MI Adventure

Where should be move?  Where will we live?  Where is God calling us to establish our new family home base.  To answer that question we have mapped out cost of living, taxes, political leanings, catholic identity and the housing situation in several areas.  One of the areas we liked is Grand Rapids Michigan.  We decided that while J had a trade show, I would join him.  We would explore after the trade show ended.  

OK I must say that we never see that much snow stuff in any store in Houston (and we had two snow days this past winter).

While J was at the trade show, I found a local church that some homeschoolers had recommended.  It was beautiful.  I felt very comfortable at the church but not at home.

I was so happy that I was able to catch noon Mass.

Back in Houston Java Java, Pooker and Goobers all come to the Tiemeyer home to have fun with the younger kiddos.

The kids went all over, visited parks, painted a bird house and had two showings for the house.  Sadly, still no offers. I think I might have been a little upset if the kid had been able to sell the house without my help.  LOL.  I am very proud of their hard work.  Every report we got were that the house looked fantastic just not the right layout for either shopper.

We drove all around the GR area.  We never did find an area that we liked.  We grew more and more depressed as we couldn't find out place.

Back in Houston a few are gone for the day.

Possible and Princess left for one day to help with the EDGE retreat.

They were all having fun.

At the end of a long weekend for all of us, we were happy to head home.  In the end we ruled Grand Rapids out of the running for our home search.  We just didn't feel at home in MI.