Musical houses

September 2008 (the month I found out I was expecting our 5th child) I decided that it was time to move into a larger home. We sat down as a family, and decided what kind of home and neighborhood we would like to live in, wrote it down and picked a target date.

This is the gist of what we decided we would like in our next home:



-move in summer 2009
-2500-3000 sq feet home
-5 bedroom, living room, family room
-2 bathrooms
-with in walking distance to the LDS church
-in a quiet neighborhood with sidewalk lined streets
-home is newer (20 years or less) or completely updated
-large back yard
-full size basement
-beautiful garden area in back yard
-wooden play structure for the children

The home we currently own is just a little 1000 sq feet, 3 br, 1 bath ranch in an old neighborhood.

How were we going to do this? Very simply, we explained to the children the following:

You see, what you focus on in your life is what you will create in your life. Here is a simple formula from Mike Dooley's book, "Notes from The Universe."

How to manifest absolutely anything.....
1. "Ask" once
2. Give thanks often

That's it! We ask God, then act as if we've already received it and give thanks daily for that what we asked for.

It's like going to a restaurant and placing an order. After we place the order we patiently wait for the food to come, we don't ask again and again, we don't leave the restaurant in a fury because we don't expect the food to come. We wait with anticipation and gratitude. We do our part

For the last several months I've been doing my part by packing, re-painting and preparing the home to sell. As a family we have been pretending that we were living in our larger home. I'd tell the kids to go downstairs to be noisy, or go use the other bathroom, etc.

On Monday for family home evening we were so excited to tell the kids that we will be moving this July into a larger home. Here are the details:

-move in July 2009
-4000 sq feet home
-5 bedrooms, sewing room and office (total 7)
-3 1/2 bathrooms
-family room, living room, rec room downstairs
-w/i walking distance to LDS church
-in a quiet neighborhood, on a cul de sac with sidewalk lined streets
-15 year old home
-large back yard
-large finished basement
-beautiful garden area in back yard
-no play structure, but we can add that (o=

It's better than we imagined! The "how" came in a way I NEVER would have expected.

God is great!