Well, the time has come. Our house has a "for sale" sign in the front yard, the pictures have been taken, and our house will officially be on MLS soon. How exciting!!! It's been the most stressful time of my whole life getting our house to this point, but now it's just a matter of keeping it clean with 4 boys in the house...wish me luck!
We have (or will have) all of our extra "stuff" in storage as of this weekend. Our storage unit is full, but thanks to a wonderful friend with an empty 24 foot trailer, we are making it happen. Our realtor said the #1 priority with getting the house ready to "show" is replacing all the sheetrock in the garage ceiling. It has pieces that are falling down, patches where Rhett fell through, etc. so it's got to go! I have a "before" picture below. Rod & Melissa (Rhett's sis) are coming this weekend (for General Conference really) and we're going to tear out the old ceiling & re-sheetrock the entire thing. This week we have concentrated on getting stuff to storage and I have been painting. We always had too much furniture in our office to paint in there, so now that we're moving out I finally got the opportunity to paint it. It's now Jackson's room/office. I think it turned out great! See picture below.
Some other exciting news is that we found a house we want to buy. It's still in our ward, and even Austin's school boundaries. It's 4 sides red brick, 3020 square feet, 4 spacious bedrooms (all with walk-in closets), 2.5 baths, 2 car garage, living AND family rooms, dining room AND eat-in kitchen, covered patio, and best of all a PLAY ROOM!!! I'm already in heaven. Hopefully the sale of our house will go quickly and the other seller will accept our offer. Wish us even more luck! Any of you who have been to our current house know that this would be a HUGE improvement.
Not much news on the boys. I registered Logan for Kindergarten the other day, only to find out he's missing 2 vaccinations!
Jackson is 3 months old today!!! We think he's following in Carson's footsteps and getting a tooth. Austin & Logan didn't get teeth until 10 and 9 months respectively. Carson on the other hand popped one out at 3 months. Jackson has all the classic signs of teething...drooling, runny nose, etc. so we'll see. I'm not fond of nursing babies with teeth. Ouch! A fun thing is that he has begun smiling a lot and even laughing. He's such a happy baby!
We were fortunate to be able to buy some much needed new appliances at the Sears "friends & family night" earlier this week (with Rhett's employee discount, plus 10% off). We needed a new dishwasher to complete the "new appliances" part of selling our house. We also bought a new dryer. We've had a new washer for a few years, but our dryer has been dying a slow death for awhile. We've had it for 10 years and it was at least 20 years old when we got it, so I think it's time for it to go.
That's about all the fun & exciting news from us. Hopefully we'll have great news on the sale of our house & purchase of the other to share next month!
Love- Rhett, Maren, Austin, Logan, Carson & Jackson
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4 comments:
Your kids are so big and adorable! It's amazing what happens when a little time passes! :) I will send a lot of good luck down your way that you sell quickly! How exciting!
We have the same background! :) Must be related. haha. How exciting that you are getting into a bigger house! That will be so nice, I'm sure. I'm still amazed at how big your kids are. They look so cute!! Hope all is well!!
Your 4 boys are so handsome! They really are so sweet. Audrey had fun hearing about Logan and seeing his pictures. She reminded me of the cake that they made at the reunion. It had quite and extensive ingredient list! She never forgets anything, so everytime I mention Logan she recalls their time together making that cake! I hope you can get into a bigger house. Sounds fun! (Minus the moving part.)
Seriously Maren, how do you do it? Every month I read your blog and every month you get more industrious! You are one amazing lady.
Well, I will be praying for your house to sell and for you to get into your dream home. It does sound wonderful... Sending good vibes your way!
-Laura Romero
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