Answer to prayers

Four years ago Dave got a job in Washington and we were sure we had an answer to many prayers.  We put our house on the market and took a leap of faith and moved in to a little apartment while we waited for our home to sell.

A long 2 years later our home finally sold. There were times that we were pretty sure our prayers had been lost and that we had been forgotten.  Now as we look back over the last 4 years we can see how many prayers were answered in so many ways and by so many people.

We have been thinking for a while that we need more space.  We need a bigger house with more family areas and we would really like more land.  We have looked a little here and there, but decided to wait to look to hard until our house had been on the market for a while so we didn't get our hopes up while we waited for it to sell.

Dave put For Sale by Owner signs in the yard on Saturday night, and I posted stuff on the internet on Monday.  Wednesday morning we got a call that someone wanted to see our house.  We showed it that night, and Thursday morning we got a call that they were offering full price and wanted to close in 30 days!!!!!

So, Friday I spent the whole day with a realtor looking at about 14 homes.  That night I was exhausted and discouraged.  Saturday Dave and I went out in the morning with the realtor, then Dave went for early afternoon while I went to basketball games.  That night he was also exhausted and discouraged. We thought that there would be lots of options in our price range, and instead we found lots of yards we liked, and a few homes we liked, but no yards with homes we liked.  We had started to think we were going to have to settle and buy something that would suffice for a few years, then try again.

Sunday night Dave was surfing the internet for homes again, and came across one that had just been dropped $20,000 that day.  We emailed the realtor and Monday went out to look at it.

I had a top 3 things that were important to me - a living room, a large yard, and a family area big enough to entertain in.  Dave's top 3 were a 3 car garage, boat parking, and a garden tub.  This home had all 6 things...the first one we had looked at.  We spent an hour walking through the home.  It is brand new, full upgrades with granite slab counters, tile floors, covered patio, 1/2 acre, piano room, formal dining, upstairs family room, 4 bedroom, huge master bathroom with double sinks and garden tub, huge closets in every room.  The more we looked the more we loved.  This home had 2 offers in the last week that both fell through.  It feels so right for us.  We put an offer on this home that night, and it was accepted the next day.  We are hoping to close the last day of February, but the lender is saying that it is more likely to be the first of the first week in March.

It all feels so right.  It isn't what we expected, but we feel like it is perfect for us.  Thank the heavens unanswered prayers, slow answered prayers, and this time for quick answered prayers!

backyard view

ktichen

family room

upstairs family room

laundry room

kids bathroom

master closet

master bath