Cute Video of Kara and the kids

Things are calming down

Well, we've decided to stay put in our house and add on to the back. This addition will be a little over 900 square feet. It will be two bedrooms and a giant family room (part of which will eventually become a new bathroom), and a large storage closet. It will connect to the rest of the house through the dining room (which is currently a sliding glass door). We are very excited to have more space and especially that Kara will have a room to call her own. It is very nice to not have to worry about selling our house in this economy. Luckily, because of the economy, construction workers are hungry for work and material costs are down. We meet with our architect on Friday to draw up the final plans.
In other news, Kara is almost 6 months old and is now sitting up on her own to play with toys. She also likes to suck on her toes and lick her feet- it is very funny to see. She is so happy and generally content. It is so nice! She has such beautiful, large eyes- I love it.
Lindsey is potty training and doing VERY well. She even stays dry during naps and nighttime.
I will post pictures and more later- once I get things unpacked...

House Hunting Drama

Boy, the past few weeks have been exhausting!! I have painted every room in our house except for the living room and one bathroom. We painted all of our baseboards white, all of the doors white, and now we're just touching up trim around the house. We boxed up about twenty boxes of stuff and put some furniture in the garage. We even had our master bathroom completely remodeled (new shower, floor, lighting, cabinet, and fixtures). All of this was on a crazy schedule to get our house ready to sell by next weekend. We were very interested in a house in our ward, saw it four different times, and just about put an offer down on it. BUT- we didn't. Larry and I didn't both feel good about it, so, as of yesterday, all of our efforts came to a screeching halt. At the same time that we were house hunting, we also had a couple bids to see about adding on to our house. On Monday, we are looking at some architectural plans. We both feel like maybe that is what will be best for our family. There just wasn't a house out there that met our needs.
I am feeling a little sad about it all. I was excited to move and have a change, but I think it's more important that Larry and I are unified in our decision and both feel good about it. I AM getting excited about designing a space that will help us function better in the house and neighborhood that we love, though. We are planning on adding about 900 square feet off of the back of our house, with a giant family room, 2 large bedrooms, and eventually, an additional bathroom. Our yard will still be big enough and the price seems right.
So, now I've got some boxes to unpack! At least the craziness of painting several hours each night will be relaxed and we can enjoy the fruits of our labors. Oh, and we don't have to try to sell our home in this crazy economy...