Randy's house update- August

SO many things happening next door! I'm going to document everything that we're doing.

Randy ended up staying in the house 5 days after we closed, but Travis went over and started working on the trees in the front yard. Can you tell that we're inpatient?! :-) You could barely see the front of the house through the trees and overgrown bushes before.

Side fence and window have to be replaced.


This is a residential neighborhood backyard!  You can't see our 2-story house from the back of his yard. You can't see one end of the fence to the other end, no matter which direction you look!


All of the furniture and crap that was in the inspection pictures stayed... for us to haul away. Furniture, TV, desk, beds, all the nick-knacks... everything!








After we removed all of the furniture


Travis made a lot of headway on the backyard so far. You couldn't see the porch or shed before.








You can see our house now!

Working too hard~


We're making them all work.




After we removed all the junk from the bathroom and kitchen

Kitchen back splash gone and counter removed




sinks out










Tile and carpet removed




The back yard looks better every day








These were all of the yard tools that were left behind! Not sure that they were ever used on the yard! CRAZY!


Some of the junk from the shed








Getting ready for paint










Shingles being delivered for the new roof

First day of 2nd and 5th grade

I am already SO emotional over this school year and it hasn't even started yet! Ugh! Tyler's last year in elementary school, Kinley's last year downstairs (the fun stops when you go upstairs to 3rd grade!) and Brooklyn starting pre-school has me on an uncontrollable emotional roller coaster. I mean, I always have the first day of school blues, but this one is big! All of the kids are excited about this year though! Tyler and his friends are finally the big kids on campus and he's in class with his buddy, Ryan. Kinley has the sweetest 2nd grade teacher (Mrs. Simmons was also Tyler's 2nd grade teacher) with her good friends, Kenzie and Brooke. I know they will both have such a great year!

Look how big they are! And Kinley with her little heels!!








with Jacob


with Cash


Ms. Wilson


Ms. Perez


Mrs. Simmons


with Kenzie






We aren't allowed to walk in to grab kids after school any more.  Pick up line was insane!


B just passed out


After school snow cone treats






with Ambrie and Monroe


Boys recapping their first day

Happy #59, Poppa!

We got to meet my dad in New Braunfels at The Gristmill for a little birthday dinner. :-)

Flip House (Randy's House)

We just did another really big thing... Our neighbor, Randy, mentioned to us on several different occasions about selling his house "cheap" and moving. You can tell just from the outside that it needs a lot of work. We told him that we wanted to buy it and we would fix it up and he agreed to let us know when he planned to sell. These passing conversations happened for over a year and a half between us. Even though we were looking for a vacation rental during that time, we were still a little hesitant on getting something because we didn't want to have our money tied up and miss the opportunity to buy Randy's house. After so long, Travis and I guessed that he probably wasn't really going to sell his house any time soon and we became a lot more active in the Port Aransas search. The same day (!) our offer was accepted for the Port Aransas house, we found out from a different neighbor that Randy's house was listed as a foreclosure. I couldn't believe it!! What are the chances?! After we got back from Port A, it took days to finally be able to reach him and when I did, he said he didn't know how serious we were about buying. We ended up having 8 working days before it went to auction and I went to work to try and get it! We had to get Travis' parents to buy the house since we were under contract for Port A and we decided that we would do all of the remodel work and then split any profit. This has been the most stressful deal... trying to get his loan reinstated, remove the HOA liens, order a Resale Certification, get an attorney to notarize, get an inspection complete, locate the survey, helping Travis' parents with paperwork... all while Randy was not very available and all on a super rush deal. It was a ton of work and I am completely shocked that I was able to pull this off in time. We closed on the house today with one day to spare!! I still can't believe it!! We have our work cut out for us over the next several months for sure!

I snapped these pictures during the inspection. The cigarette smell was so bad that I could only stand to be in there for a few minutes at a time! :-/