We Moved!

Well, we thought we'd be in our Plano house a little longer, but we decided to make the move while the market was hot this summer (and the weather, too).  We found a house in Murphy that we both loved, so we jumped on it!  Our Plano house sold in a weekend, so it was perfect.  We closed on the Murphy house a week before we closed on our Plano house, so it was nice to have several days to gradually move our stuff over.  Matt gave us a ton of banana boxes, and our sweet friend Sister Longhurst came and helped me pack up my kitchen, which was the biggest job.  The whole time I kept thinking how glad I was we were only moving 20 minutes away!  Mom also came and saved the day while we were getting things moved in and painted in the new house.  On moving day, we had good friends and family come help us, and it went rather smoothly!  I felt terrible that Dennis and Barbara came to help us that day because they were moving out of their house the same day! 

Goodbye, Plano home.  You've been good to us.

Here's a screen shot of our Murphy house.

The plan is to be in this house for a long time.  We really just wanted to move to an area where we felt like our kids could enjoy the neighborhood and schools and where James wouldn't have to drive too much longer to work.  The commute is about the same for him (35 minutes when not in traffic), but there are a ton of other perks being where we are.  First of all, it's way cheaper out here.  Also, there's a big park and community pool across the street, there's a decent backyard with a play set and driveway space for the kids to play, and the schools are close and great, so we're thrilled!  Matt lives less than 10 minutes away now, although they're renting, but I have high hopes they'll stick around!  The only bummer is that I'm a little farther from my friends who are in Plano and McKinney, and we're much farther from Dennis and Barbara's new house in Prosper.  We'll just have to get used to driving a bit more to see people!  As far as Murphy goes, we're right next to Wylie, and we have everything at our disposal.  I kind of thought it would be more country because we live near Southfork Ranch, but there's plenty of a city feel amongst the open fields.  I told James I just really love it here!