We bought a house!

Thank you to everyone who prayed for us- God heard our prayers and guided us to a new home! After the disappointment of losing that house with a rentable suite, a lot of you told us to "just wait...be patient- something better will come up and you'll be glad you didn't get the first one" And you were right! I didn't post about the other house on this blog, because we were waiting for the owners to find a house for 2 months, so nothing was certain (they decided in the end to stay there) But I did send an email out to family and a few friends.
We decided to go to the other end of the spectrum, and instead of buying a more expensive home but needing renters, we bought a "cheap" (by BC standards) fixer upper. It needs a lot of work, but we're excited about the potential. The yard is huge, with lots of climbing trees and even a treehouse! I love that for the girls. And a big yard means we can always expand if we have to. We're a bit worried about when we're going to get all the work done, since Nick will be at school all summer doing an over-haul of the computer labs and server, and we have visitors from Holland coming for 3 weeks, but I guess we'll spend our weekends at the house. I'll have to post lots of before and after shots. Aldergrove, here we come! It’s so weird to be looking and looking and waiting and waiting for almost 8 months and then, BAM! It’s all over…we have a house! We are so thankful to God for providing us with this opportunity!

PS Robyn got her wish- the house is a rancher....no stairs (;