We've Moved

It all started back in January.  We found the perfect house for us and this spot not far from our current home was where it would be.  Here the kids are the day we told them the good news, standing on the lot where our new home would soon be built.  Our closing date was anywhere from June 5th to August 31st, but if everything went according to schedule, July 22nd was the date we were told to plan for.

They broke ground right away and there was a crew working on our house non-stop,  even on the weekends.  We made it a Sunday tradition to take a walk after church to check on the progress.  Of course we drove by it daily, we lived so close, but on Sundays we would go as a family and spend time walking around inside.  It was really fun.

If our house had finished according to schedule, we would be moving in this weekend.  Usually it seems like if builders are off schedule, they are late.  But, in our case they were ahead of schedule and we got to move in sooner.  Moving is a ton of work and it will be awhile before we feel completely settled, but I guess if you look at it this way, we are way ahead of where we thought we would be this summer.

We love how open the floor plan is.

We love that we have a great view of Mt. Rainier.

Right now we have turned our focus to putting in the back yard.  Jared has plans for a retaining wall around the side of our yard that slopes down to the neighbors yard, soil and grass of course, and maybe a cement pad around the side yard for a basketball hoop and fire pit.  It may take a year to get it all done, but someday it will be great.

All of the kids have been helping off and on.  Grandpa and Grandma came this past weekend to help us get started.

Jared says Grandpa is a work horse.  

I'm not surprised, all of my life I've see what a hard worker he is, we were lucky to have him offer to come out and help us.

Most everything is unpacked, but I haven't hung anything on the walls except for a few curtains which were essential since we don't have blinds. My bathroom windows have giant post-it notes for curtains still...

...and our home phone line is still not set up properly.  We have boxes covering half of the master bedroom floor and we can only park one car in the garage.  I've got pictures to hang and a piano to shop for and we are still waiting for a dining room table (that we bought back in May) to be delivered.  BUT... we are IN our house and WE LOVE IT!  All of the rooms are set up and unpacked, we have great neighbors that we've enjoyed getting to know, and we are off to a great Summer!

Life is good!