All Smiles

Not being Homeless is the best present a girl could ask for.

 I am pretty sure our house is just one mess after another, the key word being OUR.

 I will say that this yard is amazing. When looking at it as a perspective home owner it seems awesome, looking at it as a home owner it is a TON of work. But I still love it!

 Addie loves school and is making friends with all our neighbors. Avery is Happy Happy Happy, her and her "New Cousin" play all day.  I will say when Addie is being nice and Avery is feeling settle her "New Cousin" dies, but Jesus Christ brings "New Cousin" back to life when she need her.  I guess she was paying attention at church, who knew.

 While hanging out at Dad's office the girls decided to draw him some pictures since their aren't any on his walls.

Like always life goes on and we are just taking things one step at a time and trying to catch a little sleep here and there.  Most important we are all Happy Happy Happy,

Home Sweet Home

The long nightmare is over.  Time to let the real fun begin.  To bad I am exhausted,

 I can't believe we have so much crap. If only I good snap my fingers and magically be unpacked and moved in!

 Ah finally we can send the kid to school!  I am not sure who is more excited me or Addie.

 Things seem to be getting back to normal, the girls are enjoying their stuff.  If only we could only convince Avery that her new house is really her new house day after day.  During the transition her home has changed so much that she doesn't believe that we are really staying here for more than a day or two.  Avery has also found a new cousin.  She has created an imaginary friend that she calls her "New Cousin".

 Owen has been a great helper. He loves having his stuff again, my arms might even be enjoying it more than him.

 The house is settled enough, time to find a Home Goods and give Dad's office an little sprucing.

Week 2 of Being Homeless

We loaded up again and hit the road.  

 The kiddos we happy to be out of the car. We couldn't be more thankful for the Parkers.  They have agreed to let us stay with them until we can have a home of our own.

 I will say it has been less than optimal, but the best one could hope for.  It has been an extremely long month, packing and more packing followed by driving, driving and more driving, and one new place after another.  All in all the kids have been pretty darn good, but they are getting restless and ready to have their own space and things again.

 Avery has been the most confused by all of the unrest.  The poor little girls is just having a hard time being a nice girl.  

2 1/2 weeks of being homeless is enough to make anyone sad, but their is light at the end of the tunnel.  We survived and have lived to tell the tale. We survived the downtown Target with 3 kids and driving the Monster Jeep with a GPS that was beyond my brain power, and many many afternoons at the park. We love you Parkers and are thankful that you were willing to let us take over the basement for a week in a half.

Adventures of being Homeless

After hours and hours and hours of driving in the car we finally made it! To the Beach House, not home but close enough.  The house that we are trying to buy has hit a bit of a snag, thus we have found ourselves without a home for a little while.  Thankfully the Parker's have been kind enough to take us in.  The said that their house was full in Portland but the Beach house was empty till Sunday. A few more days with a roof over our head, wink wink.

 Sweet Avery is so cute, she is struggling a bit with the idea of moving.  She keeps saying "When we go back to our house." We even drove her by the possible new house and she says she still likes "Our House." Addie on the other hand loves the purple curtains and can't wait to move in.   

 Paul and I just hope we can get a decent appraisal the 2nd time around.  Being together is great, but we need a routine, without one it gets a little scary.

 For now I am so thankful to have such a beautiful place to rest up and recover from all the packing and driving.

 We will just enjoy the beach and avoid the thoughts of being homeless and maybe finding a new house.

 Owen has been a stud thru it all.  He can find a toy no matter where we take him.

 While all the kids friends are in school, we try to keep the girls busy.  Coloring counts as education, right.

Cross your fingers that we can close on our house soon, the girls can only color for so long before they start driving me crazy again!

Are We There Yet?

Oh Mi Oh My, do we have a lot of crap! We loaded up up the Truck and the Trailer, said our final good byes and hit the road.

 We drove and drove and drove some more.  Really 2 full days of driving is enough to make you want to claw your eyes out. Anyone who says they enjoy road trips needs to have their head examined.   

We survived the night in a hotel, trust me that is easier said than done.  We managed to sneak Ellie in and out while actually getting a bit of sleep. Miracle for sure.  Sometimes it is the little things in life that make one the happiest!  We might have looked like the Clampits driving down the highway, but it kinda takes a lot to keep these faces smiling! 

Time to Sail on to Greener Pastures.

Sadly our days in Utah are over, it is time for us to sail away.  (Picture: Addie, age 5, and yes she drew it on our garage wall)

After many helping hands, the Ultimate game of Jenga, plus an extra 6x12 trailer, and giving a lot away we are ready to say Good Bye to our amazing home.  We have absolutely loved our time in Utah.  It is after many tears (by me) that we leave our wonderful home.

 I may have started our time in this house with tears and I leave it with many tears and a sad heart.  It was a good home to us, well after many improvements. As I did my final walk thru and noted that it isn't tear worthy anymore.  We rented this home sight unseen, and when I first walked thru it I cried.  It was dirty, it smelled and was gross.  Now it is clean, smells nice and cute. 

Lets just keep our fingers crossed that we can find another gem like this one in Oregon.  As we pack up our life with no forwarding address, we have faith that things will work out.  We know that we are suppose to go, (not that I want to) but we just can't manage to get all this housing figured out.  

MoMo comes to Visit

Lucky for us we were able to see MoMo one last time before we moved.  We might have had boxes all around, but we still managed to have fun.  Owen didn't mind having an extra set of arms either.

Coming to visit days before the moving truck comes may not be the best timing, but we will take it. With stress levels a little high, we still managed to have a little fun too.