New House!

For a few years now we've been working on credit so we could have enough to get a home loan. We were finally approved in July of last year. It was really exciting so we started looking for houses immediately. I spent lots of time online browsing for homes for sale and making lists of the ones that met our criteria. It was an exciting time. 

Once when I was looking online I came to a house, that, upon seeing the first pictures, I was already daydreaming. Morgan was with me and together we oohed and ahhed at each picture of the home. I LOVED it. I wanted it. However, it was more money than we wanted to spend, and might not even get approved for that much. But...I really loved it. So we made an appointment to see it anyway. 

I found the pictures online that were used to sell it. See how lovely?

 It had a lovely shop, which is the thing David cared most about. 

 It had a nice spot for a garden. 

 It had nearly TWO ACRES!

 Usually if the outside was what we wanted and loved, especially with a shop, then the house itself was too small, or most often, a manufactured home. So imagine my delight when THIS was what was inside!

 That kitchen, though...

 Lovely dining room. 

 Laundry room.

 Downstairs bathroom.

Master bedroom. I love the built in cabinets. 

 This is what we use as the TV room. 

 This is the girls room. 

The pictures online didn't even have pictures of two of the rooms. This sun room, which is our school room, is one of my favorite rooms in the house. I took the remainder of the pictures when we were looking at it one time. 

 And this is the boys' bedroom. 

 Upon entering the home for the first time both David and I commented on how nice it was and felt; just from the entryway! We really liked it, but the price was still higher than we liked. So we looked at a few more houses and all of them lacked in many areas. Nothing was as nice as this house. We decided just to put an offer in, something well under the asking price. Our offer was rejected at first, and they said they wouldn't accept anything less than a certain amount. We countered saying it was the best we could offer, but it was a no go. We weren't even approved for what they wanted, so we said, "oh well, guess it wasn't meant to be." But before the day was over, they called back and accepted our counter offer that they originally rejected. YAY!!!
The month of August was spent getting papers in order, signing things, getting inspections, and appraisals and waiting for the minor repairs. Oh, and packing. I spent a lot of time packing.

Alli thought a lot of the packing was pretty fun.