Saying Goodbye

We love our new house. Its is absolutely perfect for us right now. When we go back to our old home, it feels old and small in comparison. It was a good move. The closing date for our old house is next week. And even though we will be relieved to have it sold, there are so many memories associated with the house, its hard not to feel a twinge of sadness.

I lived in that house twice as long as I have ever lived in any other house... ever (almost 7 years).

We put so much work into making that house perfect for our growing family (and by "we", I mean Lance).

All three of my kids were born while living there; they all took their first steps in that house.

Our crazy Boxer jumped through a closed window, a screen door and chewed through a door at that house.

We planted a tiny little magnolia tree in our front yard years ago and now it is a huge tree. Lance swears he is going to check up on that tree through the years.

Its crazy to think that Lance and I bought that house as a family of two (and a half-- I was pregnant), and we moved out as a family of five.

Thanks for all the years of memories and love, Shadow Pine Drive. You will be remembered fondly... (except you, evil air conditioning unit!)