We got a house in San Francisco!

Lyle and I made a very quick trip to San Francisco with the intention of hopefully finding a house for us to live in when we move in July. We were very stressed about this and prayed we would find something. We hired a realtor (her daughter just happens to be the current Miss America..haha!) to help us because the rental market in SF is crazy. To be honest there really isn't that much to consider....at least not in our price range. So, we left late Thursday night and met with our realtor early Friday morning. She lined up several places for us to look at that day. The first one was in a nice quiet neighborhood. It had 3 bdr and 2 baths with a private wash machine and dryer and a garage. It was pretty dated in the inside but clean so we liked it. Sadly, the owner wanted way more than we expected for a deposit so we thought it was out of our budget. We took an application and quietly left. We continued to look at houses for the next 4 hours or so....it was grueling. By the 6th house I was in tears. Everything was terrible and I would absolutely not put my children in any of them. I am serious. All of the but the first had the owners living underneath us where we had to share laundry and the back yard if there was a back yard at all. It was crazy.....and did I mention expensive! Why anyone would pay that much for the dumps we looked at is beyond me! So, we ended up calling the first house back and asking if we could negotiate price. He told us to come back to the house to talk. We did and what happened next was nothing short of divine intervention...I kid you not. Thank you Eve! The owner came down $4K on the deposit, $1K on the monthly rent and allowed us to not pay for June! We couldn't believe it and felt so so lucky! The house was perfect for me and the kids. And it is only a mile away from both their school and Lyle's hospital! Great Great neighborhood and plenty of space. By the end of Friday we had a signed contract! We were not going back home until Sunday so we had Friday night and all day Saturday to really relax and breath a bit knowing the biggest challenge facing our  move to SF was over! And it happened to be our 12th wedding anniversary!
Here are a few pics of the house...not fancy in the least but really great! This move is really getting real now!

And the neighborhood and great park at the end of our street: