1. We moved
About 3 months after my last post we moved to our own home in the country. Up until that point, we had been apartment dwellers or renters. How exciting to be in our first real home together! Even more special is that this was the home built by my husband's great grandparents on the family farm. Eventually, they moved to town and his grandparents moved into the farmhouse. When his grandparents moved to town, his parents moved in, and the cycle continues with Evan and I. Although I was hesitant at first about the possibility of truly making this house feel like OUR home, I can now say, four years later, I love it and it feels like HOME!
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| Our house not long after moving in |
2. I got a job
Just a few weeks later I accepted a teaching job in our hometown at the school my husband grew up attending. I get to teach third grade reading and middle school Spanish. I also coach freshman volleyball and, just this year, became an assistant soccer coach. I always thought I wanted to teach middle elementary grades, but after my first job teaching 6th grade, I discovered I love middle school too! So, this job is the best of both worlds. I'm still enjoying it four years later! |
| Go Huskies! |
3. We tackled countless house projects
We worked on remodeling our house for about two months before we actually moved in July 2013. I did much of this work over the summer before school started. Since moving in, we have continued to slowly make changes as we are able. I will share more about this in a separate post(s)! Like I said earlier, I'm so happy with how this house has become our home, and I think much of this has to do with the changes we've made to make it ours.
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| Our living room currently looks like this... |
4. We got two dogs
My husband grew up with St. Bernard dogs. Two of them (Bradford and Boomer) stayed on the farm when we moved in, so they were our dogs for awhile, but they were older and we knew we wanted to always have dogs on the farm. |
| Boomer and Bradford |
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| Clark soon after we got him two years ago. |
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| Clark (2 years old) and Kiya (about 3 months old) |
Of course, much more has happened over the last four years, but these four things stand out. When I take the time to stop and think about it, we have much to be thankful for!
