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By now most of you have probably figured out that the blog died. You probably also have a good idea why. Instead of spending this summer relaxing, hanging out by the pool and taking lots of pictures, we have been selling our house, buying a new one and doing the whole moving process. It became a full time job and took way more time and physical and emotional energy than I ever imagined and if I had any of these three things left at the end of the day I decided to give it all to my kids instead of the blog. Through the process our house stopped feeling like home as the personal posessions went out and many strangers came in (showings, home improvement workers, appraisers, inspectors, etc.). I was starting to lose it and figured that once we moved into the camper while waiting to close on our new home I would be totally crazy. I hadn't really been sleeping and was a nervous wreck. After spending the final day moving out of our house I was exhausted and actually fell asleep easily in the camper but was ready for the panic attack I thought I would have when I awoke the next day and it hit me that for the time being we were actually homeless. Instead, I got up, made the kids breakfast, did the dishes, played computer games with them, watered the potted flowers we brought from our house. Then we went to the playground, came back for lunch and swam at the pool all here at the RV park. Next we took Marissa to gym and then Chase and I ran errands just like a normal day. We came home and daddy cooked burgers out on the grill, cleaned up and went to bed. We had a routine. We played and relaxed and had fun. I would have never guessed that this would be the day that I would finally feel at home and it made me realize more than ever that it doesn't really matter where we live, home will be wherever we are together. My camera is safely stored away so here are some iPhone photos of that first day. :O) I have to add that while typing up this post and listening to Pandora "Home" by Phillip Phillips came on. Perfect. :)