Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Time for an update!
So I check the family blogs often and am disappointed when there is nothing new to read. Then I guiltily realized that I myself have not written on any blog in quite some time. Also, it appears that I am a horrible communicator as each of my sisters called me saying they learned we were moving via Facebook. How pathetic is that? So allow me to share a bit of what has been going on in the Broadhead Household.
We did in fact move out of our darling townhouse. We loved it there but it is just too small and Russ and I felt it was time to move on. To be honest, I was not happy about it. Our ward is AMAZING and Abi has wonderful friends just steps away - as do I. But after going to the temple I felt peaceful about trusting my husband and following his council. Not an easy thing for this control freak, believe me. We had some college students all set up to rent it, but they backed out at the last minute. So if anyone knows of someone looking for a great place in St. George please give them out number! Elisa has been kind enough to allow us to stay here awhile to get things sorted out and the girls are loving it. I thinks she is enjoying the time with them as well, but we've already broken three things in a little over a week so here's hoping those good feelings will continue.
I am back at Pine View for my third year and just cast the fall musical, "Kiss Me, Kate!" It will run in November and I am totally excited. I am working with the best teachers ever and the kids are stoked. It's going to be a great show!
Russ is adjusting to me being gone a lot again and completely embracing the role of teacher to the girls. Abi knows 110 words and Sarah is recognizing more each day. Ab's is such a great big sister and loves playing with Sarah, pretending to be varies animals, riding her bike and scooter (thanks grandma), and getting snow cones. Sarah is part monkey and climbs anything and everything. We thought Abi was bad when it came to climbing but Sarah puts her to shame. She is lovely and will show you attitude at the slightest provocation. But we love them both and love watching them grow and develop.
We love you all and will keep you posted on how things go!!!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy 4th of July!
What a great week. We have had beautiful weather. It's been cooler than normal and I have loved it. Ken and I have spent quite a few hours in our yard this week. The cooler weather has made that possible.
Ken has been having back pain for a few weeks. He went in for an injection on thursday. We were hopeing it would help relieve the pain. It didn't work. The compressions are too bad and the doctor couldn't get the medication to go in the area. It was terribly painful to say the least. We are so sad about it all. Ken has an appointment in a couple of weeks. Hopefully there is something other than surgery that will help him.
Ken has been having back pain for a few weeks. He went in for an injection on thursday. We were hopeing it would help relieve the pain. It didn't work. The compressions are too bad and the doctor couldn't get the medication to go in the area. It was terribly painful to say the least. We are so sad about it all. Ken has an appointment in a couple of weeks. Hopefully there is something other than surgery that will help him.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Being Silly
Ruby loves to pull funny faces...and with the Mac photo booth application, these turned out extra silly!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Our new house
Here is an update on our new home. Our first night here was monday May 24th. We've been here almost a full month now. I have to say, right from the start I felt at home. I really love it here. I feel that this is the place that we are supposed to be right now. I really love the front porch. It's really shady and it's fun to sit and watch people go by. We have walkers and joggers and bikes and of course cars. It's still a quiet neighborhood street but fun to sit and watch. The house is quite old. Around a hundred years old I've heard. It has a lot of personality. But most of all, it has a wonderful spirit about it. I feel so blessed to be here. Jason is right across the street from his best buddy Will. The house is painted some really fun colors. The front room and dining room are orange. Our bedroom is yellow. The office is lime green. Our pictures look really great hanging on these colors. It's a lot smaller than our other home though. We are getting rid of a lot of things. And that is a good thing. I feel that things are a lot simpler. And I really like that. Kens office is in our home and I'm not working right now. Jason is out of school for the summer. It's so fun to be home together and work together. We still have a lot to go through and put away or get rid of. The totally awesome garage is pretty stuffed. It's a work in progress. But we're having loads of fun.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010
I promised an update and it's been a while, so here is the latest from our world.
The problems with our home haven't gotten any better; in fact, they've gotten worse. In my last post I mentioned that I thought US Bank had the mortgage. It turned out that they didn't, and referred me to Bank of America. I checked with them and they don't have it. Wells Fargo doesn't have it, and neither does Chase. Nobody seems to know or admit that they have it. Everything is still referred back to American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. (AHMSI) They assigned our home to a local real estate agent to handle. They (AHMSI) know who actually owns the mortgage, but the privacy laws don't allow them to tell me who that is. They also refuse to forward our information to whomever actually owns the mortgage. They tell me that the servicing has been assigned to them and they can make any decision necessary. When I ask them to make a decision concerning our unique situation, they tell me thay can't make a decision. It's very frustrating, to say the least.
I have spoken to three different attorneys and all of them have given me some good advice. They all think our situation is a lot different than normal; in fact, none of them had heard of something like this. They each thought it would be interesting, and probably worth taking it to a judge and let them decide what to do. Two of them said they felt we have about a 75% chance of winning, and the other said it was about 50/50. Those are good odds, but when all is said and done, can we live with the worst thing that could happen. If we lost, they could kick us out of our home and charge us for all of the legal expenses both parties incurred, and fine us for whatever they felt the rent should have been while we were contesting the current decision.
After much fasting and prayer, we have decided to move. We looked all over our ward and stake, the surrounding areas, and even as far as Herriman and Riverton and couldn't find anything. We did find a home up by Shawnee and Richard that might have worked, but for some reason we couldn't get the feeling we should move there. That was over a Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
On Sunday, Luann went to our resident ward while I was at the YSA ward. In Relief Society one of our old ward members that had moved to Hawaii approached her and said she had heard we were looking for a home, and that she had a home that needed a family.
From that conversation things just fell into place, and we are moving into the Burkhart home this weekend. We will be in the same ward and Jason will attend the same schools. What a blessing!
