FINALLY.......Home Sweet Home!!

It has been almost 6 months now and we are the HAPPIEST couple in the world. We closed on our house May 27, 2010 and it is perfect for us. It is not a huge home by any means but it is ours. Our home has 3 finnished bedrooms and 2 bathrooms (Eldon and I finally don't have the share) a good kitchen, a front room and a family room with the laundry area not finnished (thankfully) It is PERFECT.......I am going to put in a salon. what could be better than haveing my own space to do hair (which I love...duh) while staying home. and then just wait the fun keeps coming there is still an unfinnished basement. Plenty of room for the two of us(plus the boy-dog-son)

The yard is huge, I wanted to get goats and I had Eldon warmed up to the idea about the same time Diezel came into our lives. We planted our first garden and are still enjoying the fruits (actually just vegitables) of our labors. El decided that he LOVES bell pepers so he planted 6 dear hell between that and the zuccini I think our freezer is full. The BEST part about our house I must say is the garage. I love that I don't have to scrap the snow or frost off of my car in the mornings (I am usually running late as it is)

We have both been enjoying the new found task that come along with home ownership, the yard was a huge pile of dead looking weeds when we moved in and the sprinkling system wasn't working all that great. My dear sweet hubby has been so brave and we now have grass and sprinklers that work and a yard that looks like we care about our home.

We have had a few bumps in our new responcibility of taking care of a house. We DEFFINATLY miss being able to call maintainance when anything needs to be fixed or if we even need a new light bulb. Now it is all up to us, and I feel we have learned to work better as a team. Eldon is finally becomeing one of those "handy guys" that just know how to fix anything that needs fixing.

I love the space that we have, considering that our first appartment in the village could fit in my kitchen/entry rooms and the second appartment the 2 beadroom could fit in my family/laudry area. We have deffinatly come a long way. I have enjoyed being able to have room to decorate for Christmas, this is the first year I have been able to put all of the branches on the tree....Finally I don't have to just shove it in a corner wherever I can find to fit it. Now it sits proudly in the perfect view of the street in my front room.

There she is.....isn't it beautiful!!



Kitchen ..... all decked out for the Christmas!!


The front room / entry area


Looking into the family room all full of cute boys (you can tell our house is definently lived in)


Looking into the back yard

Summer/Fall update

WOW it has been a long time, in my little world it feels like it should still be June. This year has just gone by WAY too fast. Well I have tons of pictures to add on at a later date, but they will come soon, Since we last have chatted we have moved into our house, had a crazy busy summer, got our dog Diezel (our boy dog son), became licensed foster parents and purchased a new car. With about a million smaller events in between. Diego was baptised, words can not express the feelings of this day and the support there is in the Gomez family. Finally we are getting to Christmas, my favorite time of the year. I am hoping that 2011 brings as much happiness for the Gomez house as this year has brought challenges. I am excited to see what happens. I will try to post again before the end of the year. I wish you all my very best

Going into the Unknown

Well so far everything in our little life is up in the air. We don't know what we are doing for school (both of us) We don't know where we are going to live. We don't know what to do about our jobs.... But WE ARE SO HAPPY!!!

I hope everyone is as happy in their life and marriage as Eldon and I are. We love live and we love being married. We love pushing each other to change and grow and do things that we normally wouldn't. We are SO lucky. It feels like we just fall more in love every day. I give credit to amazing communication with each other and service.

This past week I have been out of commission and my sweet hubby has been there to take care of me and make sure I do the things I need to do to heal. He makes sure I don't over do or lift things that I shouldn't, he has cooked and cleaned and made sure I have had everything I have wanted. In our almost 3 years of marriage I have now had 3 surgeries. This is the first that he has actually taken time off of work to make sure to take care of me. He took care of me the last 2 times as well but I spent a lot more time under the careful eye of my mother. This time it was his eye and I am so grateful for that. He has changed his attitude and has been there every step of the way. He did not miss one appointment with the doctor. He supports me and it is amazing to see.

He is doing P90X and it Hard core. He loves it and is feeling great, he is shaping up and has a goal to wrestle in the Utah summer games. He is going to be great. He is understanding but encouraging for me to become healthier. It is working and we are both reaping the benefits of leading healthy lives and eating well.

It will be interesting to see what happens over the next couple of months. We don't have a plan yet.... and the unknown is freaking scary but wherever we go and what ever we end up doing I am sure we will have fun. Hmmmm maybe we will try living out of the country for a while.... maybe Australia or New Zealand or maybe we will go see the family in Guatemala we shall wait and see

Randomness

It has been a few weeks, life has been crazy!! I am finding it dificult to do all the things I want to do while keeping up my school and work schedual. I NEVER get to see my friends, we hardly see our family, we just hang out together. Which I love!! I have the worlds greatest husband.

We are going to start taking Eldon's little brothers with us to church. We are so excited, they are such sweet boys. Last week they were just full of questions and I love that we know and have the answers. I am so happy that they want to go and learn about the gospel. I am so excited to see them more they really are great boys.

I am also SO greatful and thankful for the trials and tough things we have to face. The Lord really knows us and knows what we need to learn and grow. Although trials suck REALLY bad, I am thankful for them. It amazes me how many people are looking out for us, think of us and pray for us. We are truly blessed.

Eldon I think is LOVING the fact that he is not in school right now. He is so excited he is reading all of the books that he never had time for before. I love that he has the time to read and do the things he likes doing. I love that he is passionate about books and writing. He likes playing the playstaion and is so excited for God of War 3 to come out. (that is his FAVORITE game) It takes a while to get through some games but he likes to make sure he doesn't miss one thing that is in there to do or see. He is so cute.

