house hunting and frustrations

This summer has definitely been frustrating. After we sold our house and moved in with my parents we thought we would buy a house within a month or so, but boy were we wrong. Every house that we went through (probably close to 100) I never got the feeling that it was right. There were many house that worked for us, but I didn't feel great about any of them. 

 Finally there was a short sale that we went through. As soon as I walked in, I told my mom that this was the house. I loved it. The only problem was that 2 companies had called Trent that day and wanted a 2nd interview.  I didn't want to put an offer in, if he got a job somewhere else...so we waited....and waited. 

Finally after 3 weeks of not hearing anything we decided that we would continue house hunting and although we loved the short sale, maybe look for something that we could move into by the time school started. That same day, the short sale was lowered $20k so we decided to go for it and put an offer in. We are now waiting to hear back from the back...which hopefully wont take too long.

On top of all the house hunting and job frustrations, the babies have decided to be extra demanding. Madison is still pretty cheery for the most part, but likes to wake up every day at 5 am and wake her brother up. Mr. Jackson on the other hand, is not very cheerful. He has now decided that he doesn't need sleep and is cranky 80% of the day. After rocking him for a half hour and finally getting him to sleep, he will wake up after 15 minutes and I have to start over again. It seems like my whole day consists of getting Jackson to fall asleep :) 

But in spite of all the hectic things going on, we try to enjoy the small things that happen every day...

like when the babies talk to each other in their jumpers

or trying to get a good picture of them when they turned 7 months

or putting on a 60th birthday party for my mom

Sunny, Aaron & Nick helping celebrate with grandma

My mom taking Bailey horseback riding up in the mountains

Or going to the movies with some friends

School starts in 3 weeks and we are hoping that we will have a few more answers by that time. Nick and Bailey (along with Trent and I) are ready to get some stability and into our own place again. Even if he doesn't get one of these jobs offered to him, he still has a great job that is able to provide for our family and all in all life is pretty good!