The Big Move

Well our trip could not have been any better. Caleb and Makaylee were prefect travel partners. They did great everyday. We broke it up into 3 days of driving.

Day 1
The first day with stops took 12 hours. We arrived in Birmingham, AL where we stayed with Cory's cousins for 2 days. We had so much fun. They are very fun and loving. We are blessed to have them as family. Makaylee was totally into Josh Tammy and Alexandra Josh, Phillip and Tammy GG loving on Makaylee Aunt Linda Having fun pool side with Alexandra , Josh, Daniel and Darin

They are jokesters and Renee getting scared to death was the topper of our visit.


Day 2 We drove 8 hours to Bristol, VA. This leg of the trip was beautiful and I was able to catch up on my scrap booking, which made the trip go really quickly. It also helped curtail my usual backseat driving problem. Cory was extremely grateful for this.

Day 3 Caleb giving a little attitude to Grandma for taking his picture. We traveled 7 more hours and arrived at home in Upper Saint Clair. This was probably the roughest day for the kids, but they only got fussy when we were about 20 minutes from our final destination. Grandma and Papa were so helpful and we all were thankful they came along.

Day 4
Our stuff arrived and the movers with our direction spent the whole day unloading our 12,000 lbs of stuff. We decided we are not buying anything else until we get settled permanently. Moving is a beating.

Day 5 This day started out rough. I was feeling overwhelmed with the chaos, missing Zoie and all my friends, but we got the kids rooms unpacked and the kitchen, so the day finished up much better than it started. I also resolved that even though our situation is temporary we are amazingly blessed with such a loving family and I need to focus on that not the house I live in.

Day 6 We unpacked more and took a beautiful drive to Ohiopyle.

Day 7 We took Grandma and Papa to the airport. We miss them so much and are thankful we have the best grandparents anyone could ask for.

Day 8
We went to church and came home to a bit of a flood in our house. Caleb left the sink running and that particular sink the drain is stopped up, so needless to say water was coming through the light fixture all over the kitchen floor. We are adjusting pretty well. Caleb keeps saying he wants to go home. We quickly reply we are home and he responds, "I don't like this house." Hopefully this is just temporary. He said he wanted to go and see Jackmame. I told him Jack is not here and he corrected me and said, "yes, I go to church and see him at church."