New Beginnings

Yesterday was a big day! Shawn and I sold our existing home and bought another home! I gave some details about our move in this blog post and today those loose ends were tied up. This home buying process has definitely been a journey and I am thankful to have turned a corner with it all, BUT looking back I can definitely see God's hands at work.

There are so many scenarios that could have gone the other way and would have completely changed the outcome. For example, the appraisal on our home came back super low initially and the appraiser wasn't budging at all, it was a mess. The buyer could have completely backed out, but they stayed right in there and ended up paying for another appraisal through a different lender and it all came back fine. The house we are buying needs some work putting it lightly. There currently is not one piece of flooring in it, and we are fine with that; however, I did not know that usually in order for the lender to approve the loan, there has to be flooring. It was not an issue for us. Our mortgage lender and realtor were worried about it appraising for the contract price, but it ended up coming in higher than expected, which was the best case scenario. I could go on and on, but reflecting back on the process I can totally see God's hand in it all. And while we will miss our neighbors dearly, we feel like this is where God wants us and we are excited about the future.

My mom came into town to watch the kids for us during both of our closings, which was a huge blessing! Thank you, Mom! After our last closing we ended up going over to Nebraska Furniture Mart, which is a HUGE store with anything for a home that you can imagine. We mainly went to look at raw materials, such as carpet and title, but it was fun to look around at what all they had on display.

Right when we walked in there was a large Magnolia Home set-up {from the show Fixer Upper on HGTV}. And of course we both were wearing our t-shirts from Waco, so we had to get a pic! We had on these shirts in dedication to our Fixer Upper that we just purchased. Here are a few of the items we will be tackling: completely remodeling the kitchen which includes taking down some walls, updating the master bath that currently doesn't have running water in the tub, scraping the popcorn ceilings in the main living areas, and installing flooring. Many other items will be addressed, but that is the bulk of the work. Shawn and I are both excited about getting in there and figuring it out together. I hope to blog some of the updates along the way.

Here is a light I found that would be fun over the kitchen sink!

For the month of February I documented each day with 1 second clips {and a few pictures} and here is our video for the month. I really enjoyed doing it this past month and hope to keep it up.