The house hunt - hold on tight - here we go!

It was literally a whirl wind of activity - we hit the ground running on Sunday as my dad drove us through a few of his favorite spots after church.  We had an open house on Sunday and a quick meeting with a for sale by owner.  Monday was a family day and Tuesday was right back into it with a financial adviser.  Tuesday afternoon, back on the home tour - we traveled all through Simsbury and Avon with our AMAZING Realtor Tara (I used to babysit for her girls - hmmm just a few years ago...)  

The houses start to blurr after awhile, but here are the highlights - We found that we really wanted to be in Granby or Canton (smaller towns than Avon and Simsbury)  

We honestly LOVED this house in granby - the owner had her own yoga studio

beautiful sitting sunroom

Awesome rap around porch

so i am torturing myself with these photos as I doubt we will choose this home.  It wasn't fenced and had a pool and pond that we weren't wild about (we want Oma Sue and Goomba to have the 'wow factor' of a pool).  Plus, its a safety and maintenance concern that I wasn't ready to tackle.  

Our second favorite house had a horse barn and walking distance (along a bit of a busy road) to a winery...  awesome too - but no neighborhood and on too busy of a road for the kids...

But I will indulge myself with a few reminder photos

awesome kitchen for entertaining

Didn't come with horses - but isn't he cute??

Time for a break....

Dinner with 1 kid!  Easy when 4 adults are there.

So, the house we put a bid on is this one - mostly for the back yard - I mean how many football fields can you fit back there?!

4 Bidwell farm, Canton CT

I am trying to figure out which boy will let me keep this awesome PINK shag carpet in their room.

I have a feeling that window valance won't stick around long....

gotta leave this photo as its the powder room, but you can catch a glimpse of sweet Tara in the mirror snapping the photo for us (yesterday as we totally forgot what all the bathrooms looked like...)

See, more bathroom fun.

just what I always wanted, A SINK - haha

this photo cracks me up as its a great back yard, but Chris didn't like it as much due to its lack of privacy...  REALLY?  I mean the neighbors are way over there?!?!  Makes me want to snap a photo of our current backyard (its a muddy mess right now and I would saw a 20X20 patch!)

So this is the winner-- fenced in with a play yard too...  o.k, you are right honey.

Yup boys - its EXHAUSTING....and an emotional roller coaster that will continue for the next 6 months....  That is quite the ticket.

Hold on tight folks.
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