We Left a Full House Behind

We were very sad to leave our home in Georgia, but after sleeping on air mattresses for days, living in a mostly empty house and eating out way too much, it was time. 

The plan was to leave our house at 5:00 a.m.  I was awake around 2:30 and couldn't go back to sleep.  I finally got up at 3:30 and decided I would get ready and start the loading process.  I had carried about two loads to the van when it started to rain.  Within minutes it was pouring.  I told Hannah the rain was tears from Georgia because it was so sad to see us go. 

We finally decided to load the cars through the garage to avoid getting our stuff and ourselves soaked.

 

Here is the van loaded.  Aaron and Hannah rode with me and Rachel rode with PK.  My front seat was full of stuff.

 

PK took several pictures of the house before we left.  Our realtor has until the end of the month to rent it out and then we will be listing it ourselves, so we will need some good pictures.

 

 

The living room...the built in shelves were packed with books, my rocking chair sat in the corner with my basket of books and my Bible for my quiet time.  The piano was just inside and filled the house with the sound of old hymns.  The girls would play Just Dance on the wii and I would sit in the corner and laugh.  Many sleepovers were had in this room where there was room to stretch out and watch a movie.

 

 

This is the view from the other end of the living room.  How many times did I have to ask the kids not to hang on the railing when going up or coming down the stairs?

 



The kitchen...kids did their homework, friends gathered around, meals were prepared and served, the wall was covered with artwork produced by my kids

 



 

One of Rachel's chores was to empty the dishwasher.  I would repeatedly ask her to please put the dishes away gently.  That center island would be lined with packed lunches and signed papers before the start of each school day.

 

 

This is the hallway right outside of Hannah's and Aaron's rooms.  They would tie stuffed animals to yarn and hang them over the side.  Even though I painted, there are still grooves where the yarn wore the wood.

 

 

Aaron's room...This is the only room we did not paint.  The walls looked good and it was good quality paint.  In the end, I managed to remove the smell of a pre-teen boy and collect all the loose Legos.

 

When we first bought this house, I remember writing a blog post expressing how it was so new to us, but one day we would walk through the doors and it would feel like home.  We drove away from this house leaving our home behind.  The movers had taken most of our belongings days before, but that house is still packed full of memories.