Two parents and three kids moving company

This past week Shawn and I moved from our beautiful 100+ year old charming.  It was complete with a tree swing, front porch swing, vines, beautiful yard and white picket fence. Long story short, we had already told our landlord that we were moving and she found new renters before we figured out we actually were going to stay here.  In an attempt to keep the kids in the same school and neighborhood we found a duplex just down the street.  It's a bit of a downgrade, with one less room and no dishwasher, but so far it feels nice and homey.  Our plan is to live here for a year and save money in hopes to start building a home this fall :)

Here is our old home:

It also had the perfect gate to our next door neighbors.  They had three kids, Hunter, May and Hazel, who my kids loved playing with.  First thing in the morning the kids would run over and start playing.  We are going to miss our neighbors and the kids are so sad to not be able to run next door and play all the time.

Here is our new duplex:

It's going to be a fun year !