For those of you who know what the colors black and gold mean to us....you're right! Sawyer is sporting Forney colors to represent her soon-to-be hometown! We are officially moving BACK to Forney!!! Dusty and I couldn't be more excited to be back with our families in our hometown.
The decision came in late October after months of "flirting" with the idea of moving back home. It literally was just one of those decisions where I can honestly say God put it on my heart that it was time to move back home. There was no more "Could we? Would we?" It was just a "This is it, it's time". I can pin point the exact moment when I knew. We were on our way home from Kaufman's Scarecrow Festival and Dusty mentioned that when he and Joey (my brother) were talking at the festival, Joey made a comment about us moving back home. As soon as the words left Dusty's mouth, it just clicked. I asked Dusty if he really wanted to, but I knew the answer was yes because he had been talking about it since Sawyer was born in April. Decision made!
Fast forward to March and our house is on the market, our new house in Forney will start being built any day now...just waiting on the permits from the city. I am currently on the hunt for a teaching job in Forney as well. Needless to say, between now and the end of June is going to be a little crazy! If I sit back and think about how stressful and crazy this all could get, I start to worry. However, Dusty and I are completely confident in leaving all of this in God's hands. We know He'll take care of us and everything will fall into place according to His plan. We've already seen His Hands working wonders this year and we just know it'll all be okay.
With all of that being said, it will be a bittersweet move for me. I am so excited for Sawyer to be able to grow up with her grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins right down the road! And I'm excited at the thought of hopefully being able to teach in Forney, which has always been a dream of mine. But on the flip side, it is going to be EXTREMELY hard for me to leave my amazing job. The people at my school have become like a second family to me and that family will be so hard to leave behind...not to mention the kiddos and parents that I've bonded with! I couldn't have asked for a better experience these past three years. I am more than thankful and blessed to have had the opportunity I've had there.
If everything goes according to plan, our Forney home will be ready for move-in mid to late June. I have a feeling they'll finish right around the same time we'll be leaving for our family vacation to Disney World...remember I said things are going to be a little crazy!
