Ahem. We are in Idaho.

What the What? We are moving?

The long and the short of it is…yes!

We have been trying to find a way to be happy in certain aspects of our lives, and it seemed almost impossible to do without moving. So, we prayed and searched and prayed and waited and then one Wednesday, we decided to just try it out! See what would happen if we threw it into the universe. The next day, things started rolling into place and our house was pretty much sold. Does one actually need a reason to up and move? If you do need one, here it is : We wanted an adventure, we wanted to get out of our ward (yes I said it) and we wanted a fresh start. 

We wanted more than Colorado could give us.

Why Idaho? We didn’t want to stay in Colorado. It seemed that nowhere would work for what we were actually looking to do. Nathan was given an awesome opportunity and we jumped on it. Oh, and Why not? We have never been there, and it felt right. That is all you need to know.

Everything in Colorado went so fast, we were so blessed.

We packed up the moving truck, said our goodbyes and then --- all of the fun started to happen.

Fun? Well, if you think having your moving truck BREAKING DOWN at 11pm in Evanston, Wyoming FUN then yes! It was fun! It was 20 degrees our kiddos were so cold and tired. (we sold our minivan, and huddled up in the moving truck and car) They couldn’t fix the truck after waiting 6 hours, so we stayed the night in Wyoming. The next morning was oh so much funner. The moving company decided to tow our truck to Salt Lake City, Utah, because that was the closest place. Luckily, Nathan’s brother came and picked up half of our crew while we waited to see what was going to happen. We spent the night with Liz and Cory and still no word. The next day we heard that the fuel pump was busted and they couldn’t fix it, so they totaled it. They couldn’t fix the 24 foot truck so they gave us a 26 foot truck instead. They hired professional movers to move our stuff from one truck to the next and did a TERRIBLE job. (we didn’t know until we got to Idaho)

 We were finally Idaho bound and heard back from 3 houses we put “offers” on. They all fell through. One had a leak that the inspector said needed 10k to fix. 2 others were under contract with better offers and they took the local people over us on. We were in our 3^rd hotel in 4 days. We were feeling low, and then decided to pray that we would find the house where we could do the most good (in the ward) and we thought we found it. Come to find out they changed the terms on us and we were in a hotel for 2 more days.Ugh! Trying to be positive and upbeat when everything seems to be spiraling out of control is very difficult.  We tried one more time on Thursday and it didn’t work either. After a complete breakdown to my mother in law, we decided to try a rental. We were running out of time, the kids had missed 3 days of school, and in 39 minutes we were approved – and had the keys to the new kingdom. It is a large, 6 bedroom 3 bath, and finished basement house with just enough space! On our way to the house, I registered the kids in the school I wanted (YES!!!!) and we were unloading the truck in a neighborhood we had never seen.

 Finding a rental that was empty is next to impossible in October!

Within minutes, the neighborhood kids were coming home from school and helping us unload the truck. My neighbor, Becky asked what we needed and within the hour men from the whole street came to help us move in. I could not believe my eyes. What an incredible service they did for our family.

We found out that our ward was just created. They just completed the stake center, or stake house as the Idahoans call it and they hadn’t met as a new ward yet! Talk about LUCK! Talk about TIMING! Talk about HF’s PLAN!

The next day, (Friday) the kids met the principal – talked to him, and they got to meet the teacher which best suited them. It was very Harry Potterish. But, they loved it!

It was an intense weekend. I was feeling really sad about not “buying” a house, but I feel at peace about it. We are where we need to be. We have a year to build in our neighborhood if we want, we can shop around (instead of buying a house we have never seen – which is what we were doing) Heck! - we have the freedom to move to another state if we want.

Our kids have adjusted fabulously. Their school is incredible. (3^rd in the whole state!) The church is across the street from the school. They get to take a bus! And our entire neighborhood is our ward. That is so weird and crazy cool. There are a million kids in our neighborhood and they are all in our ward and in the kids school and so far very respectful. 

We are happy about how supportive our family and close friends are. It is funny that people feel the need to know the hows and whys when they don't see or talk to us everyday. We literally moved randomly, one day in broad daylight, without any fanfare or large goodbyes - no mega announcement - nothing. We just upped and moved. I am so glad we did it this way. It was a complete blindside.

I can't wait to go and explore this new place. I can't wait to stretch out and be utilized in a calling. I can't wait to see what our family will get to do and accomplish. I can't wait for Nathan to do what he loves to do. I can't wait for family to come visit. I can't wait to meet new people.

*sigh*

This is the life!