Our last days in Vegas

I should of done little journal entries, but all well - here is some info on our move.

Our last days in Vegas we were SO busy it was filled with packing and more packing. We lived in our house at Arlington Ranch for about 5 years. That has been the most part of our married lives and we had it packed full (all 1650 sqft). We believe in food storage and it fed us for the last month of our stay, and we even gave away tons of our freezer and fridge foods and the rest came with us as well as every book and toy. We rented the 26 foot Penke truck (the biggest you can get) and it was pack so full you couldn't put one more thing in it. (We had to open the back of the truck for the CA check point station and poor John was so worried that something would fall out and crush him- it was so full. Luckily nothing fell and the check point guy didn't want to see anymore either.) It was like a jigsaw puzzle to unpack. We had some scratches and dents, but John warned me before that this would happen and I was preparing myself, so I wouldn't freak out (still did a little). I wish I took a picture of the truck, but of course I didn't. I was more concerned about the two little ones and our all night 1000 mileish drive. My best friend Tiffani and her hubby Tim flew down to help pack and drive. What life savers! Can't say enough about best friends, they are angels! They drove the first 12 hours, switching to us (John and myself)and then Tiffani wouldn't let me continue and finished the last 3 hours of the drive. So my drive time was 3 hours - spoiled!!! The kids slept a lot-Thank goodness. Matthew is a stud to drive with. Izzie hates it! So we were really grateful it was night with the most part of the drive. We left around 4pm and arrived in Pleasant Hill, OR at 12:30pm - I think. It is such a big blurr to me now. I was so tired from the weeks of packing, goodbyes and stress that I was a mess.

To be continued......
Stay tuned for the next part of our story, soon to come - and pictures!