Look what we got

Aahhhhh, I've never been more excited about grass.

The kids were pretty excited too. :)

House Hunting in Washington

Trev and I were SO excited to go house hunting in Washington.

We were especially excited to go on the trip without any kiddos. We had grand visions of sitting in the hot tub at the hotel for hours and sleeping in late every morning.

Reality was a little different.

I was up every morning at 5Am (there is a 3 hour time difference from KY to WA) pacing the floor and flipping through all the houses we looked at the day before trying to decide how long I should let Trevor sleep before I woke him with all my thoughts and questions and then drove around and looked at some more neighborhoods before we met with our agent at 9AM.

We had a great realtor who walked us through 40 homes total. She was patient with us as we kept shaking our heads after each home and tried to explain it was a "feeling" we were looking for more than anything else.



After she dropped us off at the office after a long day of looking at homes we climbed into our car and drove back out to look more at neighborhoods/ houses or search for FSBO signs. We went to bed every night mentally and physically EXHAUSTED.



Well, to make a long story a little shorter I FOUND OUR HOUSE... but Trevor thought they were asking too much so we didn't get it. Then Trevor FOUND OUR HOUSE... but I didn't feel good about the neighborhood so we didn't get it.

It was time to head home and we were at a loss at what to do (and feeling kinda sad and maybe a little irritated that neither of us got to buy our "dream homes") so we decided to look at a few of the houses one more time before we flew out.
We walked through the very first house we looked at and ... well anyway... WE FOUND OUR HOUSE. (if only we would have known in the end it would be the 1st house we saw... we could have spent a lot more time in the hot tub!)


It was the ONLY house that Trevor AND I "felt" peace about. I never would have guessed that this would be the house for us. It just doesn't look like us but I am so excited about it and I'm dreaming up all kinds of ideas to make it fit our style a little more.

More than anything I am excited because I feel peace about it and I know that that peace means this house will be a good place for our family and I can't ask for anything more than that!

The city itself is great. Everyone we talked to was friendly, it is very safe (no more gang fights in the ER for Trev), and it really feels like a good place to raise a family.

Oh, and when we went to the grocery store we saw 3 other families with 4+ kids!!! And no one (except me) was staring at them!!! I couldn't believe it... we will blend right in. ;)




Here are the only pictures I could find of the house since we forgot our still camera (duh Kathryn) and they already removed the listing so I can't link to that.


Here is the front of the house. It is on a quiet street on a hill with some other new homes. They will landscape the front yard for us and install the sprinkling system (btw did you know we don't have sprinkling systems in KY? No need with all the humidity and rain). It has kind of a modern look to the outside which is why I say it doesn't "look" like us but I'm thinking of some things we can do to make it ours.

Here is the back. We LOVE the daylight basement with the huge windows and the great view of the city. It has a great big flat backyard which we get to landscape ourselves. Campbell and Davis are going to LOVE all that dirt to play in and I think I will be begging for sod ASAP.
Currently there is no one living behind us which makes the view even better and there is a walking/ bike trail at the bottom of the hill that we can get to from the backyard.

This is a picture of the family room and kitchenette in the basement.

This is the family room upstairs. They have done a lot more to it since this picture was taken like molding, carpet, fireplace mantel etc. but it gives you an idea anyway.

So there you go... our house in Washington. I'll take lots of pictures when we get there and post them so you can see what it looks like finished. I can't wait to get my hands on it!!!

Oh, and we have plenty of room for visitors so PLEASE come and visit us... pretty, pretty, please.

PS we close on our house in KY tomorrow... such mixed emotions

Our Kentucky Home

We love our new home and I just wanted to add the story of how we found this house to our blog. It is a reminder to me of the love of a Father in Heaven.

(I wrote this in April right after we found the house.)
We looked at 50 homes! We just prayed and prayed that the Lord would guide us to the right home, schools, neighborhood etc. Trevor and I disagreed for the first 3 days and I wondered if we would ever be able to pick a home. We walked into the very last house (number 50!!!) that we were scheduled to see and we immediately felt the spirit SO STRONG and knew that even though it didn't fit some of our criteria it was "the one". I can't explain how it felt except that there was no question that our prayers were being answered. We felt peace and even though we didn't know anything about the neighborhood, schools, ward etc. we knew that it is where we are supposed to be. Yesterday I recieved and email from a girl who lives in Louisville and has been helping us. I emailed her and told her the address of the home we are buying and this is the email I got back from her.
Kathryn--I am SO excited for you. And doubly excited because, yes, you will be in our ward!!! And, there is a internal med resident and his wife and three kids who live right around the corner from you, another member who lives right in the same court, and one who lives behind your backyard--or maybe to the side of it--I'll have to see which house you bought. And, Amy, the girl who came by that night lives right next to the internal med resident family. So, I guess what I am trying to say, is that you will be surrounded by friends. And, your daughter will be going to the same elementary school as mine--Kenwood Station. I can't wait to see you out here, and let me know if i can help you with anything else.Love, Holly
I couldn't help but get emotional when I read this. I know that the Lord loves me and led us to this home. He knows I'm scared to leave my family and friends (my support system) and so he is taking care of me. I am so grateful!!!!!