SO much to report! This is our house!!! We love it! it is located in what like to call the mormon ghetto, which really doesnt make any since because its not the mormons that make it ghetto, its . . . everything else! I think its perfect and Chad says I am oblivious to how dangerous the area really is because im so inlove with the fact that its "our" area and that means it perfect! When we were lookin at houses, we realized that we would definatly get what we paid for in that area so we started looking at the higher priced rentals in the area . . for our safety. This house we found one night and my heart started fluttering with excitment, it was so quaint, a little yellow house with a beautiful shady tree in front and back a nice white shed and grassy front and back yard, it looked awesome! We called on it the next day and set up a time to come see it! Chad had to work so i had to go alone to check out the inside. It was . . . different. The walls were a nice buttercream yellow shade the kitchen had white cabinets and all around the house there where randomly places shelves sticking out of the wall. There is even one of those shelves for old 50"s phones in the hall! It was awesome! I knew chad would like it so i set up a time to meet with the realitor for the next day. My mission was to find a way to convince chad that he could live with PINK bathroom tiles ( that was the only really down side to the house so i figured we could make it work. :)

We started renting a week before we got married and chad and i moved all our stuff in! I love that house! we can walk to the temple and to church and pretty much anywhere in Mesa if we want! Within the month that we got the house, chad got a job at the hospital 2 miles away from the house! It was a good choice! Yus! One good decision for the merrell family down, A BAJILLION to go!