Luke's Birthday

Back to September :)
With our house finally under contract, Luke and I decided we couldn't think of anything better to do for Luke's birthday then to find a house.  We made a huge list of houses we wanted to see and called up our faithful Realtor, James, and he made the appointments.  The 7th, the day before Luke's 29th, I went up to Payson with him before work.  I hung out with him for a while while waiting for James.  Sadly, Luke had to work, so James and I were on our own.  We looked at 3 before finding THE ONE, but figured we could just go to the rest since we already had the appointments.... and just to make sure.
By lunch, we took Luke back to see that one we found because it was still the fav.  He loved it to! But we finished out our day and looked at a total of 15 houses! It was quite the marathon.
When we were finished we decided we should put in an offer.
We were thrilled! it was a foreclosed home, but fixed up really well and just perfect.  We loved the location (Summit Ridge in Santaquin) and loved the house.
On our way to dinner we got our excited dashed.  It had just gone under contract THAT AFTERNOON! Had we just gone with our gut that morning instead of looking at all the others we probably would have gotten it.

Oh we were sad.  But we made the most of our evening and ate dinner with Blake then we went and saw a movie.
During the movie I kept getting distracted by my disappointment.  But then I determined that God has never let us down before and he wouldn't this time. We could still do a back up offer and maybe get that house, and if not, God would provide and even better one.  I felt very strongly this was true.

We stayed at Blake and Chantel's that night and then I went to work with Luke on Thursday.  It was great being with him on his birthday.  I tried to be invisible while hanging out in his cubicle... but it was fun to see him in action at work.

After spending the entire morning with work with him my mom arrived with the girls.  She had an appointment up North, so it worked out well for us to meet up and then meet up with Luke after work.

We drove up to Summit Ridge again just to rub salt in our wounds. haha. no, to look around and see if any were for sale we had missed.  We pretty much decided that we wanted to live up there, even if we couldn't get that one house on Foot Hill Drive.  

Then it was off to Ruby River for Luke's birthday dinner:

 The next night we went to Castle Dale for birthday celebration with his family

Saturday was a special stake day at the temple.  The kids had activities near the temple, done by the Primary leaders, while the adults got to do a session.  It was wonderful!

 After our session we took our girls around the temple to see it up close.  Come to find out, they already had as part of their activities.  But it doesn't hurt to do it twice, right?

 Our little princesses

 Then Sunday we had yet another birthday party.  Heaven forbid we just celebrate anything once! Haha. But it was Jana's birthday so we did a combined party with her and Luke for my side of the fam.

 She's 32! When did ya get so old Jana? haha. jk!

And Luke is just behind ya at 29!

I made a special little slideshow for Luke but was having a really hard time getting it to work.  It was a slideshow of Luke and his girls fishing and doing other daddy/daughter things.  Meanwhile I played the song "She thinks' We're Just Fishing" by Trace Adkins.  He is such a good daddy and the girls just adore him.  I love that he takes time to go fishing with them and all the other fun things he does.  He's a wonderful husband and wonderful daddy.  WE LOVE YOU LUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m lost in her there holdin’ that pink rod and reel
She’s doin’ almost everything but sittin’ still
Talkin’ ‘bout her ballet shoes and training wheels
And her kittens
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

I say, “Daddy loves you, baby” one more time
She says, “I know. I think I got a bite.”
And all this laughin’, cryin, smilin’ dyin’ here inside’s
What I call, livin’

And she thinks we’re just fishin’ on the riverside
Throwin’ back what we could fry
Drownin’ worms and killin’ time
Nothin’ too ambitious
She ain’t even thinkin’ ‘bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

She’s already pretty, like her mama is
Gonna drive the boys all crazy
Give her daddy fits
And I better do this every chance I get
‘Cause time is tickin’
(Yeah it is)

And she thinks we’re just fishin’ on the riverside
Throwin’ back what we could fry
Drownin’ worms and killin’ time
Nothin’ too ambitious
She ain’t even thinkin’ ‘bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’

She ain’t even thinkin’ ‘bout
What’s really goin’ on right now
But I guarantee this memory’s a big’in
And she thinks we’re just fishin’
Yeah, aww, she thinks we’re just fishin’
We ain’t only fishin’
(This ain’t about fishin’)