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!
