FINALLY!!!!!!!

Finally, we are in the house. Finally, the cable guy came (after waiting nearly 2 weeks). Finally, the kid's beds are put together and they are sleeping in them. Finally, I have fresh towels on the 2 towel bars...and the only 2... that are in this house! Finally. Finally.

Do you know how irritating it is to pack up a house in 1 state thinking that you'd be in a new house in another state in only a matter of a few days, only to find out that its going to take longer than you thought....then you realize you only packed enough clothes for you and your 4 kids to last you...oh...about...a week! Time goes by...4 weeks... and FINALLY we can move into the house. I've been sleeping on the couch (or the floor) because our bed is one of those lovely inventions that requires water tubes....sorta like a water bed but there are 8 individual tubes that you fill with water... well the bed is 10 years old... the tubes...yeah um... leaking. So, we don't have a bed set up... those stinkin tubes are $30 a piece to order replacements. We need about 5 so...do that math! Yeah, I think we just need a new mattress. =) *sigh* So, my wonderful parents loaned us their air mattress. I have it set up on the box spring so that I can "pretend" to have a bed! lol
did I mention that the floor boards upstairs squeak very LOUDLY?

The kids are enjoying their space. The house is pretty big. The Lord really blessed us with a lot of space. I'll post pictures later when I can find my camera under the piles of boxes! The house is a 2 story with a formal living/dining room and office off the front of the house. The kitchen is big and has a step in pantry AND a wall pantry AND an island! =) The family room is connected to the kitchen...like a great room. There is a niche for this wonderful computer that I am typing on (did I mention that I can't find the keyboard for the computer and had to run out to Wal-mart and by a cheapo one? not happy about that). We then have a play room and full bathroom as well as an INDOOR laundry room!!!! *giggles* I'm stoked!
Up stairs is 3 kids bedrooms and a kids bathroom. We have our pet turtle up there in her own little niche as well. Then the master with a HUGE bathroom that has a big TUB!!!! So...add it all up and it's a 2500 sq. ft. 5 bedroom 3 bath plus office. The backyard is landscaped and nice plus we are on a cul de sac which is great for the kids. There is also a brand new park only 3 blocks away that has tennis courts, basketball, volleyball a HUGE playground and the best part is a water splash pad (water comes squirting out of the ground or raining from the umbrella looking thingy). The kids love it, I love it.... and I guess Steve loves it. I think he's happy that I'm happy! =)

So... off to unpack some more boxes. Oh joy.

Wait... did I tell you that I have the best family? My brother and sister in law (who is 9 months pregnant) drove the 2 1/2 hours with my mom and helps me set up a lot of the down stairs. We used my brother's muscles to do all the heavy lifting and my sister in laws creative eye on decorating and my mom's good eye on everything else. My parents then came back and helped me get the kids' beds all set up (stinkin bunkbeds and missing screws!)

Okie dokie... Now I really have to go. The boxes won't unpack them selves....and I can't trust the kids to do it. And hubby is out of state for a few more days so... that leaves me. =)