{we moved}

Can you believe it? We moved from our beloved farmhouse of 8 years. For so long, we all thought we would live on Featherbed Lane for the rest of our lives. I will never forget visiting that house for the first time and seeing all of the work that needed to be done. That was the closest I have ever come to a nervous breakdown. I just didn't see how it could be done. I loved the idea of living in a 125 year old house with cool windows and heart-pine wood floors, but I also wasn't married to a carpenter/electrician/painter. In fact, Sabe can hardly handle installing a simple light fixture.
But that same day, I came outside and stood back next to the barn to take in the "whole picture" of that place and there it was...a perfect rainbow that held that house and the big trees under its colorful arch. It was amazing, and it was then, that I knew it was going to be our home now. Olivia and Jaxon would play on the porch, ride on the mower with dad, catch fireflies, find treasures in the creek, skateboard in the barn, see baby horses come into the world--and leave, make Slurpee trips to 7-11, both start Kindergarten and get on the bus by the mailbox, have parties with pinatas in the backyard, and just being kids. We went thru some really hard times in that house, but we also brought Isabella Jule home to that house and the for the first time, we had a baby in that house. It felt so warm and good.
We made some really great memories there and we will never forget what is was like living on Featherbed Lane.
It was just time to move on. It was time to have a garage, a driveway for the b-ball hoop, some neighbors to play, a basement for sleepovers, and a throne-just-for-Sabe :) (We didn't like just having 2 toilets in the farmhouse)
We found a beautiful house just about 5 miles away, still in Lovettsville cuz we LOVE-it.
Jaxon had to leave Waterford Elementary and Mrs. Verdin who granted him with an hour of homework each night and one-too-many projects. He has made some really cool friends at Lovettsville and doesn't have homework on the weekends. PARTY!!
Olivia has found herself with her own bathroom and large walk-in closet so she is extremely happy. Great age for all that indepenence! *side note: she now shaves her legs and wears mascara :(
Izzy is thriving in this new house. She can actually run around in the house, and as simple as that sounds, it is big for her. She has room to run and grow and scream. She has a darling room and she is very proud of her own sink next to Jaxon's in their bathroom. Her two favorite things are 1) taking tubbies in mom's big tub, and 2) riding her bike. She is a happy girl.

Thank you to everyone for showing us so much support thru this process, and most of all for being SO HAPPY for us! It feels amazing.