Went out to the house today to meet the inspector. According to him there is nothing major to be concerned about with the home. There are some things that need to be fixed or replaced but other than that, it looks good. Here are the pictures promised.
As you can see Tia and Hanny and Mindy. There will be some painting of cabinets to do. 
Get your paint brushes out girls!
Sorry about the long time between meaningful posts. Life has been crazy for us lately and is only about to get crazier. We were informed a little over a week ago that the house we are renting had an offer on it and that the person making the offer wanted to close on the 29th of June. Yikes! We had been actively looking for a home and found a few but everything was falling through. Now it was go time. We had to find something and find it soon. and it had to be right for our family. We knew that there was the possibility that the house would be sold but when it finally happened, well it was scary. We were just about to go to a family reunion when we found out so that compressed our time frame down even more.
Well that night, I got on my knees and in my discouragement I pleaded in prayer that we might be provided a direction to go. I had no idea. All our best efforts had been in vain and it was discouraging. So many factors we were looking for such as house size, yard size, a good school for Hailey (top priority!) and many more. In our efforts however there was a house that Shane took us to look at that was one of his former rental properties. Well, I liked the house well enough. It had a good sized yard, was very private, custom home so that it didn’t look like every other house on the street, quiet well kept neighborhood, etc. Juli however didn’t like it. To her it was not her dream home. The layout was wrong, the lawn not green and beautiful, and many other things. Well the thought came to me, “Take Juli and go see that house again.” We had been offered to rent the house as well as buy but the terms weren’t what we were looking for. We want to buy while the market is good for buyers and not lock ourselves into a lease agreement so I didn’t know exactly why we should go and see this house again.
So I said ok and went to bed.
The next morning I proposed to Juli that we go look at the house. I told her of my experience and right away I knew I was in for a fight. Keep in mind I only know what I was told to do. Nothing more. Well I got the third degree about how this was not the house, we didn’t want to lock into a lease, etc. I explained that we just needed to go look at the house again. After some cajoling, she finally agreed and we made arrangements with Shane to meet him at noon to walk through the house again.
At noon we pulled up to the house, and started looking around again. As we walked though each room and the front yard and the back yard and well all over, I had that peaceful feeling that it was where we needed to be. I was keeping my thoughts to myself though because I didn’t know how Juli was feeling. Comments I made were very non-committal and general. It wasn’t till the end however when were were alone and standing in the kitchen/dining room area that I could sense a change. I asked her how she felt about the house and she teared up. I told her not to because well….
We both knew that this is where we were supposed to be. We talked to Shane about it and agreed to a price. Because it is his home he has agreed to let us move in before the 29th and before we officially close on the home. With the reunion the following day and his family going on vacation for a week after that, we just didn’t have time to start the process. So, we are moving into the home on the 24th and will finalize the sale after that.
I will post some pictures of the home later today. We have a home inspector coming out this afternoon to make sure everything is ok.
In other news, we are doing really good! Everyone is healthy and happy. Noah starts Kindergarten at the end of summer and Hailey finished 2nd grade. She did really good socially but is lagging a little in academics. We have put her on a new medication that has really helped her with her mood and aggression. She no longer beats up her brother and sister all the time. Joslin is doing good as you could tell from the video. She is my little princess and that is a dangerous thing for me. I have a feeling she is going to be really expensive when she gets older.
I took this picture a few days ago. She is the only one still willing to pose for the camera!
Other than that, not much else going on. We are frantically scrambling to get packed up, making plans for things we want to change in the house, and trying to get ready for the upcoming school year for Noah and Hailey.