My soon to be past home, and soon to be future home

Current house in CA

Soon to be house is ID.

12/20/08: So I was going through some pictures of my computer and came across these. The top picture is of my current home here in CA, and the bottom picture is of the new house in ID. I have so many mixed feelings in my head. I feel so excited and anxious to move, to start a new chapter in our lives. I am excited for the change of scenery and the change of life style. I am excited for my kids and their quality of life. I am excited for them to be able to go to great schools. I am excited to leave the stress of the expense of living in CA behind. Our life style and our families hobbies will flourish in Idaho. All of our out door hobbies and activities. We can't wait. We are going to be renting this house for a while until we are real familiar with the area and know for sure where we want to buy and put our roots down permanently. We don't want to have to move more then needed. The house is huge and beautiful. Plenty of room for our guests with a big guest suite so they will feel as comfortable as we do. We are looking forward to having many guests come visit us. Jason will have his own in home office since he will be working from home now. And the kids have huge bedrooms and a big loft for their play area. My kitchen is HUGE, I love it. The drive way is big and the house sits on a big court. The kids are going to have so much fun riding their bikes, and scooters, and skate boards out there, all in the safety of a court location.

So the sad part then pops in when I think of the memories we have in our current home. This is Lauren's first home. All she knows. We have been in this house for 6 years now. Both kids started school here, and have made friends here. We have put so much love into this house.

Then I think of all the friends and family members that we are leaving behind. The kids have made some great friends here, and so have we. Some that are so new that, it is even more sad to not know what it could have turned out to be. Leaving neighbors that we LOVE and have the best neighbor relationship with you could ever ask for. Neighbors that are long time friends from high school.

And family, Jason's family is staying here. As sad as I know they are, I also know that they are happy for us, and happy for our kids. It will be hard to leave my mother in law Nancy. She has been a huge part of our life here and especially helpful to me. I don't know what I would have done with out her on so many different occasions. She has always been right there when we needed her. Her relationship with Justin and Lauren is amazing. What a wonderful grandma she is. The kids will have a very hard time leaving her, as will I. We have a great relationship as well. I could not ask for a better one. Fortunately it is not that far away, and seems how Grandma Nancy and Papa Ron are both retired they should be able to visit us as much as they want to, and take advantage of the guest suite!!!!!! Jason's sister and her family is also staying here. Their kids and Justin and Lauren are very close also. That is going to be a hard transition too. But hopefully they will come visit too. And who knows, maybe someday they will all come live by us too. Then life would be perfect.

So I have been rambling, I tend to do that. Just wanted to share a little glimpse into our move.