....Grateful Heart

I told you Dave and I have been in hot pursuit of some new digs. Well, in all of this we have been presented with some really great investment offers/opportunities.
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I was so excited just over the idea of a "new house" that I became nearly unbearable to live with. At least that is what David says. I did get to the point that I was so upset because he did not share my enthusiasm, I just buried my feelings about the subject and gave the ever effective (NOT) "silent treatment."

After I humbled myself I listened with a calmer spirit, heart and mind I began to allow things to mature like a "fine wine" as they say. Well, David noticed that I did not talk so much about moving like I had in the past that it allowed him to feel his way around the idea. Well, here what happened to him.

One day we were doing our monthly trek to his parents home in South Jordan and we drove the "back way" on US-111. Keep in mind this is the prime spot where David and repeatedly said, "if they ever build on these benches (Oquirrh Mountain) back here, we are going to sell and buy here." Dave had it narrowed down to the exact location....Low and behold, there is a developer who is building large homes on his very mountain.!!! He was beside himself. He began to act like I had. Gave me orders to contact the builder and meet with them ASAP. I did, but I was so apprehensive...didn't want to get the old dander up.
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The development is beautiful and the model home I toured was awesome. The price unbeatable and unbelievable. 4000+ sq ft. for $235K. I came back from the meeting gave him the info and he was fired up. He wanted to hand over everything, but like I said I had humble myself and talked him down.
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We vacillated back and forth for a month. Considered buying 2 acres in Stockton, UT and build later. Stay where we are. Back and forth, forth and back it got sickening.
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We really needed to decide, and I thought we had but Dave got nightmares about us missing out on this really once in a lifetime opportunity and had to talk to the builder himself. There again he was ready to sign everything over. Again I kept a cool head and laid out the facts. When it all boiled down, now is not the right time, even if that was the right place.
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I have come to the conclusion that we really have all we need. No our home is not the spacious dream house I have always envisioned.

But in our 2000 sq ft. we have more than most.

We have a mortgage that renters can't even get for a one-bedroom apartment these days, let alone a a fully remodeled 4 bedroom, 2 bath home. We get to enjoy fruit from our own trees, vegetables from our garden, the closeness of neighbors and friends. And the ability to be able to afford some of the other perks that living in our current home has brought.

I have a grateful heart.

I am truly thankful to my Heavenly Father for blessing us with such wonderful temporal blessings. I am doubly grateful for my testimony of the law of tithing. I know that we have been blessed because of our obedience to that law. It is hard sometimes when there is a bill that must have attention, but we have always opted to pay the Lord is tithe first and have faith that all will work out...and it has.

I am so grateful that Dave and I have each other. We are one anothers balance. We need each other and we know it. I love him. I love him so much. He loves me and I feel it in all he says and does.
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The pictures above are of our home and the Oquirrhs. As you can see we really have a nice place to rest our weary bones....and really isn't that more than we need, anyway?