Sickness, Visits, unpacking and working!

WEll last time I posted we were all doing good but later that night I came down with a fever. It was horrible! It lasted 4 days and was very high. I also had a severe headache with it. After 3 days I went to the er, I just couldn't take it anymore! They determined that I had a HORRIBLE bacterial bladder infection! So that gave me a shot and some antibiotics! I was shocked because I didn't have the usual symptoms but was relieved to know what was going on! That sickness pretty much took up the whole week for us! The weekend consisted of several visits from people! On Saturday, Grandad and Trever and Stephanie with kids visited. The guys did some work on the barn and such during the day. That evening the kids played Wii and watched movies while the adults played a board game! It was fun and good to relax! I was still tired at this point but feeling better. On Sunday, Grammy and Grumpy came to visit. They brought some fried chicken for lunch, we all enjoyed that. They also brought the library card catalog with them. I am so excited to start setting up the school room! It was a good visit but much too quick! We also started setting up the boys swing set fort on Sunday. They are excited to get it up and have a fun place to play. The beginning of the new week Troye had to work so the boys and I did some cleaning up around the land, and they started exploring the forest more. They are wanting to make trails from their fort to the house. I started making some new meals, freezer meals that I can have ready to go whenever we need them. It has been a fun process. I also figured out how to make homemade goldfish. They were good! Well Cam didn't like them but that is to be expected! We have continued to work on the boys fort and it is almost complete. We also had to do some hauling of logs up the big hill There was a huge burn pile by the fort but it would not be safe to burn down there so we had to haul all of the logs and trees up the hill to the trailer and Troye will at some point burn it. As of now we are about 90 percent finished with the pile. Troye also was able to move the old deer stand that was left on the property to the fort area. It needs some new siding but once that it done the boys can have it to play in as well. I can see some big wars going on very soon! They are already talking about another fort on top of the hill and where the zip line is going to go! Troye continues to work on the barn when he can. He almost has all of the main post holes dug. i think he hopes to get them all set in concrete next week. But then he also said he wanted to do the bunk bed next week! I think he has more planned than hours! LOL! So there is a small update... going to try to post some pictures soon.

First day of work

Well today was Troye’s first day to go to work from living out here! He had everything ready to go and was up at 4 am and left by 4:30. He said it was fine and the drive wasn’t bad at all. The boys and worked hard on cleaning out boxes and rearranging everything. So things are starting to look like they are falling into place. Though the living room is the storage room for now! All in all a good day!

Moving and more unpacking!

Today we headed to Conroe to try to get the last of the items in the storage. We did get a good load but there are a few other items remaining. Hopefully it will be empty soon! Ha! We also rented a heavy duty dolly so that the safe can get moved tonight. Troye had a couple of guys come over after work to help move the heavy safe! They were able to get it moved in and actually made it look easy! It is good to have that thing in the house and done! Trever and Steph and the boys also came over. My boys loved having their cousins over! They played and played! While the guys were here moving the safe, Troye also asked them to help raise one side of the barn! Sort of a good ole fashion barn raising! Ha! They did get it up so now one side of the barn is standing! So exciting!

Unpacking!

Today the flooring guys were coming to finish off a section of the floor. Unfortunatly that didn’t work out because the piece they brought didn’t’ cover like it shold have! Oh well someone will get it right one day! Unpacking continues! And barn building continues!

Good Bye RV!

Today the internet guy came to check out installing the internet. We have to run some wires under the house and then they have to come back to bury the cable form the road to the house. Until then no internet! Boo! Dad also came today to pick up the rv! He also brought a dining room table set! Mom and dad decided they want a new set so we are getting their old one. It looks great in the new house! Perfect fit and color! So excited! We went to lunch with Dad and enjoyed the visit. Late afternoon he loaded up the rv and headed out. The front of the house looks different without the rv there! Sad to see it go… ok not really! But we were so thankful to have been able to use it and that it was our home for 3 months! Thanks mom and dad!

Moving continued!

We continued cleaning out the rv today. It was looking bigger and better by the moment! Ha! My conclusion was that we had too much stuff in the rv! After working on that a while I headed with Camaron to the grocery store. I went on Sunday but just picked up a few items, so I needed to stock our pantry and fridge with some goodies to eat! Troye and Colt worked on burning some of the tree piles. We didn’t go get any storage items today. I also continued to unpack the boxes that are already here. It is a never ending process!

