FIVE MILE PRAIRIE, Wash. – Sarah and Jake Newbold returned to their Five Mile Prairie home this week to find their ‘nest’ transformed, thanks to one local woman’s new mission: ‘Nesting Hope.’
The couple smiled and cried joyfully as they walked into their newly remodeled bedroom and bathroom. It was a beautiful peak in their journey, which Sarah says has had many valleys.
“Our first daughter…after many, many tests we found out that she has this rare metabolic disorder called Nonketotic Hyperglycemia (NKH),” Sarah said. “There’s only 500 cases in the world..and our other daugther…shares the same condition.”
Sarah said some symptoms of NKH include lethargy, seizures, and overall delays, but she and Jake are so thankful for their children.
“They’re just such lights, just awesome, and we feel blessed to be their mom and dad,” Sarah and Jake said.
Now the couple is feeling blessed to be the first family recipient of ‘Nesting Hope,’ a not-for-profit program started by interior designer Ashley McBournie, founder and owner of Neverending Nesting,who wanted to use her skills and passion for designing homes to help deserving people like the Newbolds.
“Over the last year, I went through a lot of health challenges and honestly I was detiorioting,” said ‘Nesting Hope’ creator, Ashley McBournie. “I found a lot of hope in my home. I feel that season of sickness…pushed me into ‘there’s a need for this.’
Ashley said she then posted on her Neverending Nesting Instagram page, asking followers to nominate a family they felt deserved a free home transformation. The nomination for the Newbolds touched Ashley’s heart and Sarah and Jake were selected for that home makeover, which Ashley says included more than $30,000 worth of renovations.
“I mean, there were countless hours into this project,” Ashley said. “Last night we were here until 1 a.m.”
Ashley and her husband, Levi McBounrie, have been working together for long hours over the past week to surprise Sarah and Jake. The couple stayed at an Airbnb in Cle Elum with their children, which was donated to the cause.
Ashley said more than a dozen local businesses, from cleaners to Ibex Flooring, donated materials and volunteers to make the moment Sarah and Jake walked into their newly remodeled home possible (list on neverendingnesting.com).
“We just want to say ‘thank you’ to Ashley and just everyone who just gave,” said Sarah.
Ashley hopes that the Newbold family is the first of many she can help by transforming their home and lives.
If you’d like to get involved in Ashley’s ‘Nesting Hope’ project, you can email her at hope@neverendingnesting.com or visit her Neverending Nesting Instagram page.
