Mission Completed: House Hunting Successful!

Well--wahoo! Our house hunting trip was great! We were doubtful about being able to find a house in one week, but we found the house we wanted on day one! House hunting wasn't as romantic and fun as movies and ads make it seem, but it is true what they say, you know when you find the one that is meant for you!

Our house is a new construction house--we were so blessed when we found a builder who was dying to get rid of this home! The deals the seller was willing to put on the table for us to make an offer enabled us to get a lot more home for our money then we thought possible--which means that we have lots of room for anyone and everyone to come and visit! Katelyn agrees~!

Our new address is going to be 13508 Park Shadow Lane. Our home is in inside a large master- planned community. We're not super excited about belonging to a Home Owners Association (think Over The Hedge), but it's actually a good, protecting thing seeing how Houston and surrounding suburbs have no zoning restrictions. Without the HOA we might get some real questionable activity in the neighborhood. I guess we'll take the restrictions on the way we can decorate our front yard for the safety.

And now, here are some pictures! There are going to be a whole bunch, so shuffle through them as you will! The outside pictures were taken on a foggy morning, and the inside pictures are of the model home--as you can tell, our house isn't completed yet! You can check out our neighborhood at www.lakesofsavannah.com, and seriously, we're only 10-15 minutes from all the fun downtown Houston stuff, so start planning your vacations!!

Here is the floorplan, level 1, then 2



The outside (minus the construction, isn't it pretty?)


Another view...


Here's the backyard--imagine a garden....our garden is going to take up most of our backyard, but we have a park right around the corner, so I think it will work out!


Here's the entryway--

Here's a kitchen/family room shot! Isn't the fireplace funny--we're going to use it what, 3 days a year?! :)


Dining Room--we're probably not going to use it as a dining room, in fact, it's probably going to be empty for quite a while--


Here's our Gameroom--(at least that's what they call it here in Texas, it's just another family room). This is probably our favorite room in the house! Wahoo!

The Master Bedroom-

Master Bath--the closet attached to the bath is unbelievably huge!

Here's my bathtub!! Yeah!!


One of the bedrooms--ironically enough, this is how I want to decorate Katelyn's room--change the colors and take away the loud flowers, but leave the beadboard and the shelf! It was fun to imagine what it will look like!


Another bedroom--


And the last picture--our mailbox! These are located right across the street--which is a tender mercy for me because for some strange reason I LOATH having to walk around the neighborhood to get mail! Now I can pretend that I have a regular mailbox!


Love you all!