UPDATE

Well, just a quick update (sorry, no pictures since I am using the computer at work). We are back in our house, and it is officially ours!!! We found a way to close the loan, but the rate is not as good. Oh well, that's life. We are still waiting for out townhome to close; hopefully that will happen this week (yah, like I haven't heard that one before.) Apparently, our former next door neighbors in the townhomes who "sold" their townhome several weeks before us are in the same bind. They moved out in such a hurry per the request of their buyers, and now the whole process is held up for them as well and their loan hasn't closed yet either! This whole thing is so ri-dang-diculous. What a mess for all involved. But there is always a silver lining. Staying in a crappy motel for three days has made us appreciate our new house even more than we already did. But I miss my old neighbors (yah, that's you Tanya, Liz, Shellie among others!) and I miss my old gate! I was looking at a picture of Riley standing in front our our old gate, and I got a twinge of nostalgia knowing that I will never prop that gate open again for Riley to play on the playground. Poor kid misses his little friends! I REALLY need to hook him up with his buddies soon. But we are all enjoying our new home, and Riley especially loves the sprinklers that come on at wierd times of the day since we haven't figured out how to operate our own sprinkler system :) A big thanks to all our thoughtful friends and family who have helped us out so much lately, whether it be tending, offering us a place to stay, helping us move, or giving Ben and Riley rides to Sanpete since we only have one car still. I think we are finally getting on our feet again and life is starting to normalize! This process has been such an adventure!