Night Visitor

Dedrick and I were watching a movie last night before bed, when Kaliska came to ask for a drink. The lights were out in the kitchen, so Dedrick turned on the lights. To our surprise an Opossum was sitting on one of the kitchen chairs eating off the table. The opossum got scared and ran into the laundry room, were it hid behind our empty boxes. We do not have a washer/dryer yet, so we have nothing to cover the vent, and that is how the opossum got in and were he was hanging out.

We called animal control to come and get it. They were going to charge us $135 to come and catch it. Dedrick decided to call the landlord. She asked how the opossum got in and we told her. She told us how we could get the opossum out of the house without harm to either party. So Dedrick slowly moved the boxes out of the laundry room into the kitchen and created a barracked. We left a few boxes for the opossum to hide till we got everything ready. We opened the garage door and turned off the lights.

Once we had everything in place; Dedrick moved the last few boxes and sacred the Opossum out the garage door and into the front yard. Once we got him out, we blocked the dryer vent with three heavy boxes. We should be getting the washer/dryer next weekend, so we won't have this happen again. So that was the encounter with the our night visitor.

The Opossum was about 8in long, it's tall was just has long. Here is the picture we got before we chased it out...

Settled

We have been in the new house for about two weeks now. We are getting thing settled and a routine going. Dedrick has been working at the new job for about a week. He loves the new job and the environment he is in. He has gone out of town already to work, and we found he is going again next week. I was telling him I will have a 5 day husband(jokingly).

We have a wonderful new ward and have made many new friends. My kids have made a ton of new friends. We are getting use to the heat and humidity. It is strange to be during yard work after living in apartments for so long. I can DO not have a green thumb. I can mow and water just fine, maintaining the flower beds and landscaping is not happening very well. I try, but all I can manage to do is make it worse.

We are doing good, and enjoying the new journey of our lives. Here is some random picture of the kids on the drive down...












Little Boy's doing what need to be done!


Outside the New house!

We Made IT

We made it to Oklahoma in one piece. The kids were great in the car for the two and half day drive. Dedrick's mom and I drove the van with the kids. Dedrick's dad and Deke drove the moving van. We have unpacked most of the house and set up the utilities. The funniest part of the drive was we hit a major thunder storm in Kansas and had to get a hotel for the night. Deke and his dad had to get off the road for the storm to pass. Thank you all for the prayers, we miss everyone.

Here is some pics of the new house...

Office


Becca's


Aidan and Kaliska's


Master




Kitchen

Moving Update

We have been able to pack most of the apartment. We are finishing the office and the two closets. Then we will be cleaning a little tonight, and then finish the cleaning tomorrow afternoon. We get the moving truck in the morning. Dedrick's wonderful parents got our family two nights at a hotel for tonight and tomorrow night so we can have a break from the chaos. I would like to thank Sandy for cleaning my kitchen yesterday morning. We will let you all know when we made it to Oklahoma in one piece.
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