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The BIG Update :)

I'm a very VOCAL person....I'm a very VISUAL person....I'm a very WEAR MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE type a' gal....I've not been allowed to be ANY of those things in the last month and it has driven me CRAZY!

Now the Lord....the Lord is I'm sure smiling down on me because through all this quietness and patience....I've really fallen into Him.  All things are for His will and His good :)

Everyone has been so amazing and thoughtful and an army of prayer WARRIORS!  We are SO extremely blessed by the amount of love and friendship behind us.  Totally humbling and absolutely amazing.  SO...I do want to throw a very LARGE thank you out there for that.   

Everyone has been asking and waiting for the story and the pictures and the details.  I've been DYING to tell...HA...but my sweet husband asked some things of me first.

Buying and selling a home has A LOT of details!  1st you make the offer...and you wait.  Then you have the counters and so forth....and you wait.  Then you get it...YAY....but....you still have to wait.  Inspections and contracts and contingencies....and you guessed it...more waiting.  THEN you decide to put your house on the market....you live in a "show house" for a while....you have strangers walking through your home all day....you get an offer....and you wait.  You have option periods and amendments, contract negotiations and you guessed it again...more waiting.

Michael asked me to wait on shouting my "WAHOO'S" until we had lined all our ducks up, all things were signed, all option periods were over and all contracts in place.  We made it...we did it!  WAAAAAHHHOOOO!!!!!!

So as I'm sure you guessed...our house in under contract.  WAHOO!!!  AMAZING stuff y'all....the hand of the God has been ALL OVER this.  We are SO blessed and so in awe of his love and protection over us.   We are buying a beautiful home in Wylie and have been blessed with really amazing sellers.  Not many people talk during the whole buying / selling process...but I've been lucky to do that.  We had a great conversation and been able to Facebook back and forth with questions.  It's been so great and at times...so comforting :) 

We have been extremely blessed in having such an AMAZING realtor.  JT Oden has put up with all my questions, my anxiety, my frustrations, etc.  He 100% knows his stuff!  He's been knowledgeable, he's been reliable, he's been honest and always helpful....and he's also someone our family calls a friend.  I'd refer him to anyone any day of the week!  AND...he'll be our realtor for life. 

I prayed at the beginning of this journey that the Lord lead this.  He had to...all the way around.  Everything had to go through Him...all decisions needed to be made with Him.  In return....we have been blessed beyond measure.  I'm in awe.....


So....I guess....I'll post some pictures :P

Once upon a time....Princess Raina asked her Daddy for a castle....


So her Daddy took her to see this castle.  She walked into a room with clouds for a ceiling and pink paint on the walls and declared...that was HER room...it was a room for a Princess living in a castle!
Raina's room :)
 She declared that her new house HAD to have stairs...beautiful ones that she could run up and down all day long....
Staircase :)
 She told her Daddy that castles had LOTS of windows and so....as luck would have it...this castle did!  Lots of beautiful windows :)
Formal dining
 She then told her Daddy that it had to have a BIG kitchen because Mommy liked to cook and Mommy liked to have family and friends over to cook for....and so we went into the kitchen....and Princess Raina was VERY pleased :)
(Mommy was TOO!)
 She then asked for a place to play...but she wanted to be able to see and hear everyone.  She went upstairs and found just that....the game room is an "open" game room allowing you to see over into formal sitting and family room....
PERFECT!
 
Looking over into Formal Sitting

Daddy standing in Family Room
Finally she asked her Daddy for a BIG backyard that would have enough space for her trampoline so she could continue to practice her tumbling....and he found just that!
Back of house :)

There are more pictures of course....y'all know me....but I thought this was a good intro :)  We are so excited.  We will be closing on both houses on the same day in March.  VERY exciting stuff!!  I get to start packing and planning.  BEYOND BLESSED :)

Thank you everyone who has been loving us through this....we have seriously felt every single prayer!



The end ;)

Comments

Kimberly said…
WOW! That is gorgeous!! Congratulations.
February 13, 2013 at 2:00 PM
JTOden Realty said…
So much fun, and the best clients a guy could hope for!
February 13, 2013 at 3:20 PM
Jenny Froehlich said…
Wow, that's awesome! Congrats! I like the way Raina thinks. :)
February 13, 2013 at 3:30 PM
Jessica said…
congratulations! cute write up!
February 16, 2013 at 4:29 PM
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