Goodbye, Utah!

Well, we're finally doing it after eight months of waiting. This Thursday we will be loading up our moving truck and then staying the night at Jeff and Crystal's place in Salt Lake. We will be getting up super early on Friday morning (probably in the neighborhood of 4 or 5 am) and getting on the road from there. We plan on spending the night in the Tri-Cities area on Friday night (eastern Washington). That way we can get cleaned up and - we hope - drop by to see our newest niece on Friday night before we shove off again early Saturday morning and make the rest of the trip to Renton.

Needless to say, we're extremely excited and anxious. We figured we wouldn't know when we were moving for sure until the last minute, but this was closer to the last minute than we thought it would be. We'll be packing a lot of boxes and doing a lot of organizing over the next couple of days, and Tuesday will be my last day working with Life Path.

We will probably be getting new phone numbers this week. We will try to get out an email blast as soon as we know what those numbers are (we already have our new address, but I don't especially want to post it here online where everybody can see - just call me paranoid).

We heard the Spaulding reunion was a big hit this week and were sorry we weren't able to attend. We plan on being there for the next reunion in two years for those of you who have asked.

I want to give a special thanks to my family who have let us stay with them for longer than any of us originally planned, and for all their help in seeing us off this week. I also want to thank Tom's family in advance for planning to help us on the other end. Thanks to all of you who hired me for last minute massages - it was great seeing you again, and every penny helps with a big move like this looming on the horizon.

-Amy