This is not something I have told a ton of people. Its not something we have bragged about in anyway. We know everyone has their own opinions about the whole subject and that is fine with me. I am going to be posting a lot of personal information on this post for my own remembrance. My blog is were I keep track of a lot and I print it out into a book. It's something that I cherish and I know my kids will one day also. If you decided to keep reading just know I don't want to hear your opinion.
Back in May of this year Josh and I had to make a huge decision for our family. It was a decision that we had been thinking and contemplating about for over a year. So after A LOT of prayer, fasting, talking, crying, and thinking we decided to put our first home that we bought back in 2007 up for sale. It was not an easy decision to make, but we knew it was what we needed to do for our family. The housing market changed a ton since we had boughten our house in 2007. Our family had changed a lot and so had both of our jobs. These were all things that we couldn't control. Obviously we choose to have kids, but we had no idea what reality was of having them. When we bought our home back in 2007 we knew it was the right choice for us. We both felt that way. So in June we met with a realtor and put our house on the market. We are now in October and can finally say the house is just about sold. The buyer signs their papers tomorrow and we have already done all of ours.
When we started back in June we knew we would have a few months still left in the house before it sold so we really didn't do much to look for another home to live in. It wasn't until September that we basically heard the house was starting escrow and we would have about 30 days to move. Once we heard this we began looking at rentals within our ward. We love our ward. We have a ton of friends and have just been super happy with living in this area. We made a list of about 10 rentals that we found and matched our criteria. We spent a number of days calling, looking and trying to decide which one we liked the most for the price we could afford. We finally both felt really good about this one house, but we could not see the inside for another week. We were kind of on a time schedule and couldn't find any other home that we seemed to like as much. We knew no one was living in the home so we went and checked it out from the outside. The reason we couldn't move in was because they were putting in a new backyard and so it wasn't ready. We knew that once we were allowed to see the inside then someone would jump at the chance to rent this home. It was beautiful from the outside. We did some research and were able to see the history of the home. We saw lots of pictures of the inside on the internet. It had been owned by a single guy from 2006 to 2013. It was sold in June to an investor. He then put the house up for rent in September. We quickly put our deposit down and did this without waiting to see the inside. We both felt very good about the whole decision and we knew it was were we needed to go. We got the keys September 25th. We began the move on September 28th. It has taken us a whole week to be completely out, but we did it and its done.
Here is our new home!
The best part is that it is only 4 blocks behind our old house so moving wasn't a big deal.
This was one way of moving a couch. We just didn't want to wait another day till we had a truck to help us move.
The Gi Joe room was the biggest project that we had to work on. Josh did just about all of it, but I helped with unscrewing all the shelves and cases off the wall.
Our new backyard! I ton bigger than our old one. We love it!
Moving is a huge process especially getting fully settled into the new house. I am getting a lot done though and have had friends come and help. Maybe in a week or two once I get things decorated I will take more pictures to show the finished product.
Mckinley has already been ignored and fallen asleep at the top of the stairs.
Eating at the counter like a big girl has become her new favorite thing.
The Gi Joe room no longer exists. This house only has 3 bedrooms plus a loft. They are currently taking up the front room, until Josh can get them boxed up and ready to store.
Payton is very much into his iPad and would be on it 24-7 if we let him. Scarlett as always falls asleep randomly in the most unique spots. Mckinley LOVES books and is always looking at them.
Mckinley is my little buddy. She loves her alone time with Josh and I each night after the older two go to bed. She also kind of lets me do her hair unlike Scarlett who always wants hers down and long like mine.
This was her very first time have 2 piggy tails. She is just too cute and I love the tiny piggy tails. She thinks she is just as big as her brother and sister and wishes she could sit in their seats in the car, but sadly she's still not even 20lbs so she will not be moving anytime soon.
Once again I became an aunt again. The Lewis family welcomed Bren Holden into their family on October 6th. This is their second child and I know they are just loving him to pieces. I have to wait until christmas to meet Bren and Millie. Its going to be a long two months of looking at pictures of these cuties growing.
Overall I feel like through everything we have dealt with over the last year and a half, but really in the last 4 months I can say I feel very blessed and truly loved by my Father in Heaven. I really appreciate all the support we have received. I know my family and I are loved by many. I hate feeling like we failed, but I know deep down that we didn't. This was all part of the Lord's plan for our family. We each have our own trails in life and we become stronger through them. I know this is true. The Lord has carried me and my family through this all. I would probably have been an emotional wreck normally going through this all, but surprisingly I have been ok. My heart his full of love and gratitude for this trial. I didn't love it, but I know I have changed for the better because of it. My family is all together, safe, healthy, and happy. I couldn't ask for anything else!
We are excited about the change and starting a new chapter in our lives together.
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