And life changes again....

It is inevitable...life changes.

Sometimes we choose it. Sometimes it slaps us in the face and we pray to God we are making the right decisions.

This is our story.

We love a house down the street...we walk past it daily and admire the lot, the house, the landscaping, everything. We even walk down the alley some days to admire the basketball goal, tennis court line, 3 car garage and the parking pad. So I decided to tell my friend that grew up across the street just how much we love it. My sweet friend Courtney ran into the owner's of the house that weekend and mentioned that we loved their home and would love to buy it someday if they ever wanted to move. What she heard next was an unexpected, "Courtney, we are selling our house and moving! Tell your friend to call me!" Courtney immediately told me and as Ryon walked in from a morning golf round it was the last thing he thought we was coming home to. So we picked up the phone book and called the Newman's asking to see their house before they listed it. They agreed so we packed up Mason in the stroller and walked around the corner to our "dream home." As we walked the halls, we realized that we loved the inside just as much as the outside, and we loved the back yard maybe more than anything! It sits on a double lot, it's green, has an open and closed patio, and the inside is completely updated. So Ryon and I started praying. We weren't ready to move, what were we thinking?, could this really be happening?. As the days passed, it felt right, it felt meant to be. So we made an offer and they accepted!!!!!! They didn't accept right off, Mr. Newman had to do his research and talk to some other Realtors to make sure that our deal we had made was a good one. Days passed and Ryon and I had convinced ourselves that what was meant to be would be, and maybe it wasn't the time for us to move...but then we got the call of the acceptance and we sat outside on our swing in shock. I think we are still in shock. So we are moving, just down the street, to a bigger, beautiful home, to a home that I can see myself raising our family. We are thrilled. One hurtle in front of us though...selling our house! The past week I have tried to clean, tidy, clean again, and do all the paperwork to list our home, along side taking care of Mason and being sick. Yes it took me all week to finally get it in the MLS. It has shown a couple of times already though and we are confident it will sell. And we are hoping that it sells close to asking price because if it does, we will be sitting pretty :) I love our house now. I really do. I realized this more once it was really clean! It's sad you notice the wonderful things after they are "gone" I will miss our first home, no doubt. We put a lot of work into this home and making it great for us. But I guess life has other plans for us. I think God knew what he was doing when I brought up the house over lunch with Courtney. Somethings are meant to be. It doesn't mean it's not scary. Moving up is a scary thought, we are happy right where we are. But we will make it, and we will love every minute. And I will watch my boys...Ryon, Mason and Bradley run like crazy in our gorgeous new yard :)