I wanted to share (and chronicle for our family's future which is an added benefit to blogging) that we received a wonderful gift from God this Christmas.  The Sunday before Christmas, we found out from our realtor that several houses in our new subdivision have had problems with their loans going through and were back on the market.  BW used his excellent detective work(looking online) and found that one of the houses had been marked down to the same price as the one we were building but had an additional bedroom.  Our realtor called yesterday and found out that it is on a culdesac.  We went and looked at it Monday morning, and decided that it would definitely work for our family and in the long run be a better investment to have the additional square footage and to be on the quiet culdesac instead of the busy corner at the entrance to the subdivision.  Also, the builder chose not to charge us the deposit on the other house, but let us just move our deposit over to the larger house!

 

Additionally, the house is almost done, and we will close escrow sometime at the end of January.  This will give us about a month before our lease is up in our rental to paint, put in our window coverings, and make a few other changes.  We also have a fireplace, a jacuzzi tub and vaulted ceilings(things not in the other house), as well as a homeschool room off the living room(or space for family to stay when they visit)!  

 

I have to admit it was a little bittersweet as we had already placed a piece of our hearts at the other house and there are some things we wouldn't have picked(white tile with white grout in the kitchen), some things that we had picked in the other house but isn't in this house(upgraded appliances, prettier cabinets), but God has been good to show us in the past 3 moves that we can make do with just about anything.  We are just amazed as 3 years ago we really thought that we would never own a house again and now we will have 4 bedrooms on a culdesac with a lower mortgage payment than we had in Elk Grove.  Truly something awesome that only God could have orchestrated.

 

Blessings to all!

-J