Well, we made it! We arrived in Oklahoma Tuesday evening (Oct. 9th), just minutes before dinner was being served in the dining hall. That evening we quickly unloaded our trailer and began set-up in our new “home.” I had meant to get a before-and-after picture but in all of the chaos that never happened, so you will just be getting the after shots. The room was just what I had expected….big, concrete, and full of old metal bunks. We took a tour of a couple other rooms to see how others had arranged theirs. Things were a bit stressful because it was the kid’s bedtimes and we needed to work fast, but we got it done. We had the dilemma of turning one large room into sleeping and living quarters, with areas that the kids can sleep in, with at least some limit on light and sound. We split our room in half. You can see where we all sleep through our door of mattresses and upright bunk beds.
Noah has his own little corner on one side...
We are in the middle...
And Micah is in the other corner!
It is amazing how many functions a bunkbed can serve besides sleeping. When taken apart or stood on end they can serve as any of the following: a wall, closets, shelves, or a couch!
Our living room...
It took some work and imagination, but I think we are finally getting settled into our new home.
Here are some different pictures of our time here so far...
We are thankful to have bathrooms and showers...they're not the prettiest, but they'll do.
This is the lounge area in our building where we can do things in big groups and most of all the kids can run around and play!
This guy was caught trying to hang out in our room...but that is not allowed! You can see the cap to a water bottle in the picture. We also saw a tarantula outside yesterday and a few days ago we found a brown recluse hanging out in our room, too! I guess company is never hard to find :-)
