Have you ever just sat back and thought, “Wow, what a year that
was?” Well, that is how it felt as 2018 came to a close. How could we expect
what 2019 had in store for us? January 2019 was exciting; we got married with
friends as our best man and matron of honor! We weren't able to have all five
of our children present, so we opted to have a family celebration that summer. 
Over the next few months, Mike and I prepared for Mikaela's high
school graduation. We celebrated her graduation, and first job. Connor also
started his first job that summer. Mike and I made frequent trips to El Dorado,
AR to check on my grandma's property. She had passed and we were working on
going through her belongings and preparing to selling the house. It was
difficult to make regular trips over 350 miles one way to make much progress. 
In June we had our family and friends together to help us
celebrate our marriage! We had a wonderful meal, a rope braiding ceremony, and
a beautiful paint pouring event to honor the blending of our family.
In early August we made another trip south and while there decided
we would move to El Dorado. Of course, this was sudden and caused a flurry of
things to be worked out. Mikaela did not want to move south and had planned to
start college that month. So, we decide to wait on the move until the end of
the year. That would give us time to find a place to move.
We planned to update my grandma's house to make it a rental
property. In September we got an unexpected call that my grandma's house had burned
the night before. The next couple of months were spent trying to prepare for
our move south and prepare for Mikaela to move out on her own. I also began
searching for employment in El Dorado. Rachel would be graduating from nursing
school in December, and the holidays were coming. Oh my, what a year 2019 was
turning out to be.
More to come for the Schlipp Journey!
To Be Continued…
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