Getting closer and figure 8 brace

The cabinets and counter tops are in!  There are a couple things they need to come finish but they are pretty much done with that.  Sorry about the spots, this was in the evening and I think the flash was causing them.

We couldn't have the corner pantry like we wanted, to make the door big enough for Josh it just wouldn't have worked.  So this is our cabinet pantry with a open shelf  to put our microwave.

Closer view of the granite.

Master bathroom

Upstairs bathroom

Downstairs bath

Matthew modeling his figure 8 brace which he gets to wear for the next several weeks.  He is doing much better so now it is hard to get him to take is easy so he won't make it worse.  For those who haven't heard two weeks ago on Wednesday I got a call from the school at about 2:00 saying Matthew was hurt.  He was playing football and had the ball.  He got hit from behind and couldn't fumble the ball! :0  So instead he landed right on his shoulder and heard a loud pop.  I took him to urgent care where they did x-rays and their suspicions were proved correct that his collar bone was broken.  He stayed home for a couple days and then had the weekend to more fully recover.  He went back to school and has been doing better and better everyday.  For about the first week he also wore a sling constantly but now is able to go without that.  No p.e. or sports and he needs to be careful at recess.  He'll have x-rays in a few weeks to make sure he is mostly healed up and that everything looks good.

With moving comes packing, and with packing comes getting rid of a lot of stuff.  We have started to go through some things including a pile of cassette tapes that we had.  We were just throwing most of them away so the kids decided to have some fun with them first.  They had quite a pile that we didn't get a picture of and they cleaned it all up!
We got an email from the builder today and he said we might close as soon as the 21st-25th or maybe the week after.  I would prefer to wait until school's over to move so I don't have to drive the kids but Josh is of course very anxious.  I told him that he can take the bed and I guess some food and we'll stay here :)  But it will be nice to be able to start moving some stuff over there even if we don't completely move.