It has been a few days because I am back in the field in force. I am staying down in Beaver, Utah 10 days a time and so that has left Tom at home to take care of the long list of things to do. He is so fantastic for being such a good sport about it all.

Anyway, we made the big move two Saturdays ago and Tom's brothers and mom were kind enough to come help us out. It was super helpful and we wouldn't have gotten it done without them. Since I was going to be gone the week following the move we decided to focus on our bedroom, the kitchen and the living room.



This is where the bedroom started and this is where it ended:



There are still some small details to finish like the floor boards (which are going to be black) and hanging the blinds (which we have ordered and we are just waiting for them to arrive).

The living rooms journey:



The kitchen was next:



We have some other rooms that are coming along. Tom was telling me that he got all the nail strips out of the spare room upstairs and all the furniture put in their proper places. This is what the room looked like when I left:



Plus, a bonus picture of the pup.

My dad and his friend Doug are headed out this way from Texas tomorrow with some more furniture and my childhood things. I don't have things put together quite as much as I had hoped before they got here, but we might have just enough things put away that we might have space for the furniture that they are bringing.

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