Good evening!
Thank you everyone for the kind comments. We heavily debated between the burbs and a semi-historic area close to downtown. As much as I wanted and older home close to work, I know this is the best choice for my family. Dh is planning to attend a university just down the road and I don't think I could get a better school without going private. I have friends less than three miles down the road with kids the same age as mine and the commute for me to work is only about 15 miles each way. Now I'll have to get cracking on a plan for that back yard! They do have a drawing for a pool that they will give us, but we would have to remove that crape myrtle, and I think my kids are too young for the pool. The boys tried to strip down and jump in some when we were looking at homes!
Today was a long day! After finalizing the deal on the house, we left Dallas and flew it St. Louis and then to Orlando. We just got home from the Orlando airport a few hours ago. Long day....