SOLD

3934 Avery Dr NW

7 weeks on the market with a realtor. Showing last Friday at 10am. Offer by 11am. Sold to the couple from Kentwood. That's our big news for this week. While I was gone to TX and Luke was across the world, we received an offer on our house, negotiated over the weekend and had it sold in a few days. The buyers closed on their house this week, appraisal was done and cleared, inspections are today and next comes the closing date. The stickler....we have 20 days to be out once we close. Hmmmm...nothing like piling it on.

The sale of our home of 6 years brings many mixed emotions. I'm trying to grieve now so it won't be so hard when I leave, but am often finding myself in tears over daily activities such as vacuuming the floors or watering the flowers, knowing it will be one of the last times. Yes, I'll truly be sad to leave this house. This was our first house. We were newly weds, had just acquired new jobs and built it together. We put many hours of hard work into it. This is the house that we brought two of our babies home to. I'll never forgot the countless hours I spent in that nursery feeding them, rocking them to sleep and staring at the walls. Or the days spent in the kitchen making dinners looking out the window at the 100 kids playing in our front yard. Or the Great Room where we spent many Christmas' as a family and always put the tree in front of the big windows (even though luke would try to convince me to mix it up each year)It's also where our two kids learned to roll over, crawl and walk. Or our Master suite that suited us perfectly (remember, we were all about ourselves when built it)The family room downstairs also brings about special times-toys everywhere, kids running around and good movies. Many birthday parties, neighborhood gatherings, and fun times will be etched in my memory. And really it's just that. Although I know in my heart that your house doesn't make your "home", I'll be forever grateful to have lived here, met the wonderful neighbors we had, and experience all the things I did. And while I know we're moving on to greater things, a part of me will stay here.

Back of House

Kitchen/Dining

View from Kitchen

View from Great Room

Great Room

Master Bedroom

Master Bath

Family Room-Lower Level

The Deck

So where are we going to go? Since we haven't started on the new house yet, we will be renting for about 6 months. I think we settled on a new house in Grandville. Even though it's probably the most inconvenient location seeing as Kai is enrolled in Farm school in Ada, it makes the most sense in all other areas. Our builder just finished it, so it's brand new- it's a 2 story 4 bed, 2 1/2 bath and very functional. All bedrooms are upstairs (a plus with a new baby on the way in Dec!) and we can move in and out whenever we want. No lease agreements, etc. We will be giving up some living space (we currently have 2700 sq feet and the rental is 2000 sq ft), but it has an unfinished basement and 3rd stall, so I think we'll squeeze all our stuff(-: It will just make our new house even more glorious(-: We'll hopefully be able to finish our design this month so we can break ground early Sept on the new one. Please pray for us as we embark on this new phase of life and juggle the many lifechanging events we'll have over the next few months.