HOUSE UPDATE

Hello!!! So, I thought today I'd update on how our house is coming along. We are so excited about the house we have being built! We got to see it again for the first time since our offer got accepted when we went the first weekend in May.

We drove for the first time so we would know what the drive was like and how long it takes to get there. It wasn't a bad drive at all. It's a long drive, but not bad. We were happy with that. Our trip only consisted of house planning this go round. We spent ALL day Friday with the interior decorator at the Design Center for Weiland homes that we have been talking to on the phone and by e-mail. When I say all day....I mean 9:30 that morning till 5 that afternoon with an hour lunch break!!! Who knew it takes that long to pick out all the details for a house!! :)

We enjoyed the day and the time we spent with Becky. She was great, helpful, and laughed at Scott's jokes and craziness :) She was very patient with us and for that we were greatful. I had no idea what all we would be doing. It's amazing all the stuff you get to pick out when you are building a house!! It was pretty neat. We picked out kitchen cabinets, countertops for the kitchen and bathrooms, knobs for cabinet doors, style door handles for closet doors, room doors etc, tile, hardwood, grout for between the tiles, staircase railings, wall colors, appliances, and MANY, MANY, MANY lights and fans!!!! We had to choose how we wanted the tile laid, and any decoartion tiles we wanted too. It doesn't sound like a lot when writing it down, but it's very tidious and time consuming. We are excited to see what the finished outcome will be. It's cool to know that when the house is done, it will be exactly what we wanted and picked out and not have to settle for what someone else has already done with the house.

It was a long day, but we were happy with the choices we made once it was all done. After that, we got to go check out the house again and see its progress. The house is really coming along at a great pace!! The area we are building in is going up FAST!!! There are houses going up all around now. They have sold very fast! I'm glad we found ours when we did!! :)

We still need prayers, though! We are very excited, but we still need our house to sell in Birmingham. I'm definitely learning patience right now from God! I know in His timing things will work out, but it's very scary and worrisome to have a contract on a house when your house hasn't sold yet. God is teaching me to continually rely on him, have faith, and give these worries over to him. Just keep us in your prayers as we make our way through this. Pray for the right people to be found to buy this house, and pray for our faith and patience as we get closer to the time our house is ready. Our house in Birmingham has only been on the market for about 2 months, and our house in Charleston isn't supposed to be ready till September, so we are not in a "time crunch" yet, but it's hard not to think about. Thanks for the prayer support!

So, here are some updated pics of our house...

The outside has been painted, and they were painting the trim when we were there


The kitchen...it will have a bar style countertop.


Family room

Master bedroom

Back of house with screen in Porch area

We can't wait to have visitors, so start thinking of planning a trip to Charleston!! :) We would love to show our friends around the city we are loving more each time we go there!!