my outfit + shoes || harper’s top + leggings || houston’s hoodie + pants

We are in Hawaii this week!!! I’ll be sharing a Hawaii recap on the blog next week, but today I wanted to give you all an update about this past week because we are officially all moved to St. George!!

LIFE UPDATE

my top || houston’s hoodie || harper’s bracelet

: THE MOVE

We are officially moved to St. George! We got here on Friday and had the whole truck unpacked by Friday night! Every box was out of the house by Saturday night. We absolutely loved using King Tote. They were the purple totes we used to moved everything! I got tons of questions about them, so here is the link. They seriously made life so much easier because we didn’t have to deal with dirty cardboard boxes! Code KAILEEWRIGHT gets you 25% off any package too!

: OUR NEW HOME

It’s honestly been exhausting to have to organize a new house and figure out new spaces again. This house is even smaller than the rental, so I feel like we’ve downsized twice! All the kids are sharing one bathroom, so that’s been a big adjustment. But the 2 littles have been brushing their teeth and getting ready in mine and Joe’s bathroom, so that has helped.

We still have a couple rooms that we need to dejunk and organize like our office, master closet, and the playroom. My brain kind of goes crazy when things aren’t put away so I’m just trying to give myself grace and know that it’s going to take time.

hunter’s dress + shoes

: HUNTER WENT TO PROM

We got to St. George Friday night and Hunter went to prom the next morning! She had a sweet friend ask her to his prom at another school that she isn’t going to. She had so much fun and I’m so glad she was able to meet more people from a different school!

: OUR NEW CHURCH

We went to our new church on Sunday at 9am! It was a huge shocker for our kids because our last ward had like 50 young men and 50 young women and this new yard has like 6 of each. So that was rough, but there is a lot of building going on around us so we are hoping there will be some more teenagers and kids in our church ward.

hunter’s top + similar jeans + similar shoes

: KID’S SCHOOLS

On Monday, we went and visited all the kid’s schools! We went to Hunter’s high school and found out that she needed to start school the NEXT DAY to get a grade for this quarter, so that was a big shock! We saw a bunch of familiar faces since Joe and I are from here, so it made it more comforting for Hunter because she knew a couple teachers and office staff. Hunter also has an autistic cousin that goes to the same school, so she got to see him and they hugged each other, it was so sweet! So she had her first day of school on Tuesday and had a really good attitude about it. She’s loved it so far and she keeps saying that her life feels like a movie right now! That just shows that it really hasn’t hit any of us yet that this is our new life!

The other kids are starting school when we get back from Hawaii…that just made the most sense. It’s been overwhelming trying to get everyone’s school all sorted out, but all the kids were able to meet their teachers, so they’re excited about it!

: KID’S SPORTS

Tuesday night, Hunter got invited to play a scrimmage game with a soccer game here! So Tuesday was a big day for her! But we’re still looking for a baseball team and Hayden is still decided whether she wants to do cheer or gymnastics. So I’ll keep you updated on that.

: HAWAII

Like I said, we’re in Hawaii this week!! We were sad that we couldn’t go closer to Christmas, but it’s honestly perfect timing because this is just what everyone needs. We all just need 10 days together as a family to connect and digest everything that’s been happening!

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Thanks for reading and being so supportive! I’ll share another update soon!

If you’re here, you obviously know about our crazy story and that we are moving to St. George! Here is that blog post if you missed it. We love that so many of you have been on this journey with us for so long. It’s been a crazy ride, especially these last 6 months! So thank you to everyone who has shown so much support to us during all our times of unknown! Today I’ll be sharing all the details about St. George…. when we’re moving, where we will live while we build, update on house plans, and more!

ST. GEORGE UPDATE

: WHEN WE’RE MOVING

We are moving to St. George in 2 weeks!!!! We’re in St. George this weekend and have already moved most of our stuff down here!! Here’s the backstory…..

When we were in St. George over Christmas break, we were looking for rentals and it was rough! We couldn’t really find any rentals that allowed dogs and had 4 bedrooms! We found a couple homes, but there weren’t any in the area that we were wanting to live. We were wanting to find somewhere where the kids could stay in the same school boundary so that when our new build is finished, they don’t have to change schools again.

So after looking for a week, we didn’t have much luck finding a rental. But since the housing market has changed, there were tons of homes for sale. We weren’t even thinking about buying a home, but the day before we left St. George, we decided last minute to go check out a few homes and see if there was anything we’d be interested in buying. My sister-in-law took us to see three houses and the one we really liked had already gotten a full price offer so that was a bummer. BUT there was a house for sale close by our lot that Joe and I didn’t totally love when we looked at it online, but we decided to go see it anyways. We went and looked at it and we actually loved it! It’s smaller than we hoped, but it will be fine. All 5 kids will be sharing a bathroom, but it’s perfect and it was in our price range. We put in an offer that night and they accepted it the next day!! In a matter of 4 days, we had bought a house!!

So since we have a home in St. George we just figured we should move as soon as we can and not be paying rent for the home we’re in now! We are just so thankful for how smoothly this worked out. The kids will be in the same neighborhood, school boundaries, and same church ward as our new build, so it won’t be a huge move when our house is built!

: HOW THE KIDS TOOK IT

We told Hayden and Hudson together and they were actually really excited about it! We had just left St. George from Christmas break so they were excited. They always have fun down there with cousins and grandparents. We waited a day or two to tell Hunter because we didn’t feel like it was the right timing. But it didn’t go very well. She was very upset and sad….which is expected when you have less time than you thought. So this past week has just been lots of chats, tears, and hugs. She’s accepted it now and I’m just so thankful for her example and bravery.

We’ve started packing up our house! We just did this 5 months ago and feels so crazy to be doing it again, but we’re just so excited to get where we need to be.

: NEW BUILD HOUSE PLANS

We’ve already begun house plans! We found a builder and are meeting with Elizabeth again for designing. We are trying to use some of the designs from the old house, but we’ve really just had to start over. We are just so excited to get going! The plan is to break ground sometime in April and our builder says it will take about a year/year and a half from start to finish.

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Again, thank you to everyone who has been so supportive during this crazy journey of ours!! We are so excited for this new chapter of our lives!