(Just so you know, I don't know how many parts there will be to this. Hopefully not too many!)
Bright and early on Monday the 16th our move began. The movers came with tons of boxes and went to work. There were three movers there. Even though they fit the "typical" stereotype of movers, I thought they were very polite. They dealt with Lily asking them a million times, "what you doing", in a very nice way. They were never mean to her. Also, as I watched them pack, I noticed they were fairly careful with our stuff. They were also FAST! By 5:00 that night our house was completely in boxes. That night the girls slept in our room on the floor. Russ and I were able to sleep on our bed even though it didn't have any bedding. Sadly, that was also the night that our Fast Food diet started. Yuck! I love fast food, but seriously how many meals in row can you go with out having something else?!
Our neighbor also came over that night and apologized to us. She apologized for being so loud. Loud = fighting with boyfriend. We assured it was fine, and mentioned our own apologies for the baby crying so much at night. She just laughed and said she never heard it. I'm glad we could end on a good note with our neighbor.
Tuesday morning the movers showed up. Again there were three of them. One guy was the same the other two were different. One guy stayed in the truck most of the time, organizing what the other two men brought him. This was the truck they brought to put our stuff in. It was bigger than a Uhaul, but smaller than an 18-wheeler.
Our dinning room was the area where all the boxes were stashed. (Pardon the blurry picture, Russ took it!)
Lily and Allie wanted a picture with the boxes in their room.
Who knew we had so many boxes of "stuff" in our bedroom?!
The movers were so FAST! They got everything packed into the truck by 10:30. It was kinda sad watching our stuff drive away, hoping it would make it to our home in Texas safely.
While the movers had been moving things out of our house, we noticed our neighbors front door would keep popping open. The movers would close it and then go on their merry way. Russ decided to go close it one time it had popped open. He came back and told me to come look at the door. The door molding was completely demolished. Someone had obviously broke into the house. Scary!
After the mover had done their thing and left, the real fun began! CLEANING! Okay, so I was kidding on the fun thing. Have you ever tried to keep a 8 month old who just learned how to crawl out of the cleaning supplies?! Near impossible! Also, have you ever tried to get a 50 year old house clean?! Absolutely impossible! We scrubbed and cleaned until about 1:00 in the morning. We were really up that late because we were shampooing the floors. Most of the real cleaning was done by 7:00.
For dinner we had to go out and get fast food again. So we were bundling the girls up in their coats and stuff when we heard LOUD shouting. I mean REALLY loud! Quite a few swear words were being thrown around, a lot of I'm going to call the cops, a lot of loud bangs, and then one LOUD bang and a shattering crash. We looked out our window just in time to see our next door neighbor come out the door yelling, "Get back here, you broke my door, and stole my stuff!" All I could think was "Oh please! Can we move any faster?! I WANT to get away from this nightmare!" (This wasn't the first fight we had heard coming from them)
Since we were going to be up late making a lot of noise we went to apologize again to the neighbor lady. We walked into the hallway to knock on her door, but didn't have to. Her, her brother, and his friend were tearing the door jamb apart. Apparently they were trying to fix it, and get a new lock on the door. Our neighbor proceeded to tell us that her scary boyfriend mentioned above had broken in while she was at work. Can I tell you just how glad I am that I am moving?!
One sad note about Tuesday was that it was St. Patrick's day. We didn't even realize it until we had gone to Sonic's for lunch. They had a bunch of green balloons tied everywhere. It took a moment for us to realize the purpose. I was kinda sad that I didn't get to do anything with the kids to celebrate. We didn't even where green! *sigh* maybe next year!
Wednesday morning we were up early again. We hurriedly finished cleaning the house and met with our landlord to do a walk through of the house. She said it looked good and wrote us out a check for our FULL deposit. (I must add though that the check bounced. We called her up and she got us a new check which cleared. Phew!) We also felt compelled to let her know that some damage had been happening to the apartments because of the boyfriend. We had found out someone had tried to break in the laundry room window by slicing the screen with a knife. To bad the window has a lock on it!
After tying up a few loose ends we said goodbye to Idaho Falls for last time and started our trek down I-15. We stopped in Bountiful and had a great chat with Tawni (Russ's sister) and some of her kids. We missed seeing Rob but he couldn't get of work any sooner than he did. I'm going to miss seeing Tawni. She always amazes me how smoothly her house runs with so much going on. She is an extraordinary mother, and someone I enjoy talking to. Rob will be missed as well, he always made us feel comfortable in his home. We always knew that we could stop in whenever, and it would be okay.
We hopped back in the car and zoomed further down I-15 to Cori's house. Cori, Jake, their kids, Wes, and Sarah were all gathered there to see us. We had some awesome homemade pizza while the kids played and the adults talked. Can't get any better than that can it?! Again I am going to miss having those two sister-in-laws so close by. I enjoyed what little time we got to spend together. They motivate me to be more religouse. These two woman are so strong in the gosple. Wes and Jake are awesome too. With those two around you NEVER have a boring conversation. They talk about some of the randomest things!
After reluctantly saying goodbye, we headed up the canyon to stay the night at my parents home. Mom and dad got to play a little bit with Lily and Allie before they fell asleep.
