Thursday, July 14, 2011

Texas Here We Come!

This is technically part two of my previous post. We are excited to share some big news with everyone - we are moving back to Texas!!

Michael received a job offer from a company in Houston and after rounds and rounds of interviews and phone interviews, they offered him the position! It is with a different company but ironically his current company will be the customer he works with. He will have to travel some - possibly up to 30%. But even if we stayed here, he would have to start traveling a lot more with his current job.

We are so thankful to God for this opportunity. As excited as we are, there is also a very bittersweet factor to it all. Never did we imagine that we would enjoy ou time here as much as we do, and more importantly, we never expected to make such incredible friends. They are what makes leaving so very hard. But, Michael will be back for business and I hope to come with him from time to time to visit friends and keep in touch with everyone. It's hard to believe we've been in Minnesota for over 4 years now. We have gone through so much here and it will always be a special place to us since this is where we had our precious Joseph.

Michael is scheduled to start with his new company August 22, so we will be moving early to mid August sometime. Please do not put anything on Facebook about our move because Michael won't be giving his notice to his current job until after August 1.

So, in our recent trip to Texas for Allen's wedding, we extended our trip by a week to go and find a new home! It was a long and tiring week, but we finally found a house! It is Richmond which is West/Southwest Houston. It was the one house that we just fell in love with. We love the floor plan and it will give us lots of space (finally!!) to grow into. It has 4 bedrooms, an office and a formal living room. The backyard is pretty tiny but it was hard to find a house anywhere in Houston with a decent sized backyard. We are THRILLED to finally be getting back into a house. We are most excited though to finally be back close to our families and our dear friends in Texas! I look forward to many fun get togethers with everyone!

Here are some pics of our new house!




Front door and office to the left of it



Long and wide entry foyer



Kitchen - my favorite part. Look at all those cabinets!!






View of the living room and our first time to have a fireplace!



Master bath - it also has his/hers closets!



View from master bedroom door to kitchen/breakfast area



Another angle



Club and pool area! It has water slides, a lap pool, big pool and splash pad. And a fitness center inside!

6 comments:

Misty Nelson said...

MORE ANSWERED PRAYERS!!!! YIPEE!!!! CANNOT WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE BACK HOME!!!!

Lauri said...

Yay, Kyla! That is awesome news! Your house is absolutely gorgeous! Isn't it ironic that after living in the COLD state of MN, you'll have a fireplace in Houston where you'll NEVER need it, hahah! Oh, and once you're here then please invite us over to use that awesome water playground!! :-)

Good luck with the upcoming move and transition!!

Stephanie said...

Beautiful house, I'm so happy you found something that you love! Can't wait to see it filled to the brim with baby toys. :-)

Ryan, Carrie, Brooke, and Heather said...

Yeah!!! I am so happy y'all are moving back! And your house looks so pretty! How funny this is your first fire place and it's in Texas not Minnesota! We will definitely be paying y'all a lot of visits with that awesome community pool! How fun! I'm glad y'all had a food trip! And it looked like Joseph is a pro at flying, maybe he can teach Heather some lessons. :)

Ryan, Carrie, Brooke, and Heather said...

Haha, I meant to say good trip, not food trip! Lol!

Amber said...

Oh, I love that kitchen! I'm glad you guys were able to find a house you love, and I'm glad you have a place to take us swimming when we come visit. :)