A little over two weeks ago we bought a house! Yay! Tyler and I both thought the process of finding and purchasing a home would take forever and we therefore planned on living with my parents for a few months...or more. But, the first weekend we were in Boise we went house hunting and we fell in love with the first house we saw (one that we had also been eyeing online before we even got to Boise). Every other house we looked at we compared to that one. After another day or so of looking and praying, we decided to buy the first house we looked at.
Once again, we thought it would take a while to close on the house, but we closed on the house in less than a month. We also thought the process would be more painful and time consuming for us, but it was relatively pain free and I felt like we did very little. Maybe Tyler and I just had a warped sense of what buying a house would entail because we had never done it before, but it all worked out for the best. Everything just fell into place for us and we were very blessed.
Let's just say moving into a home that is 4 times as big as the apartment we were previously living in took a very short amount of time and the house still looks very bare in some areas. But, we knew that when we moved in. We have been able to find some second hand furniture (like couches and other things) on Craigslist, we have been able to DIY a few other things and we have been going to garage sales like hoarders. Craigslist also has a great free section, I've been taking full advantage of that section. :)
I'll have to post pictures at some point--I was going to do it today, but it's rainy and cold, so I can't send her outside to play. Everywhere she goes on a rainy day looks like a tornado has been through.
Oh yeah, we also got the garlic smell out! Hooray! The day we got the keys, we spent most of the day cleaning walls, baseboards and rented a carpet scrubber and cleaned all the carpets. The house now smells good, but the garage doesn't smell so great (but it's not horrible). The previous owners were a Korean couple, so I have an inkling that they made kimchi in the garage.
As a side note from the house, we have very exciting news (no Mom, it's not a baby)! Tyler FINALLY has a date to defend his thesis--after months of waiting! He will be defending on Friday, October 27 at BYU. If you want to come and watch, let one of us know and we will get you the information. Also, if you can't get a hold of us, we did get new phone numbers. So, if the area code isn't 208, then you have the wrong number, so email one of us for the right number. I'm pretty sure almost all of our contacts were transferred over, but just in case we missed anybody.
Well, we are all well and enjoying life! I will post pictures soon. Love you all!
