Surprise... surprise... we are moving!!!

Sorry for no posts in these past few weeks! Needless to say, we have been extremely busy! I've accepted a really big promotion at my company (Vice President of Finance) for the newly formed division of the companies we acquired back in July. My new position is effective November 2nd and the following week we will be all packed up and moving to Troy, Michigan!!!

Sorry I've had to keep this a secret for such a long time. I was actually approached about this in July but until we (Doyle and I) had officially decided it was something we would consider... and the newly acquired companies were told and my employees here... it was all hush-hush. But now all of those people know so I can finally spill the beans!

I have lived in Florida for 6 years now which is the longest I've lived in any state besides Indiana (the first 20 years of my life). Doyle is also used to moving around. He hasn't lived in any one state for this long either. When I first asked Doyle if he would consider leaving Florida he said "a change of scenery would be good"! So we weighed all the pros and cons of accepting the position and apparently... the pros won! It doesn't hurt that we'll be so much closer to both of our families. I personally am looking forward to never spending another holiday alone. The kids are always with me of course, but you know what I mean.

The whole family flew up to Michigan at the end of August to check the place out. We went into thinking we were going to like a certain area but once we saw Troy, we knew we had to live there. Birmingham is just a few miles away and is so cute. Not to mention the shopping in Troy as well as the schools are beyond outstanding. Once we got back from the trip and I officially accepted the position, we seriously started looking for houses. And low and behold... we found one! We are just at the end of the inspection period with it. By Monday everything should be finalized. We are so excited!

I've been trying for about 30 minutes now to attach pictures but keep getting errors. So I'll go ahead and post this then update with pictures another time.

I'll keep updating as progress comes along! :)