SOLD!

Clint and I have been so patient for so long.  We were young and just starting our lives together when we bought our first house. Who knew we would live there for the next 11+ years.
We have tried to sell it before...actually had a buyer but they backed out on us at the last minute. We were heart broken at the time as we had made an offer on a new construction home. So we decided to wait. Which worked out fine because we decided to have Kaylee. And then Clint had lost his high paying job. We were probably lucky we didn't end up in a bad situation. 
Anyway, we did some work to ours and stayed there for a few more years.  Then a few months ago Clint was casually talking to our "buyer" and asked him of he wanted to buy our house.  Who knew after months of talking that he would actually buy it. We feel really lucky it was so easy. Who knew that a friendly conversation would lead us here. Kind of nervous but to be expected.
After we met with him last night a little part of me was sad. This was the home where Clint and I got married., where we lost our first dog Percy, where we had Logan and Kaylee,  had all of our ups and downs. But again this is something we have wanted for so long.
We have plans to build a new house this spring. We have been pre-approved for a mortgage. We have picked out a house plan. We have picked out the lot. We have the build list ready to go. Our next step is to meet with the loan officer about the construction loan. As long as that goes well, we will be building a house in just a matter of a few weeks.

Our future home: Can you picture it???

 

This is the style that we are going for. It will look simlar to this...not blue. It will not have the 3rd garage bay. But you get the picture.

 

 

Floor plan.

 

Glorious day!

In September of 2010 I was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. This is the most advanced stage in colon cancer. I had a cancerous tumor on my intestines and it had spread to surrounding lymph nodes and 4 spots on my liver. I was fortunate enough to meet the best surgeons in the Des Moines area. With 2 surgeries and 6 months of chemo, and 2 1/2 years later I remain cancer free.
I started my day by eating a big breakfast at Perkins with Clint..the tremendous 12. We then has a couple hours to spare so we went to a few stores looking for an indoor soccer ball.
We arrived at Methodist Hospital around noon. I had my first mammogram. It was interesting....
Then I went to another office and got ready for my ct scan. We sat out in the waiting for ever it seemed like.  During that time I got to see the new pope being announced. Finally I got called back for mg scan.
Once that was done we went to the Oncology center. While sitting in the waiting room a couple of elderly people were talking. I was sitting from across from them and could quickly tell they were colon cancer survivors as they were both discussing their side effects of the chemo. The one guy was talking about how he couldn't drink anything cold and how in a split second the cold weather hurt. Oh how I remember those days. I don't miss them one bit.
Finally we got called back to Dr Behrens office. The nurse we usually have will usually hint to us that my scans look good. But we had a nurse that we dont normally see and she didn't say anything. Instead she asked me multiple times of I was feeling good. Clint and I were freaking out wondering why she kept asking me how I feel.
When Dr Behrens walked in I was kind of nervous. He didn't seem excited...again I started freaking out (keeping my cool on the outside) Finally he said he didnt have my results yet.  Ahhhhh....ok. He did his exam and then walked over to the Radiology area and got the results.  Thumbs up!  Clean.
Whew....what a day. :)

Reminiscing

I have a new ap on my phone called Photowonder and I've been having fun making collages of pictures of my family. It also has me reminiscing.
I can't believe how fast my kids are growing up.  It makes me sad looking at all the pictures of them growing up.
Seems like yesterday that they were born.

Here are a few collages that I've put together: