Moving on up

This past week or maybe even past two weeks have been absolutely huge. Probably less than a month ago, we decided to rent out our house and move into the house Bishop Armitage rents from his parents. Much of the time since has been boxing our goods, clearing the yard and trying to find a good tenant for our house.

Well, the big day came. I had spent most of the week leading up to this day helping Bishop move his house and also moving the old people out from the house he bought. This was to help speed up the process and make it easier for all of us. Let's just say that it was an adventure.
So on Saturday, the 8th July 2017 everything was a go ahead.

That weekend we were hosting a couple of the Kalgoorlie youth who were attending youth convention with our son. I dropped the boys off and then headed to Bishop's house to help him load up. By the time we had unloaded him, moved the old couple out and had some lunch it was nearing 3pm. Yet we still pushed on with moving our stuff into the late afternoon. Doing this was important in getting our house ready for our tenants.

Push came to shove and there were enormous days and a few little challenges along the way. But by Wednesday the tenants were ready for our place, and our new home was occupied (although it will take us a good month or two to fully unpack and sort out all of our belongings.

For our children, it has been a challenge too. It has happened during the school holidays while they were unwinding from their school semester and hoping for some leisure time.

I love the little house we bought many years ago. It was the home where we brought our new baby Jairom home to. Our older children Cumoram and Kembry spent most of their childhood in this house. Many hours have been spent renovating and fixing up this suburban bush block. I had installed the air conditioner, redone the toilet and plumbing, built the kids a cubby house, laid metres and metres of fresh turf, paved, built limestone walls, sheds and chicken coops. This little house of ours had taken on so many transformations.

It had sheltered us for so many nights. It was our little fortress. We had built our little business around our little home. Mesha and I had some dark and down days here too, with the lowlight being my fall from grace into a spiral of depressing leading to a temporary separation of myself, Mesha and the kids. The resulting reunion in that home was a very special and defining moment in our lives.

For many reasons, it is a little sad to leave this place, potentially never to live in that house again. But as our family has grown and the need for more space, this opportunity to rent out this house comes as an amazing blessing.

The enormous size of the house means each of this kids has their own bedroom. Kembry goes from sharing a bedroom with her little brother to have a huge room with ensuite and balcony to herself. Jairom has all the room in the world to drive his little cars, plus the 3 acres is ample space for his adventurous soul. Cumoram has a nice getaway for him and his mates to hang.
Our room is ginormous complete with a full size walk in robe, beautiful ensuite and walk out balcony. I'd be lying if I said we were all disappointed with moving from our old little house.

The huge kitchen, living space and endless amount for storage cupboards is a true delight for Mesha. We have both been excited about the prospects for our family day to day living. One of the most welcome opportunities is the space to restructure and work our business. I have already begun promoting the outdoor yard area as a garden photography studio. I have a dedicated viewing area for clients to meet me in private plus a functional office space attached. The huge side room allows for me to fully work the picture framing plus we have shed space galore for all the extras.

The move allowed us to bring our chickens. Their new coop is surrounded by a variety of fruit trees. While the kids also have a full-size basketball court to play around on and a huge underground swimming pool for those scorching summer days. The last few days the children and I have been out catching tadpoles.

Believe it or not, all of this has happened in only our first week here. It feels totally amazing. I'm now looking forward to settling into our daily routine and the many more adventures that await us.