Even though we booked over a month in advance, we still had to drive to Westbank to pick up our U-Haul. It was such a busy weekend that they didn't have time to clean it out before giving us the keys. This was a job for Mr. Jeff!
(It also needed airing out... the gal said "Somebody must have had a grow op!" She was pretty nonchalant about the whole thing!)
Steve and Kristy helped us out on Friday night - we emptied Mom's storage unit and Dad's basement. Good thing we broke it up over two days... we had to make two trips on Saturday from the apartment to the house and have the truck back to Westbank by 4:00pm!
The boys are excited to get going! Maybe they were inside the truck a little TOO long... ;)
Thank you again to Steve & Kristy (x2 days!), Mike, Bob and Dad for their muscles and Mimi for babysitting!
We are also lucky to have Auntie Tess
as a roommate this summer! She decided to save some money before she goes to
Australia, so she said goodbye to Vancouver and hello to Kelowna!
Dad was so kind to find her a 10-foot U-Haul truck here in town and offered to drive it to Vancouver, load her up and bring her back! Unfortunately, U-Haul made other plans and ended up booking him a 26-foot truck that he had to pick up in Osoyoos! Resourceful Dad made some calls and managed to end up with a 24-foot truck from his client at Cookson Motors!
With no bungee cords or straps, they cleverly laid all of her stuff out on the floor of the truck, which kept everything in place during the trip!
Here they are pulling in to our complex and getting turned around. (Tess is directing at the back of the truck!)
I almost couldn't fit the truck in the shot!
Our weekend was spent filling and emptying trucks, carrying boxes in and out of apartments, up and down stairs.... now the real work begins!
We are looking forward to the unpacking and getting set up... especially knowing we'll have Auntie Tess and her painting skills to help make our new space just the way we want it!
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