Goodbyes are never fun.

Why is that? I spent so many days wondering when my family would be able to move to a better neighborhood and now that it's here, i'm sad. HELLO?! sad? What am I going to miss? The gunshots at night? The shady shade people down my street.. I don't think so. I guess it's the laughter, first steps, pregnancies, and memories that i'll miss. The incredibly sleepless nights, early mornings, dinnertime meltdowns, bath time sea explorations, diaper changes, job promotions, date nights, movie-thons, and countless roll-on-the-floor tickle fests that dad insisted upon doing right before bed. Those special moments that occurred within these walls of my home. What a blessing to have made this house our home for the last 2 years. Sure, often times I looked around and thought in disbelief "I live here?" and most nights saw our neighborhood on the news. Are you starting to get a picture of where this memory-filled home is? Shady town people, straight up shady town. But i'm still sad. God has been so good to us, so faithful with His promises of provision and protection. He helped soften this mama bear's heart and see this home as a haven to grow our family until He moved us elsewhere. And He did. Back to the 85250! I'm coming home folks- lookout! The Golden's are back. in. town.

So bring on the boxes, paper plates, take-out, and home depot trips to cover up the AWFUL unique color-choice in the kitchen. This girl's about to make another house a home. Let's do this! Maybe I should make some coffee first. Coffee? Yeah. I'll start there. And maybe a sandwich for lunch? Iced coffee and a sandwich. Yeah, and I'll relax for like a couple minutes, maybe 5. I should probably just nap while the kids are napping. Yeah, i'll get some rest, eat some lunch, drink some coffee. yeah, good plan. So excited to see what's in store for our family in these next couple months!

-AG