I am sorry mattsmom - I still don't agree with you. It is like a get them before they get me attitude. For me personally I would just keep the family you have now and advertise for the spots with the start date of when mom said they are done. How do you know that the new family will stick around? there are no guarantee's in life and we cannot predict the future. I think you are jumping the gun IMO. How do you know you won't have a pile of inquiries about your spots if you advertise for those specific days?

For me I would stick with what is a guarantee - the family you currently have. Advertise spots now for when they are leaving and let what will happen happen.