We Own a House!!!

We closed today on our house! We're so excited and feel so blessed that the Lord led us to this place! Everything has worked out so perfectly and we're so thankful! We met the former owner during our walk through and he is such a nice guy and has taken great care of everything. He showed us everything, wrote us a letter with neighbors names, and little tips about trash day and things like that. Here are a few shots of our place before we do anything to it! Jason and his dad are pulling out that ugly carpet ;-) this afternoon and new carpet is being installed tomorrow. But most everything else will stay the same. I'd like to take the big mirror over the fireplace down at some point and paint and all that but we'll take each thing one at a time!

We love our new house!

Here's our yard! It's a side yard because of the way the lot is, but it's a nice big area, bigger than most of our neighbors!

Our kitchen! They left the fridge and it's really nice!

Here's a view from our kitchen looking toward the living room and front door

Here's a view from the front door looking into the living area - that's the big mirror that needs to go!

Here's part of our stairs - this is the carpet that will be gone in a few short hours!

Here's looking into part of the kitchen - guest 1/2 bath on the right, washer/dryer room to the left

Here's another view of our kitchen and our back patio area (we have two patios!) I think my favorite thing about this house is that we get so much light! I love that!

Here's looking from the top of our stairs - guest full bath in the middle, our bedroom to the left

Here's from the upstairs hallway - guest bedroom on the left (and future baby room in a few years!) and office on the right. Our pull-down attic is in the office.

Here's looking into our bedroom - love the windows and the ceiling fan!

Here's our bedroom again - closet on left, bathroom on right

I love the little flower bed in the front and the previous owner was so nice to leave the flower pots!

Here's a view of the side patio from the driveway

And here we are last night at the Sound of Music at Memorial Auditorium! It was such a treat and the perfect way to celebrate our last night as apartment renters! We had a great dinner at 518 West and had a little Krispy Kreme treat on the way home after the musical!

Can't wait to have everyone over to see our new place!