New chapter ahead of us... titled, "San Diego"

We are adventurous people and I do love to experience new things, but I never thought we would be experiencing another BIG move after feeling like Montana was the place for us - our home for the long haul. But, God has other plans and I am enjoying His sense of irony at the moment since I NEVER thought we would be going back to California. But, I am learning never say never, God just might shock the pants of me... again. Nate accepted a position that will be taking us to beautiful San Diego. He will be a regional manager for a medical company that specializes in sports medicine - more specifically, ACL repair. He is so excited for the opportunity to work with a team, to learn from dedicated, experienced men in the field, and be supported by a great network of other guys he respects (yes, they all live down there). The weather and location has NOTHING to do with it. jk - He loves to live in shorts and flip flops. Nate has been an independent contractor since we started this career five years ago. Which means, it all comes out of pocket for us: medical insurance, dental visits, all travel expenses, etc. Now, all of that will be taken care of and from my perspective, benefits like these in our fragile economy are PRICELESS. So... opportunity for Nate + benefits of job + beautiful location = move. I hate that we are leaving family, friends and a great church here, but have felt God pulling us towards change. Nate and I both felt that God was asking us to sell our house this past fall. For no particular reason, we had a strong sense that we needed to put our house on the market - to be free. Now we have a better view of the bigger picture. He was starting to prepare us for the change ahead. We are ready to downsize. Our house has been on the market since January. Real estate is slow and this is not the best time to sell a house. It is a bummer, but out of our control. Our plan is to move mid-April into a furnished apartment (in Encinitas/Carlsbad area). We don't want to strip our home while it is still on the market - it shows better "staged". We are praying we won't have to cover our mortgage and rent for long. Please pray that someone will fall in love with this house as much as I have loved this home. I will be sad to leave this beautiful spot in Missoula, but know that God has bigger and better plans ahead for us. The more I have been in prayer over this move, the more I have become excited over San Diego! We do have friends down there and even have a church we are excited to attend. Haven has amazed me. We have been discussing the move and our home for sale with her and she is ready to pack her bags and go visit Legoland! I know the girls will enjoy the beach and all that San Diego has to offer. Plus, I have a feeling we may be seeing Missoula friends come February each year =0) . We had a chance to go visit the area at the beginning of February and we did feel the confirmation we were hoping for... the sense of falling in love with our future new home! Now comes some packing, some planning and some Craiglist scouting looking for a furnished rental that won't put us over our budget! Please pray for us. I believe God can work a miracle and bring buyers to our home, find us the perfect spot for us in a month and work out all the crazy details that just about put me over the edge with worry if I didn't have enough sense to leave it all in God's hands. Our blog is titled, speerfamilymt... so the "mt" will be a tribute to the great place that was the start of our family and an amazing home to us for five and a half years.