Washington vs. Utah

This past week has been a rough adjustment.  

I was soooo happy to be back in my home.  I love my house!  I love my kitchen!  I love my bath tub haha.  I really like my ward.  I really love the beauty of Washington.  I love that there's SOOOO much to do here.  I love being only 2 hrs from the coast.  I love the seafood.  I love the friends I have met and especially the friends that have taken place of family.  I love that it's not too hot here.  I love that there's so many friends for Jaycee to play with.  I love that Paparazzi continues to be busy.  I love that we are a vacation spot for family.  I love being close to a duck pond, walking distance to the school, next to stores, parks every where, rivers & lakes nearby.  I love that we got an amazing deal on our home.  I love that Craig's commute is only in rain or shine.  I love that Craig's job is flexible with hours and can work from home.  I love that Craig's job recognizes his hard work.  

BUT

It still doesn't make it any easier to be away from family.  (insert sad face)

I can count 2 very distinct times that I had an overwhelming feeling that we need to move back to Utah.  For what reason?  Maybe just to be there for family and build those relationships.  If you were to ask me a year ago, my opinion was totally different.  I don't love the things about Utah.  I don't love desert.  I don't love hot.  I don't love bad air quality.  I don't love the attitude some people have in Utah about our religion.  I don't love how some of our religion are closed minded to others.  I don't love that there's no beach.  I don't love family drama.  These are the reasons that stuck out if you asked me a year ago that there was no thought to move back.  Maybe someone has been praying because I just don't care any more.  What I do care about missing family.  I miss the drama.  I miss the memories.  I miss the idea of my girls growing up knowing their cousins and seeing them all the time.  I want them to know their grand parents.  I want to be there to help our parents.  And to top it off....when Craig isn't happy in his job, the idea to move makes it that much better.  

So we'll see what happens.  The housing here is going up so we could make money on our house since we way lucked out on getting ours for basically a short-sale price.  Craig has found companies, good companies, in Utah that he can apply for.  I've found places that I'd be happy to live in Utah.  

The biggest challenge is deciding  What is the Lord's plan for us?  When is the right time?