Our First Week in Kansas

We have officially been here one full week! WHAT A ROLLER COASTER it has been.

After 7 days, I'm not sure if we feel more settled in that we did last Sunday...but we're hopeful about the future here.

Here's a timeline leading up to our move:

It was a time filled with lots of packing, sorting, donating, dump runs, scheduling an end to our Utah utility services and a start to all our Kansas utilities and insurances, and endless documents/paperwork for mortgage. ALSO, getting all the kids application info for OpenEd Kansas (which required proof of residency by July 21...kind of hard when you don't own the house until July 23).

Friday, July 17:

We signed the papers to sell our house in Utah. From there the new owners gave us an extra week to stay there and get all packed up and moved out. It was really weird to live in a house that was "technically" no longer ours. We got funding by the end of the day, and became officially DEBT FREE for about 5 days. No mortgage, personal or student loans, credit cards, car payments. Debt free! (Until we purchased our Kansas house the following week).

Monday, July 20:

The buyers had asked if they could have some landscaping done while we were still there. So on Monday there were two big trailer trucks and a bobcat that showed up to grade the front lawn. After ripping out half the lawn, cutting our Google Fiber line, and breaking a sprinkler line (which sprayed everywhere and required me to access the shutoff valve) it was decided all work would resume Saturday, after we were all moved out.

Wednesday, July 22

I picked up the U-Haul truck. I had Aedan, Izzy, and Loki drive with me in the Highlander. They waited in the car while I made sure we had everything set to get the truck. Then, I got into the giant truck, and drove it home with them following behind.

After we got home, the kids excitedly explored the truck. Lillie and I worked on removing nails gunk and Metal Recycling Center. We had

Thursday, July 23

Official signing day for our Kansas House! A place we had never seen in person, but knew it was the place for us. We did a remote signing in our kitchen with a traveling notary, and then I went to the bank for the wire transfer of our down payment and closing costs. By the end of the day, we were officially home owners again!

Brett found a nail in the tire of the highlander. Costco was able to get us in to have it replaced. Being all wheel drive, it required us to replace all 4 tires. Lucky for that extra $1300 we got the day before, because that's just about how much it cost.

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