I feel a little dramatic as I sit down to write this post...it all seems more okay now but I want to remember how we got wherever we are going...
This is a hard post to write and will be even harder to read over and over as we continue on this journey of where we are supposed to end up, but we are making history, our very own little family history, and all the feelings we feel will be forgotten if they aren't recorded.
So I will start from the beginning to try to make as much sense of all the craziness as possible. Just before we left for Idaho on Dec. 17th, Brady got an interesting call from a guy he had met when he came to Denver looking for job prospects before he graduated. This fellow Doc. told him of a great opportunity within the company and asked if he was interested. Brady quickly told me of the new job opening not wanting it to slip away and after much conversation and scenario building we agreed that it would be a good move for our family. The new job would be with the same company, in Denver, just on the other side of town. This came at an interesting time as we had almost completed all the final decisions on the house we would be building in Broomfield. After making this new decision we wondered if we should still go through with the house as the commute to the new office would be much longer than Brady had expected...but we had also already put money down and gotten pretty attached to our beautiful home. Just two days(if my memory serves me well) after the call about the new job, Brady was headed to the builder's office to sign some of the final paperwork before they started building, when he got a call from them. They informed him that they were going to have to switch the house to the mirror image of what we had originally planned because of some water lines and we would have to sign off to approve the changes. Brady called me and we discussed how this changed everything and we were really unsettled with it all. We hated the thought of letting the house go, but I didn't really want it the way it had to be now either. It seems small but it ended up changing which way our driveway would face so it would effect the melting snow and ice, our view, instead of open space would now be another home, etc. The builder was really understanding and told us to think about it and get back to them before we went out of town the next day, they also informed us that since they had made the changes we could cancel our contract and get a complete refund of all we had paid. We worried about it all night as we packed and contacted out realtor with the news. We also noticed on the new plot plan they gave us the grade of the lot had not been flattened as they said it would be, this was a huge concern as well since we bought a big lot to have a nice back yard not a sledding hill, the contract was also contingent on the leveling of the plot. To make a very long story short our realtor bought us time so we didn't feel like we were making a hasty decision and we were able to enjoy our Holiday. After returning home and enjoying a nice Christmas and New Year, we started searching for homes again to see if there was anything that compared so that we could cancel with peace of mind if that is what it came to after our meeting with the builder. We looked at tons of houses and found nothing perfect but saw that there were options out there. Last week we met with the builder and canceled what in the beginning was our dream home. I hated every second of it but I wouldn't have wanted to go through with it the way it had to be now. Through it all I have been blessed to see the Lord's hand guiding us. I know that things are working on His timeline and not ours and he has our best interests in mind. Brady wouldn't have been happy driving so far to work forever, and it would have been so much harder to let go of the perfect house and lose money if we had decided to go somewhere else on our own. I feel so blessed to know that we are being watched over and that our lives matter. As I think about problems others face I am grateful these are my problems, although they aren't easy, we are all healthy, we have a steady income, and we are happy.
We still aren't sure where we will end up. Brady starts work at the new practice tomorrow and we will see what happens as we search.
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I feel your pain. About a year after we were done, we were working, putting along, put money down on a beautiful new house in the neighborhood we wanted to be in, and then we got a call with the offer to buy the practice. We were able to buy the practice and two years later we bought a little older of a house, bigger, not perfect, but in a perfect neighborhood surrounded by members of our ward (which is rare for Vegas). We bought the bigger house for half if what we were paying for the other. I KNOW Heavenly Father wants us here, and guides us along. He knows what we need, even when we think it's not what we want. Keep hanging on, the day will come. It will be a bigger better blessing.
Just reading your post I could feel too- That the Lord is guiding your family. You will end up where He wants you.
And, I wish you the best of luck!
You'll feel much better once you find your real dream house. We almost bought place before the one we are in now but decided at the last minute to back out and keep looking. So glad we did that now but it was a tough decision back then! Congrats on Brady's new job!
Praying that the Lord would hand pick and guide you and your family :)
I know that has to be frustrating but you will find another great home. I don't know how long the drive is for Brady but Paul goes 30-40 minutes to work right now and when we buy a house I would definitely like to live closer to the practice.
Good Luck!
Thanks for all the encouragement guys!
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