Another great weekend! Saturday we had a few friends over for dinner - good food, good company, and good talks - can't ask for more. Sunday, we spent a lazy day as a family. We went for a walk in the morning, followed by some fun at the playground, then came home to a nice and relaxing afternoon and evening.
We have an announcement! No, it's not a baby. We're building a house! It's been quite a long process and the ground isn't even broken yet! Trying to come up with a design that met every requirement has been a challenge. I'm proud to say that we came to a final design that we love and this will be our "forever" house. Jesse and I decided that we would stay in Okotoks at least until the kids graduate high school. Even if our jobs changed to jobs that required major commuting to Calgary, the schools here are really great and rank very high in the list of Alberta schools. Of course, we like it here - the town-like atmosphere, but still really close to the city, though we have most things right down the road - Costco, Home Depot, McDonalds... LOL.
Jesse and I always talked about building our "dream" home and we're thrilled that this is coming into reality sooner than we had expected. The new house will give us all the room we need and then some, mom will have her own ensuite, bonus room, my office, etc. It's also on a walkout lot (though I personally don't care for this), which means brighter basement. The neighborhood is basically a block south of us, which, I hope, means an easier move. Of course our concern is selling our current house, which we won't be listing until summer, trying to coordinate with our possession date of end of November. I really hope things go smoothly on that end, especially since we'll be the ones hosting some of my family coming from Korea for my brother's wedding in October.
This is such an exciting time for us, but we also have a lot of anxiety with so many choices we have to make. Of course, financially there are some unknowns as well, but I really hope the great mortgage rates stick around for awhile.
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