The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of CRAZY .. to say the least! A few days after Christmas, with the help of some of our amazing family and friends, Audrey & John Sands, Melissa Miller and my INCREDIBLE Mom and Dad (to name a few), we managed to get our entire house, ok no, actually about 1/4 of our entire house :) into a Uhaul and on the road to the East Coast. The drive out was actually pretty awesome (although David would probably not agree) In my opinion, the boys did fabulous .. for those of you who know my boys, it is only by the grace of God that my rambunctious boys lasted for four twelve hour days in the car without losing their minds! And they DID, they were absolute troopers :) I know God must have been feeding them some kind of medicine for relaxation or something.. whatever He did.. it worked and I wouldn't mind if He did it more often .. just saying :) In Dave's opinion, the ride was a little scary and stressful.. this was his FIRST time pulling anything, let alone an incredibly heavy trailer across the country. The weather mostly held except for a little rain and a lot of wind.. and some ridiculously bumpy roads! (watching the trailer sway back and forth over each bump was very SCARY - so after awhile I stopped looking in the rearview mirror..)
After four days, we made it to our destination!! We checked into a hotel at 11:30 on New Years Eve and rang in the New Years happily asleep :) (there's always next year ;) ) We spent the next few days looking for a home as Dave was quite anxious to offload the trailer, and we were all anxious to NOT be living out of our car! After looking at a ton of pretty gross homes, a few disappointments with either not getting approved for a home we wanted or something we wanted already being taken.. we FINALLY found our HOME .. Home away from Home that is :) (pics to come soon)
We got the keys for the house on Thursday December 29th at 4:30, spent the next several hours unloading the trailer, went to sleep and then got up the next morning at 5:00 a.m. to catch a plane to DISNEYLAND! (which we will save for another post) We spent the weekend in Cali and then headed back home to get organized. (not an easy task with two flights of stairs in the house.. one leading upstairs and another to the basement.. which anyone who has a one-year-old knows best that this is a little bit of a death trap!)
Anyhow, thanks for visiting our blog.. we will continue to update you all often on our life here.. We MISS you all and LOVE you tons!!!
So excited that you guys have a blog Katie! I'll definitely be adding your blog to my reader :) Continued prayers for your transition as you settle in.
ReplyDeleteLoved reading this!!! Brought tears to my eyes at some parts! I look forward to reading more!!!! This is awesome!
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