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On Thursday morning, the inspector came to look at the house. My dad had been working feverishly to get ready, but we knew that there were some clearly unfinished details. I wasn't there, but my mom called after he'd left and said that the house hadn't passed final inspection, but the kind inspector indirectly gave us permission to live here anyway! Yes, sir! My mom and I had been feeling the effects of the stressful arrangement of two residences and we'd prayed that we could get in by Father's Day. So with joy, we packed up our stuff from our temporary quarters, and moved into our permanent quarters. Despite exhaustion, we've been busy ever since setting it up as home. The bathrooms aren't all done, but we're just glad to be in our own little beds.

Lori's fam came over yesterday to celebrate Father's Day. That was the first time most of them had seen the place, so it was fun to see their reaction. Fortunately, it passed Lori's inspection. :-) We enjoyed a marvelous barbecued steak dinner followed by fresh strawberry pie and laid back family time. Here are a few pictures of both the house and the family time. The neighborhood is full of deer, and we spied these bucks feeding in the empty lot next to us.