Sweet Home Somewhere: We finally made it!

Phew! We've been here almost a week and it has flown by!

Traveling up here took 33 hours, 3 days, and 2 uhaul trailers hooked to our SUVs

We are so thankful to Brett's parents who helped with the final packing, packing the trailer and final house cleaning!!

The trip was LOOOONG. The kids did pretty well all things considered.

I've unpacked quite a bit and so far nothing broke during the move!

Nobody wants to go on a car trip for awhile!!

We've been super busy unpacking in our new house

Met our next door neighbors who are very welcoming and friendly

We've never lived in a house this old...

It was built in 1940....and has it quirks!

...some charming and some not so charming!

We like the floorplan, charming cottage windows, lots of built-ins, very close to the University, plenty of space for us, large lot with mature trees and plenty of room to run!

We've usually lived in newer homes so all the creeky floors and stairs are taking some getting used to. Ashlynn's queen box spring wouldn't fit up the staircase so now her mattress is on the floor until we get a temporary solution. Brett has to duck his head on part of the stairs....were people short in 1940?

We have a basement....not a pretty basement like you see redone on HGTV. It's a chilly, smelly alittle funky basement. Unfortunately this Texan who's never had a basement has to go down there to do laundry. This is no Bueno! And the washer drains into a large utility sink....I guess I've been spoiled with my self draining laundry on the main floor laundry room....or maybe this set up is not normal ;)

We do have a laundry shoot upstairs. The girls looooove throwing the laundry down it! So far no injuries :)

The kids are having a hard time adjusting to their new rooms. Since we will only be here a year and this is a rental we are limited to what we can do. We are also limited to what we brought up here for the year. Their bedrooms don't feel like their own. Ashlynn has creamcicle colored walls which she isn't too happy about. So far the girls have only slept in their separate rooms twice. Every other night we've been here they have bunked together.

It will be nice to be all unpacked soon and start a normal routine.

Here are a couple pictures. I know not super entertaining but we haven't ventured out much yet.

We will post some more pictures of the house up here when the boxes are gone :)