We Moved!

In May 2005, days after our April 30 wedding, we moved into a tiny guest house overlooking Lake Hodges. It was no more than 150 square feet with a bedroom/living room, kitchenette and tiny bathroom. It was all we needed for just the two of us. All our stuff didn't fit inside, so we kept two giant Rubbermaid storage bins outside. Little did we know we'd live there for almost 4 years. We called it our little hobbit hole and loved to go outside and enjoy the sunshine sparkling on the lake. What a view! After I got pregnant, we knew it was too small to hold three people, so we decided to move in with my family a few minutes away. Since we go and visit all the time, it was like a second home. After going back and forth decided where exactly we would live in the house, my parents made the decision to build a bedroom in the garage. It's a three-car garage so one-third of it would be turned into a bedroom. Since they are already remodeling their kitchen, they couldn't get started on the room until one week before we were scheduled to move in. So, the room is half-built, our stuff is piled in boxes and bags in the garage next to the "room" and we are sleeping in the living room. But, it sure is nice to have the move over with. We rented a 14-foot Uhaul truck and it took us almost 90 minutes to load all our stuff into the truck. We lived downstairs, so everything had to be carried upstairs and through the very narrow walkway to the driveway. When we arrived at the house, lo and behold, another family that we knew was just arriving, so we put them to work and voila! 20 minutes off the truck and into the garage. Tomorrow we go back and clean our little guest house. How exciting (not.)

I love how it looks like a little fairy-tale cottage

The view of the lake this morning when we were almost done moving

How much stuff can one couple have?

Jared "helping"

Barely fit it all in a 14' truck

Off we go

Everything piled in the garage