On our way!

The movers are here...WHAT!?!  Yes the movers came a whole 24+hours earlier than we expected them.  We had planned to have Hannah away for the day that we were going to be moving our stuff out of the house.  When they showed up the day before we expected them, that was not possible so we called in reinforcements (aka our sweet friend Ashley to the rescue)!

Such as it was, we got the important things packed on the truck and on it's way.  The rest of our items fit on our car which shipped a few days later (we did forget to pack our entire linens closet...haha).

After this "exciting" (more like insanely chaotic) day, we got to spend a few nights a our dear friends home while we finished cleaning up the house and waited for graduation day.  This turned out to be such a blessed time, we are so thankful we got this time with them and other friends just before we left.

Although graduation was the furthest thing from my mind, I'm thankful I got to walk with my fellow graduates.  I will never forget looking up into the crowd seeing my proud family (especially my grandma and my girls) waving excitedly at me!

 

Blessed to get my Masters in Education from OSU!

The two weeks before our departing the beautiful state of Oregon, we spent apart.  Jason was here working hard both at work and at home.  The girls and I were doing our best squeezing in as much family and friend fun time that we possibly could. 

A few picture highlights!

Fun at the Wildlife Safari and berry picking with Grandma Karen!

 

Fun taking a bath in the sink and golfing with Grandpa Keith!

 

Bowling with all the family and bedtime stories with Grandpa and Grandma...and Jayme!

The movers made it to Rochester, NH with our stuff on June 29th.  Jason was a sweet heart and had the basic stuff set up for our arrival.  We were excited to have my mom fly out with the girls and I, this way Jason would have a few more days to set up and not have to take as much time off work.  Plus, mom was thrilled of course that she'd be able to see where we live.

The flight...

We slept (or should I say "slept") in Keizer the night before our flight because we had to leave before the sun rose.  Hannah said when we left that morning, "Wow, it's a little bit dark out here."  Then on the way to Portland as it got light she said, "Where'd the dark go?"

We made it through saying goodbyes (although they were a bit rushed, which might have been a good thing), made it through security, and made it onto the plane.  The girls did ok going through security and my mom and I "figured" it out as we went.  Thank heavens for her help!  The five and a half hour flight was surprisingly ok with both girls.  No major meltdowns...PLUS!

When we got to Boston, we were all eager to see daddy and make sure Tinker (our kitty who was flying under the plane with the cargo) was ok.  Jason and I had a misunderstanding about where Tinker would be picked up at, sooo, we went looking for her...and looked, and looked, and looked!  Finally the airport called us and told us they have our cat and we need to come get her...lol!  Took us over an hour to find the darn cat!  Poor thing!  At this point we were all pretty much done with the traveling.  Then we took a few wrong turns in Boston, which then leads to a MUCH longer trip...all in all, Hannah summed it up perfectly when we drove into the driveway "WE MADE IT!"