Lots of house work

It seems like an endless task. We've been unpacking box after box. Valen and Cordelia needed help organizing their rooms, and that has taken hours of work each. The older kids are doing most themselves, but we still had to help out with pieces such as putting Kalina and Acacia's beds into bunk beds, putting shelves on their walls so they had places for their alarm clocks and cell phones, and getting Byron's new mattress. We've installed new smoke alarms throughout the house, fixed a tub drain and a leaky faucet (still have a plumber coming with another tub leak), moved the cable in the front room from one side to the other, and countless other tasks. But as things are being put away, as boxes are being emptied, we are able to walk through the house and it feels like progress is being made.