Day 100 - Rv and New House!

We got up early and headed to the KOA! Today was rv moving day! We have been at the rv park for exactly 100 days! We loaded up everything and headed out! We picked up Colt’s medicine while we were in town and then headed to the new house, camper in tow! Everything went well and we got the rv at the house and hooked up. We then started unloading the rv and taking all of the stuff into the house. You would be amazed at how much stuff we had packed into the rv!

Day 99 - Rv and Moving

Well it did rain last night! The storm didn’t turn bad but it did give us some rain so it was good that we moved the boxes and safe. We decided not to move the RV today due to the mud at the house. So we unpacked some boxes and Troye worked on the barn some. After lunch I headed to Livingston to get some groceries. Our friends, the Freemeyer family, were going to eat dinner with us. We had planned months ago for them to come and stay with us the day before their church camp. Well that plan didn’t exactly work out since we just moved in! Ha! But they did still come for a visit and dinner. It was great to see them and their girls. The only down side was that Colt was sick! Boo! He actually slept almost the whole time they were here. Thankfully, Vince is a doctor so he looked and Colt and called in some antibiotics for him! Camaron had fun playing with the girls. It was a nice day and so nice to actually not lift anything heavy! Also gave me a chance to get some boxes empty!

Day 98 - Rv and Moving!

We woke up early and started getting ready for a day of moving.  We first headed to the church to pick up our friends van.  They are gone for the week on a mission trip and felt bad that they couldn’t help us move.  So they decided that they could help by letting us borrow their  van!  That thing holds LOTS of boxes!  We then went to storage and loaded up the trailer, truck, and van.  We got tons of stuff and then headed to the house.  I was following behind Troye and the boys.  We were about half way to the land when I rounded a corner and saw a strange sight on the side of the road… furniture!  Then I saw our entertainment center sitting in the middle of the road!!!!  I pulled over and and a man helped me move it to the side of the road.  I called Troye who had already noticed the problem!  He turned around and came back.  Another guy stopped to help load the items back onto the trailer.  What an experience!  We still are not sure what happened, but two tow straps came undone and the unit slid off the trailer! Amazingly the unit was only slightly damaged and Troye can repair the little damage!  It was hot day, but we got the first load unloaded.   We decided to go for another load and then spend the night at the house.   So we made the drive back to Conroe (1hour).  I went and picked up Bobber and some of our clothes while Troye started loading another load.  When I arrived at the storage Troye had the safe almost loaded and a friend was there helping!  This thing is HEAVY!  Finally it was loaded and we made the drive back to the house.  We were exhausted when we got to the house so we put the boys to bed and then decided to just wait until the morning to unload the trailer.  Well that was a great plan in theory… until a storm blew in at 10 pm!  Troye and I rushed outside to bring in the boxes and then we had to figure out how to cover the safe!  It is way too heavy for us to move.  Finally we get the car jack and were able to jack it up and flip it over!  We had to do this twice so that the safe was facing down and rain could not get inside of it!  WHEW! Crazy night but all was ok! 

Day 97 - Rv and MOVING DAY!

We got the call early this morning and headed to pick up the keys to the house!! It is officially ours!  Yea!  We already had the trailor so we took the kids to their friends house and headed to storage.  A buddy of Troye's helped us out today.  We got a good load from the storage unit and headed to the house.  It was super hot out!  But we got it all unloaded!  It was a little overwhelming seeing all of the boxes!  And lots of them are garage stuff and the barn is not ready yet so we have to find places to store it all!  YIKEs!  But it will all work out, I just realized that it is really going to take time to unpack!  I have had rose colored glasses on!! LOL  We went and picked up the boys.  Colt was not feeling well and I started to get worse (i have been fighting congestion this week)  Once we got to the rv I headed to Walmart and loaded up on some meds.... we don't have time to be sick!  I did some laundry too.  I wanted to get lots of the sheets in the rv washed since we are probably on our last night at the rv!  All in all it was a good productive day!  Now to rest up and get ready for more moving!