Hi Everyone,
I hope you all read the messages we have sent. If not, this might be a bit of a surprise. We are moving to Bountiful, Utah. Eric starts work on June 16th. The company he works for, EA, bought out a gaming company in Bountiful last year. So Eric is transferring there. We are happy to be moving so much closer to part of our family.
Our kids and Eric have been working hard for two months to get our house ready to sell. We have known for a year that this is what we were going to do, so we had handymen come in throughout the last year and made sure all was in working order. Our ward has been fantastic. They have come in and transformed our house. The house is officially on the market. Yeah!!!!!!!!!! The realtors that have come through are very impressed with how the house looks. So we hope that it sells this summer. The housing market here isn’t near as bad as in a lot of places, but things are still moving slowly. We did find out if you price it right it can still sell very quickly, within a few days.
Our realtor is fantastic. She is a mover and a shaker. She comes in like a tornado, does what she needs to and is out again. I have seen her everyday since I met her last week. Plus she calls once or twice a day to let us know what is going on. We have already had 2 of the 3 inspections we have needed on the house. They had a photographer come on Monday to take pictures, and on Tuesday they had them on the internet. They had a realtor open house yesterday. We had 37 realtors come through. Miora, our realtor, was excited that we had that many show up.
If the house takes a while to sell, I will stay with the kids here until the end of July. That way they can do all their camps with the kids in our ward. Then the plan is to move everyone to Utah and rent until our house is sold and all the way closed. Then we will buy a house in Bountiful or North Salt Lake. These plans are tentative for the moment.
We will be looking for a 5 bedroom house with a back yard the kids can play in.The kids are excited to have their own rooms and a back yard that we can have a trampoline, and a swing set area. They would also love a climbing tree. Ashley has decided that she wants her room to be all orange, she would love orange carpet, there is no way I am putting orange carpet in her room. Jessica wants her room to have a lot of different colors in it. Michael wants a blue room. Matt just wants a room that he can have a green or blue screen so he can make movies. Eric would love to have a place for a work shop. I would like the kitchen and famly room connected together. So there is our wish list for the new house. The kids rooms are easy, a can of paint is inexpensive, it’s the other stuff we will have a harder time finding.
Have a great day.
Love,
Monika