Moving Day

Moving Day was Saturday February 24. The day was full of hard work, good fun, great friends, and of course lots of emotions.

Campbell had spent the night before at her friend Olivia's house and was scheduled to spend that night with her friend Julianne. Her weekend was definitely full of friends and fun. She also ended up going to a movie with her friends that day. This was wonderful for her to spend so much time with her friends and we thank Lori and Joanne for this immensely!

Adam and Laurel came down from Charlotte to help. Aaron's friend and co-worker Dave came to help. And of course our wonderful neighbor Brad came over to help. All the help was so much appreciated. Thank you to all of you!

Evrything was already packed so it was much more about loading the truck than anything. Bob the truck driver arrived four hours early. He pulled up to our tiny cul-de-sac in an 18 wheeler with a 53 foot trailer. It was no easy task backing that thing up to our drive way. Bob was a genious packer. Once everyone arrived to help, he was able to get all of our household good, two motorcycles, and a pickup truck loaded into under 38 feet of space. It was amazing! It took a little longer than Aaron had hoped but all was good.

After the packing, the best neighbors ever had a little dinner/get together at their house. All of our best friends were there to say good bye. It was a wonderful time! Thanks everyone. The best part was sitting up until way late just talking. We stayed the night with our neighbors, since all of our furniture was obviously gone. That was so wonderful that have that extra time. Thanks guys!

The next day we got up cleaned up the house. That is where the hitch in our plan was realized. We couldn't find the key to the car. This was not good as the spare key was on the truck on its way to D.C. All we had was the valet key. We decided that would have to work.

We picked up Campbell and prepared to say goodbye to the best neighbors ever. Yes, there were tears involved. I don't thing either husband knew exactly what to do with tears. The goodbyes were said and we headed to Aaron's mom for the rest of the day/night. The next day, a three day (1500 mile) drive with an 8 year old and a 1 year old would begin.