Catching Up

As you all may have noticed we have been less than timely with our postings of late. Now that all of our earthly possessions have been moved into the new location, even though they are still in disarray, we miraculously have less stress and more time for fun stuff. We were able to spend 5 days with Leann's family in Michigan and are in the process of spending another 5 days with Don's family in Ohio. It is great to get away from it all, relax with our family, and enjoy the kids. Here are a few photos of our escapades :)
Grandpa and Grandma Washburn took us to see Elmo Live! BIG fun for all of us.






The Washburn Family all got together at the Jade Garden for dinner. It was great to see all these folks again.

Getting Moved In

All of our "stuff" is now at the new location and the rental is completely cleaned out. The disarray still seems normal - but at least it is our disarray now.


We drove the piano around back to bring it in through the basement doors. Rob got to try out the four wheel drive on his Ram - worked pretty good for a Dodge.

The two pregnant ladies getting into the action. They had more cargo than the rest of us.


Eldon and Brenda brought Venison Chili for supper when they brought the kids back. Brenda watched the kids ALL day so we could focus on the move. What a great help that was.

Finally In

Thanks to a great batch of WONDERFUL friends, we are finally moved into the new house!!! Unfortunately that means that we do not have Internet for a couple days, so I am using work's connection to throw this message up. Rob and Andrea posted a blog entry with a photo from the move. Once we get situated a little better, I will post some more pics. Tonight we are going to clean out the rental house so that chapter will be closed.

As you can see from the picture - the weather was perfect for a moving day!! Rob has been named the "packer" of the year. When he is organizing the "stuff" in the truck, you don't end up moving much air.




http://prairiepandemonium.blogspot.com/2007/12/moving-day-2.html

House progress!!!

I've updated our house blog so if you click on the link to the "Stickel Shack" you'll be able to catch up a little on what has been accomplished in the past few days. We showed up at 7pm last night and there were 4 guys still working....we almost fell over! Don's been putting in long hours trying to install closet systems and prepping the wood floor. Jerry (Don's cousin's husband) is coming back today and putting the finish coat on our floor!!!! We're getting so close I can almost taste it. There is hope that we'll move in next Saturday.

The girls love their pink room...I might have to spend a couple nights in the "bubbalicious" space!

Showing a little love for our favorite trash talking player from that school up north.