Ever since we bought our house Chris has always joked... "I wanted acreage and a 3 car garage... she wanted a cul-de-sac and a neighborhood, and she won!".
It was great for the kids. I made some AMAZING friends with the neighbors there. That house made the move to Tennessee feel like home.
It wasn't one particular thing, but a culmination of many small things that made us decide to move. In January we started looking at homes for sale. We talked with our realtor, and because of the market here...we really couldn't be a contingent buyer. So we decided to list our house and see what would happen. We listed it on a Friday, and said we wouldn't show it until our Open House on Sunday. And it sold...at the Open House!
We weren't expecting it to happen so quickly and Chris and I looked at each other with the "Holy cow! What are we going to do now?" looks on our face.
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The following Tuesday we went to look at a house and we walked away discouraged. What we were looking for, in the price range that we wanted, just wasn't out there...and now we had the added pressure of a move out date for our current house. Chris said to me...if God had our house sell, he has another house for us!
Wednesday our realtor sent us a brand new listing {like it was on the market for less than an hour} and it looked promising. I called Chris and he left his office and met us there right away. We walked to the front of the house and looked out at the view. Right after I took this picture:
Chris looked at me and said "This is it, isn't it?". We hadn't even looked inside the house! But we knew we could fix/change the house...but we couldn't get a different view. It was stunning.
So after looking in the house {which had already had some renovations done but needed some more}, we made an offer on the house and it was accepted.
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Fast forward to today... This is the house:
It's is much smaller than what we were in but it sits on 9+ acres. It is a mini farm and we will in the future, hopefully get some animals {chickens and cows}. Chris didn't get his 3 car garage but he got a barn that has a workshop and we could park an additional 2 cars in there...so I think he will be okay {wink!}.
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In the middle of unpacking today, I got to swing with my girl.
The kids played on the playset.
And they spent hours on this amazing swing.
Bombi likes it too.
He stays pretty close to us and doesn't wander too far.
We also had our first guests over today! My mom brought The Stellmack's over and they fed us dinner! Thanks Eric & Jeanine!
Sunday I found Ry like this in the afternoon. So sad that he's not feeling well.
Monday morning was cool enough that Payton had to wear a jacket. We are getting taste of the fall mornings that are coming soon!
I found a great place to get a blow-out. I WISH you could have heard his giggles.
It was also a LARGE cup of iced coffee day.
I needed the coffee, because we were moving all this stuff,
into this.
Fortunately the movers we hired were excellent.
The kids slept like this that night.
Because Tuesday we signed the docs for this!
And then we moved ALL DAY LONG.
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Wednesday while walking to our new bus stop it was sprinkling on us and I looked up and there wasn't a rain cloud in the sky.
Ry got pooped out with all the moving. {I was too!}
It down poured at one point and I picked up a soaking wet girl at the bus stop.
Dylan made himself cozy in Chris' new office area (with all moving junk around him) and did his homework.
That night while we were watching tv, Ry reached back and grabbed daddy's hand. So sweet.
Thursday - I was still unpacking and Ry was playing.
That evening I got to soak in my new tub. It was hot and ama-zing.
Friday we ran to Target to get a couple of things and Ry found this soap.
Since it was Michangelo we of course had to buy it and he carried it with him to all our other stops.
Saturday morning the kids woke up early and jumped on their bikes to ride in the cul-de-sac. We are so grateful for this cup-de-sac since we moved from a super busy cut-thru street!
Dylan made a super yummy snack. Chipotle Bean Burgers cut up and wrapped in tortillas and baked. It was super good.
