It is a miracle it all fit, that is what basically stressed us out. After packing for a week, you wonder if there will ever be an end to the boxes and crap. Last time we moved someone else did everything, and that was no stress at all. It was a sad day to leave our Dream House and lovely trees, and friends from our ward. Everything is green and lush in Iowa, and knowing we were headed for the dessert was hard to stomach. I think that our cat had the worst trip of her life. 5 days in the Uhaul, DON'T ASK! Scott nearly strangled her 1/2 to Washington. The kids took turns riding in the Uhaul with Dad, and they thought that was exciting, especially Dad's treats he stashed in the Truck (Oreos, Pop, candy bars). I drove the van 45 to 50 mph behind the truck, and stopped at ever rest stop between Iowa and Washington, for little bladdered, Evalily. Scott wanted to put a diaper on Evalily, but she refused to go pee in the diaper, what a good girl I trained so well. There are actually some nice rest stops I would recommend if anyone is interested. Our Last Hurrah in Minnesota, at least for a while. What a great place to live, also! These are some of our friends that we hiked around Bassett Creek Park. The kids played on a giant gravel/ sand mountain there. We went to Minnesota one week before we moved, and it was sure refreshing to leave utter chaos (my semi-packed house).
Evalily, the little sweet girl, plays princess all day long. Although, she is a funny looking princess with a marshmallow stuffed in her mouth and going for more at the same time.
Aaryn and his best buddy Trevor, these two were connected at the hip. Their favorite activity together was riding bikes over jumps and down dirt roads. One day they helped the neighbors and fireman put out a grass fire that got away. Each got sprayed with the fire hose from the fireman and came back looking like a drowned rat.
Izaak and Henry run wild in the lawn. Sugar always does that for some strange reason. Izaak loved to spend the night at Henry's house, because Henry has the Wii and his mom makes the best food ever, a gourmet cook.
Memorial Day Picnic in our backyard, with friends, Adryann and Ty. Ty knows just how to cook those marshmallows.
