A Little Help

Moving stinks, but it's always a lot better when you have help.

We had a lot of help. 

We had 10 strong guys from Church to help load our stuff--which only took about 1 hour. And we had 2 strong guys and 3 strong gals to help us move into our new place, which only took about 45 minutes. 

Needless to say, we were relieved and grateful. 

Most of all, we got help from Jonathan's mom and dad, who came out to help us load up, move our stuff, and unload our stuff in Kentucky. They stayed for almost a week helping us arrange and rearrange our house, playing with our kids, and generally making the transition a lot easier and a lot more fun. 

It was great to see our kids spoiled by their grandparents attention. We don't have the opportunity to see them nearly enough, and we were surprised with how quickly our children embraced both sets of grandparents. 

Of course, early birthday presents don't hurt:

For now, it's back to mom and dad playing "pretend Grandma and Grandpa." Hopefully Ezra and Annika will get to see the real deal again soon!