Off the market...

After a relatively busy week of house showings, we have decided to pull our house off of the market. There are a myriad of reasons, all individually strong, which taken collectively made the decision an easy one. This is just not our season.

The kids seemed to take it well when we shared the news with them. They were a little saddened to find out that we would not be able to raise livestock for 4-H (our HOA doesn't even allow chickens), but they quickly rebounded and remembered how much we love where we live, close to friends and family. Plus, they can work on other projects for 4-H which we will join in the fall.

We now need to "move back in". We pre-packed a lot of stuff, crafts and toys and extra clothes. Now we have to go retrieve it all from storage and find attractive places to put it in our newly redecorated home. We are keeping nearly everything the way it was staged. We even like the dining room and will be using that large table for our school table. We gave my mom back her bistro table and bought a new small kitchen table that will fit our family for meals and give us good additional room for when we have guests for dinner, as well as more work space for school.

This week, we are going to plant two 4'x4' raised garden beds, as well as purchase some fruit trees from Costco. Then, we need to get started moving our stuff back from storage. I am praying for a cool front while we get this work done.

Thank you for all your many prayers as we went through this process. The Lord is good, He has shown us many things, taught us much about Himself and shown us how to seek His will in all things.