That's right --- we're moving!!!! I wish I would have made more time to blog during this process, but as you can imagine, things have been very busy and hectic. For those of you that don't know the whole story.... I'll start from the beginning. On July 7th, we were notified that Cory would be losing his job. Wells Fargo Financial is closing the doors to all 638 Financial branches. Cory is the manager at the local branch. We were quite shocked by the news and a little overwhelmed about what was to come. We spent a lot of time talking about our future and where we wanted to go from here. We decided this would be the perfect opportunity for us to move "back home". We've always wanted to get there and raise our kids there... but the timing had never been right.... until now. Cory's job was what brought us here and what has kept us here. Now that his job is ending, we really felt it was time for us to follow our dream of moving home! 
A month and a half later, here we are only a few days away from moving day!!! I accepted a new job and start on Sept 7th. Our house is on the market. We've had our going away party. We had a massive garage sale. We've started packing. It's almost time to say goodbye. It's so weird how something I've wanted SOOOOO bad for SOOOOO long is so hard to do!! I am so excited about our move and what our future holds. I can't wait to spend more time with family & friends. But we have so much to say goodbye to here. 
I remember moving away from the first house Cory and I owned. It was an older home and there were a lot of things I was looking forward to leaving!! ;) It was still hard though. At that time, Bryce was only 8 weeks old. Now, with this house, I think it's going to be even more difficult. It's the only house our kids have known. Those are THEIR rooms. All of their "firsts" have happened here in this house. It's our home.
It's sad and very hard. I'm fighting back the tears as I type this. BUUUUTTTTT... I know what we're gaining. I know our future is bright and this whole situation is a blessing in disguise for our family. We are going home to raise our kids with the people we love, in the town we love and the town that has always held our hearts! Our kids will get to have some of the same teachers that Cory and I did!!! They will get to go on some of the same field trips to the post office, the grocery store and city hall that we did. As teenagers, they may even be pulled over by some of the same cops that we were!!! :) They are going to get to spend a lot of precious time with their grandparents and great grandparents!! They will grow up with a lot of their cousins! They will form the kind of bonds and friendships that Cory and I are sooo blessed to have! My excitement is strong and I think the kids are feeling the excitement of this move.
But before we're able to get there.... we have to say goodbye.
These are some of the people we're having such a hard time saying goodbye to! We've built strong friendships over the last 5 years and we will miss our neighbors and friends sooo much! Thank you for all the memories and good times! I truly hope there will be more to come!!! 
Here are some pictures of our house.
I will be back to blog about the goodbyes and the hellos that will come over the next week or 2. Lots of changes right now.... but change is good. :)
Bryce got to have his 1st sleep over at our house with Sam. The boys had a great time!!! They are really going to miss each other.... but Sam's Nana and Papa live in Bryce's new home town.... so this isn't really good-bye!!! :) 
They played a little game of football Sunday morning before Sam had to go home. I took a few videos for them to look back at in a few years!! So cute!
As I tried to get everything organized for our move, I washed the fabric to all the car seats and cleaned them out. (Still don't understand the use of the crevices in the plastic of the carseats - I know I vented about this in an earlier blog posting, but it's ridiculous!!!!! :) Jenna decided to create her own daycare center in the living room. She had all her babies in the seats and even a place for them to nap and eat! She also buckled herself in the seats NUMEROUS times and then could not get out on her own and would have to call for help! Silly girl!
The neighborhood boys enjoyed our last Sunday out running around the yards and having fun! 
I love this "silly picture"! 
Sunday night the girls and I went out for one last GNO. We went to get our nails done and then out for dinner. It was a great time! 
I'll miss you all a bunch - but will definitely still be seeing you!!!!!!!!!! :) 
