I know, I know. It's been forever. I feel like that's a usual start to my blogs. Does it count that I have written about 100 blog posts in my head? I just never had time to actually put them down!
If you have not been up on the Facebook updates, I'll give a quick recap. After Tim lost his job right before Thanksgiving, we moved in with my parents in Rockford until we could find another job. We knew we were going to be looking across the country as well as in the Illinois area. The job in Texas did not work out, but we are so grateful for the opportunity to go down there to interview. After 2 months living with my parents and applying for jobs, Tim got a job offer for a company called MiTek, also known as MTX (stereo). There are a few offices across the country and out of all the locations, Phoenix, Arizona appealed to us the most. And it just so happens that is where he was offered the job at!
Tim accepted the job as a graphic designer in middle of January. We knew we had to buy a house over renting for numerous reasons so we got in touch with a family friend who is a Realtor in Phoenix. 3 days after accepting the job, and many listings and facetime tours later, we put an offer on a house, without EVER seeing it! God is good and we had a strong peace about our choice, as hectic as it was!
On January 22nd, Tim's birthday our offer was accepted! Tim began his drive to Arizona in our car, and made a few stops to visit family and friends along the way. The kids and I stayed back at my parents to pack, load the trailer to be moved, and wait for closing on our house. God worked all the details and timing out perfectly. I would be lying if I said this wasn't the most stressful month of my life, but God is good, and He got us through!
I honestly don't know what I would have done without the help of my parents and my in laws. My mom helped me daily with the kids, and my in laws took Gracelyn many times! My dad did so much helping to organize and set up for all of our set to be moved across the country. As stressful as it was, family pulled together and helped us out big time!
Last weekend we closed on the house, and Kade and I took a private jet down to Phoenix to start unpacking into our new house! Tim's boss, who also is my dad's boss, has a private jet so we were able to ride down on that! It was much nicer than a commercial plane. We spent 2 days unpacked and my mom and Gracelyn flew down to meet us. The past week we have been so busy unpacking, Tim has been working, and trying to get settled into our new place!
I absolutely LOVE it here. The weather is beyond perfect right now and I just love it. Our new house is so nice, and so much nicer than I even expected! Our neighborhood is perfect and the location is just ideal! Did I mention that Trader Joe's is a mile down the road?! I am so excited to live down here. I have visited Phoenix many times in the summer for vacations so I knew how nice it was, but I just can't believe we live here, and my kids get to grow up here! We don't know anyone down here, except when my parents are down here, but we are excited to find a church and get involved in the community.
So, are you cold? COME VISIT US!! We love it down here but we miss our friends and family so come visit!
Once we get settled a bit more I'll post pictures of our house. (Does one ever become settled with kids?)
Well, babies are crying so no time to check for grammatical errors, sorry Casey!
