We have spent the last week cleaning, packing and organizing our house. It has been exhausting work. It is times like these that having a lot of children is very obvious. On one hand, we have so much stuff, because there are so many people in our family. On the other hand, there are a lot of extra hands to make the work lighter. I have been so impressed by the hard work even my six year old has been able to accomplish, let alone my older children. Most of us are feeling very excited about this new adventure in our lives. We looked at our hopeful new home again today, and it was fun to again imagine what our life will be like if everything goes through and it becomes ours.

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