Home Sweet Home...for now!

It took us several weeks to find a rental home.  It was such a frustrating process to find someone who would rent to us for 6 months and then month to month while we build a home.  We kept praying that a home would come on the market quickly, that we could rent. One evening a little after midnight, the weekend before Ron was to move to Washington, I looked on Craigslist and I found a rental home. One look at the photos of the home and I knew I wanted to live in the house.  The best feeling ever was when I read in the fine print below the photos, "Rental for 6 months, then month to month after." I had to re-read the paragraph. I couldn't believe what I had read.  I knew it was a gift from Heavenly Father for our family for being obedient. I said to Ron,"THIS IS THE HOUSE! This is where we are going to live, I just know it, I can feel it!"  I immediately emailed the landlord, and she replied by 4am.  She said it was available and they were already showing it the next day.  I told her, I just wanted to go ahead and rent the home sight unseen. I didn't worry at all.  I knew that this was the home where we were suppose to live. I knew it was meant to be.  I was so relieved to finally have a place to call home. I was so excited to have photos that I could show my daughters to help smooth the transition for them. The landlord began the paperwork and the background check and the rest is history.

This Thursday the moving company will be bringing our belongings!  The last time I saw our belongings was May 30th! I look forward to being in a home, where we can all have a little area to relax.  A place where I can cook meals again, wash clothes, and just be a busy family!

I think the most exciting for all of us, is to stop living out of a duffel bag! This past month, we have lived in so many different homes I don't think I can keep them all straight. I am going to try....we have lived at Grandma and Grandpa Carpenter's, a villa in Disney World, Camp Takula, Camp Zarahemla, Grandma and Grandpa Avery's, Lake Wenatchee lake house, and Ron has been living in a hotel near work...while the girls and I live about 35 minutes out of town.

I look forward to being a family again this Thursday! I also look forward to purchasing a lot and begin building our home so we can have a permanent address and a new ward family.

The home has a wide front porch the entire length of the front of the home. On the side by the laundry room, there is another porch. In the back yard, there is another porch that runs the length of the home! Absolutely perfect for an area that has almost perfect weather. This is a dry climate, no humidity, warm during the day (80's & 90's) and in the evening it cools off to the 60's.  There are fruit trees on the property and grape vines. There is a ton of lawn, which Ron is so happy he never needs to cut because the landlord has wrapped the price of yard maintenance into rent. The home has a cottage feeling to it.

 

The maple trees are blocking the front of the home.  There are three windows on the second floor.

Lake Wenatchee with the Knight's

What fun we had visiting Jeff, Heather, Dick and Karen this past weekend at their lake home! We had such a great time reminiscing about old times and creating new memories! The lake was so cold, the girls just about froze, but at least out of the water the air temp was 90*. They had a blast riding the Seadoos, intertubing behind the boat, canoeing, and learning how to wake board. They especially enjoyed their time making new friends, and just hanging out. Here are a ton of pics from the fun weekend!  Thank you again Knight family!

The great Lake Wenatchee Flip!