Goodbye House

 

In just a few days we will be moving to Wilmington, NC!  I can’t even believe we will be leaving this lovely house that we have called home for almost six years.  When we bought this house, I felt that it was really my dream home.  And every single night when I say my prayers I have thanked the Lord for allowing me to live in such a beautiful home.  Every night since the day we moved in.  We have been so blessed here.  And now it’s time to find another home to love in another town.  I’m sure we will, although it is hard to envision it yet.  I had to remind Brett just the other day about all the homes we've lived in (none nearly as nice a this one) and how happy we've been in each one - from our starter home in Charlotte to our rental condo in Austin to our fabulously tiny 600 square foot one-bedroom apartment in Paris.  We'll find a new place and we'll love it, I'm sure! :)

Back in January we decided to give it a try moving to Wilmington to be closer to my family.  Brett has worked from home for almost six years now, and has never worked for a company here in the Cary/Raleigh area since we’ve lived here.  So, we decided to let him try working from home from another home!  While we like the area, we decided it would be nice to be able to raise our kids around their grandparents, aunt and uncle and only cousin.  Plus, being at the beach is not a bad deal!  Once we decided to try to sell the house this summer, everything happened so quickly.  We sold our house the second day it was listed.  And now we are on our way out.  We will miss this home and the friends we have made here in Cary dearly, but we are hoping that our new life in Wilmington will be equally wonderful.  We haven’t yet found our house in Wilmington, so it makes it even harder to leave this one since we don’t have anything to look forward to moving into (the storage unit we’ve reserved is not exactly what we had in mind initially!).

One of my most favorite and also least favorite things about this house has been the backyard.  It is way too small for much of anything – swingsets, fireplaces, soccer games, large parties, and so on.  And yet, in spite of its tiny size, I love it.  During the six years we’ve been here, Brett and I transformed this little space from an empty and sad patch of grass with one poorly placed oak tree to an outdoor play space. The kids and I have had so much fun back there and have enjoyed the space, in spite of its limitations.  We have played in the wading pool, started a small garden, practiced t-ball, thrown Frisbees, decorated the patio with sidewalk chalk, played in the sand box, hosted parties, and had Easter egg hunts and picnics.   I will miss hearing the porch door slam shut as the kids come and go to their little play space all afternoon and evening almost 8 months out of the year.  We will have to recreate a similar space in our next home – hopefully on a much larger scale!

Before

After

After

Pierce's sand box and play area we created from previously wasted space.

Putting it to use with a sprinkler and ice cream party!

We will keep everyone posted about our new address when we have one, but as of now we’ll be staying with my parents.  Summer Camp at Nana and Papa John’s house!  Whoot, whoot!

Goodbye house and goodbye yard.  We will miss you!