My new house

So for the last few years we had gone back and forth about getting a new house.  And if we got a new house if we should sell our house in Kuna or rent it out. I was scared about having two house payments if we had to go a period of time with no renters or if they just didn't pay. Also terrified of someone else living in my house that I had lived in for several years, we were there 9 years. After trying to sell it a couple of times we decided that we would rent it, since we can ask for more than what the house payment is, Thankfully!! I know a few people that have larger house payments than they can get for rent, I didn't want to be in that same boat. 

Our Home!!

Over the last year or so we found a few houses that we really liked and made offers on them. But something always went wrong: wouldn't accept any of our offers, inspection issues, appraisal came in to low.. you get the idea. Well after this happening several times I was ready to give up and just stay in the house we had. I liked the area, Aubrey was at an awesome school (would love to get a teaching job there) neighbors were great, etc. 

Living room
our furniture doesn't look so huge and out of place now

Well after I decided I was done looking, I was tired of getting my hopes up and then it not happening, our awesome real-estate agent sent us yet another listing, it was a short sale - big red flag went up, ya it was a great price but what was wrong with it and how much money would we have to put into before we could live in it, I have seen and heard stories about how bad short sale, REO and foreclosed homes can be, I didn't want to have to deal with that. But I agreed to go look at it. And I fell in love with it after seeing it just once. It was my favorite house out of all the ones we looked at, even the ones we made previous offers on. And since it was a short sale the price was even better (little less stressed about 2 house payments, especially since I am not working yet). Even better... it was move in ready, we didn't need to do anything (other than put in a fence for the dog). 

Sitting room/reading room

My husband even surprised me with it. He made an offer on it and told me after it was accepted and he knew we would be closing on it that we bought it, thankfully,  cause if I don't think I could have handled another let down. And it even only took 2 months to close on, not the 6 months we were told it normally takes. every thing was working out great for this house, it is in a nice neighbor hood, really nice neighbors, and it is only 5 minutes from my husbands work instead of 20. Lets just say this house was meant to be ours. Every thing happens for a reason right? ABSOLUTELY!@!@!

Office

So we closed at the beginning of May, found a really nice family to rent out our house, talk about weird feeling handing over the keys to your house to people you don't know and leaving them in your house with out you. After 2 months of being in the new house it is finally coming together and feeling like home and that we aren't in the wrong place. (I will admit that when I was headed home there were several times I started to go to the Kuna house.. lol).

Even enough wall space in the office
to hang both of our diplomas

I love this house, and am thrilled to be here. Next project we are doing (besides the fence for the dog, poor thing has to be tied up right now when we put her out because I am terrified she will run away not thinking that this is her home now. she is a funny dog, she will only go potty at her house even when we are gone for a few days she will hold it till she gets home. she didn't go potty for about a week before she realized we weren't going back to the old house. So glad she got over that pretty fast Yes we actually would take her with us when we went back to the other house before the renters moved in so she could go potty cause I was worried she would get sick since she would go at the new house.) 

kitchen

Well anyway.. my next project is to decorate Aubrey's room and make it a fun little/big girl room instead of the baby room she still had at the other house, because I kept putting off re-painting it for her. She is very excited to get tohelp me decide what we are going to do in it and actually help do it since it is her room.  

Dining Room