The movers come one week from today! Yikes. My stomach just did a somersault as I typed that. There were a few things I preferred for the movers to not move, like pictures and the china we got as wedding presents, and some things that would just be difficult (and expensive) for them to move like mirrors and lamps, that we went ahead and brought with us.
Jenn and Momma Hance all loaded up and ready to go.
Me and JW ready to go see our new house.
We stopped at the Farmers Market on our way out of town. Yea for yummy coffee and breakfast tacos!
This was a family picture after church on Mother's Day. JW & I are both very blessed to have wonderful mommas. Dad cooked a yummy steak lunch after church and Grandma and Aunt Kimmie came over to celebrate with us.
After lunch, we changed into work clothes and headed to our house to start painting. JW and I got there first and went out the front door working on our inventory list of the house's condition. Mom and Claire met us at the house a little later. JW and I were around back when they arrived, so they just came in through the front, locked the door behind them, and found us out back. Only when they joined us out back and closed the back door behind them, they didn't realize the bottom door knob was locked. You know those lovely knobs that have the little lock you can turn to make it lock from the outside? I'm sure you can guess where I'm going... all four of us got locked out! Luckily, Claire and JW both had their cell phones on them. We looked up locksmiths. They were expensive. So,then we looked up "how to pick a lock with bobbypins" on Claire's phone. Mom and I tried to be spy-like and attempted to pick the lock for about 20 minutes, and then Joey's patience ran out. He broke a window in the front of our house, Claire climbed through, and let us all in. Here's a couple of videos from Claire's phone.
This first one is a little anticlimactic. My favorite comments:
Mom- "Joey, the lawyer, breaking into a house."
Claire- "Amanda could climb through."
My response, "H- - - no."
Claire- "Language... I'll go!!!"
Best comment:
JW- "Nice butt shot, Claire!"
And we're in. Let the painting begin!
Claire was so excited to start painting. She wanted to be the first one to get paint on the walls, and she was.
Mom was looking cute in white shorts on Mother's Day, so she taped.
Girl pic!
Em came over to see our new place, and we put her to work in no time! She timed her drive over from her and Britt's place... 11 minutes, and she hit two lights. It's going to be great to be close to them!
Our room didn't have a ceiling fan, so we found one on sale at Home Depot and the boys got the fun task of installing it... with no instructions! How do you package a ceiling fan in lots of unassembled pieces with no instructions? The dialogue over the hour or so it took them to get it up and fully functioning was comical. At the onset, when dad realized there were no directions Joey said, "If there were, would you read them?" Dad said, "No, probably not. But, I'd at least look at the pictures". Love it! So true.
Momma Hance came by the next day and helped us get the first coat of paint on our bathroom. She was a rockstar with the spray bottle of bleach cleaning some mold around the window before we painted. Our new bathroom has no vent in it, and apparently gets a little steamy. Then, we ate pizza from a local place around the corner from our house on a box in our living room.
We painted an accent wall in our living room and dining room and painted our master bedroom and bathroom. It was a productive weekend, and our family was so helpful in helping us get our house move-in ready! We love it.
We are back in Waco now and packing with a new vengeance since I realized in the shower yesterday that the movers come in a week! Wow. Rich & Meg are coming in today to hang out and help us pack. Moving is kind of exhausting, and last weekend was just a warm-up for the big day. Hold on to your hats! I have a feeling the next couple of weeks are going to fly by. We are excited and can't wait to have it all done!
awww so fun! Can't wait to visit you guys when you have your new home set up! :)
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