Parade of Homes

So over the weekend Shott and I attended our first Parade of Homes here in the valley. Our first stop was up on the east side. We were shuttled up to see the 7.5 million dollar home. The exterior was beautiful. Something you'd picture right out of Europe. The inside was unbelievable and totally impractical. Huge chandeliers and an indoor swimming pool designed to look as if you were swimming in some remote lake up in the mountains. There were secret rooms and an elevator. Totally out of control, and totally un-inviting, but very entertaining and a perfect example of the eccentric! Our next stop ended up being our favorite home of the day. It was in Holladay, just a few blocks from where our old apartments were. It was nestled in some trees. This home was only valued at 3.5 million! Everything about it was amazing. Like most of these million dollar homes, it had it's pool, indoor gym, theater room, a craft room to make Martha Stewart yearn with desire, and an amazing kitchen and great room. But the feature I loved the most were the rooms designed for the kids. As you walked into the basement to your left there was this cool playhouse. As you walked through the little door it opened up into this amazing little (big room) house equipped with mini stairs with a kitchen and a living room. It had a closet full of dress up clothes and a small hardwood area for tap dancing and ballet. For a child this was heaven. Saturday we went through 5 homes in 7 hrs. all of them had some cool rooms or features just for kids. It gave Shott and I such great ideas that we could apply in our own home. By the end of the 5th home Shott was done. He actually was done after the second home. Even though he complained A LOT, he stuck with it! The tickets we purchased allows us to see 32 homes here in the valley and after just 5 we were totally worn out. I'll be taking my mom with me later this week. Shott's very happy about that!
Speaking of homes, Shott and I just moved Spencer and Rheina into their new home in West Valley. It's a great home with a lot of potential. Last night we were helping them hook up their washer and dryer and found that there were some pipes that were leaking in the basement. Welcome to owning your own home, right! I'll get some pictures posted soon. (Spencer is aware of these blogs but with the military and driving trucks all day he hasn't had time yet.)
Shott and I have also been taking trips down to Eagle Mountain to see how Brett and Mindy's house is progressing. We've really enjoyed our trips down there. Their house is coming along I think quicker then what was expected. It's beautiful at Eagle Mountain and the quite is very serine. Last time we were there a thunderstorm was rolling through.
Shott and I love our home and the progress we've made. We've also enjoyed watching others in the family get into their own home as well. Yeah, over the weekend we saw some amazing homes, homes we'll never be able to build in this life time. Some too eccentric to really be called a "home". One thing we walked away with from this experience is realizing that we have a home, our haven from the "world"!