Sean Lavelle holds his 2-year old daughter Mary as his wife, Jess, stands in the background as they look at their new apartment in Portland's West End. The Lavelles had to live in a motel in Old Orchard Beach for a month while they tried to find an apartment after moving from Bexley, Ohio.
Sean Lavelle takes a sip of his coffee while trying to work from home with his son Graham, 4, at right, wife, Jess, and daughter Mary, 2. Home is a rented motel in Old Orchard Beach that the family lived in for a month while trying to find an apartment in Portland.
Graham Lavelle, 4, entertains himself in the outside hallway of an Old Orchard Beach motel that he and his family were living in while they looked for an apartment in Portland.
Sean Lavelle tries to get some work done next to a half eaten slice of bread with cheese left from one of his children. For Lavelle, who works virtually from home, being the same motel room as his children during work hours proved distracting.
Graham Lovell sits on the floor or his family's new West End apartment after the family spent a month in a motel room.
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