We spent our Memorial Day weekend checking out Kentucky and looking for a new house. We decided to make it a whole family affair to help the kids feel better about the move, and I'm so glad we did. We all came back excited for our new adventure!
The EKU campus is beautiful! Of course this fountain was a favorite. We also visited the Daniel Boone statue. At the beginning of each semester students rub his toe for good luck (which keeps it that nice copper color while the rest has the weathered green look). We all rubbed his toe for good luck too!
Also while we were there Michael's awesome new department arranged a picnic/welcome party for us one night. They hosted a nice BBQ in the park and we were able to meet many of the faculty and their families. We felt so welcome and the kids all found a friend or two!
Richmond and all of Kentucky is stunningly beautiful! Lush greenery and rolling hills are everywhere. The town is the perfect size and very nice. I think we'll love many things about Kentucky!
All day Saturday we looked at houses. I think we saw at least ten homes. The kids were amazing! They were perfectly behaved and lasted all day without any complaints. Our realtor commented most adults don't do that well haha. They were pretty worn out that night!
Michael was really hoping to find a mini-farm on several acres, but there just wasn't anything quite like that available. However, we did find a beautiful home that just felt right. It's in a sub-division outside of town about 15 minutes from Richmond and 10 minutes from Berea (the town just south). The house is very nice, newer, and sits on a full acre with a wooded area and small stream at the end of the lot. The location is beautiful! It only has 3 bedrooms but the basement is unfinished so there's lots of room to expand. At that point our house in Iowa hadn't sold, but we liked the house a lot so we put in a contingency offer (which they accepted!) We went to the ward for that house Sunday and loved it! Now we just had to hope and pray our house would sell in time.
Selling here was a bit of a roller coaster. We had tons of showings (16 to be exact) and everyone loved the house but we weren't getting offers. We began to worry it wouldn't sell in time for us to move out before school started or that once it finally sold the house we'd found would have received another offer. It was a lot harder on me an I expected! I was trying to trust the Lord's timing but worry and doubt were winning most days. In the end it, of course, worked out perfectly. The offer we received wants to close the middle of July which was our original goal, our house in Kentucky didn't sell to someone else, and we were able to line up the closing dates perfectly so we'll move straight from one house to the next. Our home inspection here was amazing, and we only had to fix one minor item (a huge miracle when your house is 107 years old!) Heavenly Father truly is good, and He always takes care of us!
Moving day is set for July 17th. Kentucky here we come!
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