Moving Day

The big day has come and gone. Our home is now for sale (click here to see the listing!), and we've started our trek to North Carolina. We're going about it in quite the round-about way, however. From South Bend, to Idaho, to Utah, to Idaho to Ohio, to North Carolina. Yeah, we'll get there eventually. There are just so many wonderful people to see (and meet--new babies in the family definitely deserve a visit, don't you think?).
Here are the kids in the empty moving truck. They played and played while we got things ready...and then filled that sucker up! Who knew that having a family and staying in one place for just four years would cause a person to collect so much? Of course, I have to admit that about ten of the boxes were totes full of our food storage--wheat, rice, beans, etc. I should add that the elders quorum in NC wasn't thrilled about helping move wheat up to a second story town-home. Sorry guys! I'll bake bread out of it when we get there!!!

Zachary and Stephen trekked out to North Carolina without us to put all the stuff into our rental. I have no photos of what the girls and I did while they are gone, so you'll have to use your imagination. First, I had two WONDERFUL friends take my girls while I painted every room in the house. Then I hired cleaners to come and scrub all of the rooms and tidy up the mess I'd made from painting. During this time, our power was gone due to wind storms that had 90 mph winds blowing down trees and everything else you can imagine. Funny thing is, our trash can was still standing in the end, and that thing blows over with the smallest of storms. I decided that must be one of my little miracles--not having to clean up another mess.

Sadly, I forgot to dig up my irises before I left. Perhaps I can swing through and get some...OR, maybe I'll just have to deal with it. Plus, where would I put them in my apartment?