However, updating my blog has definitely been on my to-do list. I've just been a crazy busy the past few months, and here's why: we have moved!
We had been looking for over a year for a different home that would enable us to stay in the same schools and ward (our congregation at church), and at the beginning of July, we found this beautiful home in our favorite neighborhood. It didn't really have any of the key elements we were looking for (a pool, a guest bedroom, etc.), but we were smitten all the same. How could I resist, when it was smack in the middle of a forest with a creek running through the backyard?
We made an offer on the home the day after we first saw it, then within a week had our home on the market. We sold our home in 9 days and the whirlwind continued as we packed, cleaned, repaired, cleaned some more, packed some more and then moved our stuff to a storage unit and several homes of friends while we waited 2 1/2 weeks to move in.
In the meantime we moved in with my brother Gary and his family, who had been in their home all of a week and a half. Did I mention this has been a crazy time for our family (and theirs?!). However, we had so much fun there the kids didn't want to leave (following three pics taken at their house).
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| Dinner on the patio |
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| Swimming in the pool |
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| Just hanging out together |
But move-in day finally came and we were excited. Caden said, "I feel like our house is in a fairy tale." I think it's safe to say we all feel the same.
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| One of my favorite spots: the cozy front porch. |
The whirlwind continues as we work to get situated, but we make progress every day and we feel at home. We are so very grateful and so aware of tender mercies bestowed by a loving Father in Heaven throughout this whole process, as well as tender mercies bestowed by friends and family here on earth...not only a place to stay, but dinners, moving help, packing help, cleaning help, and more, from our network of angels-friends. We are blessed.
