Moving Day!

Quick update - we are moving today! Sort of. The movers are coming at 2pm to load all of our boxes and furniture up - we are up to 132 boxes-can you believe it? Who knew we had that much stuff crammed into our little home? Then, tonight we stay at the romantic LaSalle - me, Vic and Jill! (sorry Jill - haha). Then, tomorrow we spend the day closing at 9am on the condo and 1pm on the house and then the movers unload at 3pm. My daddy and Vic's parents are also coming into town for the big unveiling of our new home! I am a little stressed - lots to remember and lots to organize, but I think we are in good shape. I have a color coded labeling system, inventory of each box, and a spreadsheet of to-do's - I love organizing!

Say a prayer if you read this that all goes smoothly with closings, and moving, and appliance hookups, and everything else. We are so excited to move into our first house and Vic is already excited to start working on the yard (while I graciously provide him cold beer because I have never done much with yards - I have a lot to learn!).

I will say that we had our little moment last night of realizing it was our last night in the condo and it is starting to hit us. I know, I know - some people move all the time and it is silly to get too sentimental over a house, but we have such wonderful memories there before and while we have been married. So many friends have blessed us with their presence; Vic proposed to me in that kitchen; we've had dinner parties and cookouts and birthday celebrations there; we've had our own Friend Thanksgivings there; happiness and sadness have occurred; so much has happened and we have cherished and loved and plan to remember every possible moment. And, we truly look forward to everything that will happen in our lives as we live in our new home.

Okay, okay, I'm done for now. No tears! (at least not yet) I will update again soon!

Updates

I know, I know - I am sorry I have not updated. I have to say that a lot has happened in the last month, but I was too nervous to post about certain things for fear they would just fall through! I will give you a brief synopsis of what has been going on though.

Right after we got back from Port Aransas, we met our realtor with Re/Max. It was a Thursday night and we immediately liked her! She put our house on the market Saturday night and by Tuesday night we had an offer. It was so fast! It was the right offer and we truly believe the right couple, so we accepted. This was all exciting, but we had not looked at anything else. So, beginning Friday night, we spent the next 5 days looking at homes. It really is fun, but almost so overwhelming with so many decisions to be made so quickly, that it could be a little frustrating. I mean, we did it to ourselves. We really had a small window of time to look and find something, unless we wanted to just move from our condo to a short-term apartment lease and then keep looking. Vic was still in the middle of studying and really only had a few days to spend on this before he needed to get back to studying full time. So, our adventure was fun but also quick. We found a builder and style of home we just loved! It was only one house but we loved almost everything about it and made an offer. Unfortunately, we were outbid. The next day we found another house by the same builder with a very similar layout (but one we liked everything about), made another offer and it was accepted! I will post pictures of details eventually, but it is great. It's a 4 bed 2 1/2 bath, great backyard that looks out onto a greenbelt, great neighborhood, and just really pretty with great details inside. We truly love it. We will be closing on both homes on July 24th, assuming everything else goes as planned.

Vic and I have been packing all weekend because we are out of town next weekend and then only have one final weekend for packing before we move! We cannot believe it but are very excited! It is making me a little crazy to have stuff everywhere and our house in disorder! I like things nice and neat, but it's very worth it. We are very blessed to have found this house and so excited to move.

So, that is the biggest life-changing thing that has happened in the last month. Other than that just work and regular stuff. OH! Except my friend Megan finally had her baby - a 10 lb. 9 oz. baby boy named Cole William. He is really cute and sweet and I love being able to go visit them. So, that is SUPER exciting news. I am sure I will have many more things to say about the Meier Family and Cole as times goes on!

Also, I made a quick trip home this weekend to get my hair done. I stayed with my college roommate and best friend, Tabatha and really wish I could have stayed longer. I came back after one night and after packing some more, we attended a 4th of July cookout and then spent all day today packing. Also, at home, I saw all of my family, which I love to do. My aunt GG had her knee replaced but is recovering wonderfully, so keep her in your prayers.

Okay, that is all for now. I really will post lots of pics soon. For now, here are just a couple.
Our cute little condo that we love was for sale only 4 days before someone bought it up!
This is our new home that we will live in for a good long while. I can't wait to get there! Now, all it needs is a red door - won't that look pretty?

Also, these pictures are showing the breakfast nook, view of backyard, and view of built-ins and front door area.

Danielle and I

So, I also thought I'd post a super fun pic of my friend Danielle and I. Don't look too closely at me - no make-up, hair everywhere. But, Danielle is so fun I just had to post it. This was taken right after we got back from Port A. Danielle came over and so did Charley and the 4 of us went to the pool and then grilled some food from Slovacek's in Snook. Yum!

Almost a CPA!

