We made it!

We are finally here at our new home, settling in and unpacking. It seems to have all happened so fast. Our week began with some unfortunate news that our loan for our "mobile" fell through. Not because of anything on our part, but the park manager was unwilling to sign a necessary document that would allow us to get our loan. So essentially we had no place to go. We could try to work with the seller, or we could try to find somewhere else to go. We fretted about it all day, then slept on it and in the morning we felt much better. We decided to offer the seller what money we had, then ask her to carry the balance for us. Amazingly she accepted, and we were no longer homeless.

Tuesday and Wednesday were busy packing, and packing,and packing, and packing. So many people showed up to help us. Will's Mom came over and told me to get rid of my junk, and said I could only take what fit into a small duffle bag. It was a good thing, because I really needed to get rid of it anyway. My Mom showed up and stayed until we left. Thanks Mom! I couldn't have done it without her. She cleaned most of my house, and pack a sea of boxes. My good friend Malana came over to resuce me too. She came almost everyday, and again on moving day. Malana you're AWESOME! Alison was a HUGE help too. She played with my kids on Monday so that I could focus on the whole finding a place to live thing. Then her family brought us dinner Tuesday evening. It was so yummy! Thanks Alison! My sister-in-law Ann is an absolute saint. She took my kids on Tuesday to Chick-fil-a for 3 hours and let them play with their cousins in the play place. That's 7 kids for 3+ hours! You're AMAZING Ann! And to top it off, she solved our bed crisis. Well it wasn't really a crisis, but a potential problem. We have a ginormous king sleigh bed with larger bed side tables that no matter how we tried were not going to fit on our trailer(moving), or in our trailer (home). We decided to trade beds with Ann, so now we have a comfy queen that fits perfectly in our little bedroom. Thanks Ann!

Wednesday my kids went to play with their friends for most of the day, which was great! Thanks Jenny! My kids are missing your kids already. Thanks so much Marsha! You are a life saver! Then my good friend Kahanu came home after being gone for what seemed like forever, and helped me pack stuff up. She brought us some fun stuff from Hawaii. I can't even write about her without getting all choked up. Thanks Kahanu for everything! Wednesday evening we had the Young Men come over to help us move. I couldn't believe how many people showed up. I was feeling pretty good about the quantity of our stuff until our big computer armoire, washer and dryer got loaded. It seemed to fill about 1/2 of the trailer, and I began to sweat. I started a "maybe" pile that was being filled with stuff that might or might not make it on the trailer. Luckily our friends let us borrow their small quad trailer, and we were able to load almost everything. The only things that didn't fit were our trampoline and our kitchen table. They now have good homes, and I am not too sad because we had another table that we are now using.

We slept on an air mattress Wednesday night that was near flat at 1:00 am, so we really didn't sleep well the night before our big move. I woke up with a pit in my stomach, knowing that I only had a few hours left to get my safe open and get the money we needed out of it to pay for gas. I asked for another miracle, and we got just that. My dear mother-in-law really pulled through for us. She started making phone calls and pleading our cause, and next thing you know, we had a combination!

After getting our cars loaded and saying some really hard good-byes, we were on our way. I love Arizona. The landscape is so beautiful! As we were driving close to Page, Za Za pointed out the red rocks were so red because they were hot. Although I loved the scenery, I really got tired of Sing-a-long Disney, a sore bum, and my really anxious dog. We arrived Friday afternoon and soon after almost all of us were sacked on the living room floor. My Dad and CC were so good to us. Not only did they help us move, they had meals planned out for us when we got here. Thanks so much Dad & CC!

Just a while after we arrived, we noticed this ENORMOUS ant pile with about 5 million ants. Raid to the rescue!

We really do like our little trailer. Will had to take a few breaths and say "It's only 3 years, it's only 3 years." The window were covered with cheap mini-blinds, and almost immediately Will went to work cutting down a cell shade that we brought with us to put up in our bedroom. We went to church yesterday, only to find out that we were in the wrong building (there are SOOO many here!) We finally got to the right building and met our new ward. It is kinda hard being new, but we will survive. The weather here is gorgeous! I love being able to be outside in the summer.

Well today (Monday) we found out some not so good news. Our buyer is having a bit of a problem getting everything that she needs to for the loan to go through. I guess she had a few bounced checks a few months ago, and they are so picky now that they have to have a bank statement with no bounced checks for 60 days before they will go through with the loan. That means that we have to wait another month for our house to close. RATS! We were totally planning on it closing last Friday. So please keep us in your prayers. This is a bit of a stressful time for us. Tomorrow will be a better day, it's Will's B-day, and we are going to have some fun. Love to All!