Saturday, September 15, 2012

5 Years! {BONUS: House Pics}

It's our Fifth anniversary today!  I love celebrating the happiest day of my life!  The day I had each of my kids was a pretty great day, but my wedding day still remains #1 in my book of happiest days ever!  I don't think I ever stopped smiling that day.  I was filled with so much joy and love that nothing could bring me down!

We have had a fun 5 years of marriage!  Our two cute kids are a blast.  They are always making us laugh.  And did you know we have moved TWELVE times these past 5 years?  And lived in 7 different states! California, Idaho, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Arkansas, Florida, and Arizona!  That sounds totally crazy, but it's been so much fun!!  Together we have been to New York, San Francisco, Disneyland, Disney World, Jersey Shore (actually, we lived on it!), Washington DC, Philadelphia, Mt. Rushmore, most of the church history sites, Cancun, and lots more fun places and sites.  I love life with Jordan!  He makes it fun, and adventurous, and no matter where we are, he makes me feel safe.  I know he will always take care of me and our family.  He has big goals, and he will work his tail off to achieve them!

Happy Anniversary Jordan!  I love you!!

Ok, and since I haven't posted in a while.  Here is a quick update.  We are in Mesa.  Jordan started school, and LOVES it!  He's studying all the time, and the kids and I have spent a lot of time exploring the area.  So far, we LOVE it here.  We feel like it's the right place for us to be right now, and we are SO happy to be here!  We already have family coming out this way in the next couple months and we can't wait to see them!!  Our ward is wonderful!  We have already made quite a few friends, and I'm sure we will make even more soon!

So here are some pics of the house we are renting here.  We like it a lot.  It's quite spacious, especially compared to the tiny apartments we are used to.  It has 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, with a big loft upstairs, and a den downstairs.  Plus a 2 car garage, which is wonderful, and a small yard in the back :) It's in a gated community with 3 nice parks.  I love all the space, and the open floor plan is wonderful!  There are lots of windows, and I love the natural light!  It has nice high ceilings.  And the appliances are pretty good. We've never had an ice-maker before, let alone a fridge that dispenses ice and water from the door!!  I love having a den downstairs for a toy room, and I'm sure I will like the loft upstairs once we do something with it.  Oh, and the laundry is upstairs which is nice too. We still have lots to do around here as far as organizing and decorating go.  I'll get to it eventually :)  But don't you love the decor that is up right now?!  Jordan stayed up all night last night to surprise me with it!  So sweet huh!
Sorry, no pictures of the rooms today.  They are boring anyway.  I haven't done a single thing to decorate them, and Capri's crib isn't even put together yet.  She still sleeps in her pack and play :) Hope you enjoyed the mini tour.


7 comments:

Spence Ohana said...

Happy Anniversary!!! And what a great house! Glad you guys got settled in Mesa and Jordan likes school there. Stephen has an aunt and some cousins from his mom's side who live in Mesa. And his best friend is in Chandler. Next time we roll through there we will have to visit y'all!

Haley said...

What a nice place! Glad you guys are all settled in. Tell Jordan good luck with school!!

Kelly Spence said...

Love your house. And happy anniversary. What creative thing did he do for you this year. :) He is always full of great ideas.

nataley said...

Oh I'm so glad you updated your blog, I have been wondering what was new with the cute Spence family. Happy anniversary! So glad you are loving your new home! We are thinking about you as you start this new adventure :)

steve said...

Congratulations on 5 years and you new home. Miss y'all.

Mickie and Matt said...

Yay 5 years! To me it seems like it's been longer... hmm... How sweet is Jordan to decorate. You guys are always so great about stuff like that. It's really sweet. Matt and I are lucky to even remember our anniversary the day of let alone stay up late and decorate the night before :)

Love the house pictures, you are right, it looks really nice and really spacious! Why is it when Nate, you guys and us all have big enough houses now to host everyone none of us live close enough to visit often enough! Ugh! One of those cruelties in life I guess.

Looks like all your furniture fits nicely in there too. I am so glad you guys found a great place to live I was worried for you guys for a few weeks there.

Maybe the Bonus room can be partly a crafting/sewing place for you? I am still dreaming of a special sewing crafting space instead of pulling my sewing machine and supplies out of a box in the corner and fending off children while I try to do stuff at the kitchen table. :)

Michelle said...

Happy anniversary and your house looks so fun!!!