Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy have officially left Los Angeles for Florida.
The âDancing With the Starsâ alums made the decision to leave LA and move to Boca Raton with their three sons â Shai, 9, Rio, 3, and Milan, 1 â and documented their emotional journey in a YouTube video Murgatroyd posted Monday.
Murgatroyd, 39, and Chmerkovskiy, 46, also shared a video on Instagram of themselves crying in a car with their moving boxes in the backseat.
She wrote, âThere are tears you donât expect, goodbyes that hit harder than you imagined, and moments where you wonder if youâre making the right decision.â
âBut sometimes you have to leave whatâs comfortable to find whatâs meant for you.â
The pro dancer said she knew that she and her husband made âthe best decisionâ for their family.
âOur boys are so happy, our hearts are full, and weâre incredibly grateful for this new chapter,â she wrote. âGoodbye LA. Hello Florida. đ´â¤ď¸.â
In another Instagram post, Murgatoyd said all the hardships of moving were worth it.
She shared of her the familyâs time in Florida so far, âThe happiness, the slower pace, the sunshine, watching our boys love every second of it ⌠itâs everything we hoped for and more.â
In her YouTube video, the two-time âDWTSâ champ was emotional as she documented looking at their familyâs empty home in LA after they had packed up all their belongings.
âItâs been a fun ride, LA,â she said of her home of 16 years. âBut we have to move on to new things, new life and new adventures, and make new memories.â
The move wasnât without any hiccups. Murgatroyd said Shaiâs bike was stolen, and suspected that it might have to do with a homeless woman they helped out the day before who was digging through their trash. She said that she gave the woman â who told them that she was from Georgia and appeared to be only in her 20s â all the food they could, as well as blankets.
âWe went through our fridge,â Chmerkovskiy chimed in off camera.
Murgatroyd said she hoped the woman and her boyfriend didnât come back and steal their eldest sonâs bike.
âWe did have our garage door open, not at night, but for her to see what was in there. Obviously we closed it at night, but, itâs really sâtty,â she said.
âI told Maks, âLet them. Let them,ââ she continued. âThey need it more than us, so anyway, thatâs that.â
Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy have been married since July 2017. The couple received plenty of supportive comments about their move from their former âDWTSâ cast-mates, including from sister-in-law Jenna Johnson, who wrote, âIâm liking this post but crying while doing so! Miss you already đĽšđâĽď¸.â
âDWTSâ alum Sharna Burgess commented, âLove you miss you and I love this for you and the fam. It looks good on you babe â¤ď¸â¤ď¸ coming to visit soon!â
âDWTSâ judge Carrie Ann Inaba also praised the couple, writing, âBravo for bravery. đđ new beginnings⌠it takes so much courage to move. Iâm inspired!â
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