Big news for our little family

I've had some really big news that I wanted to share, but we wanted to make sure our bases were covered here at home and no one would be finding out from my blog what our big news was before we had a chance to tell them.

So now, dear friends, I can share my news with you. We're moving! We have decided to sell our house and buy Bobbie's house. The work has already begun. We've got her house cleaned out. And this weekend the remodeling begins. Well, I guess it already began because my dear husband decided to demo the bathrooms last weekend before the dumpster left.

This weekend we will be re-doing the small bathroom and ripping up carpet to get to the original hardwood floors. And in classic Bobbie style, when I pulled up a corner of the carpet in each room to see the hardwood, it was in perfect condition.

As we travel on this new journey, I'm both happy and sad. Happy because my husband is going back to his childhood home to raise our family. Happy because I will have  a shorter commute to work and taking Jay to school. Sad because I have to paint again. And sad because even though we have outgrown this house, I love it dearly. This is the home where we spent our wedding night. This is the home where we brought our daughter home for the first time. And sad because I don't like change.

At the same time, I'm very excited to have almost double the square footage we have now. And for my kids to have a playroom so that they aren't stringing toys across my entire house. And super excited that I will have a sunroom that is not only bigger than the sunroom we have in this house (I swear it's as big as our living room, dining room and kitchen combined) but that it will be mine. My own little retreat, studio and office. The place where all of my pictures can finally come out of boxes and be displayed again. Yeah, I think that might be my favorite part!

I am planning to share pictures as we embark on this new adventure. I took pictures of what the house looked like with all of Bobbie's things in it, then I took pictures of the house empty and I'm really excited to share both of those and remodeled pictures with you very soon!

The world just lost a great lady

I haven't blogged in a month and lord, it has been a crazy month. Micah's grandmother, Bobbie, passed away almost a month ago. You may remember me talking about her before when she first got sick. That amazing lady, who was given 6 weeks to live at the first of the year, made it 8 long months. She was a fighter and honestly before the cancer got to her, she was probably the healthiest person I knew.

Micah always says that you can tell a person how amazing someone is and they will say, "Yeah, sure everyone says their grandmother is amazing." But Bobbie truly was. She was really one of the greatest people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. She raised my husband and she did an incredible job. Every day I see something of her in him. I told her more than once that I was so grateful for how she raised Micah and I hope with all my heart that she knew how much I appreciated the husband that she gave me. 

And she was such a regal lady. She was a class act. And honestly that's not something you see much today. I love this picture of Bobbie because she looks so dignified. I actually printed a copy just for her funeral boards because I love this picture of her. She reminds me of the queen mother. 

I wish I had scanned some of the older pictures we found of Bobbie while we were cleaning her house. I always thought that Bobbie was a pretty lady, but she was absolutely gorgeous when she was younger. Bobbie made Marilyn Monroe look plain. I am planning to scan all the old pictures to make a memory book sometime soon, so I will share someday.

The thing that breaks my heart the most is that my daughter will never have a Bobbie. I could see them having lunch and shopping for fancy little girl dresses. I could see them working on Bobbie's flowers together and sitting in her sunroom on a warm afternoon. Not every child is lucky enough to get a grandmother like Bobbie, I certainly wasn't, and it hurts me to know that my daughter will never have that amazing relationship.

The world truly lost a great lady. Bobbie touched so many lives and she has touched mine more deeply than I think she ever knew. 

There is much more going on around here and I promise to update you on all the exciting happenings in our life soon. I just don't want to take away from this post by sharing other things. I promise I won't be gone another month.