Paint, Paint, and MORE Paint!!!!!!

We have been working like crazy the past week! There have been fun times, exciting times, stressful times, busy times, stressful times, and well.....STRESSFUL TIMES! We really are enjoying this process (now that paint colors are almost picked out). I am not confident in this area!

Below are several pictures of this past week. Lynn said I wasn't allowed to put her on here....but I'm gonna do it anyway! Hope you don't mind Lynn ~ and hope you still love me after this! ;) Thanks to all of you who have helped us! We couldn't do this all with out you! Even those of you who have babysat! That is the most important job of all!

Here is Jane painting the dining/kitchen

Lynn, trimming in the dining room

This picture below was just to show how insanely high up Nick had to be to trim the living room!

Not sure why I took this one...To show the finished wall?

The kitchen is terribly messy here - but I put this on here to show you the light fixture in the kitchen. The other 3 bulbs have shades too. Keep this picture in mind for a poll (coming soon)...

This dining room fixture also has the shades that go on it. But again, I'm going to ask for opinions later...

Here is my amazing hubby, hard at work! He is an excellent painter! Love you, babe!

So here are our family members this morning moving our appliances for us. We kept our black appliances from the Williams street house and had to move them to the Elm Grove house. Today, my dad, Nick's dad, Chase, Josh, Uncle Ryan, and Uncle Brad helped us move a total of 12 appliances back and forth. (2 freezers, 2 fridges, 2 microwaves, 2 dishwashers, 2 stoves, a washer and a dryer!) Whew! This was hard work! THANKS A MILLION, GUYS! Also, thanks to Dad & Tami for keeping our boys overnight and this morning so that we could do all this! And of course to Lynn for helping me clean up!

If you can even tell, this is Josh and Chase in the trailer with the freezers. I have to tell you how crazy they are...So they are supposed to be keeping things safe back there - I looked up once and saw them getting into the box of freezer food pulling out popsicles and eating them on the way to the new house! You guys are nuts! But fun too!

Here is Nick and Brad working on the dishwasher. THIS was a hard job! Thanks so much, Brad! You are so talented!

I must say the picture below was taken during one of the most stressful times...We had measured our refridgerater and thought it was going to fit fine....It was a VERY tight squeeze, but we finally made it! Whew!Look at these macho men!

Can you tell that getting this picture of Nick and my dad was like pulling teeth? (It could have something to do with me saying, "Okay hug up real close for a picture!") Apparently "Men don't hug like that, JEss!"

Well, a lot of work has been done, but there is still more to come! Come back for more pictures soon! If you will, pray for us and those who help us that we can all stay safe and accident free on MOVE DAY! The plan is to move in and sleep there the first night on May 2nd!