Home is Where the Heart Is

I'm going to post pics of Dalton and Lyric during their school spirit week but I haven't got the pictures transferred from my phone to the laptop yet. Sooooo... that will have to wait.



Did you hear?! We are buying a house here in NYC! We are so excited! Well as excited as you can be about moving in the middle of January! We were actually thinking about it this summer but nothing really seemed to catch our eye. Then a few months later a friend of ours texted us a picture of a house they saw in their neighborhood. It was really cute but from the outside it looked pretty small. I decided to look at it anyway and was surprised at how big it actually was. I'm not usually a fan of older things (including houses) but this house has such character! Anyway... after about 2 months of praying, discussing, praying, inspections, more praying, we have finally signed a contract. We should close sometime in January and we plan on moving in very soon afterward.The house has some work we want to do to but it will take some time and don't plan on doing anything but painting and putting in new carpet in 2 rooms when we first move in.
Here are just a few things I love about the house:

• The front yard is very cute with white iron fence.
• The back yard is even better. No grass - all cement! It has nice white privacy fence and a flower bed that runs along the fence with a very cute fig tree.
• The house has central AC (almost unheard of in NYC).
• The house was previously split into a two family home so it has 2 kitchens. The basement kitchen is our favorite and opens right up to the back door (seen above). Perfect for summer grilling! We plan to eventually get rid of the upstairs kitchen and use the room for something else.
  
• The house has plenty of room for our above average size of family. (4 bedrooms and 2 family rooms.) The kids will love all the new hiding places. They are running out of places to hide in our current location during hide and go seek!
  
• The house has lots of storage and a very large attic.
• We will have 2 bathrooms! Living in an apartment with 1 bathroom for a family of 5 is not always easy.
• We are just blocks away from our closest friends and one block away from our favorite park.
  

We are so blessed. God has always taken care of us and once again he has made a way for us. Buying a home in NYC is scary. It is nothing like buying a home in OK. We are amazed at the series of events that have taken place to even allow us to consider this.

I really wish we could skip over the month of January. I really dread moving especially in the cold of winter but I know that it will all be worth it when this house becomes our home! The Penland Bed & Breakfast will be open in June of 2011! All friends and family are welcome!