Moving Day

We moved the last weekend of March. Moving is very stressful even when it is only 1.5 miles away. Same zip code, same city, same stake, same gas stations, same grocery stores, but different school district and different ward. We had just finished the kitchen remodel, started the only full bathroom remodel, put our house up for rent and I was waiting to have my fourth child, when we decided to buy this house.

I was not very helpful in the house hunting department. I just focused on not wanting to be pregnant anymore and being concerned if we would have a working bathroom when I came home from the hospital. Our new house was the first house we looked at, also the closest to our old house. We looked at other houses and this house went pending, so we thought it was not an option for awhile. When the house came back on the market, Anthony had decided it was the house he really wanted. Main reasons being the size, shop, and remodel he could do in the dated upstairs. I love the location, not being farther south increasing Anthony's commute, the nice neighborhood with close park, more space, and more bathrooms!

We are basically unpacked, but not organized. Camellia has made that process slower. Caramel is enjoying her own room with castle image on one entire wall and built in cabinets and shelves (the room was used as a den). The boys, Rhett and Myles, are doing well together in a large room with all the toys. Camellia is in our room for at least another month, but has slept 7 hours a couple of nights, hooray.

There is a long list of home projects, we do have two pictures hanging on the wall. All in time.

We did switch refrigerators- that was interesting. The fridge did not fit out the front door of the old house/rental, so the front door was taken off the house and the handles on the fridge. At the new house the fridge didn't fit in the space provided, so it sat in the middle of the kitchen for awhile. Made me feel at home reducing the kitchen size. Once a cabinet and spacer were taken out, the fridge was finally pushed back into place. So the area above the fridge needs to be fixed up, but we have a nice big fridge still in the correct spot.

Other fun projects have been installing and stacking the washer and dryer. There wasn't a push to finish that until Caramel decided throw up in our bed. Throw up can change a priority list quickly. We had a leaking toilet which has caused the kids to think you should never flush even though it is now fixed. Also only lukewarm water in the showers which wasn't very enjoyable. Lots of little jobs, but with getting a house ready for renters and 4 young kids and needing to sleep, little jobs can take awhile to get to.