Lookin' like a Model

So I posted about us packing up the house and getting the house ready to sell.

I had a friend of mine call and offer to help a few days before the realtor was scheduled to meet with us and this is how she left the house.



This is the entry(we've put our shoes away since this picture)


Our living room. I love the high ceilings in this room! not to mention the shutters- we are going to miss those the most!


Another picture in the living room and of the kids sitting on the coffee table, something I never let them do but I have a picture of them doing it-go figure!


Here's the kitchen which flows right into the living room. Again love the shutters!


Clutter free and clean kitchen- Love it!


I think this was a night shot of the master bedroom. I really like how this turned out.



I hadn't put up the picture over the bed when I took this picture but it still looks nice.



This is the girls room. I need to take more of their room- this one doesn't do it justice. It's a hard room to get it all in one picture.

Yes there are a few things out of place that need to be put away which we have done. We've gotten into a routine of cleaning up immediately and before walking out the door I make sure the house looks like the model homes- or at least I do my best to keep it that way. With four kids it's really tough! We really hope it sells quickly so we can move into a house that has more room for the kids to play inside and out. I'd personally love to leave out my sewing machine so I can improve my skills there! I still have a quilt to finish that I started about 18 months ago!

Boxes

So......life is always super busy with four young kids, Josh teething & walking= not sleeping at nights(therefore neither is mom), having a busy calling (YWP), and Spencer working about 70 hours a week. Anyways on top of that we decided its time to move so we've been working really hard on the house to get it ready to sell. This included packing, and a lot of it! I packed everything in the house that we don't use on a daily basis or weekly basis. Its so nice to have nothing to clean up!! I packed 80% of the kids toys and all our fall/winter clothes. Too bad its still cold here! Here are some pictures of what we've been doing for the past few weeks:

boxes and lots of stuff- Spencer took about three truckloads

Avery and Spencer carrying a box upstairs- we're using an empty bedroom at my in-laws.

See our "storage room" just a little at a time.

Jake loves to get down and dirty with dad and the mulch


And there's Emily right in there with the boys. She unfortunately got hit with a small shovel twice. Once above her right eye then on her left eyebrow about an hour later. Poor baby!