CHAOS

Ok..... the last 2 weeks have flown by but not without interruption or chaos ensuing! 2 weeks ago I woke up at 5am to hear water running. I thought to myself, "Why is the bathtub water running?" So I go into Julia's room and from her window a stream of water is pouring out onto the floor. I ran to get Layne and we rushed into the room and started moving all of Julia's stuff out of the water path. Julia finally woke up and we got her out of the room just in time to have the whole window bust open and have the flooding occur. Broken glass and water up to your ankles at 5 am ........so much fun. A sprinkler pipe had broken and had filled up the huge window well and the pressure was to much so it broke. We had to call the neighbors upstairs to turn off the water because it was still coming through the window. The flood had reached all the way out to about 1/2 of the living room and both the bedrooms and bathroom. What a mess! So we made a few phone calls to insurance and the rental people and got things moving. I took a suitcase and the kids over to my sisters house for the day until we checked into our hotel room. Good thing we had renters insurance because we had a few things damaged and they will pay for any expenses due to living elsewhere while they fix the house.

So later that day we all checked into a hotel room. It was actually pretty nice. It had a little kitchen area, free breakfast every morning, a swimming pool and enough beds for everybody to rest easy!

We played a lot of 'go-fish' and 'match game'

It was bearable but by day 5-7 I had had enough. Everyone was just on top of each other and just stir crazy. But while we were staying at the hotel we actually found another place to live. Layne drove to my sisters in Alpine, the day we got flooded, and drove right by a little duplex. We both went to look at it and both really, really liked it. It's just like a having a little house. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, with a garage and a huge unfinished basement, and a huge fenced in back yard. Its really nice and so we made a call. So we made a decision and decided to just move into a new place instead of going back to the basement of the house we were living in. We had some help from family to move in. It took a few days but it's been so worth it. So we are officially moved and we love it already! We still have lots of organizing and putting things away but we are settling in just great. The kids love the space, Layne loves the garage and backyard, and I love the fact that I actually have daylight coming in my windows for a change! I love it!

Julia on the swings in the backyard

Along with the flood and the move we've had to deal with a broken toe, Layne getting a new job, conjunctivitis, an embarrassing lose to Utah, a few iron infusions and a trip to the emergency room for Layne's cold. The cold is passing through our house and hopefully we ALL we be over it soon. Hopefully we all have the right medications to get us feeling better. Its been a LONG couple of weeks BUT in spite of it all things are looking UP! Just when you think you can't handle any more the gray skies start to part and the sun starts shining through.........OR.........

Pictures are coming.....the camera cords are misplaced due to the move.