An End To An Era...

Well my beautiful family and friends, I cannot even begin to tell you how blessed I have felt in the past few weeks. 

As you know, John and I have been praying for direction for some time now. And well, the time has come for me to share that we will be moving back home! We cannot even begin to share how excited we are!!

Our lives have changed 180 degrees in the past two weeks! The Friday that Kristen and AJ were here, I received a job offer to a company in Raleigh and after discussing it with John and praying about it, I accepted! Remember, I mentioned that on the Monday they were here John and I had to run some errands? Well we went and gave our 2 weeks notice to both of our jobs. Then we went to celebrate and then loaded up as much as we could that night and headed to Raleigh to share the good news. It was wonderful that we had decided to take some stuff back already!! So it only took a few more hours to pack than we were planning. ;) Words cannot describe how thankful I am that Kristen and AJ were here to help! They literally saw our lives change VERY quickly and were here to celebrate with us and then help pack. I will love y'all forever for that!!!

With that said, things have been moving VERY quickly! My last day working for the U is Dec 3. and we head out of here probably the 7th. Then I start my new job on the 10th! I will be a Leasing Consultant for Bexley at Briar Creek Apartments. AHH! SO EXCITED! While we were home for Thanksgiving we had a lot to do. So, we found a place to live AND got me a new number and phone. We were very productive. :D We will be living where I work- the deal was just too good to pass up :D and the area is BEAUTIFUL! I am beyond excited to not have to live with students ever again. Our new place is very peaceful! AND we have a nice little area to take Carter out! 

The stairs to our apartment- it's Terrace level and this is our own little entrance!

Turn around and that's where we park :D

Our new home :D 

 And a "backyard" for Carter! 

John and I seriously feel so blessed to have the Lord move us home. We cannot wait to be with family and friends and in a place where we feel like we belong :D 

I do wanna say that I have very much enjoyed my time here in Miami. I do feel like it was one of the best decisions that John and I ever made. We have grown so much. We have learned so much. And we really are just different people now- for the better of course. We are very much more independent and spontaneous than we used to be. And we have been blessed to live in a beautiful city for 2 1/2 years! There are many things I will miss, but overall Miami is just not home. 

So- We are saying hello to a new chapter in our lives and goodbye to an old one. And just in time for the holidays!