We're moving!!!!

Hello all! A LOT has happened since our last post. We have been busy little bees around here lately. We had our annual checkup with Dr. C in Orlando and were both given good reports! Chris has to go on a special diet for a while to get rid of some stomach issues, but nothing major and should be totally fixed within a few more weeks. He also found out that his back does not look nearly as bad as the chiropractor anticipated, so that was really good news! Now if we could just retrain his sleeping position, his back pain might disappear or lessen significantly! After that we had a training in Orlando for our computer software and Chris has been out of town twice for various business stuff.


This week Chris and Dad were in Tampa for a business meeting and came home on Tuesday night. They got home just in time for me to head out to the monthly Session meeting, so my parents, Chris and Katherine were able to enjoy dinner together while I hustled out the door to church. Later that same night Mom and Dad FINALLY sold their house!! Whoo hoo!!! After three years they were able to trade their house for one MUCH closer to work and church. We were super excited for them. On Thursday of this week we all went over to see the new house as it needs a lot of remodeling. We helped Mom and Dad take pictures and start a list of "to dos" so they can get planning before the actual closing occurs later next month. Well, while we were there, we noticed that directly across the street a house was for rent. We all jokingly said "Ha, wouldn't it be funny if we ended up across the street." Never actually thinking about it as a possibility. As we were leaving, Chris called to see what "rents go for in the neighborhood" thinking it would be WAY out of our price range. No one answered, so we didn't think anything about it and went on to dinner. While at dinner, the agency called Chris back and found out that the house was listed at exactly what we had set as a "target" rent amount for us. The lady was in Orlando, so she gave us the code to go look inside the house. So we woofed down our dinner and headed back to the rental house, all the time thinking "this place has got to be a dog." Nope! It was just recently remodeled and some of the finishing stuff (like grout) hasn't been totally finished, but other than that it's SUPER nice and HUGE! One problem...they don't want big dogs. So we call the lady back to get more information, she says that the rent includes lawn and pool care monthly (a huge expense in FL) and that they just put the sign in the yard hours before we called. Talk about coincidence! So we decided on the spot to rent the house. We put in our application (80 pound dog and all) and submitted it for approval. By 4pm Friday afternoon we were officially renters of the house directly across the street from my parents! And as an added bonus, it's bank owned, so there's a possibility that we could buy it from them down the road...after we sell our house of course. ;) The other added bonus is that the 4th bedroom is downstairs and off to itself, so my parents will be able to live there (in their own bed!) while they renovate their new house! Can we say "divine intervention?!" So now we have to sell or rent our home in Viera, but as it happens have actually started getting calls on it over the weekend, so we're keeping our fingers crossed!


Our new home will be 2 miles from Katherine's preschool and just under 6 miles from the shop. We were 18 miles from the shop and 20 some from preschool. WHOA! We are SUPER thrilled and Katherine's room is already painted in pink and white stripes which will go PERFECTLY with her new "big girl" room bedding. I do believe that God made this house just for us!

There is a strange front door with a weird peep hole thingy, but I think it will cause more entertainment than anything (see the pictures below). Oh...and we have some painting to do...burgundy and gold diamonds are NOT our cup of tea. ;o)

So the crazy Hughes clan is moving again!!


Here are some pictures from our walk through of the house...Katherine LOVES it. I am missing pictures of the downstairs bedroom, bathroom and laundry room and what will be baby number 2's room, but this will give you an idea at least!




Front of the house. Not the prettiest house ever, but definitely not a dog either!


Kitchen...don't mind me with my mouth open...we were in shock.


Family Room w/ fireplace...not sure we'll need that much, but oh well!


Living Room and Dining Room off to left (needs some new paint!)


Katherine's New Room


Upstairs Bathroom for Katherine and baby number 2!


Master Bath (mirror needs to be fixed, but luckily I know two contractor's ready for the job!) :)


Master Bedroom


Back Porch


Pool view from the upstairs bedroom window.



Our new door...


I think Katherine likes it.