This past week we worked like crazy getting ready to move into the new house.  Between the help of my family (Joy, Jessica, and James) who came to help, Matt’s dad Charlie, and some friends from camp (Tawnya, Lisa, and the Bishop family) we were able to accomplish a lot. 
    We started in Simon’s bedroom stripping 9 layers of wallpaper. Then the walls had to be repaired and the old carpet taken out.  That’s all the farther we got in that room. We’ll have to fishish it this week
    Then we moved to the kitchen and stripped the peeling paint from the cabinets. That alone took my mom and me 12 hours to do.  We got the drawers and lower cabinet doors painted and back on. 

    Ceiling were painted in the kitchen, living room, our bedroom, and Simon’s room.  The kitchen cabinets were painted, as well as the living room, and part of our bedroom.
    Finally we started the cleaning process on Thursday. All of the cobwebs were wiped down, walls washed, window sills cleaned, as well as shampooing all of the carpets.
  We didn’t quite get everything done that we wanted to, but by Saturday the house was ready enough for us to move in.  A huge Thankyou to every one who pitched in and helped. We couldn’t have done it with out you!