Were finally in the new house!!!

So we moved in last Friday July 17th. The day didn't start off so hot though for us. At closing, the bank tried to charge us an extra $4,000 at closing because the dam assistant forgot to put down that we payed $5,000 up front to the builder. Good catch on my part. Jaime made them redo the closing costs and sure enough, it lowered our closing costs by 4 grand...Dam banks trying to rip us off.
Saturday was a great day to move with temps in the high 60's. Dad and my brother-in-law Ed drove in from Chicago to help us move. We were also assisted by Jaime's Dad, brother and sister-in-law. Jaime's mom was put in charge of watching the kids while we moved stuff. We give a big thanks to everyone for the help as we couldn't have done it without you.
We once again had a rocky start when midway into the storage garage, we came across the dreaded MOLD. It was every where. Couches, dressers, baby stuff and lots lots more. Everything was put into the garage and I later bought a mold cleaner from Lowe's which works wonders. We were able to salvage some items, however Kailey's bedroom set had to be burned.
Either way, were in and the garage is clean enough to get a car in it. Hopefully well have a garage sale soon and get rid of a few more items.

Were so excited to be in the new house. The kids love it and have settled in well. Rebel is adjusting to the new place as well. It will be easier on her once the fence gets installed in a few weeks.

Take a look at the pics below. Feel free to stop over anytime and visit.

Its finally here....

Tomorrow, July 17th is our closing date on the new house. We are so excited to get to move in and have our own place to call home once again. Its strange to think that it was 6 months ago when we first moved in with Jaime's parents. We are so thankful that they opened up their home to us and allowed us to disrupt their lives for half a year. Living with them also allowed us to save a few extra dollars that will go towards closing costs. We will try to post some pics up soon but it may take some time as we try to get settled in.

Happy 4th of July....

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. I'm sure the weather was nicer than it was in the Midwest. It was almost the coldest 4th on record. The record low temp was 65 but we got close at 68 degrees. It didn't stop us from having fun. We went to Jaime's relative house where we were forced to stay inside the shed due to the weather. The food however was plentiful. Steak, salads, potatoes, pork & beans, plus dessert and much, much more. No one went away hungry.

After a few hours of being pent up together inside, a few brave soles decided to take the plunge in the pond. Kailey and I quickly joined them. The water was cool, not cold but it was much warmer in the water than out of it. Swimming went on for an hour or two before we all dried off and spent some time by the bonfire. Yep that's right. A bonfire. It was so cold out that we had a nice bonfire going to stay warm yet us loonies were still out swimming. What's a 4th without swimming? I don't even think snow and ice could have kept us away from the water.

We got the kids home around 8pm. Jaime gave them a bath as Cohen had 2 pounds of sand in his shorts from the sand box. Kailey had that good ole lake smell on her. By about 915pm, both kids were in bed and there was no way I was waking them to take them into CR to watch fireworks.

A few updated pics of the house....