Our Multi-Generational Living Journey: Almost Moving Day!

Well, it's happening. The big day is almost here! 18 days to be exact. The renovations in the basement are almost fully completed. (I've included some pics below!) Trim/baseboards went in this week, as well as all the bathroom fixtures. Tony will paint both new bedrooms and Arahn's room upstairs the morning after we move, before we put any furniture in. The basement rooms are quite small, so this just makes sense...and Arahn's room is currently pink, so we want to change that over so he can make himself at home right away. =)

We are finally making progress on the driveway expansion too! I'm praying it gets done before we arrive. We got the plat of survey last week, but then everyone was here in Nashville to celebrate my sister Meri's graduations with her Master's of Social Work for the rest of the week. (Congrats Meri!) So Mom and Dad met with the blacktop company to finalize the estimate on Monday, and we will turn in the permit application to the village, with the estimate and plat of survey this week. Hopefully they will approve us within a week, and then the paving can be done the next week. They are aware of our timeline and can work with us as long as we get the permit approved fairly quickly.

I've already packed up about 15 boxes, and have taken a little break, because you get to a point where you're packing things you'll actually need over the next month, LOL! My goal is to pack everyone a suitcase with clothes/tolietries by the weekend of May 22, that we will each live out of for the last week in Nashville. During that week, we will pack EVERYTHING else in boxes. That way when we get the moving truck on May 27, we can just load it up and everything will be ready!

Something awesome happened a couple weeks ago. God gave me a family verse for us to focus on while we live together as a bigger family. It is Romans 15:5-6. The whole family loved it, so we had a canvas wall hanging made for Mom for Mother's Day to hang at the house. Here's the finished product! My friend Shannon did SUCH a good job hand painting the verse onto canvas!!

I'll keep you posted as to any new happenings between now and move day!