We bought our second home this afternoon, at 2pm. The new house was picked out with so much thought and love. We looked for months to find a neighborhood that would work for our family. I miss living in Aline so much now that the kids are here and getting older right before my very eyes. I worry about how it will be to raise them in such a large city when what I know is running down country roads, cutting through the neighbors' yards to get to my friends' houses, swimming in the creek and collecting tadpoles. We almost started to build two other houses during this process, but at the last minute didn't proceed with the contract.
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| Our New Lot, Spetember 2012 |
Finally, I came across the neighborhood that we chose. It is a nice small gated subdivsion in a very large master-planned community. I like that there are only ~90 homes in the section we live in. The yards are larger, most have a 70' wide front yard, ours has almost 80 feet. The streets are wide and the cars are few and farther between than our old neighborhood. The kids play out front, and the neighbors wave when they drive by. We have already met several of the neighbors, and we haven't moved in yet. The community has a lot of wooded areas and shrubs/plants to maintain some sort of privacy. Our neighborhood is right across from the middle school, which is in front of the elementary school where the kids will someday go.
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| May 2013 |
Our house has enough space so that we have a guest room and a playroom for the kids. I didn't envision quite this much space, but it is really great to have. The guestroom has a seperate bathroom with a shower. It will be nice for our guests to have a bathroom to use that isn't decorated with the kids toys, towels and step stools. We were able to get higher ceilings that what we had, Paul's 3rd car garage, my dining room that connected into the kitchen, and a flatter backyard. Pretty much everything we were looking for! I am know that life throws you curve balls, but I am really hoping this is my "forever" home!
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| Katie's New Room |
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| Nathan's Room |
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| Guest Room |
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| Kitchen |
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| Playroom |
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