We are happy in our little world, it is busy and I wish we had more time to do things and hang out, but I think that part of our life comes later on. Right now we are just loving where we are and enjoying the no strings crazy life.

Full of Gratitude

I have no words to express my gratitude for the gospal in my life. Eldon and i are blessed to have recieved a call to be nursery workers. I LOVE IT!!! Those sweet children bring so much joy and love. They know so much and the simple little lessons taught are so helpful and it is amazing to see these cute youngsters take the principles and use them in class. They sometimes don't like to share the toys, but that is a lesson that you continue to learn all your life.

I was blessed to see an outpouring of love and a beautiful tribute to an amazing person who's life ended way too soon. I don't know how anyone can get through such tragedy and loss without the peaceful knowledge of the plan of salvation. The light of Christ is the most amazing a comforting tool that we have to use to guide us through. If only we all had neon signs to make sure we never forget.

One week down!!!

This has been a very exciting week in the Gomez house. Eldon and I are starting to fit into our new rolls, Eldon working and taking care of the house and the cooking (he is so BRAVE) I have the best hubby in the world, he doesn't want me to stress out too much this semester so he is taking care of everything so I can just go to school and work.

School is great. They changed the dress code so we can actually wear jeans now YAY!!! I LOVE doing hair so school is fun for me, waking up and getting there on time is a challange. I have set a goal to be in bed by 9:30 on school nights, so far I made it once. It is a work in progress. All of the girls I started school with are not in at the same time as I am so I am blessed enough to have to step out of my comfort zone and meet new people.(blah) It actually has been really nice, I have been getting to know a girl who placed her baby for adoption in Nov. It is AMAZING to see the miricle of adoption from the birthmothers perspective. She is so strong and is a very sweet girl and I hope we are able to get to know each other better. She is such an inspiration to me and gives me hope.

It seems like Eldon and I have just become so much closer over the last few weeks (who knew that was possible) I am so blessed to be married to my BEST friend. I never knew I could love someone so much, I fall more in love with him every day we share together. He is such a support to me through all of my hard times and crazyness with the hormone pills I was on the past 2 years. He has to be the MOST patcient person in the world to put up with me. Being married is the best thing in the world. It makes me so sad when I see marriages fall apart or hear people are not happy. I am so greatful to be married in the temple I know that if we did not have the Lord with us in our marriage we could not be as happy as we are.

update Driveby

Okay Finally!!! I actually found the time to sit and write. Hello All I have missed you. Here starts a quick overview of the last 2 and 1/2 months.

Halloween- Eldon had to work as ALWAYS...............work was Crazy awesome, my whole department dressed up, our part of the office was completely decked out, it looked like a freaking haunted house. All of the kids came in to trick or treat, and holy hell my sisters decided to come together (a miracle) so there I was taking 8 children ages 10,8,6(x2)4,3,2 and a 11 month old. Lets just say it was an adventure. All in all it was a great day.

November- This is one of the Crazy months for my family. Not only is my birthday in this blessed month there is also 5 other family members' birthdays. There is really one a week. So we were all crazy busy with that and trying to get things ready for Thanksgiving. Which was AMAZING. We were with Eldon's side of the family this year. It was so fun, we all got there early and hung out for most of the day. I made 5 pies, rolls, cranberries, and yams(Eldon actually made them). MMMMMMM and Alma makes the best turkey.

November 30Th- My birthday!!! really it should be a national holiday. I had to go to school(so not fun) then I went and hung out with my mom for a bit while Eldon finished his day at school, then my dear sweet hubby took me out, we had such a great time. OH we went and saw the Blind Side. It was a very inspirational movie, it was so good. And dear hell I want to be like that momma.

December- We started it out with going on a carriage ride through the lights at Thanksgiving point with our Fabulous friends the Larkins. That was way fun, but way cold. I took Talia to my work Christmas party we saw A Christmas Carol. It was scary, I wouldn't go see it with young children. Talia decided she wanted pizza for lunch from sizzler. So we went and ate while waiting for my mom and sisters to come up and meet us so we could go to the festival of trees.(one of my favorite things about the Christmas season). School ended for the time being. My sweet little pollo face hubby (I am SO proud of him) Finished his B.A. in English, with a minor in literacy. He is so BRAVE. lets see Aria's 2Nd Birthday, Noche Buena, Christmas and New Years.....................

GOODNESS!!! I really feel like I haven't been able to breath, we have just been constantly going. But we are very Blessed to have such wonderful family so close that we can spend so much time with. Over the past week we have been setting new goals and deciding what we need to focus our time and energy on. It always amazes me that once you make the decision to be better the Lord is right there to guide you through it. I can not tell you the comfort and peace that the Spirit of the Lord has brought into my life in the past week. I know that the trials that we all face are made perfectly for the person. I am so grateful for the opportunity my Heavenly Father is giving me to learn and to grow and to become better and stronger and much more patient person. If you ask he is ALWAYS there, and if you ask he will help you stay positive through your trials. I KNOW this to be true.

UP NEXT The plans for the next couple of months.
*Try to get through school without dying (I am taking 30 hours a week this time with 30 hours of work) I am going to have to be really brave.
*Get Eldon accepted to a good school (praying for Utah)
*Pass home studies

I am sure there is more. I guess you will all have to stay tuned to find out.