Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Big News Announcement

Remember a few posts ago when I said that I couldn't find my knife...
Well, it may be somewhere in this pile - in my living room. Or else it might be in the storage shed, already packed. PACKED YOU SAY???


Yep, packed. Jon and I are currently getting our house ready to sell. We hope to have it on the market yet in February. We have been working like crazy trying to do stuff. Jon has many a nights up until 2am. What a guy, working hard like that. He is putting so much work into it! So if any wants to buy a house before we list it, let me know. So where will we live?

Here in this field. We are planning on building a house. Jon has acres coming from his parents and his mom is willing to sign us our share over now. Can you see our house nestled back in the corner along the trees there? We are currently going through tons of things such as meeting with different builders, getting estimates, visiting banks, looking at electricians, plumbers, cabinets, siding, and on and on and on and on. We are feeling a little bit overwhelmed, but it is worth it! We are super excited for this new phase in our life. Please pray that everything continues to fall into place and that we can be in our new house by next fall. We will probably have to spend some time in the parent's basement - so pray for them a lot. :)


This is a picture from the road, at about our spot, looking towards Jon's mom's house. You can barely see it, but it is there. So we will be close to her, without being too close. The spot is on Division Dr. It will be great to be on the right side of the tracks - finally! We are looking forward to being close enough to help Diane out and be there a little more. We said that we will need to make a Hummer trail from our house to hers. The kids have a little Hummer that they ride in at her house, and since they are too small for driving 4 wheelers, they need a Hummer trail! But we are looking forward to this and we appreciate all of the love and support and advice that so many are giving us. Thank you!!!

6 comments:

jules said...

That is exciting. Maybe we can get Hannah and Kylee together for some play dates. Have you thought of a home from Wankes like Andy's? It was a smooth experience, they take care of everything. You don't have any hidden costs or expenses you didn't count on. Everything is set in writing at the start. I highly recommend them.

Kari said...

We have met with Wanke, and we might go with him. We just wanted to cover all of our bases and make sure before we make a decision.

Kari said...

We have met with Wanke, and we might go with him. We just wanted to cover all of our bases and make sure before we make a decision.

Anonymous said...

Where on Division Drive? Would it be by Hommel's house too? Right now we live on Division Drive, so then Tyler would be even closer to Ellyn. Let me know!
Shannon Hemmer
(Ellyn's Mom)

Photos by Julee said...

Good Luck Kari and Jon . It's fun to watch someone else go through it rather than us for a change.

Kari said...

Shannon - I forgot that you live on Division! It would be in the first field north of the Hammel Town Hall. So it would be south of you. Tyler will be so excited when I tell him this! For those of you that don't know-Tyler insists that he will marry Ellyn some day. He doesn't get that they are related-although there is some distance. Last year he used to come home from school and cry if Ellyn played with someone else at recess-a boy named Wyatt was not well liked in my house. For the Emmerich Reunion he changed is clothes 5 times-for real- because Ellyn might be there and then it would be a date. We told him it is never good to have a date at a family reunion!