Well we somehow pulled it off and made it out of our house on time. On Friday night sweet Carmin, Sam and David showed up to help us clean and even brought a warm dinner! We were so grateful for the help. They ended up staying there working with us until 10:30 p.m.! Then we still had an hour drive out here to Wasilla, where we are currently staying. Kenny's friend from work owns this home but doesn't live in it. Some lady and her dog lived here a little while ago and left it a huge disgusting mess. It's pretty awful. But I'm happy to clean for him, since he is letting us stay here for free. That night (fri.) Kenny helped me get all the kids and myself to bed around midnight, then he drove back to anchorage to get another load of stuff and touch ups on the house. He came to bed around 5 a.m. The next morning we were back at our house a little after 10 to finish a couple things and be there for the carpet cleaner at 11. All we had left was to clear out the garage now. It has been cold and NON-STOP rain and Saturday was no different. The kids were troopers, especially considering the late night but they were getting worn out. Not to mention all but Kenny wished for and needed a change of clothes. I bled through, 3 kids peed their pants, and one slipped in the spilled bubbles (an attempt at keeping them happy and busy) and got soaking wet. Of course we have nothing with us except a few extra jackets. Anyway, we eventually all made it out alive. We even got our full deposit back which we really wanted!
Sunday we just found a ward here and went to sacrament Mtg. We were all so worn out from the weekend.
All 6 of us are sleeping on the floor, on foam pads, in one room. It's just one long line. The kids think its great to sleep with mom and dad every night. I, however, am looking forward to being in separate rooms. When one person wakes up, they all wake up! Oh, and it doesn't have a door, so it's harder to block out other light/noise. I am grateful we are able to stay here, especially for free, but I am just so frustrated and fed up with the stupid builders. If they push back one more date on us I'm going to...I don't know...move in with them and see if it motivates them to hurry any faster.
I feel like our lives are just on hold right now and it's super frustrating. I know this wont last forever. It just feels like it.
Monday, i was sooo glad kenny had the day off. We went back to anchorage and scored on some Labor Day sales. We bought 2 refrigerators, 2 washers, and 2 dryers for our duplex. Yikes that was a lot of money. We came back and hung out together. Even with the rain, we played outside for a long time. We are out in the country with lots of forest around us, which makes for great playing. The kids were catching teeny tiny frogs, and bugs, and pretending all the mushrooms were bad guys and whacking off the tops of them with some old tent poles they found. Good times. Its cute to watch them have a little puppy to run around with too. Even though he stinks, and chews on Stuff, and pees in the house, he's pretty cute and a fun playmate for the kids. We ended the evening with dinner at ihop where we didn't care what people were thinking or saying about our disruptive and noisy brood.
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