Moving Madness

So this past weekend was one of moving and moving and cleaning and moving.  Over the past several months we have bought my parents a new townhome and B has been working around the clock (or so it feels) serving as the general contractor to get the place remodeled.  She has worked with several contractors and continually coordinating to get things done on schedule and to perfection for my parents because we know they would do the same for us.  Well, we finally got it to a point where we could move my parents stuff from their storage unit (our basement) to their new home.  So we sent out the call for the troops and they responded.  On Friday night Rick and Alan came over to help start the weekend of Moving Madness along with Brent Schick, a lifetime family friend.  We were able to get all of the living room moved and started on the floor to ceiling tetris game my dad had compiled in the basement. 

On Saturday, B and I were over cleaning in our ward house so I left around 7:30 to go open the church and get that started and she joined me shortly thereafter with the girls.  We then went straight from cleaning to moving with the family on Saturday where we had Ben and Kelli and their whole clan, Becki and Lucy representing the Buchanan's and my best friend Zac Harris who just moved back from Vegas helping us move.   The move seemed endless at points as we lifted and heaved these antiques through tight corners and up narrow stairways (no lightweight IKEA furniture for my parents no they want the good stuff!).  At several points throughout the day Ben and I would have to stop and let our muscles stop spasming so we could continue to move.  Ben almost smashed his fingers off at one point but managed to not drop the furniture and stopped just short of swearing at the top of his lungs.  We got it all moved, except some bookshelves with loads of books still on them and into their new home.  I won't post photos of it yet because my parents want to be surprised when they come home...besides it looks rather awful at the moment as we haven't organized a thing but fits all rather nicely.  Hip Hip for great family and friends and
all their help!