de-stressing with friends

To say that I've been a little stressed out and distracted lately would be a bit of an understatement. We went to Indy a week and a half ago, put an offer on a house, got super excited about it, came back to STL, told everybody we found a house, decorated it in my head, made what feels like hundreds of phone calls about home owners insurance and other whatnots, had a routine home inspection done on Monday, found out it had radon, termites, asbestos, and mold issues, felt like we had the wind knocked out of us, took back our offer on the house, and returned lots of phone calls about no longer needing homeowners insurance and other whatnots. I feel like I've been stuck in my house for days with the phone glued to my head, ignoring my children. With all of that said, we are not disappointed or discouaraged because we know (obviously) that God was protecting us (and we are so thankful!) and must have something better for us. We'll just have to wait and see what that is. Today was a much needed breath of fresh air. My sweet friend, Emily and her little boy came to hang out with us, and it was so fun to spend time with them (and not think about houses or apartments or moving or phone calls or packing or getting lung cancer from what I thought was going to be our new house).

Emily, Ty, and Tripp

love the pose