Lions, Tigers, and........okay just Bears, but oh my!

So I have a problem. I don't want to bore you with my boring life and write a blog everyday about nothing so I don't, but then everything happens at once and then I am writing a big long post of tons of stuff that we have done and sometimes leave out a ton of details because I don't want to make the post extremely long. I apologize for this. I apologize for my drastically long blog posts. I really hope this one isn't too too long.

So the last post I talked about Josh's birthday and his gift of golf clubs that we were both looking forward to using. Well the next day we ended up going golfing. It was my first time ever at a real golf course. I have been mini golfing but never the real life thing with golf carts and all! It was fun. Josh tried to teach me the proper form and swing and I must say.....I am definitely not the best, very far from actually. But nonetheless I had fun, and practice makes perfect....right?

so pretty

just look at that form

We had a lot of fun and I am very much looking forward to going again.

Shortly after that, we decided to make a trip to Wyoming/Utah. Let me explain....

We still have a house in Wyoming that has been for sale for quite some time. A little less than a year ago, we had a family that wanted to do a rent to buy option. They would rent it until they got the money to buy it. We weren't sure about it but ended up agreeing but with the understanding that the house would stay on the market. I must say....BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER!!

It all started about a month or two after they moved in they became late with their payments every month. Not just days late but weeks late. Then we were informed by our realtor that the house was looking a little trashed around the outside and a little inside along with the smell of smoke inside, which was clearly stated in the contract that this wasn't okay. When the realtor would show the house, our renter was always there and would say things to the potential buyer about things she didn't like about the house, to drive them away from buying it. We finally decided to send a letter of eviction.

So the trip to Wyoming was to see what the damages to the house were. We were furious when we went inside and saw that the carpets looked ruined, stains everywhere, in every room! Some of the walls in the bedrooms had holes in them and writing on them. Not only that but some of our things in our "locked" shed were stolen. I put "locked" in quotations because they removed the lock so kindly for us.

So Josh's mother came with her carpet cleaners, so thankful for her, and cleaned the carpets while Josh and I patched holes and painted some rooms. I felt bad because I couldn't do much painting so Josh did most but it got done and the house looks 10 times better!

I have to say......lesson learned with that one!

The house was just shown yesterday, a clean, freshly painted, empty house and our realtor said they were interested so we shall keep our fingers crossed! It just sucks because our realtor told us she could have sold the house multiple times if it wasn't for the renters pushing people away. But all is well. We have not been able to get a hold of those people but I wish them well. I hope they will see that what they did was wrong and learn from it. May God bless them.

After we took care of that mess, we were able to spend time with our families. Josh went golfing twice with a few friends and I spent a little time with my wonderful family. I miss them so much when we are apart. I absolutely love getting together with them, and I am so thankful for them. They love me so much that they sacrifice their time and plans just to spend time with little ol' me. I just love hanging out with my beautiful sisters where we can just talk about boys (Rylee), husbands (Kassidy), babies, (Kristina and Kassidy), and just life in general......our trials and hardships, our adventures and happiness, our futures! I love them along with my mom and dad so much!

I forgot to mention, on our way to Wyoming, we went through Yellowstone National Park. We heard it was a good time to see some wildlife. Guess what guys?....we saw two bears! Ahh! This is exciting to me because I have never seen a bear in the wild before. I mean I have went to bear world and saw them there but never out in the wilderness just doing their own thing before. It was pretty cool! We saw a grizzly bear at one location and then about 20-30 miles from that we saw a brown bear!

Grizzly Bear:

Brown Bear:

As for the pregnancy, so far so good. I am feeling great and still moving around pretty well.

This last Monday I turned 28 weeks, almost 30 weeks yay! I will soon be posting a 7 month old belly.

gettin' big....yikes!

Since I will be having this baby in Utah, I am looking for photographers in Utah for a newborn photo shoot so if any of you have any recommendations, it would be truly appreciated. I don't like to plan things when it comes to babies because you never know what will happen or when they decide to come but it is always nice to have a place in mind. We are getting pretty excited, still extremely nervous but excited. I already have the diaper bag ready so that kind of tells you how prepared I would like to be. I love watching my stomach and seeing it move. It reminds me of how much I loved it when Kaizen was in there, it makes me miss him so so much!

 I can't wait to share more adventures with you all!

Have a fantastic weekend!