Moved Out!

I got to put the "sold" sign back up once we were under mutual agreement with our cash buyer. 

My Mom came over on Thursday May 1st to help me clean our old and new houses. Me and the kids had dental appointments the morning of the 1st, but after that we got busy and started cleaning the new house. On Friday, my friend Kayla watched all my kids all day long (so nice of her!!!) so we could clean, have carpets cleaned at the new house and a fridge delivered at the new house. Kyle got off work early to help get stuff done. The new house has been vacant for 3 years so it had lots of cobwebs and needed cleaned. We scrubbed and moved in the kitchen on Friday. My Mom had to leave early Saturday to get back for a baby shower she was hosting at her house and family that was coming. She was nice to come over with her busy life! I was glad we got the kitchen all organized before she left. I liked having her help with that. 

Saturday, we woke up early and Kyle got the U Haul truck. Another friend, Erin, watched my kids in the morning during the move. It was fabulous not having to worry about them. I'm thankful for my friends! We had lots of friends come help us load up the truck. I wasn't as prepared and packed as I should have been. All the miscellaneous and odd shaped things are hard to pack up. Kyle and some guys were taking down beds before most of the helpers came. It was busy. Colleen Fullmer had offered to help me clean, but I hadn't responded, but she showed up anyway and cleaned my bathrooms. I was very grateful. Mark and Linda Watson also helped and I told them we had enough guys, but they could come for donuts and chocolate milk. Well, they came and we ended up using their car to pack fragile pictures and mirrors and stuff. So grateful for their help!

When my mom and I went to clean the house this is what I found in the master bedroom where there was water damage! I was freaked out! Yuck!!! We had a mushroom growing in our house!

This is what my Mom found in the garbage disposal. Gross! She dug this out with her bare hands. She's a wonder woman. We found out from neighbors that the fire alarm went off in the house a while ago so someone called 911 and they came in and found a bunch of trash in the house along with the back sliding glass door open. So people had been in the house partying and making a mess. They probably were doing drugs or something. Gross. My Dad got the garbage disposal working once he got a metal pop bottle lid out that was jammed. 

The office carpet before...

and after professional carpet cleaning! 

We were amazed. The master bedroom closet was really bad and the carpet cleaner dude was not hopeful it would come out, but both rooms came clean along with most of the house. Since we've been in the house for a bit, the stains have come back, faded, but you can see where stains were. Bummer. 

Busy cleaning!

Moved out of the old house and into the new house. Phew! What a process. We had to go back to the old house later in the evening to get all the random stuff out. We needed to be out by 9pm. We stuffed our car full of the leftover things at the old house and I swept and mopped. As I finished mopping the kitchen floor and realized that would be my last time I cried as I said good bye to the house. It was a good house for us. We had lots of good memories there. 

Of course, you can't have a huge move without a kid getting sick and throwing up all over. This is one way for me to clean the kitchen floors!

Our first meal in the new house was chicken parmigiana. Chelsea chowed down her food then threw up again later that night in her bed. She didn't throw up again the next day though so that was good. 

Living amongst chaos and stuff. :) Our new fridge. Much bigger than our old one so I'm excited.

My Mom and Dee Ann came back on Sunday and Monday after we moved in. My Mom helped me paint almost the entire downstairs and upstairs. We picked out a neutral beige color and went with it. I bought 10 gallons and we painted everywhere. Upstairs in the younger girls room we painted it the light purple we had before since their bedding wasn't getting changed. Then Preston got the same navy blue as he had before. It was fun to paint over dirty walls. They look so much better. It was nice having my Mom's help. Dee Ann watched the kids and took care of them while we painted and I ran kids back and forth from school. I'm taking kids to school in the morning around 8:30am then back to get Preston at 11:30 then back to get Kate at 3:30. It's a lot of back and forth. It takes about 10-15 minutes depending on the time of day I go. I'm just glad it's only 6 weeks of doing this. 

Hopsack from Valspar at Lowes. We tried a color from Sherwin Williams, but it was way too pink so we went with this and liked it. 

Our friend, Chris Nelson, has a business of cleaning siding and roofs. We had him come out and clean our house. It was very dirty and the roof was awful. Chris said you know it's bad when stuff is growing in your gutters, which was happening in ours. Yuck. I love the before and after pictures though. The above pictures show all the moss and debris he got off the roof and gutters. Then the picture shows the upper roof already cleaned and pretty looking and then the little roof above the garage still dirty. Amazing difference! Love it. The moss and stuff was raining and falling off the roof and I was in shock. It was crazy to watch from inside. 

Our driveway was packed and I had to laugh at the chaos. It was a lot to handle and juggle at once. We were told that we can't get dish network because of the giant trees in our backyard. Another reason to get those dumb trees down! We ended up getting frontier tv a month later, but haven't been totally happy with it either. 

Happy 36th Birthday to Kyle! We had our 14th Wedding Anniversary on the Sunday after we moved in and his birthday on the following Wednesday after moving in. He wanted hamburgers and fries with cheesecake for dessert. It was nice to have his Mom here for his birthday. 

The family room is coming together. It's painted and the huge holes from the boards above the fireplace are patched up. We tried spackling the holes, but that didn't work because they were giant holes from big bolts. You can see the boards the picture below. I should have taken a picture of the holes. We had to patch, mud and spackle the holes. It was a learning process, but looks like new again.