All Moved In - sort of!

Well, I am happy to say that we have moved into our new house. Our stuff is there and the kids finally got to see their new house. They are excited about the back yard and all the space they have to run around in. They can now move freely around the house and make as much noise as they want. No more worrying about the downstairs neighbor because there isn't one! lol

The kids were wondering why, if it was a 5 bedroom house, did they not each get their own room? Well, one room is being used as an office for Keith and one is a guest room. The boys in one room and the girls in another. They are young enough to be sharing rooms still. Our master bedroom is the rear part of the second story and the kids' rooms are way on the opposite side of the house over the garage.

Where is my craft room you ask? Well, when you walk in the door, there it is. I am taking up the entire huge living room! The TV/family room is fairly large and in the rear of the house with the kitchen next to it. I get the living room which is next to the formal dining room. I had wanted that area also for stamp classes, but Keith nixed that idea. My new craft area is big enough he says.

Okay, so in reference to the title - the "sort of" part. Well, let's just say that we are renting a UHaul for tomorrow. We had so much stuff that the movers couldn't get all of our stuff into their truck! They took all the boxes and the furniture, but had to leave behind the bulky items like the kids' plastic drawers where they keep their toys, the bikes, some of the bigger toys, Kaela's dollhouse. Everything has been moved to the garage and once we get the UHaul, we'll fill it up and drive it to our new place. A pain in the butt, but apparently we have too much stuff for the average three bedroom home. I guess that's why we had to move up to five bedrooms!

Well, good night for now. I will update in a few days with my unpacking saga!

Moving in Soon!

Keith started working on Monday. We are staying at my Mom and Dad's house until we can move into our new place on Sunday. I have been driving back and forth from here to our old place everyday to pack. My parents and sister have been watching the kids and we are so thankful that they are so close and can help out. I was starting to worry yesterday about the progress I was making and took my dad up on his offer to help. He packed up the entire kitchen and saved me a whole day's work. Things aren't looking so bleak now! Well, I am off. I'll update more later when I have more to report!

We Have a New Place!

I am SO happy to report that we now have a place to live. We are frantically packing and trying to get things squared away. We found a place not too far (walking distance) from my parents house. The kids will be going to the same school I went to when we (my parents, sisters and I) moved to the area some 30 years ago.

It is a 5 bedroom, 3 bath house with a nice big back yard (well, nice and big for Southern California). We are moving in on the 15th. There is so much to do! Yikes!

So, when things settle down a bit, I will try to update you! In the meantime, here is a picture of Kevin. Please excuse the blurry picture and the messy hair! lol Kevin finally lost his two front teeth. They came out two days apart.