Stuck in the mud

I didn't mean to go an entire week before blogging again. This week was a tough week for me - getting used to Roy being back at work. But I feel like I'm getting back in the rhythm and the kids are a bit more agreeable now that our routine is back. Isaac is still a mess - clingy, grumpy, tons of tantrums - but each day he gets a little more adjusted.

Anyway, here's the next thing I wanted to share:

Our move:

This move would not have been possible without Roy's mom. She was amazing. She had been visiting friends in Michigan and flew from there to Kirksville on Monday (July 26th). Even though she had been up since 4 in the morning she still worked her tail off helping us. We had picked up our uhaul earlier in the day, so that evening after the kids went to bed we started loading it up. My friend's husband and their son came by and helped us with the really heavy stuff. At around 10 we decided to call it quits on the truck, and started boxing up misc stuff from the house. The next morning we got back to work bright and early and finished loading up the truck at around 10. Then Roy took the kids out for a bit while Baerbel and I cleaned, cleaned and cleaned some more! It would have taken me so long by myself! Roy and the kids came back and then my friend Pattie came by and took them to her house (Isaac stayed home and actually napped - glad I remembered to leave the pack-n-play out! I picked up the kids while Roy and his mom finished up and by the time I got back they were done, so we loaded up the van and took off! We stopped in Moberly (an hour from Kirksville, 30 minutes from Fayette) for lunch.

I just loved this picture of Roy walking Rae back to the Uhaul after lunch. Rae and Blaise got to take turns riding with Roy. Blaise rode from Kirksville to Moberly but he slept the whole way!
So he was kinda upset about that. But he soon discovered that it was fun in the van too! :)



We got to Fayette and ran to the grocery store for some basics - milk, bread, etc and then waited for members from our branch to come and help us. The branch president and his wife (the Georges) showed up and then Sister George took off to get us some dinner. She came back with a ton of food - dinner, groceries, paper plates, ziplock bags - everything! She is so awesome! Then a couple of other guys showed up and we had the truck unloaded in about an hour. It was really really hot and really really humid, so I am SO glad we had help! Sister George even wiped down our bathtub for us so the kids could take a bath that night.

When we got to the house, Roy wanted to back the truck right up to the porch and then maybe lift the ramp directly onto the porch. Great idea right? We forgot to take into account the recent rains and condition of the grass. He immediately sunk into the mud and couldn't get out. Ugh. So we planned to just empty the truck and then try to get it out, but our landlord came by and hooked us up to his tractor and pulled the truck out. Great first impression huh? Now our lawn has HUGE tire track holes. Ergh. It would be a much nicer front yard if it weren't for those tracks. Our landlord said he'll come by sometime with some dirt to fill them up. Luckily he wasn't upset about it! After we got pulled out we were able to go on some grass that wasn't quiet as muddy and still back the truck up to the house - just not as close as we were trying :)


Okay, I didn't mean for this to be such a detailed post, I just wanted to write the story about getting stuck. But once I started writing I figured I might as well write down all of the details. This blog is really the only place I record stuff, so it's nice to be able to look back and know the dates and events. So, sorry it was a little boring :)