We've been busy!!

I know that when anyone has an absence from blogging the first thing they say is "We've been busy!!", but we really have been!!

At the end of June we sold our house and went on the hunt for a new, slightly bigger one. We were very lucky and found one that would suit our needs within a week. The house was empty and the buyers of our old house were ready so we moved quickly! We took posession on July 7 and we got to work doing renovations! Now, we didn't do the renovations - I'll admit that we hired someone! We got new floors (laminate and tile), completely remodelled the bathroom (new everything!), took out a few walls, updated light fixtures, updated all the plumbing and painted, among lots of other things! It was a lot of work, and we were really afraid it wouldn't be done in time.

We moved in on July 21 to a partially finished house. The kids adjusted really well, and we are loving having three bedrooms instead of two! Now the kids actually sleep!

We still have quite a lot of work to do, and it seems our jack-of-all trades handyman has flaked on us. So I guess it will be up to us to finish the work! We still need to paint and put new hardware on the kitchen cupboards, and paint the kitchen. There is also small paint touch-ups to do upstairs. We are putting a fence up outside (in fact, Derek and Liam are working on it as I type) and we will eventually be finishing the entire basement. PHEW!

We also sustained some damage in one of the biggest hailstorms to ever hit Manitoba. We lost two windows, and the siding on the north side of the house is full of baseball sized holes. We need a new screen door, a new garage door, new eaves, and repairs to our roof - which was just replaced only a few days prior to the storm!! Luckily we were in Winnipeg at the time, so our van didn't get damaged. However, Derek's truck is a complete write off with huge dents and a broken windshield.

So in a nutshell, that is what we've been up to! No pictures for now, because the cord for my camera is currently buried in a box in the garage! I'm going to look for it later today, so hopefully I'll get some pics up soon. Also check back later for an update on the kids!!