Joel and I agreed that we wanted to wait to see if we got the property before mentioning it to friends and family. It’s no fun for us to get excited over a property we love only to have heartbreak later and it’s really not fun to break the bad news to friends and family! It’s sort of like hitting that 12 week mark when pregnant. You’re out of the first trimester and up until then you always want to be a little cautious about who you tell.

It is gorgeous out the perfect weekend to tell our parents and friends! We had two BBQ’s on Saturday May 4th (can you tell it’s sunny in Seattle) where we would be seeing both of our parents. And we let them know the good news about the property!

Sunday, May 5th, my parents came out to look at the property with us. This was the first time that someone else has seen the property. And we told them before hand to give us their absolutely honest feedback for it. We wanted to hear everything negative that they could have to say (plus all the good things of course). And immediately after pulling up to the property my mom was already raving about the fantastic homes in the neighborhood and how the one just to the north of the property looked like a lodge. Joel and I named this house The Suncadia Lodge since it truly does look like a custom home you would see in Suncadia.

Then, we walked over to the property and they fell in love with it as much as we did. They absolutely loved it! Ya-hoo! It’s always great to have confirmation about something you buy. My dad, who I think is the biggest critic to win over, really loved the property. We stayed for about 20 minutes discussing the potential and ideas for the perfect home. We even talked about the way that the sun would set, yard space, driveways. It was fantastic. It was a total dream come true to have others as excited for us as Joel and I were about it. Although having ‘approval’ from your parents for things you buy, their opinion really does mean a lot to us. And we wanted them to be brutally honest with us…and they were…it was perfect!