We bought a house!

          We bought this house in April of 2007. It's a 1925 craftsman style bungalow. The previous owner's parents had built it (and many other houses in the neighborhood) so you could say we are the second owners. The place had been abandoned for 10 years before we laid eyes on it. The daughter of the builders had recently past away and it was put on the market.
          Now I've done some remodeling in the past and Hali, my wife, has her degree in interior design, so we had been looking for something that we could put some sweat equity into. Hali saw it on one of our walks with our newborn twins, the "For Sale" sign had been switched to "Sold." She called me at work and urged me to call about it.
          Being the ever supportive husband, I replied "Why would we bother calling? It says sold. Besides I'm at work and can't waste time calling people to inquire about sold houses." "Can you please just find out?," she asked. I called and they told me, "It's in escrow but we'll call you if something happens."
          The next day they called back,"Our buyer backed out because the house was going to be too much work. Would you like to make an offer?" Shakily I responded ".................yes?" Now I would just have to find a real estate agent and a lender. That night Hali and I prayed that God would make it happen smoothly or frustrate our efforts.