The date was Thursday, May 29, 2014. It was the last day of school for our kids and it was loading the truck day. We had reserved a 26 foot U-haul truck and car hauler for the Camaro. We picked up the truck around 2:00 in the afternoon. Between a couple men from the ward, my visiting teaching partner and her brood of 6 kids, my cousin and her brood of 4 kids, and some of Tony's co-workers the truck was loaded in a matter of hours. I could hardly believe how quickly all of our belonging were loaded in that U-haul. We originally had planned on just sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags, but we were exhausted and in desperate need of showers. My cousin came to the rescue and offered for us to stay with her for the night.
The next morning we left the kids with my angel cousin while Tony and I went back to clean up the house and tie up any loose ends before pulling out of Rexburg. Some wonderful women from the Relief Society came to help clean and we had the place done in under 2 hours. We gased up, loaded the kids up, and we were off by 11:00 a.m. We traveled to Pocatello and met up with Tony's family in the Walmart parking lot. They were on their way to Utah. We visited and then we were on our way again. I'm sure our little caravan was quite the sight. Tony with Carson and Alaina driving the U-haul towing the Camaro, followed by me with Charlie driving the truck towing our trailer. We surprisingly made pretty good time and thankfully the kids did pretty well (our I-Pads their main source of entertainment made the trip bearable for them.) We came into Boise Friday evening and enjoyed time with my family.
Saturday morning we picked up our stuff that had been stored at Tony's parents for the last 3 1/2 years and after a last goodbye to my mom and adding my dad to our caravan we were off to Moses Lake, Washington. After lots of driving over two days and my aching back from all the lifting, cleaning, and sitting we pulling into Moses Lake around 6:00 p.m. We signed our lease, got the keys and pulled up to our new home. We were greeted almost immediately by a few members of our new ward and the truck was unloaded in about an hour! Phew!
Sunday morning my dad helped get some things set up before he took off back to Idaho. He was such a wonderful help and we were so grateful that he came with us. We managed to find our Sunday cloths and the things we needed to visit our new ward. Thankfully we have 1:00 p.m. church.
Over the last few weeks we've managed to get all the essentials unpacked. The kids and I have had a major adjustment period. The kids have made church friends, but haven't really made any friends in the complex yet. We've signed up for Summer Reading through the Library and trying to go to the Library activities. As a family we've done some exploring and hope to get the kids into some summer activities. Tony is really liking his new job and we are really liking his new work schedule of 4 10-hour days. Our ward is great and we feel very welcome! I'm hoping that we will come to love it here and it'll feel more like home soon.
Moses Lake at Dusk taken from our church building next door. Yes, we have a view of the lake right outside our door. Once I have our place set up to my liking I'll share pictures and/or a video tour.
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