Yes I know.
Yes I know what I am leaving behind.
Yes I know what I will be missing...(that's why my heart had to agree.)
Yes I know how much we love it here in my Rocky Mountain nest.
Yes I know how much my kids will miss lazy summer cousin days, Thrillin Thursdays, and playing ENDS on hour.
Yes I know how much I will miss living just houses away from my Sissies, picking up the phone, meeting up for walks and talks, girls nights, movies, and just hanging out. They are with me every. single. day.
Yes I know how much I will miss my friends. My best friends in the whole world. My friends that mean so much to me. I will miss our lunches, our park dates, our swimming pool days. I will miss them so much it hurts. I will miss our girls night out, our Buckle runs, our quick lunches just to chat. We have had our kids together!
Oh I sure know what I will miss. This list does NOT even begin to touch on everything we are leaving behind. Sports teams with friends we have had for years (ahem..Benjamin and coach Seth!), neighborhood and a ward we absolutely love, the school 17 feet (yes 17 feet from my doorstep),
Oh man and our new house! We just built a year ago and I put my heart and love into...my colors, my floor plan, my kitchen (ohh I love my kitchen), our backyard (we put in BY ourselves 11 pallets of grass thank you very much!), our bball court for the boys, our swing set Ry and Ty (thank you Ty!) built by the sweat of their brow, I know how much our kids will miss movie night on our tramp, summer picnics in the cool summer night air.....oh yes I know.
BUT, I also know that it is time.
It is time to pursue a goal and a dream Ry has wanted forever. And opportunity that has been presented a few times. One that won't always be there. One that would make a hubby so happy and fulfilled.... a client list, a new office, a V.P. title that he has definitely earned. A career that my hubby has built for 13 years now.. it is his time.
He is the bread winner. I am so blessed to stay home. He wakes up and goes to work EVERY single day so that I don't HAVE to. I get to be a Homemaker and I love it. Absolutely love it. He deserves to love it too. A dream worth fulling, one worth risks and adventures and leaving a nest behind. We are still young ....!
Yes I know it won't be easy, life never truly is. New things and new opportunities are exciting, they are hard, they are a challenge, they are work. BUT all of that equals a reward too. A pay off, a fulfillment for both of us.
Our family will have to stick together and become so close, it will be hard to go to new schools, new sports teams, new wards.... BUT we will come closer together, we will put our family in a new nest, build memories, and start over.
For that I am excited. We will do new things. We will learn. We will grow...My kids will have to face new experiences and stand up for who they are. Yes, it is the Stott's time. And it will be good. I will need all of your help. Follow me on my journey and help me along the way. I have so much love and support, for that I am grateful. You all have no idea how much your words mean to Ry and I.
I hope the Stott family will find love in it's new nest but know that NONE of you can be replaced. We will think of you always.
So cheers to our new and onward journey! Wish us continued luck....We love you all SO much~ xo, Tawny and Ryan
(*My picture up top...I went to buy my explore, dream, discover frame and it was gone! sad...SO I bought the blackish DREAM one instead...love it too! But I will find the other frame, yes oh yes! AND btw, we are not leaving yet! Lots to do, houses to sell..we have more time here! yay. )
