It's been a long time since I moved. I've lived in this house for over 6 years, and back then I had a LOT less stuff. I was single and I obviously didn't have 2 kids. Now I'm sitting at my computer sneezing and sniffling.

In less than a week we've put a lot of effort into cleaning out our home to put it on the market. It is now listed here and we had 2 people come look at it today. Before we listed though we cleaned the house thoroughly. As our realtor put it, we're moving anyway so we might as well keep packing. We've packed up kids toys, all our board games, re-arranged furniture and moved tons of stuff into our garage. I also cleaned the house thoroughly, on my hands and knees scrubbing everything. I guess I didn't realize how dirty the house had been. There's a lot of dust stirred up and Paul and I both feel like we've got a cold. Please pray for us that the house sells quickly.

As for the new house, we've gotten a lot of work done for that too. We had the inspection on Saturday (everything looks pretty good except it is FILTHY). Evidently it had been on the market for 7-8 months and it is just filled with dirt and dust. Yet another reason for feeling sneezy all the time. We've secured our financing (after long hours with several mortgage groups) and have signed all the paperwork and sent in our check for earnest money. We're going to get some estimates for re-painting the place and re-carpeting it too. Hopefully we can get that all lined up and done immediately after we close, but before we leave for Utah for Thanksgiving.

We still can't believe how crazy it is that we are moving. This has been one fast roller coaster ride. I can't wait until it's over and we are finally in the new house with this one sold!

It's been a little while since I blogged, and there's been a lot going on, so this may be long! (but it will be full of pictures on the different slide shows!)

First of all, here are just some pictures of the boys. Paul mentioned that no one had seen Brian's new haircut and they both look so cute of course!



Grandma went out of town for a few days so we hung out with Grandpa. We especially had a great time at the park.



We went to the mall with Grandpa too and there is a new play area for the little kids. It was really quite extensive and the kids loved it!



Brian is always a troublemaker these days and climbs on everything. He gets so proud of himself too. All I can do is shake my head.



Paul's birthday was a little over a week ago and after opening presents we went for a walk in my folks subdivision. We ended up at the gazebo where we got engaged and had our engagement pictures taken. Lots of great memories.



Lastly, our big news is that we are buying a new house. We got a really good deal on this house because it had foreclosed and we should close on it the middle of November. Now we're trying to fix our current house up so that we can sell it. Wish us luck!