It's Ours!!!

We have a new house! The bank accepted our offer and the inspection has been done. There were a couple of major things found during the inspection, but they are having those fixed. The current 'schedule' is that we close on our current house October 29. The closing on the new house is not scheduled until November 20, but they are trying to get the loan underwritten quicker than that. Still not sure what we will do, or where we will be, for four weeks. Still have to figure that part out. There is some painting and minor repairs that we will have to do to the new house, but we are excited about the move. Cami already knows which room is her's. We went over to the house on Sunday and told her to go to her room. She ran up the stairs, directly into the room that will be her's and laid down on the floor. Smart girl!!

Our New House?

Well, we finally found a house that we both liked and have put an offer on it. It is a foreclosure, so the bank currently owns it, but they have accepted our offer. We had an inspection done the end of last week, and there were a couple of major things that we have asked to be fixed/corrected. Depending on what the bank says about fixing them will depend on whether we stay with our offer or withdraw it.

A couple of you have asked for some pictures, so here is a sampling. In order, the pictures are the front of the house, looking at the kitchen from the breakfast area (the lady in the picture is our realtor, Julie), the pool in the backyard and the back patio. It is a fairly large house having four bedrooms and three and a half baths. It has a living room, dining room, family room, game room, kitchen and utility/mud room. It should be more than enough space for us. Of course, that means more space to clean also. Hopefully the bank will have an answer for us tomorrow.

Our House

For those of you who haven't been following on Facebook, or we haven't talked to in a few weeks, we finally got the house ready to sell. We have been busting out at the seams and need to get something a little bigger as we figure Cami and Sara will be with us for another three to five years. At least until Sara is able to graduate from college.

The For Sale sign went up on the evening of Wednesday, September 2. That Friday night we received a call from our realtor that we had an offer on the house. Earlier this week, we did sign the contract to accept the offer. If everything goes okay, we should be closing before the end of October. Below are some pictures of how are house looks right now.

So . . . that means that we have to really start looking for another house. We had found one that we really liked (even though it was really big), but it was a foreclosure and we were not able to make an offer since we don't yet have the down payment (we'll have it when our sale is final). Just this last Thursday, we spent half a day house hunting and we may have found one that we can agree on. Here are a couple of pictures of that house.

What A Busy Weekend!

Oh my goodness, what a busy weekend we had! John and I left home very early Friday morning to head to New Orleans. His oldest brother's son, Michael, was getting married that night. We did not know that we were going to be able to even go to the wedding until one week before, so that week was spent getting what we needed. That included a tuxedo (yes that's right!) for John and an evening dress for me. As you can see from the pictures below, we both looked pretty spiffy even after a fun evening of dancing.

This is a picture of John's cousins from England that had come in for the wedding and a holiday. Theresa is Mom Whitehead's niece. You know John and his Dad in the back row. John's youngest brother, David, is in the yellow (LSU) shirt. In the middle row beside me are Hugh and Theresa. The front row is Olivia and Ursala, Hugh and Theresa's daughters and Mom Whitehead. This was the first time that John had met his cousins, so it was extra special.

Besides the wedding, it was Cami's second birthday. John and I got home about 7pm Sunday night, so we had to have cake and ice cream for the birthday girl. We will be having the party next Sunday at the house. We plan to grill some burgers, hot dogs and brats and let the kids swim in the pool that John bought for Cami. It is ten feet by 30 inches deep. Just right to cool off in!

The first picture is of Cami applauding our rendition of Happy Birthday and the second is her enjoying her cake and ice cream.

I just had to include this video of the Munchkin on a sugar high. Luckily she crashed pretty quickly and was in bed about an hour after eating. Caution - the video could make you dizzy! :)

Where Does Time Go?

Wow! I can't believe it has been over a month since I've posted a blog. There has been so much going on and just not enough time to get it all done. May was a pretty uneventful month. Just keeping busy with work, soccer and keeping up with Cami. She is starting to get into the 'terrible twos'. I'm not so sure that I would call them terrible, but rather 'learning'. She is starting to learn just how far she can push the boundries, and what she can or cannot do on her own. Her vocabulary continues to grow by leaps and bounds and, of course, she repeats everything (and I mean everything) she hears.

June started out with the Alaskan cruise for Mom and Dad's 50th wedding anniversary. Unfortunately, John was unable to go on the cruise because of work. We had a wonderful time and the weather was perfect (70's and sunny). Alaska is beautiful country and full of history. I have posted some pictures on my Facebook site. Not a week after getting back from the cruise, I headed to Las Vegas for a work conference. I took a 'little' detour through Denver to spend the night with Priscilla, Craig, Melissa and Kajsa. I am so glad that I did as it had been too long since I have seen them. We had an enjoyable time just visiting and catching up. Then off to Vegas for the conference. Rich and Leslie were able to join me for the welcome reception on Sunday night and the larger event on Tuesday night. We had a great time and it was good to see the two of them again.

The rest of June (and what is left of it) was spent on the usual work, soccer and keeping up with Cami. John and I are also looking at houses. It is becoming very apparent that our three bedroom is not large enough for five humans and four animals. We have seen a couple that we really like, but nothing that 'screams' at us. In the meantime, we are starting to do some purging and clearing out of all the things that accumulate over 20 plus years. I do believe that John will have the hardest time purging as he tends to be a pack rat. :)

Jason is still working as a leasing agent for an apartment complex, hanging out with his friends and playing softball. No steady girlfriend yet that we know of. Sara is still working part time for a dry cleaners in town, taking care of Cami and taking a couple of summer classes. She did pass all four of her spring classes and is taking one class right now and then one more when the current class is over.

Well, that's the quick update. Keep posting!!!