Welcome Home.

We are finally home!
After a marathon moving weekend we are happily settled in our new home. Here is the first reveal of the front of the house. We haven't met any neighbors yet but i'm sure after the madness of the weekend they are wondering who the heck we are & why there is a sea of ford trucks in our driveway all the time. & we don't have blinds yet.. but that's a whole other story.

We unloaded two apartments and had everything in the house by 1 on Saturday.  I should also mention that it was raining almost the entire time.  My hair could have scared small children.  I did learn some pretty great lessons from this moving experience though! Here's a few of the highlights.

1. When you move SEK Style by pitching trash bags over your 2nd floor balcony. A nice old woman walking down the sidewalk will stop and stare at you for awhile then ask "is there a domestic dispute?"

2. The Ivan Jr. Style of moving involves throwing a bed sheet on the floor, walking (running for the average human) around the room and throwing any items within arms reach into the middle of the sheet.  Then sacking the whole thing up & heading out the door like Santa. This results in a lot of time spent untangling necklaces.

3. Facial signals are mandatory in order to avoid your mother filling your house with random crap she threw in the trailer.  We looked like we had a set of nervous twitches from winking & eye brow raising.

4. Move all breakables before Ivan Jr. arrives. All glasses & plates went into one TRASH BAG and by the grace of god nothing was broken.

5. Refrigerators do not go up stairs well when strapped to a dolly with a flat tire. For a bunch of contractors we didn't pre-plan that one very well and Derek almost ended up pancaked to our living room floor.


and the last one isn't really a lesson.. more history making.  Betty Lou wore REAL tennis shoes & a t-shirt to move.  It took 40 years but she actually owns a pair of Nike's now, did hell freeze over while i was moving?

(Our first picture before church on Sunday)

We really couldn't be more grateful for our parent's help though, even as much as i like to make fun of mine :). We are blessed with two of the best sets of parent's on earth. The house would still be a wreck if it wasn't for them.  I couldn't help but love how peaceful it felt to be in our own house enjoying a relaxing Sunday night.  Then Derek burst into a loud victory dance as Julio Jones caught a pass, earning Derek his 3rd win for his fantasy football league.... It's the little things that make life great!