We moved!! AGAIN!

When we found out we were moving to Texas, before we were even married...we thought we were going to be there for the foreseeable future...(which,,I guess no part of the future is forseeable...so I suppose that statement is still accurate)....But, when the opportunity to move back to Arizona came, we were very surprised. Even if we had expected to return to AZ quickly...we still thought we would have been in Texas for "at least a year."

However...some things happened at Noor's work that presented the opportunity to us...so we took the time to ponder and pray about the decision. We had decided it wasn't the right thing for us to do...as sad as it was. We couldn't afford the move and our lease still had almost a year left on it...and they would want us to move over Christmas break...which was only a few days away and we had nowhere to live. So we had decided now was not the time.

Then, while in AZ over the holidays, the offer arose again.
A more serious offer this time.
They would pay for our move!!
We decided to check out an apartment in AZ owned by the same company we rented from in Texas. It turns out they accept transferred leases..so we wouldn't have to terminate our lease and pay all the fees/ take the hit to our credit!

We had a serious decision to make. It didn't feel right before....so why would it change now? It made it harder because Noor went back to Texas from the Christmas holiday before I did so we were trying to make this decision together from 2 different states! His boss needed an answer pretty quickly...like before I'd even be back in Texas to really be with Noor to discuss it. Thankfully, we were able to make the decision and both feel confident that it was the right thing to do. After deciding to move, everything fell into place. The exact apartment we needed, our finances, our moving help (AKA my loving and AWESOME parents that drove our big truck AGAIN through 3 states)...I won't say that there wasn't opposition in our choice to move..because there definitely was...and there were doubts...but we knew it was what we were supposed to do so we kept pushing through.

The drive was long, but mostly uneventful.
We hit all sort of weather though.
Crazy rain, wind, a MASSIVE dust storm, and even SNOW!
...all in one18 hour journey.

My amazingly generous parents flew out to TX so that they could drive the moving truck back to AZ
for us. This was the second time in a YEAR! They seriously deserve an award..or some sort of cape..
a badge maybe.

We have been richly blessed since our move back to AZ.
We love being so close to our families and the opportunities Noor has at work have been amazing!!

Now.....to get the apartment unpacked and put together.......