Changes for the Roemhildt Family

Back in December we where contemplating moving when James' job ended in June.  Then we found out we where expecting another baby.  With medical needs we decided to put the idea of moving out of our heads.  But like any good prompting, it didn't just go away.  For months we wondering how we'd make everything work out.  Then in April James got some news from his work that reassured him that we'd be okay moving.  This meant leaving behind a job offer he had already be given to find something new.  It felt right so we pursued. 

James' last day of work

 We spent most of May packing up stuff, donating old items and working on house projects.   James found a job opening in Eugene OR that he was very interested in, and then he noticed another job in Springfield OR that was also interesting.  He decided to apply to both.  By the time he's application was submitted the Eugene job was no longer available but the Springfield job wanted an interview him.  We drove down for the interview and James felt good about the job. 

Now that he had a new job lined up we decided to try selling our house by owner with the help of my brother Will. 

  

We took a lot of trips to home depot

I got to get a few housewarming items to prepare for the sell

Our last trip to Home Depot before we listed the house

Installing new doors for the kids bedrooms

James' work ended May 25th and on June 4th our house on on the market. 

Remodeled downstairs bathroom

 

Once our house was listed we drove down to Eugene OR and started house shopping.  James needed to sign some paperwork for his new job and then we spent three days touring Eugene, Springfield, and the surrounding area.   

The house shopping was interesting.  We met with our Realtor for the first time.  We had been emailing back and forth for over a month and had sent her a list of houses we wanted to see.  

The first day she took us to a few houses that weren't on our list.  They where on the higher end of budget and in fancy neighborhoods.  Then she told us that she wasn't going to show us a house on our list because it was on a busy road.  I knew she was trying to be protective but I was very put off by her response.  James and I didn't need a mother we wanted a Realtor that would show us the houses we wanted to look at.  When I expressed my desires to find a house that was cheap and had a large backyard, She looked at me as if I was crazy.  I told her that the neighborhood wasn't as important to me as the price and the yard.  Okay so we all know i'm crazy but I also know we didn't have a lot of time to search for a house so I really wanted my opinions to matter.  

Anyway, after a good night's sleep. we went shopping some more.  This time we saw the houses on our list and a few of them had potential.  Nothing stood out as being "The house"  but a few of them we could see ourselves living in.  

The third day, Lori had a better idea of what we wanted so she added a few more houses to our shopping and we found the ideal house.  Okay so it wasn't ideal ideal.  It wasn't out in the country with a few acres, but it was budget friendly with a big backyard.   

I had instantly fallen in love with the house and was ready to put an offer in on the house.  

Lori suggested we wait until our Tacoma house had an offer before we submitted an offer.  This made since so we started our drive back to Tacoma wondering when we'd get an offer.  

A few hours later we stopped by Rebecca and Max's house to see them.  They weren't home so we played in their yard for a bit.  While we let the kids play.  We got an email with a offer for our Tacoma home.  The offer was for 15,000.00 more than our listing price and the buyers where a young family excited to establish roots in the Tacoma area.  A dream come true.  

After a few phone calls, emails and text messages consulting Will and getting more information we continued our drive back home.  We stopped one more time at our friends Michael and Sherilyn's house to pick cherries and catch up.  

When we got back home late Thursday night.  James was second guessing the idea of putting an offer on the house.  So we decided not to do anything just yet. 

We spent friday running around like a hen with its head cut off,  printing papers, signing documents and scanning documents.  It was a very stressful day.  The buyers realtor was pushy and we had no idea what we where doing.  But by a miracle it all came together with 15 minutes to spear.  

After an exhausting week and an emotional roller coaster we took the day off on Saturday and just pretended life was normal.  

I took the girls to the ballet.  James and Everett had a daddy son date.  then we went to a friend's birthday party that evening.  

Daddy Son Date catching Dinosaurs 

It's been a crazy whirlwind of emotions, but overall it's been good.

To be continued......