We bought a house!

      Finally, we bought a house.  After months of living with my mom and then Justin's parents, we found the right place.  The idea was that we could get a bank-owned home, fix it up and sell it... keep doing this for a few years and then have some money for retirement.  But after these last few months and after finally getting the house, we may never move again!
    One of the reasons we got such a good deal on the house was because the whole basement had mold in it.  We thought it would just take a few days to get rid of, but it was worse than we thought.  So we had to keep pushing back our move in date.  I shed many tears and may have raised my voice a few times, but we finally got it.
   Thank goodness for our friends and family.  Every room had to be painted, and everyone came to help for 3 days straight!  I am not sure I was that good of a friend when they all moved... oops.  Then it was time for carpet for the whole house.  Finally, we got to move in.  And again, our friends were so generous.  The girls cancelled Bible study for the night and came to help us move all our stuff (and brought their husbands too)!  Keeping Colt busy proved to be the most difficult, but he did great.  And he is so happy to have a home.  Every day on the way home, he says "my home, new home!"
   Here it is...

kitchen on the right, dining room on the left

family room open to the kitchen

upstairs