Update!

I am happy to say that I am back from a short blogging vacation, Pandamania VBS is over, and we are no longer living out of boxes in a smelly apartment. PRAISE THE LORD! Last week during VBS was so busy! Stephen would go to the house after work and I would stop after VBS to help him. We painted and brought boxes with us each time too. By Friday, the kitchen was unpacked and had everything we needed...except food in the fridge. Thank goodness my wonderful FIL helped finish the painting that we were not able to tackle during these late nights. Here are some peaks at the colors:

The dining room was already red, and we love it. We painted the two upstairs bedrooms and the both bathrooms. I wish I remembered the names of the colors so I could share with you, but I totally forgot them. I do know the green one though, "lettuce alone". I was just tickled by that name so I might never forget it!

Saturday was our big moving day and I woke up feeling icky. Thank you T1D for that one...on a more positive note, we had TONS of help arrive right at 9am with trucks and trailers. We were so beyond blessed by the help from members of the church and family members too. Believe it or not, the entire apartment was loaded up and we were pulling out of the apartment parking lot before 10am. It took less than an hour!

...so long Kuder Estates!

The drive to the house did not take long...it is about 30 minutes away from our old apartment. When we arrived at the new place we were excited and blessed to find several women from the church set up with cookies, snacks and drinks for all the workers. The sweet women even helped carry boxes and belongings into the house. With everyone working as a team, everything we owned was in the house within an hour as well! Praise the Lord!

We did have to get creative getting some things into the house...like our mattresses and box springs. Oh and the couch! That is another story entirely! Let's just say that for a few minutes I thought our plan of waiting to buy a new couch was out the window...it looked like we would be going couch shopping the next day! Several of the men spent a little time wrestling with that thing to get it in the door and eventually had success. I was so grateful!

The rest of the day Saturday, Stephen and I worked so hard. We really got so much accomplished though! The house went from looking like this:

To something a little more livable:

The house even looks different since these pictures were taken. I was able to stay home from work on Monday to work on some organization and hanging pictures on the walls. It is amazing how much homey a place can feel when there are pictures on the wall!

We are getting settled and loving our new town and neighborhood!

I will post more pictures of each room as I get them completed. Thanks for all your prayers during this time and all your help if you were one of the volunteers last weekend. We could not have gotten in the house and unpacked so quickly if it had not been for you and your hard work. We SO appreciate all you do!