My parents arrived early this afternoon! So happy to see them and to have their help with unpacking. When they arrived we said our hellos and quickly put them to work. Having spent most of the morning unpacking more boxes and not wanting to go over the weekend, we headed to Ikea.

Man oh man… Ikea. Before this trip we had only been there for a few things, mostly small items. We would wander around and look at things but nothing too complicated. Today, however, was a completely different story. Our trip ended four hours later with new dressers, night stands, bedding and much more. The most amazing part of the day was watching my dad fit a good portion of the furniture boxes into their rental car, which was one of the new Ford Fiestas. That little car fit a lot of stuff in it! Although I have a feeling the pick up on it with all of the boxes in it was a tad rough.

Despite the amount of time spent there (and the money too) we had a great time. We learned that Ikea has a place for kids to play for an hour while you shop. My dad took them there and it made the long trip a bit easier on the girls and on us.

I don’t have pictures from the day but oh well. I wish I had one of the car packed full, but we had our mind on other things. After unpacking the car it was dinner at Teddy’s for a reward and then home for some needed rest. Busy and productive day but that is a very good thing.