The Big Move....or everything that has happened so far

Update: Where to start.....we are in Michigan.
We thought, when Bryan accepted this job that the troubles were over. We could now breathe deeply and relax a little. So little did we know.
Bryan started work for a company in Michigan in December. A huge blessing. We began to dream of moving, a new house(not a remodel), new places, new experiences. At the end of December he and I and Aria spent six stressful days house hunting. When on the last day at the last moment we thought we found one we went back to Missouri rejoicing.
Bryan's job then became extremely demanding and he was travelling away more than he was home, w
while I and the eight children tried to prepare for the big move. I was very grateful that we didn't have to pack. We spent our days purging the house of everything we did not want supercontientious movers to stuff in boxes to then be found cluttering our new house.
Shortly after our return to Missouri we learned that we would not be getting the house we wanted, so we began looking for a rental. Bryan discovered one that would work and we were again relieved that we would have a home to go to. Then we learned that we WERE getting the house we wanted and we were very excited.
All through these experiences we were having a lot of trouble with the relocation company which was supposed to make this move as smooth as possible, yet did nothing but mess things up.
We planned our move for the middle of February. Shortly after scheduling the movers we learned that the relocation company had again messed things up and we would not be closing on the house when we originally planned. We left Missouri anyway with the help of several kind friends who cleaned the house and one especially amazing friend who came back the next day to mop and finish up for us.
We got to Michigan on the 17th of February. We lived in a hotel for a week and a half.
Our family has had the good fortune of falling into the boundaries of an especially amazing and service oriented ward. We have been fed, housed, hugged, worried over, fasted for, smiled at, and welcomed compeletely.
The home we thought we were buying turned out to need some major work. At that point we discovered that the rental we had as backup was not adequate for our needs and when we thought we had miraculously found the ultimate rental of our dreams we were reminded of the reason we do not rent....the number 8 that is attached to the word children.
To be continued.....