Well...we went and bought a house! We decided we wanted to stay in Parker, so we started looking so we could get into a house before the baby arrived. We got lucky and found one we loved, and it was empty so we were able to close in a record 3 weeks. Let me tell you - 2 moves in 3 months is not fun, and I didn't even help that much!
More info about the house to follow, but for now, my top 15 list.
Top 15 best things about our new house (in no particular order):
1. Right across the street, and I do mean directly across the street, is a large park, pool, and very cool playground. It is so easy to just cross the street and play for a while. No big production, no packing a swim bag - easy as pie.
2. A real master suite with a real walk in closet with a real master bath with a real jacuzzi tub.
3. A huge unfinished basement to finish sometime in the future.
4. A kitchen that is pretty close to Joe's dream kitchen - gas stove, double oven, stainless appliances, island, tons of cabinet space, and it looks onto the living room.
5. Mountain views from some rooms.
6. A guest bedroom with a private bathroom.
7. An open loft area on the 2nd floor that we have set up as the playroom with all the toys. Wee hoo! No more toys in the living room.
8. A back deck with access from the kitchen. Our last house had a back deck, but you had to walk through the living room to get to it, so we didn't eat out there very often.
9. 5 minutes away from Mari & Scott and Anne & Byron.
10. A 2 car garage for our cars, and a separate garage for Trey's toys and Joe's lawn toys.
11: A paved driveway for Trey to ride his John Deere tractor.
12. The neighborhood is full of kids. Between our house, and the neighbors to each side of us there are 9 kids (soon to be 10).
13. CENTRAL A/C! But better than that, lots of ceiling fans so we don't have to run the a/c all day.
14. A office with a french door.
15. Did I mention the pool?
I'll post photos soon.