That is the longest I have gone without blogging since I started. Wow. I have had too much of everything these past weeks.
For starters, we are selling our house. We came to this decision dragging our feet and kicking and clawing. Much like your typical 3 year old tantrum. We love our house, we love our ward, we love being less than a mile to my Mom's. We love our small mortgage payments :) But, we need more bedrooms. The little voice in my head says we aren't done having kids yet and we are already like sardines upstairs.
I hope I haven't offended any of you by not talking about this earlier. It makes me sad. I didn't want to talk about it until something was definitely happening. We listed our house on the MLS yesterday and so I guess something is definitely happening.
If the lady next to my mom would just sell her house my life would be perfect. But, because that is not a distinct possibility, we are house hunting. It really feels like a hunt some days. Lucky for me their are lots of houses out there right now. Or, not so lucky for selling my house I guess.
We just keep praying that the right thing for us will happen. I feel so much more pressure buying this next house than this one. I was naive with my first two houses. I bought them because I liked the house. I didn't have any kids yet. Now I have so many more considerations. Schools, libraries, neighbors, community programs, proximity to my Mom :)
I really feel like Heavenly Father directs us to where we should be. The house we are in now has been heaven sent for us. The house itself, the friends we have made, everything. Okay, I am making myself sad again. So, I am praying constantly that this next move will be where He wants us and it will be good for our family.
Oh, and Marshall's mom left for her mission to London, England. Camryn had her 7th birthday. Chancelor had 3 ear infections, a weird virus and learned to climb up our stairs (constantly and it can't be gated off) and a myriad of other mundane life things that somehow fill up my days completely.
So, I haven't been able to think of much else.
4 comments:
Good thing you're back. I swear I checked almost daily for over a month and was thinking just today that I was going to send you an email demanding an update to your blahg.
I know this was such a difficult decision for you. Everything will turn out just fine. (As long as you move closer to us! ) You're going to find the perfect home for your growing family. We love you guys!
WOW - such big decisions! Good luck with your house hunt. It's so much harder when you have the kids to factor into it. We're hoping we win some lottery and can just add onto the house we have since we love our neighborhood so much. Since we aren't playing in any lottery's - it's probably not likely to happen.
Good luck.
Alison, I know this has been a stressful time. I wish I would have thought more about how it has been for you and asked how I could help. I'm sorry. I know you will make the right decision and I am SO excited for you!
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