Things have finally settled down...for the moment :)

Well we are out of our house, in and out of my parent's house, to and from Florida and the Bahamas, and finally digging out of the mess in a rental not far from our old house. Life was quite crazy for a while there, but maybe we'll get a week or two of "down time" until we have to start the next big crazy project: building a new house. Originally we talked about just buying an existing home because we wanted to avoid living in a rental and we weren't ready to build again and we thought it would be the most affordable route. Well after looking at 40 plus houses, finding nothing and talking with my brother, we began to lean towards building again and check out our options that way. We're having trouble with getting a loan right now anyway, so until we get that figured out, we'll just hang out in the rental (which is month to month thankfully). I absolutely hate moving (you wouldn't know it from how much we've moved in our six years of marriage) so this house will hopefully be one we can stay in for a good long while (at least five years).

Somehow the girls were able to find the silver lining in all this:
Hanging out in some boxes

Ani got creative with some box lids/covers

They loved playing on our beds when they were just mattresses
Holding hands while moving a load of boxes to a new place (Aivree was pretty ornery so Ani was comforting her. Such a good big sister)
My beautiful girls pose for a picture amid all the chaos. I had this picture on my phone and looked at it all the time on our trip

Our disorganized house mid-move
Rob loves moving as much as I do. haha So although it was stressful because we had no idea where we were going or what we were doing and it was a lot of work to pack everything up and move it twice...this has truly been a blessing. We were able to make some money off our house which is saying A LOT nowadays. We didn't make as much as we would've liked, but we count it a blessing that we made anything at all. Also, the fact that we put our house for sale, sold it three weeks later and moved out three weeks after that, kinda makes us feel like it was all meant to be. Plus, the Lord made it possible for us to find a rental in our same ward so Rob can continue in his calling which he loves. In the end, there is nothing to fear. Even if we were homeless, even if we didn't make money on our house, even if we were completely exhausted mentally and physically from all that was going on, we still have the blessings of the gospel in our life and those things will never be taken away from us. Our family is safe and happy and together and that is the biggest blessing of all.