Hi everyone!
People have been asking for an update so I thought I would start a BLOG!!!!
Adam and I arrived in Knoxville last Thursday evening. Our trip was GREAT with only a few minor hiccups along the way until we got about 80 miles out of Knoxville. We were going up a hill and our trucks transmission blew! This causes a fire under the truck and we had to pull over and call 911. The fire was extinguished by the time that they got there, but boy did it make for some excitement! We were then towed into Knoxville by a huge semi! That was like the cherry on top...We loved riding in the cab of a semi...and Trucker Bill was SO NICE! Rikki and Jimmy met us when we pulled into Knoxville and gave us a ride back to their house after the Penkse truck was dropped off at our house.
(Rikki took this picture of the semi pulling us onto the street that we live on)
(Adam giving Rikki and "Thumbs Up")
(Me giving Rikki a "Thumbs Up" when I am finally out of the truck)
We had anticipated that escrow was going to close on our house the following day after we arrived to Knoxville but unfortunately that didn’t happen. The owners were nice enough to let us move all of our belongings from our moving truck into the downstairs portion of house. This was HUGE because if they didn’t let us do that, our stuff would still be sitting in our moving truck. And that would have been quite the expense! Since we didn’t close Friday we were hoping for a Monday close date, but this didn’t happen either. All of you that have bought a house before know that the underwriters look at every single little tiny detail and question every last thing. We have had documents that show everything that they need, however it’s just taking a LONG TIME!
In the meantime we are staying with Adam’s sister (Rikki), her husband (Jimmy) and their 2 year old son (Andrew). It’s been a great time and we are so thankful that we have somewhere to stay while everything with the house proceeds. Once the house closes we are going to have to paint and get the upstairs re-carpeted. The lady that lived there previously was a renter and left the place pretty trashed. We will eventually put wood floors in the downstairs but for now we are just looking at getting the upstairs tackled so that we can MOVE IN!
Adam is scheduled to start work on Tuesday. He has to be in Chattanooga, TN for some training that week. I was scheduled to start work on the same day but my work needed me to have a Tennessee drivers license before they could complete my background check, so this might have delayed my start date. (Adam and I both surrendered our California drivers licenses on Friday and received our new Tennessee license the same day!)
That’s about all for now!
I will write again when there is more to update!
Love, Jenna
PS- Adam's other sister Noelle had her baby as we were on the road heading to TN last week! We are looking forward to making a trip to West Virginia soon to officially meet our new niece Khloe!
Big sisters Haylee and Lynnzie with their new baby sister Khloe!
