SOLD!

Our house is sold!!!! Incredible! Here is the timeline.

Thursday Aug 4 - House listed on MLS (2pm)

Thursday Aug 4 - first showing (6:30pm)

Friday Aug 5 - 3 showings and 2 offers

Saturday Aug 6 - began countering the first offer, had 5 showings

Sunday Aug 7 - 12:15pm the buyers accepted our 2nd counter offer, the option period began

Monday Aug 8 - one showing

Wednesday Aug 10 - home inspection

Saturday Aug 13 - received home inspection report and what the buyers wanted fixed; negotiated with buyers; settled on cash amount in lieu of us fixing anything

Sunday Aug 14 - buyers signed the home inspection agreement

Tuesday Aug 16 - option period ends

We'll close Aug 31! Nate and my parents will fly here to Texas on Aug 30 (my birthday!). We'll load the moving truck that afternoon and evening. On the 31st we'll finish any cleaning in the house and packing, sign papers, and hand over the keys to our house. We plan to pull out on Sept 1. The timing on everything is awesome!

I was talking with a friend at church on Sunday who commented that it was amazing how God has worked out everything with our move to Oregon. Nate and I tried twice to move overseas but those doors were closed on us. Then we started thinking and praying about what to do here. The only real reason we decided on Oregon was because it was near my family. It was either Oregon or California. But God threw the doors wide open for us to move to Oregon and all the details have worked out perfectly. I made the comment that who knew us moving to Oregon was God's plan and there could definitely be worse places for us to suffer for him. :-)

I'll spend these next two weeks packing, playing with the girls, and meeting up with friends to hang out. The best part is that there will be no more showings! I don't have to keep the house clean anymore! 

And keeping the house clean has been a challenge with Sanaa and Layla. I took them outside yesterday to swim. They spent all of 5 minutes in the water and the next hour playing in the dirt.

We got our kitchen counters and sink replaced. Now you may think it was just so we could sell the house but I found an alternative use for the sink. It works great to rinse off two very dirty girls and I don't end up tracking dirt through the house.

I turned Layla forward facing in the car today. Yes I know the new recommendation but the poor girl couldn't even stretch her legs out. It looked so uncomfortable and about half the time she got made at me when I had to put her in the car. I did not want her uncomfortable and grumpy during the upcoming 30+ hour drive to Oregon. Layla is enjoying the new view! And Sanaa looks SO big next to her. It'll be much easier to entertain both girls this way. (I took the picture while parked in the driveway in case any of you were wondering).

This morning we met Sanaa's friend, Skyer, at a splash park. I haven't been here in 2 years. I didn't go last year because I had a newborn (at least I don't remember going but now my memory is failing me).  Both girls had a blast and I'm wiped out! Sanaa and Layla kept going different directions so it was really nice to have Skyler's mom there to help me keep track and chase down whoever decided it was time for a walk through the grass. I took a ton of pictures at the splash park but only posted a few.