It's Been Crazy

It has been a crazy week but we made it through. We made it through moving and having a bunch of our family visit.

My mom got here last Wednesday. She helped me out by watching the boys while I finished up packing the apartment on Thursday.

Friday (December 23rd) was our insane day. We did a final walk-through of the house at 8 am. Our closing was at 9 am. The movers showed up at the house around 10:30 am with our stuff from storage. Then our refrigerator was delivered, we had an estimate for a fence, temporary blinds were installed, and our cable/internet was installed. Then the movers drove over to our apartment, loaded up our stuff there, and moved it into the house. The keys we were given at closing didn't work for the house so a locksmith showed up around 4 pm and recored our locks. The movers finished around 6 pm and we got cribs put together so we could get the boys to bed on time.

Luckily everything went well on Friday. The movers did very little damage to the house while moving (only some marks on the walls). Unfortunately a lot of our furniture that was in storage has damage. A lot of the wood furniture is scratched up and upholstered stuff is insanely dirty. We'll see what happens when we submit an insurance claim with the moving company.

On Saturday (Christmas Eve), we got the house ready enough for more family to stay with us. We put together beds, found sheets and towels, unpacked a lot of kitchen boxes, and went grocery shopping. Brian's parents and sister (Shannon) got in around 5 pm when we were getting our permanent blinds installed.

Brian's family stayed with us until Wednesday (December 28th). My dad, Jan, and Jan's mom (Beth) were here Tuesday through Thursday, though they stayed at a hotel. And my mom left today (December 30th).

We had a lot of fun celebrating Christmas with so much of our family and getting to do it in our new house. I unfortunately didn't take many pictures, but I will share what I have in the next few posts!