Tomorrow would have been our closing day. We were blessed and closed early! My thoughts...this house was meant to be our home! Seriously though, it really was.
Last New Year's Eve my husband and I wrote down 5 goals we each wanted to accomplish in the year 2014. Buying a home was top of the list. We had gotten married, had a baby...we were ready for the next big thing.
Moving back to Vernal from SLC was always in the books for us. We aren't city people, we missed our families way too much and we wanted to raise our daughter in the sticks. For real.
We lived with my in-laws the past 7 months. I LOVED IT. Ben loved it. Anistyn loved it. As we went to get the last of our things tonight Ben stood in his old high school bedroom and looked around. K, this kid makes me tear up instantly. He says, "I've lived here the past 20 something years on and off. I'll never live here again. I am really going to miss it." I saw a twinkle (tear) in his eye.
Home is where your favorite meals are made. Home is where your old school pictures are plastered all over the walls. Home is where you childhood memories were made. Home is where you were welcomed back after moving out several times. In all reality, you'll never outgrow your parents' home. You know that saying, There's No Place Like Home? Damn straight, there is no place like home.
This evening I am thankful for my parents and for Ben's parents for making us miss their homes. We love our parents so much and are so grateful for their endless support.
Now..........it's our turn to create this HOUSE into a HOME for our family. XoXo
