A week ago today Chad and I bought our, well my, dream home. For anyone who doesn't know the story, it's a pretty neat one...
In October, 2010 my parents bought a house after 28 years of marriage while renting. The house is in quaint Mentone with 18 acres surrounding the house. It was built in the 1800's, and they loved the old style of the house. It was their dream, and God blessed them in an unreal way.
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| The house this spring |
The next door house looked very cute and perfect with only a small field in between. I pointed out their kitchen window and said, "I would love to live there someday."
Fast forward to January 1, 2012!
The trustees of the estate show up in my parent's yard and tell us that they will be selling the house soon and asked if we would like to tour it. As Chad and I were supposed to be walking out the door to a family Christmas, we run next door and walk through the house. My parents, oldest brother, Chad, and I all thought it was PERFECT! By February we had made an offer, and they had accepted it. From February until May we worked back and forth between the bank, the insurance company, and the sellers. Then finally last weekend we closed on Friday and had the keys after the estate auction on Saturday. Every step I took through the house I fell more in love with it. I have imagined raising my future children time and time again in our new home.
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| Our homestead |
In two weeks Chad and I will move away from West Lafayette for good and into our amazing house with our amazing next door neighbors. I believe God has some big plans for our family being next door to my parents. We can't wait for the exciting times to come. We are so blessed, and we thank God every day for what we have.
How special your Blog is. That is just how I felt when I sat in my bedroom at my parents and looked over the field at the house we have now lived in for 55 years. I thought the same as you, how wonderful it would be to raise children across the field from my parents,,,,and it was.
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