good ideas for what to name it, we’re open to ideas so let us know in the comments below!
