Our move.....

In November of 2016 we decided to put our house on the market...and did.  It was sort of a build up....a culmination of things.  Ben was tired of the commute he faced everyday and with Cash's 5th grade year of school lingering the following year we knew it was a now or never.  It was important to me that Cash be in 5th grade wherever he would be going to middle school.  I wanted him to establish a good group of friends that he would "face" middle school with.  Our goal was to be in the Leon Springs area so Ben was closer to his office.  We had quite a bit of activity over the course of 6 months but started to feel discouraged during that time as we made the assumption the house would sell fast.  I will preface this post with I do think everything happens for a reason.

We looked at house options the entire 6 months but really came up empty.  We started with the thought maybe more space would be good.  As time went on and the more houses we looked at the more we realized that we truly didn't desire a bigger yard.  We were even entertaining a smaller yard as long as there was room to build a pool or hopefully where one existed.

After some time, and plenty of back and forth/weighing options, we came to the realization that the only neighborhood we really wanted to be in was the Dominion. It was the only place we felt we were truly accomplishing our goals.  So we focused our attention solely in the Dominion.  We found a house that was under construction in The Gardens.  I really loved the house.  Ben did to...not as much as me but he liked it.  We made a contingency offer and thought all would work out.  It did not and someone else came in without a contingency and bought the house.  Ben was afraid I would really be upset and possibly want to throw in the towel on the selling of our home.  I wasn't that upset.  I had already turned my anxious self over to God and put it in his hands.  It's amazing what that act alone can do.  I typically would have been a complete wreck but I wasn't.  I just believed our house was yet to be found.  So the search continued and our house was still on the market...until one day.

There were so many moments of "should we or shouldn't we"....until one day or should I say one night.  One night I prayed about the situation.  I just prayed that either it was meant to be or it wasn't and for God to show us the way.  Well.....he did....and literally the next day our realtor suggested our good friends, Chad and Rochelle, buy our house as they were looking for an investment property/house for Chad's daughter/her family to move into that would be closer to them.  At first I thought Ben was kidding.  He was not!  Chad and Rochelle were in total agreement.   I just felt it was the right thing and that God had answered my prayers.   He showed us the way.

As we were solidifying the sale of our home we were still looking for our next.  Our realtor received a call from a family that lived in the Dominion stating they wanted to sell their house and asked if our realtor could represent them.  He shared he could of course and that he had a potential buyer before it would even get listed.  We went to see the house and Ben "loved" it right away.  Part of me thinks that was the urgency of the situation leading his feelings vs truly seeing the house for what it was...which was good but love I was not feeling.  I am very visual when it comes to houses and for me, fortunately or unfortunately, the house has to be in its best state (my taste) for me to love it.  We left the first walk through not agreeing and somewhat irritated with each other.  Another house, that I would never have entertained, came available and I shut that down quickly which also left us somewhat irritated.  Obviously we know why...we felt pressed, pressured, and just overall like our backs were against a wall.  The big question was what apartment complex were we going to be calling home.  Of course none of us wanted to do that but we didn't want to settle on a house either.

We were faced with the apartment decision and decided to once again take a stroll outside the Dominion to ensure we were going to come back to our gut instinct.  We did find a beautiful home in the Canyons at Scenic Loop but once again realized we didn't want that much yard and it was farther than we wanted to be which meant traffic we would have to deal with.  Bottom line we wanted no traffic and a lot of convenience.  So back to the Dominion we went.  We must have gone to see 80 Westcourt Ln 5 times until we came to the realization it was our home.  So many things happened in between our offer and closing that are not worth documenting but it all led to us finding our home at 80 Westcourt Ln.  I cannot say its our forever home but I can't say its not either.  We closed mid May and I drove Cash back and forth to Hardy Oak so he could finish 4th grade.  He was sad to leave his friends but overall had a good attitude.

Ben is home most days for lunch and doesn't have to leave until close to 8am each morning.  There is breakfast, lunches, time together and even Ben being able to help coach Cash's football team.  Our move has definitely given us a better quality of life that we are grateful for.  We are beyond blessed and thank God everyday for those blessings.

(we changed the front door after moving in to this one - love it!)