Our new house!!!!

Hello everyone! We have had a pretty busy week - we bought a house! We figured for what we were paying in rent for a furnished short term lease we might as well put that money into something that is ours rather than throwing it away every month. When we moved here we planned on buying our "dream house" since the cost of living here is so much cheaper than Chicago, however after weighing our options we decided this was the best thing for our family right now (since our house in Elgin is still not sold). We're young - our dream house will come but in the mean time we love the house we found! It is on 2/3 of an acre - with a fully fenced back yard! It needs a little TLC - it was built in 1992 and a single lady has lived there for the last 7 years. It could use some landscaping, new light fixtures in the kitchen, new face plates for the light switches (they are gold!), but nothing big! We can't wait to get the keys!!!

One of the best things about this house is the location - in Germantown Hills; it's a small town (approximately 3,000 people) about 10 minutes outside of Peoria. The school district is awesome here. Germantown/Metamora are pretty much known for two things - the great school system and the high school football team. We are still going to try to make it to a game this year....I've heard it's something to see. Most home games get over 5,000 people!!!

Here are some pictures of the house. We are hoping to close mid-October so we'll post more pics once we have it decorated and our own stuff in it!