So here's what is up with the Obers...

A few months ago, Kevin and I started talking about our future. Where do we want to raise our children? Did we see ourselves living and raising them here in Cincinnati? Or was there any chance that we'd want to ever move to be closer to our families? We spent some time thinking and praying about where we'd like to be and where God would like us to be.

We both felt that living closer to family with our children was something that we desired. We have grown to love our community here and are SO sad to be leaving our wonderful friends!! But we also have peace knowing that we are making the best decision for our growing family.

So once we decided that yes, we did in fact want to eventually move back, the next question was WHEN? Then my bright idea was..."Why not now?" We knew that this is a horrible market to sell a home in, and figured that it would take quite a bit of time before our house would sell. Although, we were REALLY hoping to sell it before Isaac started crawling so we didn't have to go around and baby-proof the place right before leaving. And that is exactly what happened! Praise God!!

So first item: sell house. Check! On to the next thing...Kevin's job. This was one of the hardest parts of our decision to leave Cincinnati. Kevin works for an AMAZING company and REALLY loves what he does. Not many people can say that these days. He has wonderful benefits and loves the people he works with. How could he leave such a perfect job? Then we started day-dreaming. WHAT IF he didn't have to leave exactly? WHAT IF he could still work for them, but from home? WHAT IF they would let him do that? Well after much thought Kevin decided to simply ask, and we were amazed to find out that they are allowing him to work from home in Indy!! We are SO excited about this opportunity. Kevin is so happy to not have to leave the company that he has really loved working for! What a blessing! Praise God!!

So first sell the house...then figure out the job situation...check! Now finding a new home. Though we figured this step to be the least stressful, it has actually proven to be the most challenging part of all. After driving back and forth between Cincy and Indy, and seeing almost 30 homes, we finally found one that we are excited about! The house is pretty similar in size to our current house, though it has a bit more living space. If you are on our mailing list (as in you receive a Christmas card from us each year), we will send out an announcement with our new address once we get settled. If you are not on our mailing list, and would like to be, please shoot us an email and we'd be happy to add you!! :)

So we are moving a week from today! And as we have boxes scattered everywhere, life is feeling a bit chaotic. We will be packing up and loading the truck on Wednesday, closing on our house here on Thursday, driving to Indy, closing on our new house on Friday, cleaning and unpacking a little that day, then unloading the truck and moving in on Saturday. After all of this craziness, we leave for a week-long family vacation on Sunday morning!! AH! Sooooo...all that to say that after this week, you can expect me to be MIA from this blog for awhile. :)

Okay...I think that's about it. Sorry for the lengthiness of this post. I just wanted to fill everyone in on what's going on and how we got to where we are!