Our Future House

So  after a lot of thinking and talking we have decided to stay in Utah. Russ was applying to grad schools across the country but we have decided that it would be best for us if he got a job here and then did an executive cross continent program next year. The school that was #1 on his list has a really cool program that he can do from Utah with a few abroad experiences. It will be nice for me to stay at my job and stay close to family. PLUS we are going to buy a house. We have been looking at houses for a while (in case we decided to stay here). We decided we wanted to live in Cedar Hills (it is at the base of American Fork canyon).We found one house that we really liked and we wanted to put an offer in. But unfortunately it had an offer already that went through. We kept looking but couldn't find what we wanted. Most of the houses had tiny tiny lots.When I mean small I mean really small (.05 of an acre). I can't handle that. I need a yard for Alyssa to run around in. She loves to be outside and that would be very annoying. So after looking around we decided to build. The economy is bad which is good for us, meaning that building a house is about the same price as buying an old house. The lot we get to build on is .20 of an acre. It has a beautiful view of A.F. canyon. This view will never be obstructed because we back up to a golf course. We "get" to choose everything for the house. Russ enjoys this and I mostly do. We have to drive to SLC a lot and Alyssa doesn't really enjoy it. It is cool that we get to pick all the colors and styles but it can get tedious. We have already picked a lot out.

Our Lot

Picking out the exterior. This is the stucco and rock we picked.

Alyssa got bored so we went to the car so she could "drive" Mostly she liked to Honk the horn.