Pack it up!

On November 2, 2009 we closed on our new house. I put an offer on a short-sale home back in April and after extensively searching for other homes, being discouraged about the long wait and impatiently wondering if we were ever going to get the house, we finally closed after about 8 months. In October, we were heavily considering other homes to buy but wanted to take one last look before deciding to let "ours" go. We walked through it for the 4th or 5th time and decided that it would be worth the wait even if it took a year. Two days later, we got the call that the bank accepted our offer and we would be able to close in 3 weeks. So the plans and packing began. After Halloween we started the process. Because we didn't like the tile in the new house, we opted to put in a wood floor and get it done before we moved in. It took about 7 days to put in the floor and 3 days later, the moving truck unloaded our stuff in our new home.

The kids were excited and very helpful with the packing. We were only moving 2 streets over so luckily, we didn't have to pack too tightly. Although our rental home was beautiful and we would have been happy staying there or buying it, we were excited to own a home again. The best things about our house is the bigger yard, separate office from the master bedroom, staying in the same school and ward, and being in a culdesac. The kids love riding out in the road without having to watch for cars all the time. And although, we don't have a pool in this one right now, there is a great sports court and grassy area for play.

Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of our rental home besides the everyday candids but stay tuned for some pictures of our new one as we get settled...

Here is the front of our old house


Some crazy helpers with an assembly line of pantry goods