I titled this random recap because it is something I wanted to make sure I captured but really it is just one thing that has been going on since my last post. There will be a few of these coming up but I thought this was a good starting point.
Since my last post we found a house in NJ. We also found a school for Arden, which was a huge weight off of my shoulders. We left feeling productive and with a good feeling about making a transition to a new place. We went home to our last normal week in NWA, as much of a normal week that we could have. Throughout that week I gathered things around the house that were not going to be moved so we could sell them in our garage sale. Really, they could be classified as things that we shouldn't have even owned but they were the things that SOLD. It was a very successful garage sale - we closed the door two hours after opening! Doug and MB contributed some stuff to sell so we had lots to choose from! We think we had a hoarder come and shop, in fact she was the best customer of the day, so that was entertaining :). Once that was wrapped up we went to dinner with the gang to start our week long celebration of life in NWA. Sunday was small group as usual but it was different because it was our last one with the group we have grown so close to and so comfortable with. The group is one of a kind and as I said at our last dinner together, they are an amazing group that we could not be more thankful for! On Tuesday the movers came and from there on it is a blur but slowly but surely we watched our furniture, clothes, toys and "stuff" be packed into boxes and loaded on the 18-wheeler that is taking it to our new house. We lived in and around boxes until we couldn't take it anymore and at that point moved into my brother's (shout out to Doug for letting us take over his house). More on the packing of the house later!
As I mentioned earlier we had a week long celebration of life in NWA. We are so blessed and thankful for all of our friends and as my Facebook post says, each and every one of you have become family. Tuesday night we went to dinner at Primo's. I know I have mentioned it before but our group has grown so much with all of the kiddos we have now! It is so much fun! Arden L.O.V.E.S. her friends (she wishes they were all mobile like her!)...
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| {Such a happy girl that her friends were with us!} |
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| {Alicia and I with our girls} |
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| {Arden has a major crush on Asher...here she is trying to get his attention, typical boy was playing hard to get :)!} |
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| {Look Mom, he sees me!} |
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| {Arden: Hey Ellison! We have LOTS to talk about! Ellison: Why have you been trying to hug my head?!} |
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| {These two are my favs as they really captured the end of the night and Arden's love for her girls. Carter put Ellison in her car seat while Arden was watching his every move and as soon as he picked up the car seat she wrapped her little arm around the handle and walked with him the entire way to their truck. She would have gotten in with them if we would have let her! It was SUPER cute and she was so proud of herself...she is going to be a great friend!!} |
It was a great, relaxing night (although Arden was VERY busy at the restaurant) that reminded me of what we would miss most about Fayetteville...our friends...our family. I love those spur of the moment group dinners and the nights we all have babysitters and can go have adult nights :). Alicia did try and make me feel better though by saying they wouldn't be doing that while we were gone...at least not for six months ;). I appreciate the thought but enjoy each other for us just save a place for us because we will be back!
Hugs,
Kevin, Hillary and Arden
