Going, going, going, going...GONE!

 Back in January Tyler felt very strongly inspired that we needed to put our house up for sale an entire year early.  Seemed a bit crazy and was pretty stressful at the time, but we were definitely blessed for following that prompting.

Our Realtor sent a photographer to take pictures of the house in February.  I stress-fully got the house in perfect shape, frantically kept the kids out of his way and then...he did a pretty horrible job! So, I ended up taking them myself (and the Realtor chose my pictures over the professionals to put on the website, one of the rather frustrating hiccups).

More hiccups? (Truthfully, hiccup 1: I am a skeptical stress ball.) 2: Tyler was studying HARD for his Boards, and staying late for reviews with the Attendings. That means I was exhausted from being alone and on duty most of the time but---I still had to get the house ready myself EACH time it was shown,  find a way to keep the kids from wrecking my efforts while I was finishing my efforts and then find somewhere to be for a few hours.  3: Of course, half of the showings occurred while E was VERY sick in March 4: And the other half happened while Ty was at his week long review out of town (Nope. No showings while our house was empty for 2 weeks and spotless from running around packing and cleaning like a crazy person up until the moment we left for Boise).

 Guest room

 Girls' room

 Coleson's room

Master

 Master bath

 Loft

 Living room

 Family room

 Dining room

Kitchen 

 Front

 Backyard

That was a lot of complaining, I know--but here's where the miracle comes in and all of those hiccups seem worth it: that last showing, while Ty was out of town, turned out to be a Realtor looking for properties for a rental company that is trying to expand its business across the US. By the end of June our home was sold (for only $1,000 less than asking price--amazing in this market!) and we had signed a rental contract to rent our own home for a year.  House sold, heavy burden lifted, no extra moving involved, and no stress of selling our home as we are trying to pack up and move to wherever Ty ends up finding a job.  Thank goodness for a husband that is worthy of receiving Spiritual guidance and inspiration for our family and then is willing to act on that prompting.  We will really miss our first home when the time comes to leave it behind...

We will NOT miss this disgusting creature that decided to move in with its family under our deck as soon as the home was no longer ours though (nor the cockroaches that suddenly appeared!!) YUCK!  I think its a way to make us feel better about selling our home and moving out of this warm and damp climate--which we love--but so does EVERY other living creature apparently! Not good!