Oh boy, I am sure late on getting this post out! :) Ill just get right to it. So about 8 months ago, our little family moved to good ol' California!! We lived in Utah for about 6-7 years and a new job brought us to Orange county were we are currently. It was such a bitter-sweet feeling about moving, at least for me... I absolutely love California since that is where I am from and all my immediate family is there, but I also love Utah for that is were I met my husband and had both my kids and have many close friends and family there too. Totally torn! Being torn and having bitter-sweet feelings, I was still excited to move and start on a new adventure. The one thing I wasn't excited for was the actual MOVE!! Wow, moving is a TON of work! I am so glad we had lots of awesome friends and family to help us move out as fast as we did!!!! What a fun, goofy, exhausting, frustrating, hilarious time we had moving!!!
The Penske moving truck. Man, once this thing was in our driveway, the move really felt real :( What a huge thing to drive!!! Bryce LOVED it!!! After he saw Scott driving it the whole way to CA he couldn't get enough of big yellow trucks! He thought every big yellow truck was a "daddy truck" ..super cute that boy.
This was the highlight for the kids!! Running up and down the length of the truck!! This is Taeya, Brielle, Bryce and Anastyn. Taeya and Anastyn are my great friend Brandalyns kids who are also our neighbors across the street. The crew of 4 were always together, especially Taeya and Brielle. They were the best of buds!!! We will miss you guys so much!!!
Bryce and Anastyn in the corner trying to get away at this point. These two are so cute together. Since they were little, people have asked if they were twins. So funny cause they look alike, but they really don't :) So cute! We will miss you Anastyn! Its okay though cause Brandalyn and I are convinced that her and Bryce will marry when they grow up so they will be together again someday! :)
Our garage through this whole process! Box after box after box..... serane wrap after bubble wrap... after tape after more boxes after finally just throwing things in the back of the truck and who cares!!!!
Oh how I miss this girl!!! This is Sara T. who was assigned to wrap everything in sight in serane wrap. She honestly made packing so much fun. In this pic she was about DONE wrapping and fed up with the crappy roller wrap thing we had. It kept breaking and was driving us nuts!! I am thinking it was attacking her at this point!!
And what am I gonna do without this girl!!! This is Erin and honestly, she made me laugh so hard when she came to me wrapped up in serane wrap like this!!! Sara was serious about wrapping everything in sight and Erin was convinced she was coming with us to CA so Sara got her ready to be loaded up in the truck!!!! LOL!! Miss them...
Late night pizza party at the Milligans!! I think the last few nights of packing was just one big goofy party with pizza, candy, and tears!!! I of course had to post this one of scott, proving that I am not the only goof ball in our family :)
And this girl?? This girl I will miss more than she knows! This is Brandalyn who is honestly one of my very best friends!! She helped me sooooooo so so much getting packed and ready for this move. Physically and emotionally! She is just amazing and I love her and her family so much!!!! We have decided that maybe 4 times a year is good to visit!! And we did it! Its December and we've seen each other 4 times since the move!
This is Sarah L., Sara T. and Erin. These are my gym girls :) I love them to pieces! I don't have any individual shots of Sarah L. but she was so awesome and helped me out a ton with my garage sale and the deep cleaning of my house!! Thanks so much Sarah!!! These 3 helped me in so many ways! They are such sweet and loving people who I am so glad to know and be friends with.
We love you Brandalyn!!! Just so you know, Scott still hasn't found someone who can cut his hair as good as you!!!! Its a problem :) lol!!! You are honestly the best out there!! Scott will miss you and your last minute hair cuts!
One last hug from everyone :( Couldn't have done this move without everyone's help!! There were so many others who helped out too!! Another person who saved me over and over again was my adorable friend Alyson (wish I had a pic). Alyson watched my kids for hours on end while I packed and worked in that house! She always offered and took such great care of them. My kids LOVE Alyson and still talk about her today. I will miss Alyson so very much. There were so many others who helped out with my kids, thank you so much! Grandma Sue, Aunt Emily and Uncle Steven... Aunt Cindy and your darling family, all my sweet neighbors..THANK YOU! Mary, thank you for taking Bryce for me so many times! Heather, thank you too even though you weren't here cause I know if you were, you woulda been right there by my side 24/7 and just knowing that makes me so thankful!!! Sure miss you too! Everyone else that I may have left out, thank you thank you and know that we love and miss you all :)
Almost time to close up!! The house was so empty... so weird.. Getting the last of things together is probably the hardest. I swear the little gidgets and gadgets were never ending! I threw so much stuff away at that point!! My trash can was overflowing and I was filling up the all my neighbors trash cans as well.
A few more items to load up and we were ready to leave :( So sad to leave our house and everyone!! I loved living in Utah! What an amazing place to be. We have met so many special people that we will never forget.
One last shot of the kids from inside the moving truck. This is our farewell :) Would I ever recommend moving to anyone? I would have to say a big fat NO!! To get rid of junk and really clean house, YES cause it was seriously crazy how much crap I got rid of.. but moving was really hard in so many ways. Wheew, I am just glad its over!! Want to thank everyone again for everything!! We miss and love you all!! Who knows, maybe we will be back to Utah someday.. hmmmm.. ya never know! ;)
