Our Current Life

Wow, I have been horrific at blogging.  Rodger and I have just been busy with everyday life events, I feel like we are always on the go.  For the most part of the first of the year, we were busy with our home being on the market, work, hanging out with family and friends, and celebrating 4 years of marriage.

To document our home selling process, here is the short version of how it all went down.  We were having about on average 4 showings per week, which was great.  We received an offer within the first 2 weeks, it was low, and on top of that, they wanted most of our furniture.  We countered back, but things just didn't work out, they were asking way to much for little money.  We continued on and about a month later received another offer.  It was reasonable and we were able to negotiate back and forth.  Everything was looking great, until the appraisal came back.  It was $20k off of the price.  The people loved our home so much that they switched lenders and tried again for another appraisal.  Our fingers, toes, arms, and legs were crossed for about 2 weeks.  We finally heard back and it was good news!  It came back at our asking price and we were able to move forward with the sale.  We had 1 week to get out and boy was that week busy.  I hadn't packed one single box, because I was afraid of the thought of the appraisal not going through.  On our official moving day we had just Rodger, myself, and Joe.  It was a full day and I don't know what we would have done without Joe.  We officially signed papers on April 25th and the house was no longer ours April 27th.  I miss the house, but I am happy to be moving forward.

We are currently living with my dad in his home in Farmington.  I can't believe we have already been there for 8 weeks.  Time flies when you don't have a house to keep up on, although my laundry load has gotten larger, my father is loving his fast and fresh cloths.

We have been anxiously and patiently waiting for the right house to pop up.  We did make an offer on a home in Farmington that backs Oakridge Country Club, but it didn't work out.  They were pretty high in price and not willing to come down.  We currently have an offer in for a short sale in Bountiful.  I doubt it goes through, because they take quite some time and we are in second position, but you never know.  We also have an offer in for a lot in Farmington, it also will be a short sale process, I hope this one works out because I would love to build.  We are just enjoying the position we are in at the moment, no complaints here.

Anyways, below are some pictures from the last few months, with short descriptions, enjoy!

*Some pictures are not the best, it is much easier to take pictures with your cell phones than grabbing a camera:)

Here we are cuddling on our couch celebrating our 4 years.

I love Rodger more and more each year.

For V-Day I provided Rodger with a few of his favorite things.  My card was an outline of the reasons I love him, sssshhhh, it's a secret, but I made him tear up.  It was a special moment.

 I also gave him a framed picture of our important dates.

For our A-Day I gave him a small basket of treats.

He gave me tickets to Ingrid Michaelson and we went with Joey & Amanda.  LOVE her.

We played on an Indoor Coed Soccer Game for all of Fall/Winter.  It was a lot of fun.  Rodger joined only because I wanted him too, he was not thrilled at all.  He did enjoy the workout and being goalie.  Anyways, on one particular night, some hard core guy and myself were going for the ball at the same time, he was going full force.  The impact of his leg and the ball hitting the inside of my foot was strong and it knocked me down to the floor.  I instantly started crying and making a fool of myself.  I couldn't feel my entire leg, I thought I was doomed.  All I could think about was the training I just started doing for my first half marathon in a couple of months.  Anyways, I bruised my bone and had to wear a boot for about 3 weeks.
My shoes below were the result of only wearing one shoe...haha.

Here we are at a random Jazz game.  My boss gave us tickets, row 10, right behind the Jazz players, it was a lot of fun.

While mom and dad were in the hosptial welcoming Colter into the world, Rodger and I got to babysit Sarah overnight.  We love this little girl and had a great time.  She slept inbetween us, and even though it was the worst night of sleep for us, it was worth it.

Colter Joseph Covington was born on April 11, 2012.  He seriously is the sweetest baby.  I love cuddling him.

Here is Charley Bucket & I.  This little girl is a chuck.  She is a joy, love her so much.

Sarah is like my best friend.  She is at the most fun age of all.

Here we are doing the "Spider" on the swing.

She loved it.

Colty Boy.

Here we are, last picture of our house.

We always do full length body hugs while saying our last goodbye to our hosue.



Just some small proof of how awful our packing process was, we have a lot of stuff!

Rodger went to Vegas with Joey & Taylor in April.  He also met Gordon Ramsay while he was there.  Rodger loves him.  "Very nice that Risotto."

Rodgie bought a motorcycle and is loving it.  The only way I allowed this to happen again is because he agreed to wear his helmet ALL THE TIME.  He has kept to that promise and I love him for that.

One of our favorite things to do is rollerblade/longboard to a movie in Farmington.  They make for a great day.

For Mother's Day I decided to tackle a big project just a couple of days before.  I made a "Birthday Decor Reminder" for all 5 of our mothers and grandmothers.  It was a bigger project than I anticipated, but fun to do.  I have to give a big thanks to Joe & Chelsea for spending one of their Friday nights heping us with our projects.  We couldn't have done it without them.

Here are all the girls for mother's birthday on June 14th.  We went up to Mueller Canyon for a picnic dinner.

Here are the boys!

 Rodger & Ava on their way boating!

Caroline & Rodger

We stayed up in Eden for Father's Day weekend.  It was great.  We got the boat out for the first time this season.  I can't wait for many more boating trips.

Anyways, in conclusion, it has been a great year so far.  I promise to do my best on blogging.