Another Move Update

It is official. We have moved. In less than three weeks P.K. has received a job offer, we went house hunting, packed ourselves for a long distance move and are now at our destination. It has gone so quickly that it is all a bit fuzzy in my mind.

We had all the kids' toys packed up by Tuesday. That left them with very little to entertain themselves. Here are a couple pictures of what we had them do.

They are using markers to decorate our "first night" box. I learned this little tip from another military wife somewhere along the way. The "first night" box contains everything we will need to make our first night in our new house comfortable. I let the kids decorate that box so it stands out from all the other boxes. Packed inside are sheets for the beds, blankets, a pillow (the kids and I took ours in the car with us so just one for P.K.) towels and washcloths for showers the first morning, glow sticks to make the kids' first night fun, toilet paper and a shower curtain and hooks.

We didn't have to deep clean the house before we left, but I wanted to leave it nice. We gave the kids Lysol wipes and had them wipe down the walls. They really do enjoy this and will often ask to do it but with old toothbrushes and buckets of water. I'm going to take advantage of it while I can. It won't be too much longer before they figure out it is work. It isn't perfect, but they can't hurt the walls. Most of what they wipe off is stuff they managed to get on there. This kept them all three busy for well over an hour.

We spent time saying good-bye to friends on Tuesday night. Kari has a post on her blog that tells the story of our friendship. She mentions that we were standing in my driveway crying and hugging as we said good-bye. She left out the part where she threatened my very being if I didn't update my blog on a regular basis. :) She and her family made scrapbooks for us. I laughed and cried looking through mine. She also gave me a Bible verse to put on my new frig. What a great gift!

Our movers were supposed to start loading us between 8-9 Wednesday morning. They finally showed up about 11:00 a.m. Once they were there, they were pretty efficient and had us loaded by 5:00 p.m.

I took one last picture of the kids at our house in front of the empty garage. I walked through the house and said a final good-bye. It has become such a familiar place. As I stood in the doorway my mind was flooded with images of walking through the door a thousand times and thinking, "It is good to be home." We spent some time talking about memories we made at that house.

We got on the road at 7:00 p.m. and drove until midnight to knock some travel time off of the trip today.

We met the new landlord here...

to pick up our keys. We even met some of the neighbors who told us how much they love the neighborhood. I'll post some pictures of the inside later.

We greatly appreciate all the thoughts and prayers. Please keep them coming. We have a busy couple of days ahead. The movers will unload tomorrow and I have to try to get the kids enrolled in school. In case you are wondering, that apparently takes an act of congress in our new location!

I'm posting from the hotel tonight. I'm not sure when our internet will be connected or when I'll be able to post again (Sorry above mentioned dear friend). Stay tuned!