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Well as most of you know our family just relocated from Sacramento, CA to Austin, TX in early August.

 

 I packed up our beautiful home and it was loaded on a 52′ moving van.

After the last box was loaded, we hit the road.

 

Dwight and I took a caravan with 3 kids and our furry friends 1860 miles. That’s him if you see in the rear view .

 29 hours of winshield time in two days and drove all the way from Sacramento to Austin with one pitstop in Tuscan, AZ.

 

We found a cute little rental on the internet and we have been here for 64 days to be exact.

 

We are selling our home back in California through short sale (since we owe $200,000) LESS that what we owe. Yes, you read that correctly!

And needless to say, after being homeowners for so long something just didn’t sit right with me. I didn’t feel like it was MY home, and it isn’t. I knew we would only be here until our lease was up and then we would be on our house hunting journey again. To be completely honest, I haven’t been at rest or settled with regards to this situation since we got here. I have been just down right depressed to open up and let it all out. I have been EXTREMELY home sick questioning whether we made the right decision to leave our beautiful, most perfect house ever to come to this…. rental. What have I done? I asked myself every night. My husband has seen me cry more in the past 64 days than he probably has ever seen in the 10 years we have been together. Seriously.

SOOOOO…… hard times only make you stronger and I decided I needed to get out of this emotional rutt and do something about it and I did!! We found a beautiful home to BUY!

I couldn’t be happier and I am so warm and fuzzy inside about this! We signed all of the paperwork and paid our deposit to finalize everything on Saturday. We are moving in on or about December 15th. I have prayed and prayed for something to come along and give our family the strength and foundation to start our new life here in Austin and it has finally come! I can honestly say that NOW I truly believe in the power of prayer. I had my doubts before  going into this deep, dark emotional state of mind.  Now the path has been cleared and the road has been paved and I BELIEVE he is watching over our family and has big plans for us in this new house!

Here’s a sneek peek of the kitchen (this is with the current owner’s belongings)  but I wanted to share It has beautiful corian countertops with a tile backsplash and TWO pantry’s!

 

The community has a beautiful pool, clubhouse, and a playground for the kids. There are monthly social events with the HOA and that is EXACTLY what I need to get to know people in the community. Here’s a sneak peek of the family room (again with the current owner’s belongings).

 

To top it off the backyard is large enough to put TWO swimming pools in the back! We won’t and don’t need to with the community pool around the corner but the kids are going to LOVE the space to run and play soccer, baseball with wiffel balls ONLY (we already talked about this!) and it backs to a greenbelt.

I did just unpack the last box last week but all of the hard work to move again will be worth it knowing we are there to stay for good! I do want to say thank you to those that are closest to me and knew that I was having a hard time and you reached out to me. Thank you for allowing me to lean on you and for your guidance to stay strong for my family. This is a blessing and I am so incredibly thankful for this!

Much Love,

Crystal