Over the past several months we have been looking at homes again. We've found neighborhoods we liked, but never a home we liked in the neighborhood. We've found homes we liked okay, but nothing that would be worth moving for, especially moving further away from David's work. Then on October 8th I received a text from a friend telling me about a home that had come on the market two houses down from another person we know. In our same ward, 3 streets north of our current house, so still our same school district and about the same distance to David's work. I immediately reached out to the agent and David and I walked through the same day it was listed. The yard was great, much larger than ours, vegetable garden, large basketball court, and trees. At the end of a cul-de-sac. The home inside was also much larger than ours, but it needed to be updated. It checked all of our must haves and there was potential to make it great. The next day we walked through with Dan Murdock (and Adrianne), a contractor and friend of ours. He talked about all the potential in the home and how it could be great. So, with not much time to think about it because of the crazy real estate market and other offers already coming in, we made an offer. Our agent kindly took 1% off her commission so the offer was more appealing to the seller's and dear friends, Julie and Matt Hall, wrote a kind letter to the seller's (since they knew them) and we wrote a letter including a picture of our family. And, somehow we ended up with the house. When we found out, we knelt down as a family to pray, and I sobbed through the entire prayer. I really love our little house at 2441 E Wilson Ave. I love all our neighbors there.
We scheduled a close date of 11/6/2020. So, the first two weeks I went through the motions of getting financing in order to purchase the house, but I was in denial that we would really be moving. I kept thinking we could back out at anytime. And, Jonas was not excited to move either.
On moving day, Jonas stopped me in the hallway and just cried in my arms. I love his sweet, tender heart. He said our home was the only home he liked, it was the best home. And he was super sad to move and not have Ollie right across the street. Porter was fine to move when he realized he could still play with Tanner, who only lives 3 streets away. And Mason is always willing to just go with the flow. He is pretty adaptable.
Since moving, it has been fantastic. The yard is great. We've played volleyball, basketball, put up the trampoline and the cul-de-sac has been fantastic. The boys have made friends here and they all run around together outside with their masks on. We have a beautiful view of the mountains out our front window and we can see city lights off our deck and from our dining room.
Change is always hard. It stretches us and is not always comfortable. But, it has been amazing to see how when we allow change to happen, there are always blessings that come.
We have been settled into our house and have seen the hand of God. We are not sure why this is the place we should be now, but I am pretty sure that over the coming months and years it will become apparent. My heart tells me there are neighbors here that we will connect with and share our love of the Savior.
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