SOLD!!

Last year we bought a lot in a different neighborhood with hopes and dreams to build someday...maybe 2 to 3 years.  We were trying to be realistic that it might never happen and the lot would be an investment and we would just sell it when the time was right.  Plans changed, market changed, and we started thinking maybe this dream would happen sooner rather than later.  In March we decided we were going to try to sell the house so we finished up projects and got the house ready and listed it the beginning of April.  Within 5 days we had 2 offers and we were under contract.  We feel so blessed and at peace that this was the right decision for our family.  I'm not going to lie.  Selling a house is an emotional roller coaster so I'm grateful it was a short ride.  We will be homeless for 2 weeks as we transition to the home that we are going to rent.  Less than ideal but it will be worth it to stay in the same area as we build.  It will be the first time in our 13 years of marriage that we don't own a house.  I'm looking forward to not being a homeowner for a few months.  ;)  We are hoping to break ground the middle to end of July and know that this will be a long process as Andy will build as much as he can with his brother Chris.  Andy's thinking we'll be finished by Christmas.  I'm thinking sometime the beginning of 2014.  I'm not in a huge hurry.  We have a great place to rent and we are just going to enjoy the process instead of anxiously counting the days until we're done.  It will be a fun ride.  I'm so excited!!

We have loved the memories we have made here.  This is the house we brought Lily home from the hospital to.  Ella and Lily learned to walk and became friends with the not so child friendly slate floors.  (Lots of bruises, a cracked head, and a seizure from falling on those floors.)  Braden, Taylor, and Ella learned to ride a 2 wheeler on our driveway and started elementary school.  Lots and lots of memories from this place.  It's the longest place we've ever lived which when we move will be 5 years and 4 months.  It's the only place my kids remember living.  Braden doesn't remember South Carolina or Boise.  Taylor has a few memories of Boise which is amazing since we moved when she was 2.  Really this is the only place my kids have called home.  I'm journaling pictures so the kids will remember this house years from now when it will be a distant memory.  Sad to think that's what this house will become; a distant memory.  But I'm excited to for what's in store and all the memories we'll make in our new house which my kids will always call home.