And, one final update on Vic's exams: He has passed 3 of the 4 on the first try! His last one he will re-take on July 1st, so keep him in your thoughts! He's almost officially a CPA and I could not be more proud!

Port Aransas VACATION!

For our 4th year in a row (well 4 years of me and Vic going - I think Vic has been many more times), we have gone to Port Aransas for vacation. I LOVE going to the beach. Growing up in the north Texas area, we don't have beaches, so this is always so fun for me. Our friends Emily and Todd came from Little Elm and we all drove to Port A together to meet Mandee and Derek. Then, over the weekend, others came including Jill, my sister-in-law, and our other friends Joe, Josh, and Cassie and Vic's dad and friends Raymond and Vance. It was all a lot of fun! Friday night we cooked out, Saturday and Sunday was spent at the beach and then some fun restaurants and on Monday, we got to see Mandee and Derek's new house before heading back to home. Vic and I could definitely have stayed a few more days! So, instead of typing more, I am going to just post pictures and try to explain them:

This is Vic, Emily and Todd - we barely fit everything into their vehicle: there were even random water bottle stuck in every nook and cranny left!

Ready for the beach! Vic, Sarah, Tood, Emily, Mandee and Derek










The boys on the beach: they played washers and rode the boogey boards and drank a few beers! The girls on this trip are very lucky to have such great guys!










I love group pictures, so here is one right before we went to the Pelican Club for dinner. This is the night Jill came to eat with us!






So, a few of them played volleyball in the pool; it was an entertaining game because they had an invisible net and 2 of them were in 3 foot water and 2 were in 5 foot water - very funny! I had to post this picture because of Vic's action shot. Look at THAT body! haha too bad I cut off his head. I am mainly typing this because Vic is going to read this and say "Sarah, did you have to post that picture?" then he will say "I do look pretty good, don't I?" Vain? Maybe a little - haha. And, though he does look a little like an Ethiopian child sometimes because there is absolutely NO fat on his body, I am very proud of him and of course, thinks he looks great!




This is Steve, (Vic's Dad), Raymond and Vance who came out to visit for a little while on Sunday night. They had been fishing. There is never a dull moment with Steve around and Raymond and Vance are also 2 great guys. I am so lucky Vic has such great family and friends!






Our final night in Port A: Cassie, Joe, Josh, Vic, Sarah, Mandee, Derek, Emily, Todd. This is right before we went to dinner at Crazy Cajun. I love the food there; just a boil of shrimp, crawfish, crab legs, sausage, potatoes, corn...YUM!











At Crazy Cajun waiting on our food: Silly Josh - he thinks UT is a better school than A&M!

We had such a great time and already cannot wait for next year's Port A trip!

Looking Good!

I have to post a picture of Stormy and Tabatha because they look so HOT in it! They came in a couple weeks ago for a wedding and stayed at the house with us. I love seeing them. I miss Tabatha (and of course Stormy) a lot and wish we did not live so far apart. While they were here, Tabatha actually offered to take all of Vic's information and start applying for jobs for him in the DFW area just so we could move back! Anyways, we had a good visit and played some 42 (which we have not done in awhile) and loved having them here. So, here is a picture of them right before they went to the wedding.

Battle of the Brains

So, my dad works at the Challenge School in Sanger and to raise money to buy Senior Rings for the Seniors this year, they held a contest called Battle of the Brains. It is a team contest of 2-5 people and you answer questions in categories as a team. I think there were 10 categories with 10 questions each. Everyone sits as teams in a room with large screens. One lady reads aloud the questions and they are posted on the large screens. You have about 40 seconds to answer each question and write down your answer. At the end of a category, your sheets are taken up to be judged. And, then whoever gets the most answers right, wins.

So, when I heard about this from Daddy, I decided to get a team together. I just knew I could count on my family to be a part of it and really wanted Tabatha. Well, Tabatha was in, but my family was either not available or helping with the contest, so the team started out as just me and Tabatha. I decided our Team Name would be the Wild Aggie Women - how fun is that? I got our t-shirts and made a super fun poster. Right before the contest my favorite aunt GG was able to come with my grandparents so we recruited her. AND she was wearing pink already, so it was practically meant to be. Then, throughout the contest, Melbo and Pa (my grandparents) become members of the team, because they knew lots of answers!

Now for the BAD NEWS: We got LAST PLACE. Those questions were SO hard. I mean, some of them were not bad, but we got about 30 right out of 100. I could not believe it. The last thing we wanted then, of course, was to give Aggies a bad name! Good thing beauty is just as important as brains, right Tabatha and Geeg? It was really fun and I am already ready for the fall contest. Our plan next time is to have some of the boys on our team also. Vic, Stormy and Charley would all be really good at this!