This past summer, our daycare in Aitkin closed. Since then, Michael has been commuting with the girls 45 minutes each way to bring them to Brainerd to attend Day Care. A few months ago, we realized that we couldn't keep doing this to the girls and we started looking for houses in Brainerd. The rental options are pretty much non-existent for a family of our size, and so we decided that we would be ok with purchasing a house. After looking for quite awhile, we finally found one that we both liked within our price range...and soon after, we made an offer and bought a house!
Within the next month, we packed up our things in Aitkin and said goodbye to our neighbors, Murph and Laura, who were also our landlords and so good to us over the past year and a half. We will miss them! We knew eventually they were going to want to sell this rental property, and we also were paying more than we could afford for our heat each winter, as it is an older house with all electric heating. So with all those things combined, it was time to move on...
During the moving process, we stayed a couple of nights in the new house to avoid traveling with the girls during some winter storms. A couple of air mattresses, blankets, pillows, and a box of cereal is all we needed. We were so excited to just be in the house;)
My mom was also able to come up during moving time to help out with the girls...we are so thankful for her help!!
And so far we love it! We love the neighborhood and the house and the projects that we have to come (currently, Michael is working on finishing the basement, and it will be GREAT when we have that done! We are also looking at putting on a deck this summer and fencing in our yard...).
We love the space and the feel of the house...sometimes it's just good to have it be your own:)
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