Once plans were in place for the girls' school to move from its current location in Bellingham and join the campus of Lynden Christian in Lynden, Kyle and I started tossing around the idea of moving to Lynden. I am not a fan of the drive and the thought of doing it multiple times a day for the next 15 years was not appealing. Plus, it seems like it will be nice to live closer to school when it comes to things like sports, hanging out with friends, and simply being more involved in the community. We started looking at houses and have narrowed down what it is we are looking for but I struggled with the idea of buying a house and simultaneously having to sell our house. It seemed stressful to have to sell within a specific timeframe in order to be able to move ahead with the purchase of a new place. Plus, there are the details of keeping it clean with three kids and a dog, being able to leave anytime anyone wanted to see it, still do school, and work night shift and have to sleep during the day!!
So it made sense to sell it first and then move ahead with buying something. Once we made that decision, my mom and sisters came over, we packed up all the clutter and staged the house. We moved back into my parent's house and that's where we are living for now! In this time of social distancing, it's been really nice because once we decided to live with Mom and Dad, it became okay to give them hugs, to go inside their house, and to enjoy being together again.
I thought we did an excellent job getting the house all cleaned up and ready for pictures. We put it on the market on a Friday and within a week we accepted an offer. We are now in the process of packing up everything else and moving out! This process has gone so smoothly; it is clear that God's hand has been orchestrating it all.
And now, for the past two weeks, we have been adjusting to living with Grandpa and Grandma.  |
Kyle's new office
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| Teaching Grandpa how to play Maki Stack |
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| Painting with Grandma |
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