Wow!

I'll say it again. Wow! The packing crew came today to pack our things for our move. Those guys are good, fast and efficient. It only took them 5 hours to pack everything we are taking to North Dakota. I am just blown away. It'll be interesting to see how long it takes to load everything onto the truck tomorrow. Wow!

I can't believe this week finally got here. It didn't seem like we would ever be here at moving day. It's exciting to think that in 2 days I will be "there". 2 days! Yay!

Ahhhh, Summer!

There is probably a lovely quote on my Pinterest board extolling the virtues of summer, but I'm not going to go find one. I'm just going to say that I'm glad it is finally summer, and now we can start enjoying lovely summer weather.

I'm only 5 days away from being in my new home, and I'm more than a little excited. I'm so excited, but I'm so tired, and there is still so much to do to be ready to leave Wednesday morning. None of it is hard or time consuming, but sometimes the little things can add up to bigger things. I've been pacing myself to get certain things done on certain days, but once in a while a wrench gets thrown into the works and puts me a little off schedule. I am adaptable and I will get it all done. I will have to. Monday is the drop dead date--the movers will be here at 8:30 am to start packing, so I HAVE to be done. I will have time to rest next Friday--we will be in the house, but the movers won't have arrived with the truck yet to unload, so I won't have much to do but rest. This is sounding a little like complaining, but I'm really not. I'm feeling pretty happy and upbeat, but also a little whelmed. I'll be fine. It will be GREAT to be with my sweetie.

Busy Times

So much to tell, where do I begin? At the beginning...

Tad has been home for the last 2 weeks, and I've loved having him here. He took last week off as vacation for Hailey's graduation. We spent a fun, relaxing week with the kids and grandbabies. It is so fun to watch them be their little selves. I got the biggest kick out of little Elizabeth, as she would play or run around the house, pausing for a minute to say, "Hey, Nona,..." and then proceed to tell me what was on her mind or ask a question. Evie was also non-stop, just busy, busy, busy. We played their little games and cleaned up their mischief making.

 Evie got a Curious George Zoo game for her birthday, and it comes with masks so the kids can be the animals in the zoo. Elizabeth is our little lion cub

 Evie likes to wear the piggy mask

 Elizabeth

 Evie

 More Sour Cream, please!

Elizabeth--Pretty with her makeup, just like her mommy!

We did get our family pictures taken. I'd forgotten, temporarily, that we live in Idaho, and the wind ALWAYS blows here, so we were out at the park, trying to look pretty, with our hair blowing all in our eyes. The pix actually turned out better than I feared they would. Thank goodness for hairspray.

 Me with my sweetie!

 Evie, Jessica, Elizabeth, Todd, Hailey, Annette, Tad, Cassie, Scott

 Elizabeth and Evie

 The two cutest grand-girls in the world

Hailey's graduation was Wednesday, June 4. She is very glad to be done with school. I think that she and all her friends needed to be done, because patience was wearing thin and nerves were getting a little frayed. They have all started to scatter to the winds, with college, summer internships and missions.

Hillcrest High School Class of 2014

And lots more good news! Tamara and Benjamin had their baby boy May 30. His name is Evan. We are thrilled at the newest addition to our family. I get to be an auntie again!

Jennifer is still about 10 weeks out on the birth of her baby, but we now know that she's having a little girl, and Mavis is absolutely thrilled with the idea of a little sister.

We also (FINALLY) have a closing date on our house. We will be signing our lives and paychecks away on June 26. Yay! It is such a relief to have a date circled on the calendar. 

So many good things happening, and so many blessings we have received.