On The Market

Well, it has been a stressful month, but we did it. Our rental house is on the market. A couple weeks ago I woke up at 3 am to the spirit testifying to me that we needed to sell our other house. We have always wanted to keep it as an income property, but there was no doubt in that moment what we were supposed to do. So we are being obedient. We spent a lot of money updating the house, but feel good about the homes being sold in the area. Hopefully this will allow us to remove some past debts and to reduce the distractions in our life. Robb and I agree that we want two things: our kids and the practice. That is enough for us right now. We feel like there has been way too many things pulling our family in different directions, too much stress. So we are de-cluttering our lives. Refocusing on our family. But in order to do that, we had to be really stressed our for a couple weeks!

The kitchen really needed a major update. So we painted all the cabinets and added hardware. We also had beautiful hardwood floors put in, along with all new carpeting in the entire house.

The new kitchen sink! It is funny to think about all these fabulous purchases that we will never get to use!
I am so thankful for my wonderful husband who practically lived over there for two weeks trying to get all the doors, windows and moldings in the entire house painted white. It was a huge job. I am so looking forward to the simple actvities we used to do when we had time: going to the temple, doing genealogy, playing a game together as a family, talking the dogs for walks. I was really touched by General Conference this past weekend: most of the talks dealt with reducing distractions, focusing on the family. I know we have been spending so much time away, so much time in the car. What a blessing this is going to be in our lives!