Our White House

After 7 months of time, sweat, decisions, indecision, and yes, even a few tears, we are in the process of closing on a home! We are hoping it will be all said and done in 2 weeks' time.

We have literally come full circle. This home is the first one we looked at in Moses Lake, but at the time it was overpriced, and let's face it--we had unrealistic expectations when it came to a lived in home. 35 homes later we had come down to Earth. :)

A couple of weeks ago they lowered the price so I asked Dax if he wanted to check it out again, and he said no, but I convinced him we should. We decided to take Hayden with us, and as I was getting him ready that morning I told him we were going to go look at a house to buy. He said, "Mom, I want to live in a white house." I said, "Well, this house is white, so maybe we'll get to live in it." I got that foreshadowing feeling, but thought it was just my excitement at the potential of a home.

We checked it out and made a low offer on it. They came back and lowered their asking price only $1,000! We decided to forget it, but the next day our realtor called and said the seller was working with a relocation company that would foot some of the loss on the home, so we offered a little bit higher than our initial offer and they accepted.

The best features?

• It is 5 minutes from Dax's work. After a 45 minute commute this alone is bliss.
• It is 3 times bigger than anything we have ever lived in. It will be BARE for a long time.
• It has gorgeous wood flooring. Any tips? I've already done some research on how to care for them.
  
• It sits on one full acre. For some reason this picture of the back came out tiny. Oh, do I have plans for this beautiful spot of ground!
  

There are definitely things we want to change--with time as we actually have money to do it. For now we are grateful that the Lord has answered our very specific prayers down to the letter.

We are getting a house!!