Stage 1 Completed

Mike and I decided to split our move from house to house into a couple of separate days. Monday, Mike picked up the moving van at 8:30am. We were both pretty tired because the water heater's safety valve broke and disturbed our sleep. It took about 1/2 an hour to clean up all the water that sprayed throughout the basement.

My mom picked up Paige and Allie at 8:45. The two girls spent the day with my mom, my sister, and my nephew. My mom took them to the grocery store to pick up special snacks for in the afternoon, before they headed off to my sister's house.

I dropped Katie off at work at the library around 9:00am and then returned to the house to help load the moving truck. We started loading the appliances and were pleasantly surprised when my in-laws arrived with their pick-up truck. They spent the entire day helping load and upload furniture, boxes, and other other household stuff.

A friend had offered he son to help with our move and I told her that I would pick him up around 11:00am. Packing up the truck took a lot longer than I thought that it would! We picked up our helper around 12:45pm.

Katie was finished with her job at the library at 1:00 and then needed to clean the home of our neighbor. My sister (who was already babysitting my youngest two children) picked Katie up from work and dropped her off at the neighbor's house.

I picked up a pile of Hot-N-Ready pizzas for everyone for lunch on our way to the new house. Another wonderful surprise was waiting for us at the house. A friend who works with Mike was waiting for us. He unloaded all the heavy stuff with Mike. Due to all the wonderful help, the first truckload was emptied in about 30 minutes.

Everyone had a bite to eat. Mike and the two boys climbed into the moving truck and headed back to our "old" house. My in-laws followed Mike in their pick-up. They loaded up the truck with most of the remaining furniture, the swimming pool, lawn furniture, and grill. My in-laws filled their pick-up with dining room chairs and end tables. Kaitlyn was done cleaning, so she met Mike at the old house. Some of her friends arrived to help load the trucks, so the load went fairly quickly.

My two girls were getting a little loud at my sister's house, so I drove back to her house (1.25 hours) and picked up Paige and Allie. We had some time to kill (and I don't have a house key to the old house) while we waited for Mike to meet us at the old house. The two girls and I sang songs in the car while we waited.

After Mike arrived, we dropped off the moving van and picked up Mike's car. We finally returned to the new house around 11:00pm. Paige and Allie slept in the car during the entire trip.

We were all tired and some of us are still sore today, but the move went really well. Mike offered to drive Kaitlyn into work in our old city the next morning. They needed to leave at 7:30am. What a kind, thoughtful man!