Our New Home!

Derek and I have lots of stories to tell now! We have been so busy that we can’t find time to update the blog but life is good! I am loving my second year of teaching and Derek is enjoying his new job with Rio Tinto. He is now working in exploration and will be traveling throughout the United States to visit drill sites. We are close to celebrating our one year anniversary and it has been a great year. We spent the first 10 ½ months of our marriage in a nice basement apartment in Riverton, Utah. It was the home of a great family but it was VERY cold down there. I would come home everyday put on my warmest pair of sweats, sit by the space heater and wrap up in my blanket. Derek loved the cold but I was miserable so we began looking at homes just for fun. We were not really serious about buying a home at first but we decided we would start looking anyway. In April we went to the first house and loved it. It was a short sale in Herriman, and it was beautiful. Our realtor told us we could make an offer and there was no risk.  We looked an MANY other homes in the mean time. We waited, and waited and waited and waited some more. We would get updates saying we would hear in few weeks but months just kept passing. In August we were told we would hear on the 5^th of September but we had learned not to hold our breath! But finally on October 6 (Derek’s birthday!) we got a call saying the home was ours if we still wanted it. We quickly went and looked at it again, got all the inspections and appraisals done and closed on November 14. It really was a long wait but we couldn’t be happier.

  

The day after we got moved in there was a big snow storm. We were trying to unpack a few things but the snow was perfect snow man snow so we took a little break and made a couple of snowmen. I made mine and he was so cute. Derek decided he needed to make his bigger- it was huge! It was so fun building snowmen in our new front yard!

   

“SEW” Excited!

I had the best birthday ever! I truly have the most amazing family in the world! They made my birthday so special. My mom came into the school to have a little birthday party with my students. She brought cupcakes and hats for each student and they were thrilled. They asked if I could have birthdays more often! They each made me a little card and were all so sweet. I love my class! A few hours later our classroom door opened and I saw my two little nieces walk in with balloons and a sucker for each of my students! Cassie and the girls surprised me and my students too! When Brooklyn walked in and saw me she said “Stacy!” It was the best birthday present ever. I have been trying to get her to say my name since she was born! Abbey brought me some yummy chocolate and a gift card to Cold Stone! It was the best surprise ever!

Later that night  we went to my parents for dinner. We had steaks and corn on the cob. Yummy! Derek has been telling me how spoiled I am for weeks but I had no idea I was this spoiled. I opened my presents to find a brand new sewing machine!! I am SEW excited!! This summer my mom and I did a lot of sewing. We made a few quilts and I really loved using her machine. She and Derek decided to buy a nice one and everyone went in on it. This is so much more than I could have ever dreamed of and I am so grateful!! I have already found a few projects to start with my new machine. 

Thank you everyone for making this such a special day for me! I love you all!!

Steiners!

Changing your name is a really long process. It’s definitely a motivation to stay married- I know I don’t want to change mine again! :) First you have to make sure you have your legal marriage certificate that you get from the county you were married in. Then you take that to the Social Security Office and legally change your social security card. They send that you you in about a week. Then you take that to your city office building and get your drivers license changed. They give you a temporary card and mail the real one to you. They say that it will be there within 2 weeks (mine took about 4weeks- they sent it to Boise first and I had to find a piece of mail with my new last name and address and scan it in to the computer then email it to the State department of Transportation so they would send it to me in Utah). Now it is legally changed but then you have to change it with any banks you have, insurance companies, car payment people, your work place, emails, etc. We have been married for 7 months and I am still Pasley in many things.

It was exciting to change my name to Steiner! I loved being a Pasley and I think your last name can tell a lot. Pasleys are strong, determined people. I look at my parents and  they have been through a lot yet they never give up. They stay positive and find humor in everything! The Steiners are hard working and always look for opportunities to serve and help people. John and Judy taught their boys to help those around them. They set up and took down chairs at church, shoveled the driveways for many widows in their ward and worked on the farm. Tyler and Cassie have helped us move, worked on our computers and printers, and fed us many times. I lived with Sue for several months before we were married and she would have given me anything I needed. The Steiners love to tease and joke! They are so close as a family and would do anything for anyone! I am so proud to be a Steiner!!

We had a little Steiner reunion with John and Judy and all the kids! We went to Lava over the 24th of July and had a blast!! We went to the nice pool and water slides and then floated down the river. We rented 4 single tubes and one 4 man tube. John and I stayed on the 4 man- it was safer!! He was good to push us away from rocks and pull us to shore when it was time. Abbey joined us a few times and loved it! She would say “This is no fun at all!” but when we got out she was ready to go again. Tyler and Cassie took turns on the 4 person so we all had a great time. Judy went down some rapids but got stuck in the middle of them. She had all the people on the banks cheering for her- it was hilarious! We were grateful to spend some time with our family. We love them very much!

     

This is Judy stuck- you can barely see her head! :)