Catch Up Time!

Well, it's been awhile since I've posted and unfortunately it's not because I've been on vacation; it's because life got a little crazy... AGAIN. At the beginning of September we received a notice on our door saying the house we were renting was under foreclosure and was going to be put up for auction October 5. We'd heard a lot of things and talked to a lot of people and figured that we might get the chance to stay and rent from the bank after the auction. Well, at the auction no one bought the house so it became bank-owned and we were contacted by the "bank" the next day. The options they gave us were to be out in two weeks or be out in 30 days (with compensation)..but no choice to stay. So it looked like moving boxes were once again in our immediate future after only five months since their last visit. Ugh!! I just really don't like moving. Really, really don't like it. But there wasn't much I could do about it so I was forced to start up all that packing again. Luckily we'd sold/got rid of a lot of things on the last move so we had less to move this time. Each time we get rid of a little bit more. :)

We looked for places to rent near where we will be building and we couldn't find an affordable house to rent that would give us a six month lease or less, so it was back to my parents house who were offering their basement again with open arms (I know, they're crazy!) So in the midst of the stomach flu and some fun harvest/halloween activities we managed to pack up and move once again. As far as things go with our new house; we should close on our construction loan next week and then we'll be seeing a lot less of Rob around for awhile. We're hoping this house doesn't take too long to build since we are downsizing quite a bit, but we're expecting that we'll be moving again in the spring sometime. Three times in one year is some sort of record right?

Poor Anisten got sick with the stomach flu just before we had to start packing up. She could not keep anything down for so long. It was so sad.

It makes you feel so helpless as a parent when your child is sick.
Luckily she recovered quickly and began helping me pack. She really liked to write on all the boxes.

Having fun in the boxes

She packed this box of DVDs all on her own! I didn't even ask her to do it. What a big helper

We lived in a bit of a mess for a while there

I promise to do more posts about our exciting October very soon :)