Our new home!

Tuesday morning, April 14th 2009, we woke up and finished packing up. After packing for it seems like forever we finally were at a point where we felt ready to load the truck. Jeff and I went to pick up our uhaul, a 26 ft. uhaul, then came home and started loading up a few boxes. Around 6 ish Patsy and Henry arrived and we started to really get to work. We loaded and loaded and loaded. After we had loaded quite a few things we were starting to feel hungry so Patsy went to pick up some pizza for everyone. Kitchen chairs, coffee table, and pizza boxes. Oh and we can't forget the McDonald's sweet tea! After dinner we started back up again and finally finished around 10:30. So we said our goodbyes, took a shower and laid down on our nice comfy... air mattress. Let us just say it was not the best nights sleep we have ever had, it was the opposite. Never the less we woke up at 7:30 the next morning, got ready, dropped the truck off at our new home and went to the closing. Everything went fine and we were done in under an hour.

We drove over to my sister's house, which by the way is one minute and twenty five seconds down the road, picked her up and headed to the new house where my dad was waiting. Wasting no time what so ever we got to work. The entire truck was unloaded in one hour. Can you believe that? It takes five hours to load and one to unload! Once we had everything off the truck it was on to the uhaul place to drop off the truck. We were able to get a discount because the ramp to our truck was broken and it caused quite a problem the night before. We left the uhaul place and went to Brunches for lunch then back to the apartment to load up some odds and ends. Off the house we go to unload and unpack. My mom joined us after she got off work around 6 and then we went to get some dinner at Porky D's. Yum Yum!! So that was pretty much it for that day, we were tired, ready for a shower and ready for bed.

The next day we accomplished a lot. Fixing things here and there, hooking up the washer and dryer... and so on and so on. Over the last few days we have gotten a lot done. Both of our families have been a huge help, and our friends have been awesome. Arron, Elyse, and Quentin helped us put up our new blinds, and we couldn't have done it without them. I can't tell you how many projects my dad has done :). He does a great job. My mom and I put up some shelf paper in the kitchen, boy did it need it. Wow, that is a job! She also did some cleaning and ironing which is always a huge help. Kristy and I have done all kinds of unpacking and rearranging, I don't know what i would do if i didn't have her. She also brought Lasagna over for dinner on Thursday night and trust me it was the best lasagna ever. I needed it! Patsy and Henry have been over quite a few times since we moved in doing various jobs here and there, fixing the spare bathroom, running toilet, shower head, and sink stopper to name a few things, thank you Lord for Henry and his bathroom fix it knowledge. That bathroom was driving me crazy. Patsy is going to be our Gardener extraordinaire. She, along with her green thumb, is going to help us make our yard gorgeous. I am so excited!!

We have already been able to have some friends over for dinner, Becky and Chris, and that was so much fun. Monopoly, lemon cake, and brats!!! Fun times. Oh Chris... "putnin onnn naaa witts." We made meatloaf the other night and had Jeff's parents over, and tonight its grill night with my family.

Overall we love our new home and couldn't be happier. We are so blessed and thankful for everything God has given us. I hope this gives everyone a small glimpse into our moving extravaganza. Later....