As I look back on the past two-three months, with hindsight I can see the hand of the Lord in this. I'm still not sure what lesson(s) we needed to learn or have yet to learn, but it's pretty clear that we need to be in the Burkhart's home. Those of you that have had the experience of struggling with something you want really badly, and running into every roadblock possible, only to have the waters part and things fall into place in ways that you couldn't imagine, know what I mean. If you've never had that experience, hopefully, someday you will.
There are real blessings that come with following the path the Lord opens up for us as opposed to constantly trying to forge our own path. I believe we need to do everything we can do in situations like this, but we also need to allow the Lord to bless us in ways that we can't see at the time. I don't think this is the Lord's choice, (if it were it would mean He had taken our agency away, and He will never do that) but I do think He has opened a way for us to grow and improve more than we could have or would have if we stayed here. I hope my faith is strong enough to allow and recognize those blessings, and not whine and complain about life being so hard, or dwell too much in the past. That will be my greatest challange.
I hope this entry helps clear up some of your questions. Please feel free to ask us anything you want, or for clarification on something you might not understand. We're not trying to hide anything; but we also recognize that some people are hesitant to ask for fear they will hurt our feelings. We assure you that is not the case.
I think our biggest loss will be leaving our wonderful neighbors. This little road we've been able to live on is as close to heaven as you can get. To have neighbors and friends like Lee and Jackie White, Glen and Bev White, Dave and Lisa Scofield, Lyle and Marie White, and Joe and Nora Anderson has blessed us beyond what we thought possible. Over the years each of them have done things for us that have blessed our lives and touched our family in ways we didn't know was possible. As special thanks goes out to them for loving us and allowing us to live amongst them. We will truly miss you.
Our family would like to express our love to all of our wonderful friends and family. Perhaps the greatest blessing we have ever known, is the outpouring of love and concern so many people have shown and expressed. Your thoughts and prayers are felt and appreciated. We love you, and are grateful for each of you.
We truly are a blessed family!
Ken
The problems with our home haven't gotten any better; in fact, they've gotten worse. In my last post I mentioned that I thought US Bank had the mortgage. It turned out that they didn't, and referred me to Bank of America. I checked with them and they don't have it. Wells Fargo doesn't have it, and neither does Chase. Nobody seems to know or admit that they have it. Everything is still referred back to American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. (AHMSI) They assigned our home to a local real estate agent to handle. They (AHMSI) know who actually owns the mortgage, but the privacy laws don't allow them to tell me who that is. They also refuse to forward our information to whomever actually owns the mortgage. They tell me that the servicing has been assigned to them and they can make any decision necessary. When I ask them to make a decision concerning our unique situation, they tell me thay can't make a decision. It's very frustrating, to say the least.
I have spoken to three different attorneys and all of them have given me some good advice. They all think our situation is a lot different than normal; in fact, none of them had heard of something like this. They each thought it would be interesting, and probably worth taking it to a judge and let them decide what to do. Two of them said they felt we have about a 75% chance of winning, and the other said it was about 50/50. Those are good odds, but when all is said and done, can we live with the worst thing that could happen. If we lost, they could kick us out of our home and charge us for all of the legal expenses both parties incurred, and fine us for whatever they felt the rent should have been while we were contesting the current decision.
After much fasting and prayer, we have decided to move. We looked all over our ward and stake, the surrounding areas, and even as far as Herriman and Riverton and couldn't find anything. We did find a home up by Shawnee and Richard that might have worked, but for some reason we couldn't get the feeling we should move there. That was over a Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
On Sunday, Luann went to our resident ward while I was at the YSA ward. In Relief Society one of our old ward members that had moved to Hawaii approached her and said she had heard we were looking for a home, and that she had a home that needed a family.
From that conversation things just fell into place, and we are moving into the Burkhart home this weekend. We will be in the same ward and Jason will attend the same schools. What a blessing!
As I look back on the past two-three months, with hindsight I can see the hand of the Lord in this. I'm still not sure what lesson(s) we needed to learn or have yet to learn, but it's pretty clear that we need to be in the Burkhart's home. Those of you that have had the experience of struggling with something you want really badly, and running into every roadblock possible, only to have the waters part and things fall into place in ways that you couldn't imagine, know what I mean. If you've never had that experience, hopefully, someday you will.
There are real blessings that come with following the path the Lord opens up for us as opposed to constantly trying to forge our own path. I believe we need to do everything we can do in situations like this, but we also need to allow the Lord to bless us in ways that we can't see at the time. I don't think this is the Lord's choice, (if it were it would mean He had taken our agency away, and He will never do that) but I do think He has opened a way for us to grow and improve more than we could have or would have if we stayed here. I hope my faith is strong enough to allow and recognize those blessings, and not whine and complain about life being so hard, or dwell too much in the past. That will be my greatest challange.
I hope this entry helps clear up some of your questions. Please feel free to ask us anything you want, or for clarification on something you might not understand. We're not trying to hide anything; but we also recognize that some people are hesitant to ask for fear they will hurt our feelings. We assure you that is not the case.
I think our biggest loss will be leaving our wonderful neighbors. This little road we've been able to live on is as close to heaven as you can get. To have neighbors and friends like Lee and Jackie White, Glen and Bev White, Dave and Lisa Scofield, Lyle and Marie White, and Joe and Nora Anderson has blessed us beyond what we thought possible. Over the years each of them have done things for us that have blessed our lives and touched our family in ways we didn't know was possible. As special thanks goes out to them for loving us and allowing us to live amongst them. We will truly miss you.
Our family would like to express our love to all of our wonderful friends and family. Perhaps the greatest blessing we have ever known, is the outpouring of love and concern so many people have shown and expressed. Your thoughts and prayers are felt and appreciated. We love you, and are grateful for each of you.
We truly are a blessed family!
Ken
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