Monday, November 16, 2009

Move to Springville!

Early A.M. Oct 17th. Robert, Cameron, and Dad start the move! This was our 3rd move this year. The first weekend in March we moved from our basement apt in Orem to the upstairs part of that house. That only lasted five months. Our landlord got married and wanted to move there with his new bride. So Robert and I lived with my parents for a couple of months until we found a place to buy of our own. This move started at my parents so we could load up a few things from their house, then they went to McD's for breakfast and still got to the storage shed by 8:00 am. What troopers! We were grateful for their help! Robert got to return the favor the very next Saturday by helping Cameron move his family into their new house in Lehi! (Back in Aug, Cameron moved to his in-laws the week before we moved to my parents. We closed on our new homes the same day and moved again a week apart!) NO MORE MOVES SOON PLEASE!
After breakfast at McD's, my mom and I went to start the cleaning at our new home. We could't get in the day before like originally planned because we were generous enough to let the sellers have more time to move out. (Over 72 hours) I was hoping they would return the favor by leaving a clean house...but NO LUCK. It was pretty darn dirty. My mom is the BEST! She spent HOURS in the kitchen cleaning dirt and grime. Who knew a kitchen could get so filthy. Our friend Alex is in this picture with my mom. A few people took turns helping out in there!
Robert spent some time putting together some of the furniture.
Robert's brother Lane enjoyed our bathtub! I think every master bath should have a soaker tub! It's SO big! No jets, but that's okay! I could deliver my baby there! But won't... :)
Just another picture of Robert putting together some furniture. He's putting the feet on the couch. The other person with the red cup is Robert's littlest brother Sterling. I'm not sure if this picture was taken before or after Sterling's 3 hour nap in my closet. :P What a stink.
I'm WAY bummed I forgot to pull out my camera to take pictures of everyone who showed up to help us move! I was amazed at all the help we got from our new ward! Robert has a buddy who lives in this ward and he brought 4 or 5 guys with him to help us out! It was GREAT! My favorite part was the line they formed from the truck into the garage and back into the basement, like a procession line, passing the boxes down the row! So funny! But AWESOME! Thanks SO Much to my dad and mom, Cameron, Marie, Hyrum and his boys that came, cuz Kurt and Melody, and friends who helped out! We appreciate it!

Bunk Bed Building Babes!

I took my sis-in-law Marie, and my cuz, Melody, upstairs to the boys room to put together the bunkbeds! Robert walked in right when we were getting started and said something "smart" about us not being able to do the task. I think he really thought we couldn't do it without instructions or something. Probably cause he messes something up every time he puts it together! LOL! Well...we girls did it. Without instructions, and without a man! And we did it right the first time! :) Oh...and we had a ball doing it! As you can see from the first picture! This is our cousin Melody! Thanks for your help Mel!!!
I was having a good 'ol time too! I'm not going to lie though, I was glad for the help!
Marie was such a trooper! Not only was she a great help, but she did it while being a great mom too! It helps that her baby is the happiest baby ever! He was so content watching his momma build his cousin's bunkbeds! Thanks Marie!!!
The finished project! We did it! Was there ever a doubt?! (Besides from Robert...) LOL! I guess he thinks he's the only handy one around here. Well, I suppose he is most of the time.
Jackson approves! He was walking around the whole house hugging everything! "My bed!" "My chair!" "My toys!" It was funny! I guess he had a bit of separation anxiety having most of our stuff locked in storage for almost three months! :) I just wish he still loved his bed this much, around 8:30 pm, GO TO BED JACK!!!

Witch Hunt at Gardner's Village 2009

We had a blast at Gardner's Village with the boys! I have wanted to go for years but never had. I think we'll need to make this one a Halloween tradition! The boys had a blast finding the witches and then getting a cookie from the neighborhood bakery! Here are a few pictures of our adventures! I didn't take many...my hands were cold! :)