Lovin' Lindsey Lane

We have been in our new townhouse for almost three weeks and already it feels like home.  Brian has expertly put several gallons of paint on the walls and seeing the colors we chose in each room has really made it feel like ours.

There are still a lot of things we would like to do in the future, but we wanted to share some pictures with the folks back home.

Our New Nest

Entryway

Living Room

Dining Area

Kitchen (not as yellow as it appears here)

Back Deck

Powder Room

Stairs to 2nd Floor

Master Bedroom

Master Bathroom

Guest Bathroom

Office

Guest Bedroom

Upstairs Balcony

Upstairs Laundry

Garage

Cody likes it!

We feel so blessed that our dream of being homeowners is finally a reality and are so grateful for all the help we had along the way from our families and friends, including our Realtor, Alexandra Nasrallah (Sun Realty) and mortgage broker, Kim Bos (Citizens Mortgage Group).  We learned so much during the process, and at times it was stressful (especially since we were working on a short timeline to vacate our rental unit) but we prayed and had faith that everything would work out if it was meant to be; we were not disappointed. 

This verse was very real to me during the weeks leading up to our closing:

Philippians 4:6-7 -- Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 

And now, this is the cry of my heart:

Psalm 126:3 -- The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.

New Beginnings

Some time has passed since our last post and we have much to talk about! For starter's we had such as amazing trip this summer and appreciate all of our family and friends for tuning in to the blog to check us out. Sara and I created memories that we will cherish forever, we saw landscapes that will remain forever etched in our brains, and most important of all we did it together.
As we arrived back home to Naples we were met with a surprise. The owner of our condo - from whom we were renting, decided to sell! We were immediately met with two possible options, we could rent from the new owner of our condo (they were investment buyers) for almost three hundred dollars more a month, or we could start to search for a home to buy of our own.  It was such an exciting decision, the thought that we could be home owners and stop throwing our money away in rent and start to build equity of our own was to tempting.

We spent our afternoons after work searching the MLS and visiting property after property; it became clear to us that we would just know when we found the right place, we would get the feeling that it was our home. Surely enough, we found that feeling not even a month into looking. As we walked around the Key West style town home, Sara hopped with delight (literally). It just felt like our home, we could envision our things and our life together in it. We made an offer and the rest is escrow history.

Pictures of 3281 Lindsey Lane coming soon!