j o y: our new house

the hubby and i were renting a darling little home. it had a beautiful fireplace, lots of space and was in a great location. we lived there for 4 months when a few leaks made there debut. with these leaks came a few problems. our master bedroom had mold in the closet (tested, and not harmful-but still gross), and a leak on the ceiling had split open and was just ugly. our landlord had no problem fixing everything but, with a 3 month old, we didn't want to live in the house during construction.

our first home

my parents heard of the news and our need to find another place to rent. they offered for us to move in with them and save some money so we could buy a house. we tossed the idea back and forth and finally decided to move in with them. we were sad to say good-bye to our home. it was our first home and, for only being there 4 months, held lots of sweet memories to our family. we moved in with my parents (who were empty-nesters) and had 2 bedrooms, a bathroom and a small living space all to ourselves. my parents were exctied. so excited it was a little creepy at times.

we wanted to buy an older home in the central part Visalia. we wanted a place with character, yet room to make it our own. after 3 months of saving and looking at houses, we have found our home!