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Our First House

I couldn’t be more excited to announce that this past fall we bought our first house! What started out as one photo outside the house, turned into a whole photoshoot thanks to the amazing Charissa Lee Photography.  I am so happy to have these photos to look back on.
Back in April I jokingly started looking at houses to buy on Zillow and would screenshot some of my favorites.  Kyle and I started talking more about what we would want in a house and if we thought we could afford it or not.  We had been saving for a house, but hadn’t been focusing on it specifically.  May roles around and we started realizing that buying a house was definitely possible and that we had saved enough money for one! We started looking more seriously and told our apartment complex that we wouldn’t be renewing our lease after July. Read For More Information - https://everyday-ellis.com/our-first-house/#comment-842

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