Count your blessings..

                I have not updated my blog for awhile.  We have had a lot happen in the last month.  Jake and I had found a house we wanted to buy in Springville, we felt really good about it so we decided to put in an offer and just see what happened.  We had set up a meeting with the realtor for Tuesday morning to work on an offer.   When we met with him he informed us that someone had put in an offer the night before.  We were still able to put in our offer however the other offer would be taken before ours.  Well they went under contract so we thought that was it we had no chance to get that house.  About a week later we found out the other couple had backed out so the house was back on the marked and we would be able to place another offer.   We placed our offer on the low end the bank came back and counter offered our offer, theirs was on the high end.  So we decided to go ahead and counter offer again we only offered $1,000 more than our first offer.  When we told the realtor what we wanted to counter offer we told us he did not think the bank would accept it and because we were going to counter offer it would open the doors to any other offers on the table.  Well Jake and I talked about it and we decided if someone came in and offered more than it was not meant to be.  So after a few days of waiting we received a call and they told us the bank had accepted our offer!  We were so excited we were getting the house we had fallen in love with and better yet for the price we had wanted!  So we put down our earnest money and then two days later Jake was laid off from his job.  This was so hard for us.  We could have still gone through with everything but we decided we did not want to get in over our heads. I have to admit I was so heartbroken, to this day I still get a little choked up when I drive by the house and see the for sell sign . 

                Jake is now working for my dad.  We are so blessed he is busy!  This has been a blessing not only to us but to my dad as well.  My dad’s full time employee left for his mission a few weeks ago so Jake is able to work as many hours as he could ever want to. My dad is so good about working around Jakes school schedule.  I have always said everything happens for a reason.  After Jake lost his job it defiantly tested our faith.  I am still not sure why all of this happened however all I do know is we are so blessed to have work and a job that we can rely on.    Jake and I started school again last night.  I had not taken classed about a year however Jake only had two weeks off before he had to start back up.  We are taking the same classes which is fun because we get to spend more time together. 

                Addalynn had her first surgery on her six month birthday.  She had to get tubes in her ears.  We were actually looking forward to this day.  She had two ear infections before she had her surgery.  She did so good and we are so happy she is no longer in pain! On a much happier note (well somewhat) Addalynn turned six months old on the 5^th! I have so many mixed emotions about this, I hate to see my little baby girl grow up but on the other hand she is so fun! She is now rolling over, talking, she is trying so hard to crawl but just cannot figure it out so she scoots… backwards! You can just see the frustration in her face when she is trying to go forward but only goes in the wrong direction.  She is growing up so fast and we are so excited to watch her grow up. 

                We are so excited for summer and what else we have to come.  We have a lot planned and could not be more excited!!

Green Beans!

We gave Addalynn green beans today for the first time.  We don’t think she liked them… Enjoy the video!!  

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person… he believed in me.

Yesterday April 7^th 2011 was Scott’s birthday (Jake’s dad).  This was really the first year we had to chance to do something for his birthday.  I didn’t know what was the best way to handle this special day.  Part of me just did not want to mention it because I know it is really hard on Jake.  After thinking for a while I decided this is a special day and just because he is not here with us does not mean we should not celebrate it and keep his sprit in our lives.  So I made him some cupcakes and a card.  I went to the store and bought a few of his favorite items.  I also picked up a pizza and movie to watch.  Every year on his birthday him and Jake would order pizza and just watch movies that night, so I decided we would keep this tradition going.  I had my mom watch Addalynn for a little while and I took him over to the cemetery and left a cupcake and the card we made.

          Unfortunately I never had the chance to meet Scott.  Jake has told me so many wonderful stories about him.  I wish I would have been able to meet him.  But I would just like to thank him for making Jake the man he is today.  Jake was able to learn so much from him in such a short amount of time.  Jake lost his dad at the age of 16.  It is horrible to have to say goodbye to your dad at such a young age.  However I have never met someone so strong.  I don’t think he would be so strong or where he is today if he wouldn’t have gone through all the trials in his life!

Here are a few pictures from the cemetery. 

A Christmas present I gave Jake a few years ago.   

 

This was taken right after his dad passed away. 

“No Regrets”

Valentine’s Day!

We had a good Valentine’s Day.  Jake had school that night and also had to work at 3:00 the next morning so we didn’t make any big plans.  I went out to dinner with my family and when Jake was done with school he met us at the restaurant.   I bought Jake some chocolate covered strawberries from Shaybee’s (SO SO delicious!) and also bought him some of his favorite treats.  Jake is so sweet and ordered me some flowers and the best gift of all he organized our laundry room!! I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and daughter.  I hope you all had a great Valentine’s Day!!



Addalynn Bele



A little about the Jepson family!

Jake and I went to high school together.  We were both in the FFA and met when we took a trip down to Las Vegas to watch the PBR.  We later become closer friends when we went in the same group to a high school dance.  Six months later we started dating, and now have been together for over two years and have the most beautiful baby girl. 

            We currently live in Spanish Fork. Jake is working at Stouffers full time, going to school full time and whenever he has free time he is also working for my dad.  Because my husband is so selfless I am able to be a stay at home mom to our wonderful daughter.  I feel so blessed everyday because I have such a wonderful husband.  He would do anything for me or Addalynn no matter what it required out of him.  Jake has to work every morning between 2 and 5 a.m. he only gets a few hours of sleep every night because he says he would rather spend time with us then sleep. After he gets home from work he helps me around the house, does his homework, goes to school, then comes home and helps some more before going to bed.  I feel so blessed to have such a great husband who I love so much!!

            Addalynn is three months old.  Everyone has always said enjoy kids when they are little because they never stay like that for long.  Well I am here to agree with every person who has ever said that.  My mom always joked that because I had such an easy pregnancy I would have a hard baby… well she was wrong!!!! I have the best baby any mother could ever ask for.  She started sleeping through the night at two months old.  She currently sleeps anywhere from ten to twelve hours a night.  She is the happiest little baby you will ever meet.  My family doesn’t think she can even cry.  The only time she gets mad is when she is hungry, then you have about two minutes tops to get her food or she gets mad.  She has so much personality for someone so young! She thinks she is a big girl and needs to be sitting up at all time and be involved with anything going on.  When someone is holding her and they try to rock her she will start crying, we simply tell them to sit her up and she will stop right away.  She has been the biggest blessing in my life.  It is so hard to think back and wonder how you ever did it without her!! I am so sad that she is growing up so fast but at the same time I am so excited for everything that we still have to come!

            Jake and I have some big plans for the future.  We are in the process of looking for a house to buy.  We will hopefully find one we love and be moved in by August.  Jake is going to UVU and is majoring in exercise science.  Once he receives his bachelors he will start the PA program at Weber University.  I will start school in the fall semester at UVU and major in Criminal Justice.  Jake and I have been so blessed.  We have had so much family help, encouragement and guidance in the past year.  I look back and wonder why we have been so blessed.  I don’t even like to think about where we would be if we did not have such wonderful families which we love so much and could never thank them for everything they have and do for us!!

 

First Post!

This is the first post of our blog.  My FAVORITE Aunt Mary helped me set it up so I am dedicating this post to her!