The Move is On....

Geeze, I really wanted to get this post done like 2 weeks ago, but trying to get settled has been a little crazy!! My last post I announced we were moving to Cape Girardeau, MO. Well, we are now HERE and loving it!!

Tad left to Cape Girardeau on Saturday, May 19th. That left me and my 7 kiddos to oversee all the moving. Now that was a fun filled 3 days! The packers packed our 3600+ sqft house on June 7th and 8th. Then on the 9th they came and loaded a semi and it was all done with just like that!! It was CRAZY!! I have to admit, a little part of me was saddened to see my house all in boxes...

Packing Day 1

When they gave us the quote they had specified the number of boxes we would need. By the end of day one they decided they needed to double the count. The next day they came back with the same amount of boxes as the first day.

Packers Truck...used only to carry all the packing supplies in.

Food Storage (part one)

Tate's Room

There were so many boxes. It was a little overwhelming to see so much stuff packed up! There was no turning back when the semi left the house with our stuff on the 9th.

The kids and I left Eagle Mountain on the Sunday, June 10th. We headed to Evanston, WY to stay a night and spend a little bit of time with a few nieces and nephews, sister, and sister-in-law. It was a fun night of swimming :) 

KK and McKenli

Next we were off to Cheyenne, WY to spend a night with our GREAT friends, The Gundersen's. It was a fun night. It was so nice to see all 12 of our kids together. The plan was to stay 2 nights, but very eager to see daddy, we decided to get on the road the next day (13th). 

Before reaching our next planned stop, Lincoln, Nebraska, we pulled off the interstate to get a bite to eat. It was then that I realized that my transmission was acting up. At that time we were in Grand Island, NE, which is about an hour and 20 minutes away from Lincoln. After talking to Tad, he assured me I would be fine to get to Lincoln and he was pretty sure I would be able to make it Cape Girardeau. That night we finally got to Lincoln, NE (our next planned stop). I was so relieved!! 

The next morning we got up, packed our stuff back up and loaded it all back in the van. As we got ready to leave the hotel, the transmission was acting up even more so than the night before. So, I called my hubby and told him everything that was going on. His response to me..."Go back to the hotel, get a room for tonight. I am on my way." Yep...He was coming to rescue us :) At about 2 in the morning my Knight and Shining Armor showed up in a big red ford truck (who needs a white horse) :) :) :) So sexy! 

He brought a trailer along with him to haul it to Cape Girardeau on if need be. When Tate had seen that Tad brought a trailer with him he thought for sure that Tad would be driving the truck and trailer to Cape, but when he (Tate) found out that I was driving the truck and trailer and Tad was driving the van, He (Tate) was worried! He looked at me and said, "You know how to pull a trailer?" He obviously has no idea how many horses I pulled around in my younger years. He was amazed that I was pulling that trailer. And then when he seen me back it up with no problem...he was in complete Ahhh! That's right...I impressed my boy! 

The trailer was not needed though. Tad had no problem driving  van to Cape. I was scared to death to drive it, but he knew what he was doing and how to make it work or how to fix it if something went wrong. All else fails, we would have loaded it up on to the trailer and I would have had to get a rental car to get all of our kiddos to Cape. 

We finally arrived to Cape at midnight on the 14th. We headed straight to Tad's hotel room which had 2 queen beds and a FULL kitchen. NICE!! That is where we slept until our stuff finally got to Cape. It was a bit tight, but we survived!! 

On the 16th we went to this really cool place where we could over look the river, The Mississippi River. We seen barge heading up the river. The kids could not believe how big the barge was. After checking out the river we went to this small lake and set out to play in lots of mud to catch some little frogs. It was so much fun...I had not played in the mud like that in YEARS!! 

The semi arrived on the 18th with all of our stuff. Now came the fun part...trying to figure out where to put all our stuff. Coming from 3600+ sqft to barely 1500 sqft does certainly have it's challenges! My oh my...coming from 5 bedrooms to 4 was not the challenge. BUT coming from 2.5 baths to only 1...oh, it has been a challenge. 

Move In Day!

So, all my craft room is still in boxes in the basement (which is driving me CRAZY), my food storage in partially unpacked, and there are NO boxes left to unpack upstairs. There are still a ton of boxes that I have no idea what to do with, but I am sure in time I will figure it all out, hopefully!

So, we are loving Cape Girardeau. It is so green, lots of creeks and lakes around our house. We have a really big yard, and only 1 neighbor. Tad is really happy with his job and keeps assuring me everyday that this small house will work just fine. I am so glad he sees something I don't. Although there are lots of bugs and other critters, I am so happy this is OURS! Something that we never thought we would do, we have now done. I am looking forward to a very long future here in Cape Girardeau, Missouri :)