Goodbye Home

We moved out of our home Monday, January 13, 2014

Tuesday night I went back and cleaned the bathrooms with help from Bridget.

Wednesday I spent most of the day there with Jen cleaning up a storm.

Wednesday night Matt & the boys & I went back and finished the shed and the laundry room.

Thursday I went back all by myself to take pictures and say goodbye.

I had been so busy and so surrounded with good friends that I didn't let myself "feel" much of anything while moving and cleaning.

I got a little chocked up on Wednesday when I started mopping the wood floor and it hit me that it would be the last time.

Ouch

But I hurried and pushed my emotions inside of me and mopped away while talking with Jen...good thing she was there or I am sure I would have mopped the floor with tears.

Thursday was my day to be alone one more time in my home.

The home that Matt & I had designed on paper together 9 years ago.

The home we dreamed of, talked of, and finally made happen.

As I walked through it I took picture after picture after picture of the now empty shell.

 Garage

 My tankless water heater that I miss SO much....I have had 2 cold showers since moving!

 Laundry/Mud Room

 Kitchen, with my favorite island ever

 My multi purpose room...sewing, beading, knitting, games, office.....

 The kitchen as seen from sewing room

 More kitchen

 Living room with wood all stacked for a nice warm fire....which I miss more than anything I have ever missed before!

 Entry

 Spare Bathroom

 Spare Bedroom

 Exercise room

 Stairs

 Looking through entry

 Half way up the stairs

 Up stairs family room

 Outside Master Bedroom

 Family Room

 Boys Bathroom.....it smelled better than it had in years :)

 Orange Bedroom

 Orange Bedroom Loft

 Camo Room

 Camo Room Loft

 Hall to bedrooms & bathroom

 Master....where our bed was

 Master...where we had a little couch

 My closet in Master

 More of my closet in the Master

 More Master

 Master Bath

 Matt's closet in Master

 Master Bath

 Master Dormer window....where Matt studied his scriptures every morning :)

 Family Room

 Looking down at entry door

 Looking down at Living Room

 Garage again

 Garden, trees, pig pen, chicken coop, red shed

 Front with first tree we planted over 6 years ago

 Swing set & Pirate ship with slide

 Back yard

Back of home.

 

And there it is.

The empty home a day before I turned the keys over to the new owners.

I was blessed to live there as long as I did.

Blessed to learn so much building it.

And even more blessed to be able to build another one soon :).

 

The other day Matt & I were sitting at the kitchen table in the "Brady Bunch" home finalizing our new house plans. I was looking around at everything in this home.  The orange tile behind the kitchen sink.  The huge rock walls. The built in Ironing boards.  The built in speakers and record player. the White carpet everywhere....even around the pink toilets :). And I said, "You know Matt.  Once this home was someone's dream home.  Over 30 years ago some couple sat and talked things over just like we are now.  Talking about where to put this wall or that wall.  Where to put the oven, fridge, sink.  Where to put all the bedrooms.  Everything. And they were so happy to finally get it all done and move into their dream home.  And now we walk around it and wonder what on earth they were thinking!  That's going to be our home in 30 years."

 

So as we build again and make more adventures I can look back and hope that I learned what I needed to last time.  Hope that I will continue to learn all that I need to learn.  The home that I just left is now an empty shell for me.  It's full of memories that I love, but guess what?! I took all those memories with me when I left it.  Now another family is living in it making there own memories.  And I pray that they will have as many good ones as we did.  And that they won't have too many moments wondering what on earth we were thinking with a wall here or a plug there or whatever. 

 

We are here to learn and grow. Change will happen no matter what.  Change is what helps us to learn and grow.  This change for me helps me to look at what's really most important. As long as I have My Matt and My 5 boys all around me I'm good and Happy!

I have the knowledge of eternal family.

I have faith in my Savior.

I have hope.

And I have love, lots of love!

 

So goodbye home, and hello change and more memories!