Unexpected Staycation

This is what your living room looks like when mold is discovered in the bedroom (you ought to see the kitchen with the rest of our belongings).

This is what your bedroom wall looks like when the mold is located in the drywall.

I am SO grateful that this is not our home. That we are only renting. That said, we have suffered quite the August because of it. For quite some time we have noticed a portion of our bedroom carpet getting wet whenever it rains. When it started to smell, then our landlord took us seriously.

This became our home for a week. It was quite a nice hotel with free breakfast and dinner, a swimming pool, HGTV (for Carrie) and the Cooking Channel (for Tyson). And little Tyler made a bajillion friends with the hotel staff (I took him down to the desk with me to negotiate the room rate and he charmed them right into knocking a 1/3 off the price). Despite the hassle, it would have been a fun little staycation - had we not all been so sick (except for Tyler). We don't know if it was from the mold or just a regular get sick kind of thing, but it was rough for Tyson, Lydia, and me. Once again our wonderful ward stepped in and helped out by taking Tyler so we could recuperate and then clean our mold infested belongings.

Once we were feeling better, we tried to make the best of things. Here's Tyler's getting a huge ice cream sundae at the fair.

It sure was nice to get home! Things still aren't back to normal here, but we're leaving soon anyway (stay tuned for this announcement).