Back at the beginning of October, we sold our house after living there for 6 1/2 years. When we bought it, we only had 3 kids at the time. It was the perfect amount of space for our little family. But after adding 2 more kids into the mix, and Trent needing a home office, it was starting to feel a little cramped, so we decided to put it on the market and start looking for something a little bigger. We worked tirelessly for a few weeks, cleaning and fixing up little things that needed to be fixed, and staging it. It was only on the market for a little over a week when we got an offer on it. We signed the offer letter, then a few weeks later at closing, it was no longer ours. I am so grateful for all of the wonderful memories that were made in that house. It was our very first house. We had tons of get-togethers, family dinners, birthday gatherings, Holiday parties, and created some fun traditions while in that house. We also did a lot to "dress it up". We did tons to the yard. Every year we had some kind of yard project we worked on, whether it was planting trees, pouring a patio, or adding more flower gardens. There was always something we were doing to spruce it up. We also did lots of painting and repainting on the inside over the years. My favorite though was the finishing of the basement. For a couple of years I had my own craft/sewing room with a big long closet. I loved it! But with the addition of two more kids, the sewing room had to go bye-bye. Trent also got booted out of his upstairs office. It's a good thing we love our kids so much! ;)
After searching and searching and not feeling like we should buy a new house right away, we ended up signing a six month lease at some apartments not too far away. Surprisingly, the only one that seemed to have a hard time with being in an apartment was Preston. We kept telling him that we were looking for a bigger house with a bigger yard so he could have a "park" in the back yard. (He has always wanted a little playground, but there was no room to put one anywhere in the back yard at our old house.) So when we moved into a little 3 bedroom apartment, he was not too thrilled. He didn't quite understand that it is only temporary.
Oh boy. I forgot just what a mess it all was until I looked at these pictures again. This was taken once we had our things over at the apartment. Can I just say how blessed we are to have so many wonderful people in our lives?! I still can't believe how many people showed up to help clean, pack, and get all of our stuff moved in those couple of days. There is no way we could have gotten it all done without them!
A couple of weeks after moving into the apartment, we went house hunting again, and ended up signing a contract on a lot in a nearby neighborhood.
The house is projected to be done around May-June. Preston, and now Vivi too, think it can't come soon enough. :)
