We Are Moving

Big news for this family and a great way to kick off a new year... we are moving! No, not location but houses. We are simply moving off Post to a house in town. However, we are SO excited!! I am anxious and stressed already but know it will all be worth it in the end! This will be our fourth cross town move that we've done on our own. It is especially not my favorite task but at least I know how to handle it. We made this decision in a haste as is our typical fashion. But it has all worked out in then so we know we made a good decision. We were blessed to have a house on Post but even in the beginning I never really liked it and it's never felt like a home. It did seem big when we initially moved in but of course at that point in time we had spent the past two weeks either living in a hotel room or our pop up camper. So anything felt bigger than our previous living situations! Our house on Post is a duplex and after spending four years in your own home, sharing walls and a driveway isn't ideal. And though the house had four bedrooms, they are all on top of each other and there's no space to spread out. After getting orders for staying here, we sought out housing to "upgrade" to a better house/neighborhood. At first, it seemed like an easy transition but a few months later when we checked to see how far we had moved up the list, our hopes dropped. We had gone from 5th on the list down further to number 8. There were no four bedrooms on post available and there were seven families in front of us seeking the same thing. Housing had not even received any vacancy notices for a four bedroom in over 30 days. Meaning we would be lucky to get anything, any time soon. Plus, housing considers us to have an "adequate" house so as long as there is a new family moving here they will always get the next available four bedroom. We knew we could not stay here at Mott Circle for too much longer so we began housing hunting. We found a few we liked but when we called about them they were either unavailable or would not be available for several more months. Finally we found one we loved that was still available. When we went to walk through the house, I didn't want to leave. I knew it was the one. It felt like home! Thankfully everything worked out and we move in on Friday!! Yay :) I am so excited to get into it and start moving our stuff and unpacking. We did all the paperwork last week so I simply have to stop by the rental office and pick up the keys that morning. Our house is huge... over 2000 square feet. So much more room for our family of five! And a huge bonus is that it has a three car garage so we can finally put our camper back into a garage. In our new house, we get an office space, a playroom, a family room, a living room with a fire place, and I finally get a soaking tub :) So, so happy to be moving into this house!

Our new casa here in Arizona!