A New State To Call Home

 A little over a week ago the Gregg family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. 

This move has been months and months in the making. The idea of moving began last September when there was an inkling of hope that Bob's job might move home full time permanently. After several months of waiting for company decisions to be made, we were finally given the okay to move on Bob's birthday (April 14). 

We kicked things into high gear and made a weekend house hunting trip, secured housing, a rental truck, and gave notice on our Indiana home, and 30 days later we landed in Charlotte.

In the fall of 2020, when this idea of moving was just a seed, Josh went ahead and applied to a bunch of colleges in different places. He ended up getting a partial athletic scholarship to play for a private DII college in a small town outside of Charlotte. At that time, we were still looking all over the country for places to land, but this opportunity for Josh to play college ball solidified North Carolina from being a top runner in places we might land to THE place to land. (In order to not walk out of college with a mountain of student loan debt, Josh needed us nearby so that he could live with us. His scholarship covers about half of his private school's tuition. He has some savings and is taking on some student loan debt to pay for the rest.) 

We love that North Carolina has both an ocean and mountains within a 2-3 hour drive from us. We love that there is more sunshine here than in other states we've lived in. We also love that Charlotte is very diverse. 

We haven't ventured out too much as a family yet.  Bob has been working and I have spent the last week trying to get the house set up. The four kids have made a couple of trips on their own to Lake Norman to boat and swim in its waters. Thankfully, we are almost finished unpacking and putting things in their places. I will be sure to post pictures of the house one of these days soon. 

North Carolina is the 5th state we've lived in since 2014. I think our plan is to stay put for a little bit here, or at least until Elizabeth has graduated from high school. (She is finishing up 8th grade this summer.) You never know what life is going to bring you though, and so I don't know for sure what our future looks like. All I know is that we are here right now and we are all excited to see what life here will bring.