The Big Move!

This last week has been one of the busiest and craziest in a long time! First let me start off with last Saturday. Lindsay's best friend Claire had a birthday party. It was at her house. It started at 11 and we didn't leave until around 3. It was a lot of fun though. This year I brought Colby as well b/c my parents were out of town attending my dad's brother's funeral. It was a hard decision to not go and be with my dad but my parents and brother and sister in law all drove up at 6am and came back that evening. With an upcoming move that would be hard on a Saturday by myself with 2 kids. Austin couldn't get off work due to the week he was taking off for our move. The birthday party was a great distraction though. The kids had a great time and I enjoyed visiting with some other moms. When we got home we helped Austin start packing. 
Monday was the closing of the house. It was a very busy day! Austin and I ran errands and were gone from the house the entire day! The kids were at school luckily! Lindsay also spent the afternoon with Aunt Lizzie while we were at closing (my parents were at another funeral) so that was a big help! And from what I hear she had a blast! We picked Colby up from school and then went to get her. We then brought the kids to the new house. They were super excited to check it out! When we started the process in February and we had only been here twice...they were always in school. They loved running around and exploring. 
Tuesday was another busy day but slightly calmer. The kids had school and I had Bible study. Austin came to the new house during that time to do some yard work and some other random things. We had a normal afternoon and evening. We did decide to ride over to the new house after dinner though. 
Wednesday we spent the majority of the day packing things. It was nice to have a stay at home morning for that. My friend Brittany who is buying our old house also came over to visit and help! That evening the kids and I went to church. Austin came to the new house to paint Lindsay's room pink. We missed having him at church but I know he was glad to have that complete! We had a good night at church. I just love my sweet little class. We had 8 kids. They are all really well behaved though. 
Thursday was the first BIG moving day! We brought Colby to school then came home and got busy packing and moving. We kept Lindsay with us just to cut down on trips back and forth. It was a really busy and tiring day. We had my parents, Austin's parents, Randall and Lizzie, and us ofcourse helping to move! It was amazing how much we all got done! We moved everything out except our bedroom furniture. It was a stressful day on many levels but I was thankful to just get it over with. When Colby got home from school he was excited to pitch in and help too. We made a couple trips to and from the houses then that evening I stayed at the old house with the kids to get homework up. That night we went out to dinner with Austin's parents. It was nice to finally sit! We enjoyed visiting. They came back over to our house for a bit to hang out before we put the kids to bed. It was a long day and we were all in need of some rest! 
Friday was another big day for us. My parents brought the kids to school while we focused on getting the rest of the stuff out of our house. We got it all loaded and were happy to get settled in the new house that afternoon. It was a late day for us b/c the final thing we did was get everyone's beds put together. We were absolutely exhausted but it was so nice to sleep in our own beds that night. We all slept great! The kids were so excited!! 
Saturday we were happy to just be us! We got up that morning a little later. We had to go over to the old house and get a few final big things. This included the fridge and swing as well as our clothes. It was another busy morning. We had some friends come help us which was nice. After that we took the kids and ran a few errands. The rest of the day we spent at home trying to get stuff done.
Sunday was church. We were learning how to get ready and go somewhere from a new place with new routines. Church was good then we went out to eat. That afternoon was a little more low key and we were able to get back into our routines and rest a little more.