Current Events

The past few weeks have been filled with all types of emotions. To start off, we sold our house!! It was very close to being on the market for 4 weeks. Although our realtor didn't get the pictures up until a week later, and who's going to look at a house without pictures?? Anyways we close on our house April 30th. Yea!! We are super excited that we sold it! That chapter is done! We have six weeks until we close. The lady that purchased our home has given us an option to lease until May 28th- something we might consider if we haven't found a house in the next few weeks.

We had our eyes set on a particular house we noticed back in November. It has such a great layout for our family and we were really bummed that it went into contract two days before ours did. TWO DAYS! SERIOUSLY?! We are both convinced that as much as we loved that house it just wasn't the one for us. To watch it for three months and it go into contract right before ours..... it just wasn't meant to be. We were all disappointed but accepted the reality.

Spencer has been back and forth with a few mortgage companies about getting a loan. The laws change so frequently that it's hard to keep up with and gets really confusing. Anyways it's been a huge issue to get them to include Spencer's second job. Two companies have told him that he has to be employed for a year but Spencer's found several documentations that state as long as it's proven as secure income it can be included as income. So frustrating! He has provided documentation supporting the security of his income including a supervisors letter. So, it's just a matter of finding a lender that is willing to work with us and see that his second job will continue. By the way October will be a year.

We've driven through the neighborhood several times and have seen a bunch of houses with the layout we really like. We are positive that things will work out the way that it best for our little family. With Spring Break ending we are sure that people have been working hard on getting their houses ready to put on the market making it the perfect position for us to be in; looking for a great house for a family of six. This is the time when people put their houses on the market and I'm so glad that we don't have to wait for our house to sell. It's such a huge weight off to have it already sold. Now it's the waiting game.....

On another note, since we sold our home, I was released as the YW President last week. It was a very bittersweet moment. The weeks leading up to selling our house; the weeks of packing and keeping it spotless for showings was really stressful for me. Having four young busy kids, a husband who works an average of 75 hour each week and YW twice a week was A LOT for me but I was able to do it for almost two years. It would have been welcome with all the selling preparations but it didn't happen. Apparently I can tolerate a lot and I now appreciate having more time with my children that I have been released from my calling and have sold the house.