My future house.

Ok, you've been asking, so here goes.  Our offer was countered, we countered and it was accepted.  We are excited but we also feel a little strange.  Are we really going to get what we've been dreaming of for 10 years?  Are we about to live the life that we've talked about late at night as we drift off to sleep?  Are we really doing this?   Remember this post?  It holds a special place in my heart.  And now, we are actually about to have a version of it.  I love love love that.  The Lord is good. 

Though you never know what will happen until the keys are in your hand.  Hopefully those keys are in our hands on October 22nd.   So, here are some pics.

This is the house.  It's a 60's rambler on 4.5 acres.  Across the street is 40 undeveloped acres of trees and hills and a creek that's open and free for the boys to roam.  It's all fenced pasture around the house ready for cows, pigs & chickens.  It has a year round spring in the front pasture and a well.  And it's got an amazing deck.

Here are some more views of that deck.

And here is the view FROM the deck.  This picture does not do it justice.  At all.  Right now it's all rolling hills of golden wheat and pine trees.  In the spring and early summer it's green and lush.  And hopefully in the winter it's soft hills of white. 

Here's the view from the deck looking another way.  That's ALL ours until the top of that hill.  You can see Mike and his brother in the middle of the image.

Here's the barn.  It's just the right size.  We hope that next spring we can fill it up with a milk cow, lots and lots of chickens and perhaps a couple piglets.

Here's the front room + the view looking out the window.  I love the mid-century styling of the pass-through fireplace.  I can't wait to get their stuff out, paint, and put my stuff in.  And then someday I can't wait to put some dark wood floors in to really take this place to it's best place.

Anyhow, that's all for now.  I'm sure you'll see waaay more than you'll like as I fix it up - SLOWLY fix it up since that takes lots of money, honey.  For now, all that house needs is a family of four boys and a mom and a dad.  And maybe a dog and a cat.