Out with the Old and in with the New

Our first home

Well with the beginning of the year brought big changes for the Kolson family and the very first thing that happened was the selling of our first home.  I won't get into the long (very long) and terrible details but when we got back from Poland in June we decided that it was time to sell our home and look for something bigger.  We bought our first home in 2007 right before we got married and it was perfect.  It was a 3 bedroom house very close to my mom and both of Jonathan's parents as well which was great since they were all so close and would come to see Connor often.  Well in 2007 it was just Jonathan and I, shortly after we got married we adopted 2 dogs and already came with 2 cats.  Chris moved in at the end of 2007 and Connor was born in 2010.  Our perfect little home for 2 suddenly became too small for 3 adults, 4 animals and a baby.  We (sadly) got rid of the cats and since we couldn't get rid of Chris (and we tried, ha ha just kidding) and Connor, we decided that it was time to move to a bigger home.

So we are now currently in this home which has so far been perfect for us.  We have gone from 3 bedrooms to a 4 bedroom with a loft and it is just perfect.  This is the only picture I have right now since we are still moving in but we just love being here.  We are about 10 minutes away from Colette now and within walking distance to Jonathan's cousins, aunt and uncle.  We are finding that more and more people actually live up here.  I am saddened by the fact that I'm not so close to my mom anymore and that Jonathan's parents are farther away now, but mom watches Connor during the week while we work and Connor spends Wednesday nights with Andrew and Jola, and Gina usually comes by every week so we still get to see everyone which is nice.  Moving can be dramatic, especially when you have to do it in a hurry.  I'm so thankful that I can work from home part time for this house is now a whopping 51 mi (82km) one way from my work.  Jonathan was tired of our old house so he was very excited to move.  The flu hit us really hard last weekend so hopefully this weekend, we will be all moved in and we can start having people over, and I can post more pictures of the house.

Happy New Year!!