andrisen 3: Our Home

Bryce and I moved into our current house almost 7 years ago. We moved into the house in October 2003. I think we have a great home. We have made so many memories in this house. This was the first place that was "ours". We got engaged at the island in our kitchen on my 24th birthday, we lived here when we got married, I was pregnant with Emily in this house, and this is the home we brought Emily Marie to on January 28, 2007. We became a family here.

We have had a lot of joy and happiness in this house but alas, it seems we have outgrown our home. Toys are spilling out of their shelves, closets have been known to explode, and drawers are stuffed. We need more space.

How to solve the problem...clean stuff out? pack up toys and give them away? move? We tried the first two options. We decided to try out the last option. Where to was the biggest question. I didn't want Emily in West Fargo schools. We can't afford the area we like in Fargo. So we were at a standstill. Bryce and I decided that we would wait and see if there were any new developments that might get going in the next year or so. We were saving all of my paychecks.

Then one day while Bryce and his friend Chris were looking for a house for Chris, Bryce came across a house for sale in our price range. We decided to look at the house. It was a nice enough house but we knew it was not what we wanted. We noticed that right next door were two lots for sale. So we played around with the idea of these lots that were not in Fargo or West Fargo. We had John the Realtor call and get us some info on the lots and they were a steal compared to Fargo! We were still thinking though. No minds were made up.

One HOT Sunday about a month ago Bryce went golfing. Em and I hung out and were lazy. I texted Bryce to see if he wanted to go look at open houses to get a feel for what we like so when we were ready in a year we would know more about what we wanted. He agreed. SHOCKING!! We looked at one house in our range and then two more that were way too expensive for us, even in our dreams. But the third house we liked a lot, as far as cosmetic details went. We talked to the builder's rep there that day and she sold us on a floor plan that was just what we wanted.

In the last two weeks we have been meeting with builders and John the Realtor a lot. The reason for that is because we have decided to move! The builder is Heritage Homes. They built the Extreme Makeover Home Edition house in Minot. We are very excited to be moving. We are also nervous too because we will be about 25 miles from Fargo.

Where to you ask? We are moving to KINDRED! As of last week we have a tentative closing date of Dec. 15. But we will know more about that in October after the foundation is poured. We have a lot to do until then. Right now we are cleaning and getting rid of the stuff that builds up after 7 years.

Below I have posted some pictures of the lot that is ours. We will be on 1/4 acre. We won't have backyard neighbors. Our house will face west. There are two cul de sacs on our street.