The Red House

We are in the process of buying a house.  Our first house that we will own.

We're calling it the red house.  It reminds me of a cottage.

We love it.

It's more space than we were expecting or even wanted, but it is in the exact neighborhood that we love, 3 miles from his work, running trails directly behind the house, .5 mile walking to a huge park, .6 miles from a grocery store, and a decent backyard that is fenced in.  Another thing I love about it-it is move-in ready with no major necessary changes, but definitely a few cosmetic things we can/want to do to make it our own.  I think we'll have fun making changes like painting walls, painting the kitchen cabinets, planting grass in the backyard (it's all gravel/dirt).  

They accepted our offer and we dove right into it.  We had the inspection last Thursday, working up on the contract with our realtor, had the roof double-checked, and will have an appraisal.  We are supposed to close on February 28th, so it's perfect timing since our temporary housing ends at the end of the month.

Can't wait to start posting fun house projects that we tackle.  BUT Bryce and I decided to not go crazy with projects, so we'll have to enforce some kind of every-other-weekend rule or limit the projects each month so we can explore the area, go hiking, have quality family time, meet people, and relax.