HOMEOWNERS!

It all worked out! We are now the proud owners of our home!

We truly feel so blessed that all the stars aligned and everything came together so perfectly for today. As John said at closing today - we have waited a long time for this day! All that waiting has paid off. We got an incredible deal on an incredible home in an incredible community that we love!

Bowling!

Well 12 years ago John and I went on a date bowling and the rest as they say is history. I don't think I could have imagined how wonderful my life would have turned out with this incredible guy 12 years later! I think I fell even more in love with him today as I watched him help our 2 year old bowl!

We have been playing Wii bowling with the kids so we finally decided to take them to the real thing. I don't know why we imagined it would be as easy as Wii bowling with them but it was lots of fun! Charlie finally after a few attempts got the hang of it and actually got a strike and a spare. Annie was so funny and would roll the ball then turn around and strut back to the chairs. A few times we were worried the ball would just stop half way there! Audrey was adorable bowling and would let us help her roll the ball down the lane. I will say I was the winner of our family game today though with a TURKEY! Okay, it is my first ever and probably my last but who knows maybe we will someday have our own little family bowling team!

Home Sweet Home

Well really all I can say is ask me Monday. After months of looking at houses and making offers and counter offers and making decisions about which house to go for we finally decided to go for the house we live in right now. We felt great about it and were super happy with our decision.

Well since then it has been one bumpy roller coaster ride after another. I won't go into all the details but for it being a great deal it has sure been stressful. We had gotten an incredible loan for our house through a special program that would have made the deal on the house even better. The only thing about it is it is all underwritten by hand so it has been taking a little longer than a normal FHA loan would have.

Well, we were planning on signing the papers on Friday afternoon and then the lady working on our papers at the Escrow Company had a death in the family so she couldn't finish them and we can't sign until Monday, well come to find out the company we are buying the house from finally went to Court about the impending Writ of Attachment that is trying to placed on the 80 homes they are trying to sell on FRIDAY (which would block their ability to sell them). So we have spent the weekend in limbo just waiting to hear if we are actually going to be able to close on Monday. Keep your fingers crossed for us!!!

Really, we do not need the stress of all of this.

Neglected Blog

Of all the months to neglect my blog it has been this last month which has been the busiest month of the year so far for our family. With 2 birthdays, Easter, Spring Break, oh yeah and buying our house not to mention all the other stuff you would think I have tons to blog about. REALLY I do but it has been so busy that I just haven't sat down to do it. I will try to go back in the next few days and update what has gone on.