Miscellaneous and Churches

Hola!

My brain bounces around with many different topics, but that just comes with moving, I guess! I feel like we've been here 6 months already, with all the pieces I try to take care of each day. But it's only been a couple of weeks.

We did find a house, so that is a big deal. Various details slow the process, however, so we will be in this apartment for another 6 weeks or so. With a legally binding "purchase and sale agreement," the school district did allow me to enroll the kids in school, so they can start next week (the day after Labor Day) as if we were living in the house.

We would like to have a few things done to the house, so those are other projects we are considering, with the thousands of details that come with that! Remodeling the kitchen and two bathrooms, plus a list about 3 pages long of "little" details that will make the house updated a bit (it was built in 1950) and "ours."

Meanwhile, we can't really work on those many projects until the owners move out in 3 weeks! So I'll blog about the area.

One fun thing I don't think I will ever tire of here, is driving from town to town and driving by all the old, beautiful churches on the corners. There are a lot of churches here! They don't tear down old buildings. They fix them up and keep the "old" flavor. It's awesome. Here are three I took photos of--I purposely put the camera in the car so I could stop and take a photo on the way to one of the kids' schools or the grocery store. (My kids think I'm completely crazy: "Why are we stopping?" "I'm taking a picture of this church...")







Oh, and one last thing: I took the camera with us on the way to church, just to get a shot of this great "tree-archway-driving-through-the-woods" feeling each time we go to church! It's so pretty.



Again--my family thinks I'm losing it (why does she randomly stop the car to take pictures??!), but in actuality, this is my therapeutic way to NOT lose it, during this move. Have a great week! Love, Kari