Playin' Catch Up!

I think the worst is over!

We made it out of our house last weekend (with the help of a few awesome & great friends/family).  It all started hard-core on Thursday, when Brian and I took the day off to pack.  My mom came in from Topeka and helped as well.  We got a huge chunk done, but I still needed to take Friday off to finish things up.  My sister came to help on Friday and we took a few loads to the storage unit.

Then the fun of Saturday started...and by fun I mean, not fun at all.

We got the huge U-Haul truck loaded up by about 1 pm and had the storage unit FULL by 2:30 pm.  The boys did a great job of loading and unloading, and they even managed to get the refrigerator out of the house with no new holes in our walls (which was my ultimate goal!)

Sunday, Mother's Day, was just another moving day for us, although Brian did let me hang out with Maggie (and rest during her naps) while he finished up a few last minute things at the house with Colin.

I got a new charm for my Pandora bracelet - it says "best mom"!  I asked Colin if that was true, and he said "YES!  You are the Best Mom!" and then gave me a big hug and kiss.  That alone made my day!

Before we left, I took a few pictures of Maggie for her first birthday...

Little cutie pie!

Colin stopped by for a quick picture.  He had dinner left on his face...

Cheese!

This grass feels so weird, Mom!

One of my favorites...

Some last pictures of our house.

Tiff got me a little teary-eyed right before we left.  

We had some great times in this house:

**bringing both kids home for the first time here

**the boys playing home-run derby in the backyard

**celebrating holidays and birthdays, all squished into a little house with not enough room

**Colin running around the "track" that extended from his room around the island in the kitchen

**enjoying Jake and his last few years in the house

**experimenting and learning how to do home renovation projects

The boys taking a break from work, enjoying a Summer Shandy and some sandwiches

Maggie's empty room

Colin's empty room

Our (almost) empty kitchen

On a side note...yesterday I turned in my last final exam for this semester. Now I get a break until August when classes start again.  I will enjoy every minute of being school-less this summer!

Now, onto our next challenge...finding a new house!

We'll keep you posted!!