After one of the most exhausting weeks of our lives, we offically closed on our very first home this morning and said our final good byes to the house that will always be a special part of our family. The days leading up to it were chaotic, busy, overwhelming, and emotional.
This morning Justin and I finished up a few things at the house and did our final walk through. The walls were bare and the rooms were empty but our hearts were full of emotions and memories. The tears came and without having to say much I know we were thinking the exact same thing. I did not expect it to be so hard.
It is hard to believe that 8 years ago we started our journey on Bayonne Drive as a young, newlywed couple with our sweet Thor. We were so excited to have found the perfect house and a great neighborhood. We couldn't wait to get the keys and move in. I remember the first day like it was yesterday.
What a ride these past 8 year have been!
THEN
&
NOW
4914 Bayonne Drive
This is is our first home...
This is the place where...
- we grew together as a couple...
- we learned what marriage was all about...
- we welcomed sweet Abbey into our family...
- I started my very first teaching job...
- Justin finished his masters...
- we found out we would become parents...
- we said good bye to Thor...
- we brought home our sweet, precious, tiny newborns..
- Luka and Mia said their first words...
- they took their first steps...
- we celebrated birthdays, anniversaries, holidays
- we started our own family traditions
- we adopted our crazy Kinsler
This is also the place where we experienced one of the biggest trials of our married life as we were faced with Justin's health problems ...where I prayed and wept as I watched my husband deal with pain and suffering...where I saw him struggle and where I watched him overcome so many tough times and challenges. Where I learned that God will never leave my side and will carry us through every season and every trial in life.
This is the place where I became a stay-at-home Mom...the hardest and best job in the world.
This is where I learned so much about myself as a person, as a mom, as a wife.
This is the place where I grew in my walk with the Lord.
I am so thankful for this house, for our first home, for the past 8 years and all the blessings God has given us. I am so thankful that 8 years later I get to walk away and start this new chapter of my life with three of my most favorite people in the world, my healthy husband and my two beautiful babies.
Good Bye, Bayoone Drive! Thank you for the memories!
