BUSY MONTH!

We have sure had a busy month. We closed on our house on April 31 and then had two weeks to get the "popcorn" ceilings scraped, textured, painted, and the rest of the house painted also. Luke was working until about midnight every night, and is still. We did a lot on the weekends and then my friend watched Emma almost everyday and night for a week while I worked on the house all day. We got it all scrapped and had professionals come in and texture. We only had a few days left before we had to move in to to all of the painting. Luckily Jeff was here and he helped me all day and night. We really lucked out he was here during that time because we needed all the help we could get. We only had a few days to do the painting and there is no way we could have finished it all by ourselves. I expressed a little bit of stress to one of my friends and she called the Relief Society President and that night and for the next two days we had a crew of people helping us finish the painting. Our prayers were sure answered! We are so blessed to live in such an awesome ward. They would really do anything for us and we appreciate and love them all so much!

We got all the ceilings done and painted and all of the walls painted also, except for the bathrooms, before we moved in. It feels so good to have all of that done. We still need to paint the bathrooms and all of the trim, doors, and touch up where the ceiling and walls meet but that will be an on going process over the next couple of months. Our next big project for the summer will be to put crown molding throughout the house.

We have been moved in for almost two weeks now and are still working on getting un-packed. I have the kitchen and main rooms done but our room and office have quickly become the dumping grounds for all of the half empty boxes that still need to be unpacked. We are excited for when it is all put away and we can start decorating.

Emma loves living in a house have having so much space, as do we! We are lucky to have such a nice home and such great family and friends that have helped and supported us so much!