{"id":1742,"date":"2017-12-08T20:27:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T20:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2018-03-08T20:57:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T20:57:08","slug":"keeping-busy-to-keep-sane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/08\/keeping-busy-to-keep-sane\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Busy to Keep Sane"},"content":{"rendered":"

We landed back on October 26 after a beautiful nine months on the road. When we returned from living in London, I was extremely depressed. As such, I expected to be in the same boat after coming back from the travels. To minimize that, we planned ahead by planning as many things to do as possible. From an amazing Halloween party at the neighbor\u2019s house to sword casting in the front yard to homeschool classes at the museum and a little of everything in between, we ran from event to event with homeschool in between.<\/p>\n

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Keali and Scott worked the haunted house at the Halloween party.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Never too old to collect candy.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The dead babydoll looking cute, I mean, scary.<\/p><\/div>\n

We stayed busy. And we stayed happy. We were still missing our travels and new friends, but we did it all with a smile.<\/p>\n

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Making swords in the driveway.<\/p><\/div>\n

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What could possibly go wrong with the kids having these?!<\/p><\/div>\n

November was the month that we solidified our next move. We decided to update the master bathroom and sell the house. We all were ready to move on from Houston, so it seemed like this was the best possible time to do it.<\/p>\n

In order to take advantage of year end sales and taxes, we decided to go ahead and buy our next \u201chome\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Home, sweet home!<\/p><\/div>\n

Next up: Get the house ready to sell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We landed back on October 26 after a beautiful nine months on the road. When we returned from living in London, I was extremely depressed. As such, I expected to be in the same boat after coming back from the travels. To minimize that, we planned ahead by planning as many things to do as…<\/p>\n

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