Our Moving Mess!After waiting 4+ months, we had the best Christmas present ever in getting a closing date for our new home. We signed the papers on January 8th and moved in on the 16th. We couldn't believe the welcome we received as Elder's Quorum members, neighbors, and family poured in to help us out... I'm sure we had over 10 big, strapping guys to do heavy lifting.
We actually had the unlikely problem of not having enough big, heavy items to keep the mensfolk satisfied. Just try & direct them to a box labeled towels and they'd roll thier eyes like "Puh-lease! Give me a real challenge lady!" I think a fistfight almost broke out over who got to move the last bookcase...
Anyway, we are in the house and loving it! The luxury of having a REAL closet is almost beyond comprehension and the novelty of having a FULL bath (not to mention more than 1) won't be wearing off soon.
Seriously, the ward & neighborhood are the most welcoming and friendly we've ever been in, though they didn't waste any time in getting us callings! Nate & I were set apart yesterday to be Sunday School teachers for the 14-18 year old class (which happens to have 18 (yes, 18) students in it and we were asked to speak in Sacrament meeting on Valentine's day. We're a little nervous about Sunday School, because of size and other special challenges, but it will be fun serving together and we have some great ideas to get everyone involved and excited.
The infamous "handprint" room... that's the second coat ofsome ultra expensive primer going up. Yikes!!!
The lattice coming down.(so it wasn't the first thing I did after all, but we're quite happy with the results)
Wallpaper removal mess.
We even conned some family into helping.