The power of prayer!

As many of you know, we have had our house on the market since May.  We LOVE our house, and we LOVE our neighbors even more, but we needed a little more space.  With interest rates so low, we wanted to jump before they go up again.  We also wanted to get a little closer to work so we could cut down on drive time and spend more time together.  So... we were at peace with the whole process and really trusting that the right house for us we be available we the right buyers were ready to purchase our house.  Fast forward a couple of months, we had settled on the fact that the house may take a lot longer to sell.  Every person loved our house, but no one put an offer on the table.  About a week ago, I saw an old friend and she joked that we should take it off the market and save it for her.  I told her not to worry and that it would be there when she was ready. 

All this time, we have been searching HAR, but never getting our hopes up.  Well, of course, I found 'the one' about two months ago.  Plenty of bedrooms, big kitchen, 249/spring cypress area, etc!  It was perfect AND right around the corner from our good friends.  Jason was out of town this past week, so I was just looking around on HAR on Wednesday.  I saw that 'the one' would be having an open house on Sunday (that would be today!).  Ugh!!!  I knew it would be gone, but I also knew that was okay.  I figured it must not be the one since I was sure it would sell before we could sell ours. 

All of a sudden, we had a showing on Thursday morning and they came back on Thursday afternoon.  Then they came back again on Friday morning, and by Friday evening we had negotiated the contract and agreed on the terms!  Saturday morning we went to  see a few houses, but we knew instantly 'the one' was 'the one'!  We drove to Panera... got the paperwork together, got a pre-approval letter and made an offer that afternoon.  After a few back and forth phone calls, we got the house!

And here it is.....

Yea!!  It is our new house.  The people buying our house want to close the first week in November!  Luckily, the people who we are buying from are ready to completely move out, so they are fine with a quick closing.  Keep the prayers coming, because we still have to make it through all of the paperwork hoops and inspections.  We will keep updates coming as we get closer.