A House!!!!!!!!!!

We purchased our first "real" house last Friday. We got a good deal because it was a short sale. But short sale actually means really long sale. Just getting it was the biggest hassle, the real estate agents, getting the renters out ect... We closed a few hours before our deadline and had to pull teeth to get the renters and all of there stuff out before then. We even had to take 4 truck loads of just junk to the dump that the previous people living there had left. It is a beautiful house and has great potential. The house is only 3 years old but it was disgustingly dirty and just neglected. We have been working so hard for the last couple of days. Sometimes I think "what was I thinking getting myself into this?" and other times I am so excited. We are so thankful for my family and Jakes family for already helping us out so much we really couldn't do this without them. I am so excited to have a back yard for Noah. Our condo is just about to suffocate us and this house is more than twice as big with a garage! I will have so much space I won't know what to do with! The neighbors seem great we had eight different people come over and introduce themselves and offer to help us. And there are 4 boys under three that live within 150 feet of us! Hopefully we can get everything done and moved in the next month because we have someone moving into our condo then. We sure have our work cut out for us!

this picture does not give justice to how dirty the carpet was before we riped it out. It's only 3 years old!!

This is what the backyard looked like when we bought the house.

This is what the backyard looked like at the end of the second day. Jake worked so hard. Thanks so much to my dad, Brandon and Brock for helping!