A Little Hindsight

Almost 2-years ago we sold our home in Washington and made the trek to the west. A year or so before that Mike and I began thinking about Mike returning to school. Of course this would of been impossible for us in Washington, our morgage was too much for Mike not to work full-time. So we put the idea in the back of our minds and kept living life. A few months later Mike recieved the news that he was getting laid off. This was not happy news, at all. I had just 'retired' from my career and became a full-time stay at home mother. We talked to several family members and our wonderful hometeachers about what to do. The answer was already there... go back to school and put Mike's amazing talent to use. It was the logistics that were killing us, we loved our house, our neighborhood. I was making amazing friends through a local playgroup and life was happy and good. Changing that was going to be really hard, but we kept getting firm answers. 1. Sell your house 2. Move away from Washington 3. Go back to school
We put our house on the market and it sold in 2 DAYS! I was stunned, I thought for sure it would take months, but it was meant to be. Our house that we spent almost every day the first year of ownership repairing, remodeling and loving to bits wasn't going to be ours anymore. I suppose you could say all of our hard work paid off. We headed to Utah where we looked at over 20 houses in 2 days and placed an offer on a house. It was insain, but I didn't want to move more than once and we had to act fast, we wanted to sell and buy all on the same day.
We moved our family to Utah and began a new life. It was hard, it's still really hard but I am proud that we followed the spirit and are here. We've been blessed with finding a job that I can go to at night and still be a stay at home Mom during the day. Mike is realizing his dream of becoming an artist as a profession can be a reality, not just a hobby. We will probably never be rich, but I know that because of our sacrifice and faith we will be happy.
Mike has another year left of school, and I can hardly wait for our next chapter to begin. (I am deffiantly not the most patient person) I see Mike's brother and our friends graduating from college it really makes me excited to find out what happens next. I've been trying to enjoy the moments we have now and look at all of the bursts of light we create. I know we will never be able to relive the college years again (we are getting old) :) and it's such a fun time. I also know that not many 30 somethings are in college and also own their own home. Our family is unique and really lucky to experiance life that isn't quite typical.