Busy, Busy, Busy

Things have been crazy busy here for the few months. What have we been up to? Well, on top of going to the beach, vacationing with extended family, enjoying the kids summer break and working part time, we have been preparing to move. We are not moving all that far but it does entail moving to another state. We are converting my mother's house into one that will accommodate our big family and give her an in-law suite. We are excited to be closer to family and to try a new town and new schools. But with all the excitement comes a lot of stress.

Selling our house with 4 kids home for the summer is tough. Poor dears just want to hang out and I really don't enjoy having to make my house picture perfect EVERY night. We have cleaned out our house and moved quite a bit of stuff (all things that need to be stored in the attic and things needed for daily living). We do not need to move everything at once so we are using the house as our storage unit ( and keeping it staged) as we wait for a buyer. We are still going through all the rooms at my mother's house and helping her part with what is no longer necessary. It is a TON of work. My Mom has embraced the "purge" and we are making progress. We did a ton of stuff very quickly so that we can partially be in our new space for the start of the school year next week. Lauren's room is in good shape ( but not decorated yet), Phil and I have a room that is close to done.

The boys space is still being worked on which is a bummer. Luckily the kids are okay with "camping". Makes me nervous to not have everything set for the first day of school. Not too much I can do about it unfortunately. I would rather have them in the new house before and after school, meeting new friends, then going back to the old house and not feeling like they belong. We are hopeful that we will be more settled in a few more weeks.

Here is Miss Lola on the beach this summer.