They Left Us

On Thursday, September 20, Chelsea officially closed on her new house, and so on the 21st, it funded and recorded, and she was out of here. You'd think there was  a fire based on how fast she packed up and left. As they were driving away, Michael cryingly said, "Why are they leaving us?" Good question. Something about wanting their own house or something lame like that. 

So, on Saturday, we headed to Ogden to help them move into their new house. 

 We prepped and painted three rooms and a hall (although the hall and living room didn't get finished until the next day).

 Brian found out the answer to the question, "Are you man enough to paint a room purple?" Yup, and he even went home with purple feet. What we do for little girls!

All the fixtures in the house are gold. Yuck. So, Chelsea and Thomas will be painting all of them. Thomas started with the fireplace screen. It is now black.

 The worst part was the prep work, at least for me.

 Here I am trying to make Matthew's room Mario themed. Good thing that kids are easily impressed.

 We returned home late Saturday night, and I was out of commission for two days, but it was nice to be able to help Chelsea move in, even if she did move over an hour away.