This is our new house...new to us, but about 20 years old in IDAHO. Yup, we put in an offer on Saturday and they accepted the offer today. It was only on the market 1 day. Tom got a job offer in Idaho and starts June 1. We close on the house June 5. The crazy thing about it was we were NOT looking for a job. We were actually going to stay for another 5 years until Tom's job closed (closure site). Tom was taking a class to certify for his job and one of the people in his class was from this job. He is actually Tom's new boss. His new boss approached Tom at the end of the week long class and asked him if he liked Idaho. Tom told him that he almost moved there 2 years ago, but it just wasn't right timing. Tom told him that he loved Idaho and would love to get there someday. The boss told him that he should apply because there was a job opening for a supervisor. So, Monday rolled around and his boss kept hounding him via email and phone that they were going to open the job just for him so that he could apply. So, Tom applied and 3 weeks later we accepted and are moving to Idaho within a few weeks. That is fast for government standards! It was actually just this last Thursday he got the offer so on Friday we drove to Idaho and looked at houses. We looked at probably 30 houses in 2 days and fell in love with this home because it had so much more to offer than the other homes we saw. Going into it this whole process we didn't want a 2 story or an older house. Well, as you can tell, we changed our minds. :) We have almost a 1/2 acre and in a culdesac. It is 5 minutes to Tom's vanpool and 2 minutes to any and all shopping. We are very sad to leave Utah because it really has been good to us. We have made some amazing friends that we hope will always feel welcome in our home if you ever want to visit Idaho know that you are welcome. It's funny, but 2 years ago we wanted so badly to move there, but the timing was just bad. It just didn't feel right. This time, everything is falling into place without much effort on our part. We KNOW the Lord has His hands in wanting us to go because it has really been a smooth process, we really haven't hesitated at all and we feel at peace. Sorry for the picture overload...as you can tell we are proud parents.
upstairs bedroom...they used it as an office.
master shower
formal living room...I've always wanted one of these.
Breakfast nook. love, love, love the light! It even has skylights!
kitchen. There are more cabinets to the left of the picture with a convection oven and convection microwave.
formal dining room
upstairs bathroom for our girls
basement bedroom
covered deck
view from top of stairs
master bath. It even has his and hers walk in closets!
living room leading into dining room
part of kitchen area
We have a sport court basketball court! The girls are going to LOVE driving their bikes on this!
basement bathroom
part of the back view
side view
main floor bathroom.
living room
family room right off of the kitchen and 2 doors leading to the deck
basement
putting green...OR new place for my garden planter boxes...:)
master tub
laundry room
kitchen
entry
bedroom
part of basement
part of backyard. The door on the far left is an exercise room. The owner made an extra long garage bay and then put a wall at the end, put a door on the inside and outside, insulated it, put a heater, and I can fit all of my workout stuff in there! I am thrilled!!!
This is the cake I made Ben for his graduation. He loves to mountain bike...
In this picture we are all rubbing each others backs. Mom's shoulder was hurting so I told her I would rub it out. As soon as Brooklyn saw me do it she climbed up on Grandma's lap and told her, "necklace". When she says that it means she wants her back rubbed.
