Work to be Done

Now that the unfun mess of packing up and saying goodbye was over, the real fun could begin...making this house our own!

The fact that our stuff was piled from the floor to the ceiling of our new family room was a little daunting, but there was no getting around it. We couldn't move anything upstairs until we painted and put in new carpet. But the upside was that the kids loved their new climbing challenge. :)

Time to get rid of the old green walls...

 and the thirty-year-old carpet...

and ta-da! The changes were transformative!

 

 

 Everything looked soft and clean and fresh. I was thrilled!

 

We all stayed with Donna and Marty the whole week which was extremely kind of them because we are a lot to take in! We produce a lot of dirty dishes, a lot of noise, and a lot of chaos. So while Donna and Marty were holding down family operations, I was able to come over to the new house during the day and after the kids went to bed to start the business of organizing and putting away. I worked till midnight almost every night, but I honestly could have gone longer. It was that much fun being in our new house and organizing closets and cabinets exactly the way I wanted them. 

I worked in the yard...look at the snowball bush that was blooming!

 And even took pleasure in organizing the shed. I loved making the space our own...

 The kids had fun with their grandparents...

and finally Saturday morning arrived. After a long week, it was time for the movers to come back and move all the big items upstairs. The moment we had been waiting for all these months had finally come- time to finally move in and live at our new home!