The official move in day was October 8th, 2013. We arrived in the early afternoon, and Jake's uncles, Rick and Dan, were our heroes and helped us unpack EVERYTHING from the truck and trailer. It was pretty entertaining to watch our system. Rick and Dan unloaded the truck and trailer, than shoved a huge load of stuff in the elevator with Jake in it (mind you, the elevator is a little small...somewhat ghetto of a thing :) ) and then I was at the top floor taking shifts of stuff into the house. After about 2 hours of this process, we finally finished. So grateful for the help we got. We celebrated that night and started to get stuff unpacked. Needless to say, I was excited to not be living out of suitcases and boxes.
It's been 9 days since we moved in and we can happily say that we are just about done getting everything together. We still have to pick up our bookcase from my parents house in Livermore (yay for only an 90 min drive!) and then we'll be done with our bedroom. Below are some sneak peeks of the place. It feels like our home now. It's been so great.
We live on the top floor, yay for no upstairs neighbors! And right next to the elevator, which is a blessing for location wise for us. We're right there and our car is right at the bottom of the elevator in the underground parking. It does sometimes sound like someone is closing a sliding closet door loadly on the other side of the wall, haha. But I've become more used to the sound already. :) Jake did a great job picking this place out. It's absolutely beautiful here! I had no idea Sacramento is nick named, the City of Trees! And are there trees! It's beautiful. We live right next to the American River, also breathtakingly beautiful. We have yet to explore that..Can't wait for that. We have discovered we live about 5-15 min away from any store we will need, and school for Jake is a 5 min drive, 10 min bike ride.
The job searches continue for us, I'm looking for Full Time Job opportunities, and Jake will hope to get a part time job to do that with his classes, which are M/W/F from 8-5pm. We have already seen such amazing miracles having been here. Seriously, it is truly amazing. The Lord is SO mindful of us. We' ve been blessed with the good news of being able to get a Student Loan so that Jake can go to school, officially!
Our new ward is really great, we love them already. Very quirky, but...after all of my years in different wards, I've discovered they all are :) But its a good quirky. I've never felt so welcomed in a new ward before. We look forward to serving with them and getting to know them. Heck, we are giving the opening and closing prayers during the Primary Program Sacrament Meeting! And Jake's been asked to teach Elders Quorum in a couple of weeks. :) We're ready to get involved.
The Lord has truly blessed us. Jake and I are so in love and being on our own has been a great opportunity for us to learn and grow together even more. He truly is my other half. We've been so blessed by our family and friends. Thanks so much for all the love and support!
Our next big goals : JOBS! We need jobs and $!!! haha. 2. Finally finish our Thank You's from the wedding. 3. finalize all home organization. And getting on a routine schedule would be nice :)
Enjoy the pics! more to come!!!
Thanks to all for your gifts that have helped us create this beautiful home! We love you! More pics to come when we finish the bedroom! :)
