Chaos has become normal.

So a little update from us: we have indeed decided to buy a home. When we researched it all out, it just makes sense- our mortgage is going to end up costing less than it would for us to rent someplace out. And our money will be going towards OUR mortgage instead of someone else's. We met our realtor for the first time yesterday and absolutely love him (see picture!) He comes with a wife too! They work together as a team, which I love, because you get both perspectives on a home. They made us feel comfortable from the get-go. And they are very straight forward with us- "you don't want this home, we won't let you buy this one" etc. And they are constantly bantering back and forth in that we've-been-married-for-41-years kinda way. We are also very thrilled that they are incredibly supportive of us shopping in a price range way below what we were pre-approved for. They are wonderful and we have no doubt that they will take good care of us!

So we looked at about 6 houses yesterday and were pretty encouraged with what was out there. We didn't feel that overwhelmed, until we both woke up at 3am last night with what I would call "stress dreams". Our heads were both swirling with house layouts. :) It was pretty funny. We were up watching "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" until almost 6am. I hope this isn't a habit. So now the new question is where do we stay for the next months while we look for a house? We're hoping to get into some kind of short-term place that is decently priced and safe. Our hotel is kicking us out tomorrow! But we already made two friends one of the first days we were here who said we could stay with them after they close on their house in mid-August. I never thought I'd be without my own home for so long! Hopefully I'll just appreciate our new home that much more. We'll be master clothes-rollers and car packers by the time this is all said and done. And it has been nice having housekeeping... :)

Air Force stuff has been good, and kinda frustrating. Today we spent several hours just trying to get all our paperwork in order (there's SOOOO much of it!). But Nathan was excited because we went to a place on base called "Rod and Gun" and discovered that they have hunting and fishing opportunities on base! He's sitting here reading me all this information as I type. Nate doesn't have to start work until next Wednesday, which means we have the next week to look for a home. I'm really hoping we find one soon so we can get this ball rolling. The Lord knows. So for those of you who talked about coming to visit, we may have to postpone those times until October! I guess that's all for now.