We've selected a few photos to show you the moving in process we went through. Our scheduled possession date was January 31, and thankfully because that was a Thursday, we weren't able to make the move until February 2. You may be wondering why I said thankfully we weren't able to move right away...



This is what our house looked like on January 31. Considering we were still living in our condo and weren't in a rush to get out, things worked out fine. But, had we been a family moving from a different city with all the movers scheduled to bring our entire life to our new house on the 31st, we would've been in a bad state. Our island had sawdust all over it and the sink hadn't been installed yet. The fridge wasn't plugged in and the door was broken and wouldn't close. I could go on, but I think you get the idea.



Here is a better shot of just how bad the kitchen looked on the 31st. We came to drop off most of our boxes that day just to get a head start on the weekend move. When we look back on that decision, it doesn't seem like such a good one. Prestique Kitchens, our most unfavourite company throughout the process, wasn't finished installing everything in the kitchen, and because they did such a poor job on our island, we had demanded that they fix it before we move in. The best they could do was to come in on the Friday after we dropped out boxes off, and sand down the edge to make it look nicer. They still did a poor job, but that's for another post. Anyway, the Prestique workers obviously decided it wouldn't be worth their while to cover anything when they were sanding in our kitchen, so when we arrived on Saturday morning with both of our families and the moving crew, all of the boxes and assorted goodies we had left there since Thursday were COVERED in sawdust. What a mess. We had nothing good to say about Prestique up to that point, and this was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Bay West has actually found a new kitchen cabinet supplier since the poor job Prestique did with our house.



Yet another pile of boxes! Thanks to both of our families, we were able to get all of the boxes on the main floor either unpacked or moved to the rooms where they belonged. We truly owe our parents, brothers, sisters and yes, even cousins, a debt of gratitude.



This theme of boxes is getting kind of old, I know. The bonus room, as you will see later, is our entertainment room. Considering this is what it looked like four months ago, and what it looks like now, I think we've done a good job of getting things in order! Those media racks you see on the right - there are four of them which my mom and one of my cousins organized and alphabetized all our VHS tapes and DVDs on. That in itself is a big job! Everything looks great now though! We're thinking of charging rental fees for all the movies people borrow though...;-) Just kidding!



This is my cousin Deborah. She came to help on the Saturday even though she had to work later in the day! You will see two short bookshelves on either side of our fireplace in some later photos - that's what you see Deborah putting together here. She fell in love with our house when she walked through the door! Luckily her and her sister live about two blocks away!



Lovely, isn't it? This is the way Canyon Plumbing left our dishwasher. They never came back to finish putting it together, so Jason and I got down on our hands and knees and figured out how to put the last panel on. Canyon also neglected to turn the water on for it, so our first load of dishes was kind of a waste...just lots of dry soap swirling around inside. Thankfully our dads know more about plumbing than we do! They saved our butts more than once during this process!



Ah yes, our first meal in the new house! We went all out and got some KFC, then sat on the floor and ate it!



On Sunday, February 3rd, we got down and dirty and started actually unpacking some of the boxes we had simply moved around on Saturday. My mom and dad stopped over for a few hours and helped set some stuff up too. Kind of a messy job...