New Beginnings and Big Changes

It's been right over a year since I last wrote on our blog. I have been feeling like writing again in the past weeks and wondered if I'd really have the time without sacrificing precious sleep. I'm one of those people who love my sleep. I may not be able to write as often as I used to, but here's to bringing back the blog for family and friends to follow our adventures.

I loved sitting along the river while waiting for our little guy to arrive.

I left off writing saying Caleb had his next travel job lined up in Estes Park. Well as most of you already know we decided to stay in Estes Park for now. Caleb was offered a full time position as a nurse in the emergency department to our surprise. We were not looking to stay put and never expected a position like that to be open in one of our favorite Colorado locations. We prayed about the decision. We felt like staying put wasn't something we had in our plans for the time, but the job offer in Estes seemed like a clear open door for us to stay. We kept asking ourselves "Why wouldn't we stay?!?" We loved the idea of continuing to live in the mountains and experience this small town life as well as being stationary with a baby expected in 4 months.

It has felt like a dream to live in Estes Park. There are so many more places we want to travel to and experience, but for now we are soaking up being amidst God's beautiful creation in the mountains. There are always elk and deer roaming around and in our yard. The views of the mountains never get old. The water sounds of the river and lake are peaceful to walk along. There are hiking trails galore within 10 minutes from us. This small town gets quite crowded in summer with tourism, but we accept that because we were once tourists too and want people to enjoy this beauty we get to see every day. We've learned the right times and places for best chances of avoiding the crowds.

 This video shows some mountain views and the lake when first driving into town. 

As you can see the last time I wrote was our announcement of a little one on the way. 6 months ago our little Colorado native baby was born on his Halloween due date. He's brought so much joy and laughter and sweet smiles into our life. We enjoy having him along in our Colorado adventures. We're so happy with our decision to stay in Colorado for this time, and our family has some exciting changes in the next couple months. No, not another baby (had to clear that up quickly).

I'll post later this week about our exciting upcoming changes!

For those of you sweet friends who are new to our blog, feel free to enjoy looking back over any older posts to check out our first Colorado adventures or the places we traveled for Caleb to be a travel nurse: Arizona, Hawaii, South Carolina, Anchorage & Barrow Alaska, Maine, North Dakota

Or hang tight for more blog posts as I write to document our Heavner family adventures to come.