We made it!

Here we are in our new house with everything crazy.

Moving is never easy and things just don't go as you expect them to. We got to WA on Thursday. Alan came a few hours early and picked up our cars, then picked us up at the airport and drove around to see the area and ended up at our house. I love it....the kids love it. We then went and ate dinner and slept at our realtor's house.

The next day was the day they dropped off our stuff. It was madness. So far only a couple casualties have been found. I stayed away with the kids most of the day. We went and got their school stuff, then to Costco (of course!!). We then went home to eat with Alan. Then we got lost...literally. I did eventually find my way back, but it took us probably 1 1/2 hours to find our way. It was funny though, because when we went to dinner that night the kids wanted to go to a McDonald's with a play place. So far we hadn't seen one, and the kids began to explain to Alan that when we were lost they had seen one...so if we just got lost again we would find it!! Wouldn't be great if it truly worked that way!!

Saturday was just filled with unpacking boxes. The kids were completely bored. They had nothing to do. Joseph said that it was the most boring day EVER!! Hannah stayed in her room all day "unpacking" and "organizing" her room. Peter and Joseph helped me a couple of times unpacking boxes from the kitchen but then it got scary with paper flying everywhere and me not knowing where I was going to put things. Then a neighbor stopped by with her 4 year old son. She invited Joseph over to play for a little bit!! She could not have offered anything better!

We have been eating out or unhealthy since Friday. My body is feeling it, but what can you do when you don't have a fridge. It seems like everything that is good for you needs to be put in the fridge. We had ordered a fridge previously, but found out yesterday that it wasn't going to be delivered for another 2 weeks because it was on back order. Frustrating! We ended up finding one locally that will be delivered this Friday. Thank heavens, I never realized that you couldn't live well without a fridge.

We also just got our washer and dryer today. I am so excited about them! I have never had brand new ones. It shrinks our laundry room though. We thought we had all this room...not the case. But I would rather have a washer and dryer then more space.

The other thing that we have missed is a functioning kitchen sink. We didn't have a faucet or garbage disposal/drain pipes until this morning. Nothing like working out of one bathroom. It makes me wonder what the pioneers did. I guess I am just spoiled. But I think I will keep it that way! So we now have all of our showers installed and most of the bathroom sinks. Two of them had pedestal sinks and we decided that we wanted to have cabinets instead but we haven't picked them out yet. Alan also decided that he would install our toilets instead of paying a plumber to do it. It's easy enough....he has replaced every toilet we have ever owned except one....which was brand new.

I had a great picture shot that I thought I would get in the morning when there was more light....but the kids had it all cleaned up to surprise me by 7:30 in the morning. Sweet kids! I had filled...not just covered the ground...but FILLED my formal living room (which is empty) with 5 boxes and paper from those 5 boxes. It was amazing how much paper they used to wrap all of my china. I couldn't believe it. But my darling kids got those giant black leaf bags and filled those up until all the paper was gone. It would have been a perfect picture!!

All and all we are doing well and enjoying our new house and the area. It is beautiful and so far the weather has been perfect!!