Moving

Today was the big day.  The day when the big truck came and took all our worldly possessions away.  We have been living in a mess of boxes for the past few weeks and our house is finally EMPTY.  It is such a nice feeling.  We decided to hire some movers to help with this move since this is our 10th move in 10 years and we are pretty sick of it.   So, at 9 o'clock this morning a group of really nice Russian men came and helped us move (we couldn't understand when they told us their names so Shawn and I have been calling them Vladimir, Dmitrii, Yuri and Yorgen-but only to ourselves).  Hiring movers to help has been one of the best decisions we have made yet, and was TOTALLY worth it.  Shawn and I literally didn't lift a box and just tried to stay out of their way.  Shawn was prepared for a full day of rigorous sweating and lots of aches and pains later, but he will have nothing to complain about tonight.  We don't actually leave for a few more days so we will be doing some camping out in an empty house, but don't worry we saved a small TV and the Wii :)  So you might see another post or two from me still in Las Vegas killing some time by hanging out at the pool until we actually leave, but soon we should be in our new home.

Here is what our living room looked like at 8 o'clock this morning..

and, here is what it looks like now...

Las Vegas has been good to us, even the crazy hot summers (Shawn might not agree with that), but we survived.  We have met the most amazing people and have learned so much.  When we moved here Liv was 3 months old, and now she is 3 years old.  So much has changed.  We have grown so much as a family.  My oldest child started school here, two of my kids learned to swim here, and so many other things we learned here in Las Vegas.  I started my photography business here and I am so grateful to my wonderful friends who were crazy enough to trust me to do their family pictures.  Without each of you I wouldn't be where I am today, so thank you.  Thank you for loving us and accepting us for who we are.