Milkmaid Braids and Rainy Days

We moved to Washington from California in August of 2007, it was the right decision for us at the time and we really feel God laid out that path for us. Washington had a better quality of life for our child (only had Ethan then), Sam was offered an amazing job, the air quality is great for Sam's asthma and those were just to name a few. Washington has been good to us, we bought our first home, we met forever friends, we had Luke, we started our business here but at some point this year we realized Washington is not a forever home for our family. The weather isn't great, the elementary school in our area isn't great and we just ache for our boys to be able to play outdoors without getting soaked. Its nearly July and we got rained out of the park yesterday! I did get a cute picture of Luke swinging before the downpour though.

                                 

So we are in search of our dream location, somewhere we can really root our family. My criteria is tough, close to the beach, close to the mountains, not a lot of rain, must snow in the winter, must be warm enough in the summer for a pool, must be affordable to own a home, must be commutable to a bigger city, I would like it to be artsy and cool  but not in a down-town big city setting (suburbs ftw!), I like history and fun things for kids so those are a must as well it also needs a certain quaintness. See its hard, like needle in a haystack hard. I know we will be led where we are suppose to be, I can't wait for a new adventure and especially to get out of the rain.

Milkmaid braids ;)