About one year ago. We were talking with our girls about various topics that we usually do. And they (like in the past) started to plead their case to move closer to family. All the reasons that we felt we "couldn't" move closer went away with John becoming self employed and can work from anywhere. Least to say we have great Lawyers for kids and they won the case.
We put our house up for sale, and sold it a month later. We were so busy that Rachel had packed her room completely before spending the summer with my Sister Martha. When she came back at the end of the summer, were had already moved. Sarah and the boys were a great help and we moved the middle of July as we had a medical conference to attend the end of July for Hyrum in Denver and John was leaving town for another month the week after the Conference.
Then the new problem, were do we live. We were doing an extended visit with my mom while we looked at houses. We decided that if we were going to move up by family, then the closer the better. So when a house came available 2 doors down from one of my brothers, we jumped on it. It was more than we wanted to spend, and in worse shape than we have ever wanted to buy, but as they say...location, location, location! So my brother 2 doors down lives across the street from another brother, who's backyard butts up against my parents back yard. Another brother lives 2 "country" blocks to the north. My in-laws live 2 miles North East of us and another sister-in-law living 3 miles directly East of us!
It has been wonderful to be around family, and has made the house worth it. It has taken us 9 months to move into the house only because my father-in-law took pity on us and came fixed my kitchen and did all my mudding! My mom became my slave and right hand lady as we put up walls and sheet rock! And even the nephews came to help lay down the flooring. At one point my 3 year old nephew informed me of which room was his!
We moved into the house Mother's Day Weekend, and have loved having the space back in the house for the kids and the lovely yard that is 10 times larger than our last house!
I will post each room individually so you can see the changes that we have made. Some rooms it was just replacing the carpet, some was moving doors, and others was putting a wall up cutting a room in half to create two rooms. We have things still to do like stairs, new roof, A/C, and finish a couple of bathrooms. But we have a dishwasher, kitchen sink, a shower, and stove...what more do you need?
The fridge was done yesterday! And the 2nd bathroom is ready for paint!
