Good weekend

So this last weekend Josh was home. Our plan was to relax, enjoy the beautiful weather, and maybe get some stuff done around the house. But Saturday morning I was perusing craigslist for rental houses in Michigan and came across a very promising post. We called the landlord and got more information and deicided that this house might be a GREAT option for us. The price was right and the house was big and in a nice area. Please understand that these 3 criteria rarely go together. A big house in a nice neighborhood is NEVER in our price range. This house is older and is a little outdated, so the landlord is renting it for a steal. We knew the house would go fast. So, we set an appointment to see the house on Sunday and loaded our crew into the van to make the trek to Michigan. She had already had 21 calls on the property and it had only been posted for the morning. We got in to see the house on Sunday and it would be perfect for our family. The landlord seems to have favor on us and has agreed to rent the house to us. We're just waiting for her lawyer to draw up the contract and will hopefully have it signed by the end of the week. yay! HUGE relief for us as that was a major issue stressing us out. We were preparing to live in a tiny apartment and all share a room up in Michigan. As long as the whole deal goes through... God is really blessing us with a home that totally meets our needs and many of our wants. What a blessing!

So we drove up to Detroit with the kids on Saturday afternoon and stayed in a hotel. I hadn't realized until we started the trip that my kids really haven't stayed in a hotel since they've been old enough to remember. They were so excited. When we got there, Seth said "Is this our new neighborhood?" When we got to the pool, he said "Will our new house have a pool in the living room too?" We were sorry to break it to him that we will never be wealthy enough to have a pool in our living room. The kids just ran around the hotel squealing with delight about having 2 beds in our room, having a bathtub in our room and having a closet made of mirrors in our room. I found this to be funny since we actually have a closet made of mirrors in our house. But whatever. At one point Lilah just jumped on the bed squeaking in her sweet little voice, "I'm so excited! I'm so excited!" over and over again. It was pretty funny and I'm glad the kids found it to be such and exciting adventure. Seth slept in a bed with Josh and Lilah slept with me and you would have thought they were both just the prince and princess of their little world, they felt so special getting to sleep in big beds with just mommy and just daddy. We went swimming and ordered pizza and watched cartoons until we fell asleep. It was a fun family night. The next day Seth said, "Mommy, thank you so much for taking me to a hotel. It was so much fun. Why is the hotel so far away?" He really thought we had driven 4 hours each way just to stay at the Ramada. But really, it was a pretty cheap way to do something special that the kids found so exciting because we got a great deal on the room on hotwire. We couldn't hardly eat dinner out for less and the kids thought they were royalty. =) And then to top it off, we swung by my brother's house on our way home on Sunday night to have dinner and playtime with the Newman cousins and my parents. The kids were in heaven! Good weekend!