GOT KEYS?

We had our final walk-through this morning with the builder's superintendant. We then headed to the title company, signed all the papers (my pen almost ran out of ink after writing Higginbotham so many times!) and got our keys.

Thankfully this has been a pretty painless process. Whoever said it couldn't be done with kids around was wrong. Our kids went to about every showing (31 total) and almost every meeting as well. Today our realtor held Brooke while Brady played with toys and read books. Yes it would have been nice to drop the kids off at Grandma's, but since that wasn't an option, we made due and it worked out just fine.

Now that the house is officially ours, I finally got the go ahead to release the interior photos that we took after we signed our contract in early February. If you missed the exterior photos, click here. Starting on the main floor, here are shots of the dining room, kitchen and family room .

This was taken from the dining room into the kitchen. I'm so excited about the large butler's pantry. Check out all those cabinets and drawers!

There is also a half bathroom and a living room on the main floor.

Here is the second floor.

laundry room and linen closet

master shower and tub

master cabinets and sinks

Brooke's room

Brady's room

While I felt like doing a cartwheel when I walked into the house today, I contained my excitement and just stood at the sink trying to picture doing dishes there. It's still a dream to imagine actually living there, but there is still a lot to do first. We've got a busy week, and each trip we're going to drop off a car load of boxes.
This is what our week entails:
Saturday - meet painters in the morning, unload Pilot, purchase bar stools, tell leasing office we aren't renewing our lease, load up Pilot again
Sunday - go to church in new ward, unload Pilot at house
Monday - painting continues, pack more boxes, load Pilot
Tuesday - last day of painting, unload Pilot, pack more boxes, load Pilot
Wednesday - unload Pilot, fridge delivery, blinds installation, garage door installation, start unpacking, pick up my Mom at airport, load Pilot
Thursday - rent pick-up truck, pick up washer and dryer, load beds and boxes, unload and unpack, phone/satellite/Internet installation, first night in the house. APRIL FOOLS DAY
Friday - furniture delivery (kitchen and dining tables and sectional for family room), unpack
Saturday - rent moving truck, load up remaining furniture and boxes, unload and unpack
Sunday - Easter and General Conference at the Wayes, finally time to relax!
Monday - first day of basement finishing project

Once we get furniture and decorations I'll add photos. I need to take some before and after shots of the basement. The transformation will be amazing and we're so excited! We appreciate all your enthusiasm. Buying our first home is definitely up there on exciting lifetime events, and we're happy to get to share it with you.