So, going back to March 1. It was Jeremy's 32nd birthday and our nephew, Owen's, 1st birthday. Tristan and Ana brought the boys to our house and we had a little party for Owen. That night, Tristan, Jeremy, and I ran in the Big Easy in Little Elm 5k. I did a lot better than I expected I would do! Tristan won 1st place for his age division!
You may be wondering why I am wearing a "Vote for Flores" shirt in the picture. Back around February I became the campaign manager for THREE candidates running for school board. You wouldn't think that a school board election for a small(ish) town would be too much work. You would be wrong. This was life consuming. We even worked with our local state rep, and in the end, ALL THREE candidates beat the incumbents, which is pretty unheard of, and we had a record turnout for voting.
During that time we also decided to put our house up for sale and look for something closer to my mom and dad. I have to say that selling a house this time around was far less painful than the last time. Don't get me wrong...keeping your house "show ready" at all times with three little kids sucks. But at least I had Jeremy here with me the whole time, and the house sold in 3 weeks. We close in 3 days, and close on our new house in Rockwall in 4 days! We are so ready to be settled in. Throughout this whole process, we've had a lot of mixed feelings:
1) Leaving Little Elm - There is a lot of growth happening in LE right now. We have loved living in a small town, but close to the city. There are a lot of new, fun things, being built in LE right now that I guess we will miss out on. However, we are excited to get to explore a new city. We are basically moving from one lake (Lewisville Lake) to another (Lake Ray Hubbard).
2) Leaving our ward. There are definitely some friends that we will miss from our ward. However, at this point I feel a sigh of relief to be leaving. The dynamic in our ward has completely changed. There is a lot of dissent, gossip, cliques, and people just outright not being good members of the church. It's just weird. Not to say every member is like this, but there is too much going on for my comfort. I have no idea what our new ward will be like, but I am hoping for a much more peaceful ward where we can focus on the Gospel and not the drama.
3) Leaving our house. We always knew this wasn't a long term house and that we would sell when it made sense. But, we've brought 2 babies home to this house, and made lots of good memories, so there is always going to be an emotional attachment. BUT, I am also SUPER excited to move to the new house with LOTS more counter/cabinet space, more bathrooms (which don't really matter now, but I keep telling Jeremy he will thank me for as the girls get older), and an overall better layout that will allow us to enjoy the house more. I am also determined to actually decorate the new house, and not leave everything blank and bare.
That's about it in terms of updates go. I am excited to post lots of pics of the new house!
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