Bright and early on Monday the 16th our move began. The movers came with tons of boxes and went to work. There were three movers there. Even though they fit the "typical" stereotype of movers, I thought they were very polite. They dealt with Lily asking them a million times, "what you doing", in a very nice way. They were never mean to her. Also, as I watched them pack, I noticed they were fairly careful with our stuff. They were also FAST! By 5:00 that night our house was completely in boxes. That night the girls slept in our room on the floor. Russ and I were able to sleep on our bed even though it didn't have any bedding. Sadly, that was also the night that our Fast Food diet started. Yuck! I love fast food, but seriously how many meals in row can you go with out having something else?!
Our neighbor also came over that night and apologized to us. She apologized for being so loud. Loud = fighting with boyfriend. We assured it was fine, and mentioned our own apologies for the baby crying so much at night. She just laughed and said she never heard it. I'm glad we could end on a good note with our neighbor.
Tuesday morning the movers showed up. Again there were three of them. One guy was the same the other two were different. One guy stayed in the truck most of the time, organizing what the other two men brought him. This was the truck they brought to put our stuff in. It was bigger than a Uhaul, but smaller than an 18-wheeler.
Our dinning room was the area where all the boxes were stashed. (Pardon the blurry picture, Russ took it!)
Lily and Allie wanted a picture with the boxes in their room.
Who knew we had so many boxes of "stuff" in our bedroom?!
The movers were so FAST! They got everything packed into the truck by 10:30. It was kinda sad watching our stuff drive away, hoping it would make it to our home in Texas safely.While the movers had been moving things out of our house, we noticed our neighbors front door would keep popping open. The movers would close it and then go on their merry way. Russ decided to go close it one time it had popped open. He came back and told me to come look at the door. The door molding was completely demolished. Someone had obviously broke into the house. Scary!
After the mover had done their thing and left, the real fun began! CLEANING! Okay, so I was kidding on the fun thing. Have you ever tried to keep a 8 month old who just learned how to crawl out of the cleaning supplies?! Near impossible! Also, have you ever tried to get a 50 year old house clean?! Absolutely impossible! We scrubbed and cleaned until about 1:00 in the morning. We were really up that late because we were shampooing the floors. Most of the real cleaning was done by 7:00.
For dinner we had to go out and get fast food again. So we were bundling the girls up in their coats and stuff when we heard LOUD shouting. I mean REALLY loud! Quite a few swear words were being thrown around, a lot of I'm going to call the cops, a lot of loud bangs, and then one LOUD bang and a shattering crash. We looked out our window just in time to see our next door neighbor come out the door yelling, "Get back here, you broke my door, and stole my stuff!" All I could think was "Oh please! Can we move any faster?! I WANT to get away from this nightmare!" (This wasn't the first fight we had heard coming from them)
Since we were going to be up late making a lot of noise we went to apologize again to the neighbor lady. We walked into the hallway to knock on her door, but didn't have to. Her, her brother, and his friend were tearing the door jamb apart. Apparently they were trying to fix it, and get a new lock on the door. Our neighbor proceeded to tell us that her scary boyfriend mentioned above had broken in while she was at work. Can I tell you just how glad I am that I am moving?!
One sad note about Tuesday was that it was St. Patrick's day. We didn't even realize it until we had gone to Sonic's for lunch. They had a bunch of green balloons tied everywhere. It took a moment for us to realize the purpose. I was kinda sad that I didn't get to do anything with the kids to celebrate. We didn't even where green! *sigh* maybe next year!
Wednesday morning we were up early again. We hurriedly finished cleaning the house and met with our landlord to do a walk through of the house. She said it looked good and wrote us out a check for our FULL deposit. (I must add though that the check bounced. We called her up and she got us a new check which cleared. Phew!) We also felt compelled to let her know that some damage had been happening to the apartments because of the boyfriend. We had found out someone had tried to break in the laundry room window by slicing the screen with a knife. To bad the window has a lock on it!
After tying up a few loose ends we said goodbye to Idaho Falls for last time and started our trek down I-15. We stopped in Bountiful and had a great chat with Tawni (Russ's sister) and some of her kids. We missed seeing Rob but he couldn't get of work any sooner than he did. I'm going to miss seeing Tawni. She always amazes me how smoothly her house runs with so much going on. She is an extraordinary mother, and someone I enjoy talking to. Rob will be missed as well, he always made us feel comfortable in his home. We always knew that we could stop in whenever, and it would be okay.
We hopped back in the car and zoomed further down I-15 to Cori's house. Cori, Jake, their kids, Wes, and Sarah were all gathered there to see us. We had some awesome homemade pizza while the kids played and the adults talked. Can't get any better than that can it?! Again I am going to miss having those two sister-in-laws so close by. I enjoyed what little time we got to spend together. They motivate me to be more religouse. These two woman are so strong in the gosple. Wes and Jake are awesome too. With those two around you NEVER have a boring conversation. They talk about some of the randomest things!
After reluctantly saying goodbye, we headed up the canyon to stay the night at my parents home. Mom and dad got to play a little bit with Lily and Allie before they fell asleep.
