Finally a moment to breathe after an extremely busy weekend! Friday night we had friends over for dinner, conversation and play. The boys all had a blast playing with their friend and staying up late.
Saturday morning the fun began....after of course Jack, Ewan and Sean were each up SEVERAL times during the night. After breakfast we headed to EarthFare, World Market, Bev Mar and Harbor Freight. What was supposed to be just a couple errands somehow turned into several! Got home for lunch and then shortly after that it was nap time.
We had to wake up Jack and Ewan from nap to get them ready to go to the big game....USC vs. UK basketball. We met some of Josh's college buddies at the game...and then it got very interesting. We were getting our tickets scanned and they informed us we needed a ticket for Sean....policy that EVERYONE needs a ticket, EVEN lap babies. Well that was news to us, especially since we have been to that very arena with Ewan as a lap baby and didn't need a ticket for him. So.....since they already scanned two tickets I told Josh to go ahead and go in with Jack and Ewan. I would go outside and try to buy an extra ticket. (I did try to go through another line and got the same story)!
So Sean and I headed out, in the cold mind you. Well it was a sold out game and nearly starting time. I found one guy with four tickets but a family just got them. That was the last person I saw with tickets....ALL GONE!!! Just as I was about to give up I saw a guy come out of the arena holding a ticket and I ran up to him...it was for sale!! Yeah! I just beat out another guy trying to get it. So I paid $25 for an $18 ticket....I would have paid much more to get in from the cold!!
We found our way to our seats and enjoyed the game. All three boys had a fun time. It was of course another late night for everyone. Granted, we got home at a reasonable hour, but it took a while before they unwound and went to sleep.
Sunday....open house day. Luckily we managed to sleep in....after of course everyone got up a couple times during the night. So it was time to blitz clean after breakfast. We managed to get it all done, even with the kiddos in our way. We rushed to take Cosmo to Oma's, had a QUICK lunch at Wendy's (couldn't eat at home for fear of the mess Jack and Ewan would make) and were on our way to Sumter.
We toured FIVE houses in Sumter. It was an ecclectic grouping of houses but interesting. The two we really wanted to like we no good. We liked features of several of them, but none of them had everything. There is one that had great possibilities. It's actually one that wasn't on our list to look at. I saw it online and when the realtor mentioned it we decided to look....and we liked it. It's not perfect, but what is. It is prety much move in ready, just needs a garage for all Josh's tools and stuff!!
Jack and Ewan had a blast house hunting too. They loved all the hardwood floors, especially in vacant houses where the echo was fabulous!! We really enjoyed the historic district. I like the idea of being able to walk to the park, preschool and even downtown. Some issues of course are yard space, garage space and renovations.
We looked at several other houses online when we got home and have a few more Josh may try to look at during the week. The hunt continues, but I can only hope it will end soon. I just want to move and be done with this all! We'll see what we can find that fits our budget. There are definitely some gorgeous houses, just expensive of course!! Don't want one that needs too much renovation though either, the thought of all the work doesn't thrill me with three kids!
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