It's about to get serious around here

Over the past couple of weeks I've let you in on the brief saga that Kellie and I have undertaken to become home owners. The house in Yadkinville that we were bidding on eventually fell through and the best way to describe how we feel about that is relieved. This past Saturday, as Kellie was perusing the MLS listings, she came across a home in Lewisville, NC, that looked like it had some real potential. It was built last year but has never been sold, just coming back on the market last week after the builder tried unsuccessfully to sell it on his own. We called our Realtor and set up a meeting to look at it and we knew within the first 30 minutes that it was a house that would be perfect for our family.

As one who has never owned a home before (I have lived in a parsonage the past 8+ years) this whole experience is new for me, but we knew that we wanted to put in a bid that day. Turns out we were one of three bids that very day, which made us a little anxious since we know our limits and were pretty sure a bidding war was not in our future. As God would have it, the builder took our bid and he is even going to cover the closing costs for us.

So now, perhaps for the first time in my almost 40 years on this planet, I have be really responsible. It's scary but I am more than excited about it. Chandler and Reynolds want to share a room like they do now and this house has a "bonus room" over the garage, which is a fancy way of saying bedroom without a closet, which is no problem for those two. Deacon and Emme each get their own room and Kellie and I actually get a room with our own bathroom. The big seller for me was the full basement that can be finished over time. I'll post pictures when we get them and then y'all can come on over and help us break it in once we move.