It sold!!

We were very blessed to have our home sell rather quickly. It didn't feel quick at the time but really it was. We put it on the market on Jan 1 or 2 (I don't recall) and by beginning to mid Feb we had an offer that we accepted. It was so much work to keep the house spotless and in showing condition every single day mind you with 4 children and a husband out of town all week. He had to do some training in Oklahoma for his new job in Alaska. So, he left Jan 6 and had a 5 week course. Luckily he was able to come home on the weekends but that left me flying solo all week. We closed on our home March 10th. 

MOVING IN

This was taken the first week that we moved into the house. 

 Look at how young and skinny Danny and I are?! I kind of miss being blond.  And look at those cute little guys. They were so young and blonde. Colton was 6 weeks old when we moved into this house in Gladstone, MO. I think Nate was 4 1/2 and Josh was 2. Yikes so young! And I thought these were the hard days. Ha these were the easy times, why can't we realize that then. I did enjoy those days with the kids being so young. But it's also a really good stage that we are currently in too.

MOVING OUT

This was taken the last days we were at the house. 

This is currently the stage of life we are in as we move out. I've gone much darker on the hair and Danny has added a full beard. I can't even remember the last time I saw him clean shaven, it's been years. Nathan is now 11, Josh was weeks from being 9, Colton is a few months from 7 and Audrey was days from turning 5. We didn't even have that little girl when we moved in.

By the time we leave Missouri we will have lived here for 7 years. Longest place that we have lived anywhere. We made many changes to the home. We changed the landscaping, added siding and our awesome red door that we loved. We loved this home. It wasn't perfect. But it was perfect for our family at the time. I loved having a salon downstairs, I enjoyed all my time doing hair and chatting with so many people. We loved our huge yard for the kids to run around in, and the sand box was a love/hate relationship. Kids loved it, friends loved it but not so fun when they enter the house covered in sand, yuck. Oh and I will not miss mowing that lawn with the humidity and the long mowing season MO has.

We have loved our time in Missouri. I can't even stand the thought of saying good bye to all the friends that I've made here. I tear up every time I think of saying bye. Our ward is fantastic. Since Danny has been gone, they have stepped up and helped me in so many ways that I can't even begin to name. Maybe one day I can mention all that they have done for me. But the services that they have given me and my family has been abundant.  I couldn't have made it thru without all their help. Our new ward in Alaska has a lot to live up to. Moving to a new ward can be kind of scary because each ward has such different dynamics, so I am kind of nervous about it. Wish me luck!