Never buy a house in December!

December was a very eventful month. We have been seriously looking for a new house to purchase since June. It just so happens that we find one in October not realizing that it would not close until the middle of December, the 16th to be exact. Yes we are CRAZY (literally at this point) and we have been trying to close on a Bank owned home, pack, find renters for our old home, paint, put wood flooring in, new carpet, and try to enjoy the holidays with our kids. We made it through and are now just waiting for carpet, which comes tomorrow and we will move in on Thursday! YEAH! Thank you to all of our wonderful friends who have helped us take off wall paper (my cute young women and wonderful leaders), paint, fix things, pack, and watch my kids! We could not be this far along without you. I truly realized how many people love and care about my family. It was very humbling to me and made me grateful to live here in Las Vegas among so many wonderful people! I have had many breakdowns throughout this process and every time there was someone there to lift me up, give me words of encouragement or come to help get done what was weighing on my mind. I am truly blessed! This past week Scott's Dad was here to help him put in our beautiful wood floor. They worked until midnight most nights and did a fantastic job. Thank you Scott, you were truly a life savor. I am afraid we worked him to death! Well, I know our family has been dying for some pictures of our new house so here they are....

This is the front of the house. It was a wet and rainy evening when I took these so they are not the greatest pictures. But the house has a huge front yard and sit back from the street. There is a cute courtyard in the front as well.


The backyard has a good size pool and hot tub. We cannot wait for summer! The one side with all the trees and grass my kids call the jungle and the other side has coy ponds and a stream with walkways. I am going to put a garden in and Scott eventually wants to put a pad for a basketball hoop. The kids (especially Scotty) have already spent hours out their finding dead lizards, fish skeletons, sticks and climbing the trees. The yard was definitely the selling point for this home.




Here is the kitchen with the ugly wallpaper that had to come off. I will post after pictures on another post so you can see how different it looks.


This is the family room off the kitchen. This room will have major changes. I wish I had the after pictures taken already. You will just have to wait.


The front entry way. Unfortunately the beautiful chandelier (lol) has to stay until we find something we love and have the money to buy it. So let us know if you find something fabulous to replace it! It is a shame it is so ugly because it really puts off some great light! Notice the wallpaper.

The Dining room. This is what you see right as you walk in. I love the columns and arches. But the light, seriously who would put such a puny light in such a grand room? More wallpaper!


The front room. I love love love this big window. It reminds me of the big window I had in the front room of the house I grew up in. It has a beautiful view of our backyard. But those curtains oooh how hideous!! More wall paper.


I forgot to take pictures of the rest of the house. There are four bedrooms, one of the kids rooms is as big as the master which is good size, three bathrooms and a decent laundry room with lots of cabinets and a sink! We feel very blessed to be able to buy such a beautiful home right now in this uncertain time.

My kids have been such good sports through this whole process. They have been out of school almost the whole time and did not complain that we did not go do anything exciting while they were on break. I love my adorable rug rats!