Well I didn't think this day would ever get here. I was trying to get to this point a year ago and when I was working all alone it didn't work. So when Seth finally said, "I think we should get our house ready to sell", I jumped all over that. That was just before Christmas. We set a goal to get it on the "market" in the spring. So after some major cleaning, de-cluttering, and lots of practice and talks with the kids about how this is going to work, I think we are there. We still have a few places to "fix" but ready or not here we go!
As of now, we have no idea where we will be. We have some plans though, assuming these plans coincide with the Lord's plans.
1. We don't want to leave Boise. Seth still has a great job and he has no plans on leaving that job. So we will stay here for now.
2. We love our Stake and we want to stay in the Stake boundaries.
3. My kids are finally in the school I want them to be in. At the beginning of the school year Kyah was accepted into the Magnet School in our boundaries. They only take kids by lottery so it's hard to get into. Once one child gets in, they start the next school year draw with sibling preferences drawn first. (So if you have a child already in the school and you want to put your other children in to say 4th grade and Kindergarten, they fill the classes with those who are already in the school. Then if there are any open seats they put the kids who have siblings already in the school into a hat and draw out the names). If all those are drawn then they take those who have applied (without siblings already in the school) and draw from those names. Last year we were put on a waiting list by number. I don't know if they are doing it that way this year or not. Anyway, long story I know, I got a letter on Friday saying both Porter and Naomi had been accepted to attend that school for next year. The amazing part is we knew of 3 kids (with siblings who got in this year) who were all trying to get into the 4th grade classes. From what I have heard Porter was the only one who got in, of the three. The other thing about this school is it is very small. They only have 2 teachers per grade. (The school they are leaving, though not a bad school at all, had 4-6 teachers per grade. In kindergarten alone there were 8 different classes; 4 A.M. and 4 P.M.) The magnet school offers extra classes as well; art, dance, music, instruments, martial arts, etc. Kyah has a keyboard class as one of her daily classes. She has picked up on some little songs on the keyboard and loves it. Anyway, I finally just got my kids into the school I want so we will be staying in those boundaries as well.
4. We love our ward. We both feel like we need to stay in our callings. This is a little more challenging and narrows our options quite a bit. There are not many places to build (with a private builder and not a cookie-cutter home) in the ward boundaries. And the older homes are not quite big enough for what we are looking for.
For now we have said we are not going to even look until we know weather we can sell our house right now anyway. So if you know of anyone who wants to buy a great 3 BR 2.5 Bath home in a great neighborhood for a great price, send them my way! (When it is actually listed and on the market I'll add a link to the listing.)
We know that whatever works out is what is supposed to be and if it doesn't then that's what is supposed to be too. (I just have to keep reminding myself of that.)
