Changes

New Blog! New House! New career! New life! Wow, wow, wow! Being that this is the first post of our family's new blog, I feel inclined to explain what the heck is going on, i.e, why I have created this blog to begin with. I'm pretty sure this is my third attempt at a blog. I've found it difficult to be consistent with it because, well, honestly I don't make it a top priority. I'm hoping to do better with this one. And so, off we go! Our family is at the beginning of making some very big changes. Actually, we are making one HUGE change, and along with that, there are lots of big changes. The HUGE change is that Chad is changing careers. After nearly 13 years as an engineering coordinator in Greenfield, IN, he (we) have decided that at some point in the future, we will be taking over his family's farm. What does this mean? (here come the part about the big changes)... we are moving. We are moving to Shirley, IN. We currently live in Fishers, a northern suburb of Indianapolis. Great schools. Great neighborhoods, great neighbors, great community, and AWESOME church. We are very happy here in Fishers. In fact, we love it here. And for a very long time, I would almost never have imagined living anywhere else. However, over the past year or so, I have started to think very differently. I wouldn't say I (we) changed our minds, but rather, we had a huge change of heart. My husband is not a quitter. He is extremely loyal. And so, I believe and so does he, that there has been some serious divine intervention (more on that later) in our lives which has allowed us to open our hearts to the possibility of moving to the family farm, and, one day, taking it over completely. And so, I guess you could say that we are going to be farmers! The farm is approximately 900 acres. Chad's dad farms corn, soybeans, and some wheat. We are at the beginning stages of renovating Chad's grandfather's house, which was built in the 1950's. The work on the home will begin in October, and we will probably be moving early spring...maybe before. At this point we really don't know. We do know that things are moving forward. We are excited. We are scared. But, we have peace. We have peace that this decision is what is right for our family. And that God is leading us in this direction. I can't believe I am nearing the end of this post and this is the first time I'm mentioning God! The "Guy up there" (my oldest son refers to God this way), is leading the way. We are following. My intention for this blog is to share all things in home renovation, all things farm, all things God, all things homeschooling, all things love, all things joy, all things cooking, all things family, and all things that are frustrating about all of those things! I'll do my best to keep this up. Lord knows I am going to need some place to pour out all of the things going on in my head as we take this journey. Peace! Nicole