Finally a home for our family!

Well, pretty close to I guess is the better way of stating it! As you all know, the area we are in isn't overloaded with housing options. We have gone every direction possible in finding a home of our own! The rental that I had mentioned in some past blogs, did go to the niece. We had found a house and did a contingency offer on it, but we couldn't agree to a price. For a time we thought well if that house is still available when the Nooksack house sells, then we will try again. Over the weekend, my dad saw that there was a for sale by owner around the Velma area. Byron and I drove up there yesterday and talked with the guy and looked at the place. We loved it! The house is about 10 yrs. old. Its on 2 1/2 acres of land. It has a huge shop building that goes with it as well. Its owned by a couple in their late 40's and they have taken great care of it. The yard is wonderful with big trees everywhere. The house is 1650 sqft. It has 1 and 3/4 baths. It has an open floor plan. Its an unique house and its very efficient. It has the metal roof and the exterior is also metal! Its very nice! The owner is a perfectionist and the house is done very well. In the future, we will probably add on a little more and then rock or brick about 3 ft. up. Probably one of the best things about it, is my best friend from high school, Tracy Crook's parents live right across the street! We will have wonderful neighbors all around us. The people we are buying it from are building about 1/2 mile north of us.

The best part is we are in no rush of getting into it. They are perfectly fine for waiting on our house to sell. When it does then we can close before their house is done. They have a 5th wheel trailer they will stay in. We told them they could use the shop building for storing all of their things til the house was completed. Which they were thrilled to hear that! So it looks like things are going to work out. They will call us tomorrow with all the final details and we will then sign a contract!

We have had a lot of activity on our Nooksack house. Our realtor has some friends that looked last week. They are moving back to that area. The woman had an interview last week in Bellingham. She is going to take the job. So we should be hearing very soon on what their plans will be. The woman loved our house and the husband liked another one. I do feel like they will go with our house! We will see! So please pray for favor over that! So we can potentially have an offer this week and possibly be in our new home in a month. Just in time for Jackson's 1st birthday! Yippee! We are so excited! We are so thankful for our Heavenly Father and for His direction! He closed doors that needed to be closed and has opened doors that needed to be opened! We give Him all the praise and glory!