Happy Mother’s Day! I hope everyone had a wonderful day. Mine started off a little rough. The hubby was super kind and let me sleep in and Dakota (our one year old puppy) stayed with me and snuggled. He made me coffee (I love when he does that) and we had to have a serious conversation (I will get to that shortly) before he had to head back to Florida. Alyssa and Julia picked up the entire house and with us just getting back to Ohio from Florida we still had a few things that needed put away so that made my day. They took a trip to Tractor supply and brought me flowers and candy!

Then started the dreading packing of the house… This is how I spent most of my day. Going through my kitchen and trying to decide what I need in Florida and what I should leave in Ohio. We plan on spending most of the holidays in Ohio so stripping a kitchen that prepares meals for sometimes 30+ people isn’t really an option. And while I am super excited to move to Florida we have built this beautiful house for our family and it is going to be hard to leave. I have to admit that there were lots of tears today, partly because I didn’t unpack properly when we FINALLY got our kitchen finished in this house (I came across some pictures of the kids when they were little) but mostly because I kept thinking about the conversation Brad and I had earlier this morning.

So now I am going to share the upsetting decision we decided to make today. Wednesday we had the home inspection at the new house and there were a few unsettling things but nothing too crazy. We had a small list of things that we had asked the sellers to provide and they were very forthcoming. We had discovered that they had filed a claim after Hurricane Irma, this in our line of work is not really a big deal, so we wanted to see the details of the claim to ensure that they had completed all the work that had been approved by the insurance company. I mean who wants to buy a house and then not be able to get insurance. One of the documents they sent over outlined the extent of the interior damages from the storm and the images were a little unsettling. And while it appeared that they had properly fixed it, there was a slight musty smell that made us rethink things. Regrettably in the end we decided to walk away from the house and start house-hunting again. This is something I am NOT looking forward to but back to Zillow I go hoping that while I am in Ohio for the next three weeks I can find a few good options to look at. We really have looked at EVERYTHING on the Market in our price range so I am hoping to catch some new listings. Wish us luck!!

I finished my day with four of my favorite kids and some delicious take out from one of my favorite Mexican restaurants and the kids wanted to take a pic (since we have so few together). I am very frustrated about the house situation however what is meant to be will be. And at the end of the day I have this wonderful family so how can I not feel blessed.