The Dodge Family Blog

In this first installment of what is sure to be a multi-part saga, I will outline the experiences we have had getting our old house sold, moving in with the in-laws, and watching our new home start to take shape!

In my last entry (over 2 months ago) I mentioned that we were selling the house, and after only one week on the market, we saw our first offer. After another week, we saw that one fall through. I said at the time that things might be a bit of a roller-coaster from that point…and I was more right than I would care to admit. Selling a house and building a new one is CRAZY!!!

It wasn’t one more week before we had another offer on the house, and this one stuck. The time-frame was such that the papers were signed and we were out by April 19th. During the weeks from offer to signing, we spent quite a bit of time our in Grantsville, deciding whether we wanted the larger lot with bigger house, or the slightly smaller lot with more close-knit neighborhood. Johanna and I decided to attend both wards (thanks for the suggestion, Dad) to see which one felt more like ‘home’ to us. And while it would have been nice to get a fancier home with bigger lot, in the end we felt more comfortable with the smaller one because the neighbors were more welcoming, the location was just a little more convenient, and we think that the kids will make more friends quicker.

So, with the decision to call Anderson Ranch our new home, we signed the paperwork to reserve a lot just a few days after closing on our old house. We split our time between filling out the new home contract and moving our entire family in to live with Aunt Amanda. She was nice enough to shuffle her kids around and make a bedroom available for us, but it was destined to be short lived. It’s not as easy as we thought it would be, getting 4 adults, 6 1/2 kids, and 3 dogs to all get along in one house (yes, Amanda is expecting in just over a month), so we decided living with her would be more of a pit-stop than anything. A lifelong friend of mine, Dave, has a house he is trying to sell in Magna, and he is letting us rent it for next to nothing if we will keep it looking nice for him (he lives 2 hours away and can’t realistically do it himself.)

That brings us to this past weekend. We called the builder to see what the status was on our new house, and the word was that the hole had been dug, and the footings were in place. The urge to drive to see our ‘hole-in-the-ground’ house was just too much to bear, so we piled the kids into the car and made a trip. Mom and Dad came along, and we got some great pictures of what will soon be ‘The House of Dodge!”

So that’s it, in a nutshell. Exciting stuff, and motivation enough to get off my duff and make another post here. I am sure that the next few weeks this blog will see much more action, as it is a lasting way of keeping tabs on this huge life-changing experience!

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