Our Miracle!

Nope this post isn't about a baby....well kind of....Our baby that we had built from the ground up that we got to personalize and make our own and fill with so many memories! Our first home in Twin Falls! We built it in 2009 and lived in it for 3 years before we moved to Utah. I had my first business in it. It was the home we brought Mollie home to. It was where we spent so many hours painting, tiling, doing the electrical work, planting grass, installing sprinklers, having friends over, working, playing and so many more memories. This was our home. It was perfect for us.

But all good things come to an end sometime. We have had it for a rental for 3 years and we knew we wanted to sell and gave our last renters the opportunity to buy it but weren't able to. We were so lucky to have 2 incredible families rent our home durring this time. The Richins (who were a miracle in themselves, finding us online from Oregon and signing the lease without even seeing it or meeting us!) and the Kelloggs whom we really grew to love and it was hard to see them go. We never had any big problems and they both took care of our house so well. We are so grateful to them both.

When the time came to sell, we spent a few weekends down in twin falls patching holes, painting, cleaning trying to get it ready. I was stressed about how we were going to sell it from Utah! The Kelloggs agreed to show it for us while they lived there and we told them we would have it listed on April 1st. That was a huge relief but came with its own set of worries for me since they are a busy family and its hard to show a house while you're living in it and have it look nice.

On March 26th i received a call from an old friend Natalie Searle, and she said her parents were interested in my house. They had already gone to look at it and wanted to buy it! The next day her dad called us with a cash offer. It was slightly lower than we were hoping for so we counter offered. He accepted and said he wanted to buy the house AS IS. We agreed and the next few days we busily filled out paper work and closed on our house on April 12th!  It was a whirlwind and its still hard to believe it is gone! We walked away with close to $15,000 and it has been such a stress relief to have it gone. I'm sad we won't make it to Twin Falls as often anymore since we don't have something pulling us there besides wonderful friends that we miss. I love that place and still would go back in a heartbeat. But for now I'm learning to love where I'm at and make the most of it. A home is where you make it. We feel SO blessed and know that the Lord played a hand in this.