Driveway Disaster

I'd like to take this time and opportunity to thank all of my followers and for their support. I could not have made this blog successful without all 4 of you---you know who you are.

Now on a more serious note.

So one of the main reasons I started a blog was to blog about the house Trevor and I are building, step-by-step. Mainly to have as a memory for Trevor and I to look back on, but also for anyone else interested :) 

But before I get into this post about the house, I figured I should give an update on what has happened in our lives the past 8 months since we have been married, seeings how my last post was all about how we met.

For our honeymoon we went to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico---it's just 30 minutes south of Cancun. We stayed at an all inclusive resort there called the Grand Sunset Princess and we would recommend it to everyone! We absolutely loved it. While there Trevor fulfilled a life-long dream of mine to swim with dolphins! Trevor also got to experience the rush of snorkeling for the first time in his life---yes he was a deprived child in my eyes haha. We also went on a cave tour/swim, swam in a cenote-or sinkhole, and my favorite, we got to do an LDS tour of the Mayan ruins of Tulum, and Chitzen Itza! (One of the Seven Wonders of the World) It was an amazing time and we hope to go back someday.

After that it was just getting used to the normal, everyday ways of married life. Trevor works at PMI-Professional Marking International, and has been there for the past 3 years. He is amazing on the sales floor there and loves it...well, most days :) I got a job across the street from him at One on One Marketing, but in November of 2011 I was let go. I recently got a job at Doman Dental as a receptionist and I am loving it. And yes you may be thinking to yourself...'Doman...hmmmm' He is the brother of Brandon Doman-the offensive coordinator for BYU. I'm just that cool to be working for his brother...haha jk. In August of 2011 Trevor got to come with my family and I to my best friends wedding in California, and therefore got to experience San Francisco for the first time in his life. He didn't quite get why it was so cold in the middle of August. While there I got to show him around my hometown of Roseville, went to Alcatraz, Pier 39, Fisherman's Warf, and a SF Giants game (he's a Redsox fan...boo) but he still had a lot of fun and agreed that the Giants park is the prettiest park of them all-but he probably didn't word it quite like that.

Other than being married and just loving each other (awwww) we have been in the search of buying a home, because Trevor has lived in this townhouse in Lehi for 3 years and just felt like it was time for change. Plus he really was wanting his own yard. We looked for about 8 months and experienced the nightmare that short-sales are. Finally one day we found a listing for a house/floorplan available to build. We fell in love with the house after walking through it and from there found the lot of our dreams. It's in Saratoga Springs on Talons Golf Course (our backyard looks at the18th hole) and it's about 50 meters away from the lake with an amazing view of the Mountains. We adjusted a few things on the floor plan, like pushing a wall out a few feet here, adding a few lights there, oh and Trevor's walk-in shower and his theater room in the basement under the garage. Everything about the building of the house has been smooth sailing...until now. Dun dun dun!!!! So because of Trevor's amazing movie room underneath the garage, the foundation of the house had to be built up a bit more. Therefore raising the house a bit, and therefore causing a bit of a steep driveway. Steep driveway-no big deal you might be thinking right? Well the num-nut who laid the cement down for the driveway calculated the slope of it WRONG, causing it to be completely IMPOSSIBLE for my Kia Optima to even pull into the driveway. I mean, people, just think of it this way-the front bumper of my car basically would just run into the concrete slab of the driveway before the front tire even hit the curb!!!! 

So needless to say, that has been the first hiccup of our home, and has caused Trevor to age about 3 years from the stress alone. But we can't have it all perfect along the way, right? I will keep you updated on the driveway because it WILL get fixed. Somehow, someway, it will. Here are some pictures of the house from start till now. Enjoy!!

The foundation of the home/basement

Inside the Family Room looking at the fireplace.

Our pretty front door.

Where the sink/cabinets will be...only a portion of the kitchen.

Our added window nook in the master bedroom.

Tub/the walk-in shower in the master bath.

Portion of Kitchen already insulated and partly sheet rocked!

Family Room again.

Lake/view

Trevor and his Dad trying to figure out how to fix the driveway

Part of the backyard and the golf course

Before the front steps were put in.

Gettin ready to stucco and put the rock on.