Ok so I have not blogged for over a month and the reason why is because we decided it was time to buy a home. So this is a long story I will try to tell as a short story here goes. We have been living in my parents home for 18 months why they have been serving a mission in Nauvoo. Lynn and I have been wanting to buy a home for about 18 months now, but we knew my parents needed someone to live in their home. About three weeks ago on Saturday we were taking Travis to yet another birthday party in the neighborhood (Ivory Highlands) that we loved and knew we would never afford to live in. We drove around because well that is what we like to do and there is was, our future home and why I will not be blogging for awhile. We have been looking at this home for over a year and knew that they had dropped the price to a reasonable price that we could afford. So Lynn called and they said there was already an offer in, but Lynn asked if we could see it anyway. We went that next Monday afternoon and put our best offer in. The realtor let us know that it only takes about 24 to 48 hours to know back with an HUD home. We thought that's funny they hadn't answered back on the other offer. At 10:30 pm Monday night we put on bid in, on Tuesday about 10:30 am we got an "yes" on our offer. We went in and stole it right from the other person's offer who have been working on getting this home for 4 days. With in one day we went from not sure when to buy a home to on our way to being home owners again YEPPY!!! I came home and called my mom to let her know I'm sorry but we just had an offer excepted on a home. She started to tear up and told me they were just told they had a release date October 6th. I know the Lord had his hand in this blessing for both my parents and for us. So like I said, this is a HUD home and needs work so the next few months will be work, work, work on the home. But to be in the neighborhood we love and have a home we love and the bonus of staying in the same schools for our kids it is all worth the hard work. I don't think I mentioned I love having a clean canvas to work with in this home. It's going to be beautiful and if I keep telling myself this, I won't start to hate all the work.... Here are some pic's of the home....
The master bedroom/bathroom has no walls, the whole house has no flooring...
I do not like the kitchen but I'm excited to remodel it. At the price we are paying we can afford to do the work on it that we would like....
Hallway, hall bath, master bedroom, I love the windows...
