House Hunting = New House

Our house hunting journey has come to an end, but I just wanted to journal about our experience just so I remember, so if you want to skip on down to the fun part, don't feel bad!

After traveling down 3 times to look at homes we have found the one! The first round we came away thinking we might build as we didn't find anything existing....there was literally 1 house in our price range, so we were looking into doing a modular home. Our second trip seemed a little more rewarding or at least knowing what direction to go. Our realtor.....very good I must say.... had the inside on some homes that he knew were coming on the market, but they allowed us to look anyways! We found a couple in the same neighborhood that were potentials. Then that same day after sitting down and crunching numbers for building we realized that we wouldn't be getting what we wanted for our price and with the stress of it all.....much relief!
The third trip was the winner....third times always a charm! We went down to look at another house that had came on the market and decided to also look at the other 2 that we liked again while we were there. It helped so much to go that second time....you just see more after you have thought about them. We decided after that it was between those same 2 that we had looked at before, both ranches..... one being an older, smaller home on a main road and the other bigger, newer (like 20+ yrs) and on a cul de sac road. SO you ask what is the dilemma.....well the older, smaller one had been redone and the kitchen was absolutely beautiful! The family that lived there had it decorated totally my style and I could just see myself in there. The other was very nice, clean, but just not my style of decorating....silly I know, but it is just hard to picture your life in someone else's home! In the end I came to my senses and got past all the surface things..... we decided that the newer, bigger one on the cul de sac would be a better fit for our family! Once again God showed us his power and we settled on an amazing price....we were a little nervous as she didn't even have it on the market yet. A little paint (well a lot.....like the whole house) and a couple boarders of wallpaper to remove and it will look just like my house! We are thrilled to have this part over with and to know where we will be living!

Aaron starts his new position June 22nd and then we won't be moving till the middle of July. It's starting to be so real and we just continue to pray for a buyer for our home here. We still continue to have several showings a week, but so far the right ones haven't either come along or made a decision.......we know God is working on this part too!

Here is just a couple pictures of our new home. Keep in mind this is not exactly how it will look once we move.....new colors....not as much furniture.... you get the drift!

Big driveway, but no sidewalks

Living Room- it's really big and all open

Kitchen- nice, but I would like to make a few changes .... starting with the blue walls

Master Bedroom

Back yard- it isn't exactly flat, but it has a really pretty view