This was the neighbors tree a day before we moved- such a vibrant red against the new fallen snow.
Our 'plan' was to load up our moving truck on Friday the 13th (ahhh!) and get up the next morning to head for Vegas. We got the truck loaded with the help of a good friend (THANKS so much Randy) My mom came over to help organize and pack the truck good and tight then she took Claire to the mall for a while while we finished loading. We then made our decision that we were leaving that night because of a big snow storm coming in the next day. So I went back to moms house and loaded up my car with the last of our stuff and we were off by 9:15 pm to drive to Cedar City. Matthew drove our truck and towed the Saturn behind. We are so grateful for his help in this move. We made it to the hotel just before 1:00am with no problems. And we were back on the road by 9:30am, made a quick stop in St. George at Cracker Barrel for a good breakfast. Here's Claire when we stopped for gas, not wanting to take a picture... this is the only picture I took during this whole moving process. We arrived in Henderson, NV just after 12:00pm on Saturday. Signed our lease papers and got the keys to our new apartment. We were met by family members to help us move in. Grandma Patti and Maria drove in from California. And Grandpa Brad and his girlfriend Mary Anne came over to help too. We quickly unloaded the truck and now it was time to unpack all this stuff!
Claire fell asleep on her bedroom floor with crayon in hand... this is how we all felt after that day- so tired!!
It was like Christmas morning to Claire being able to play with all her toys that had been in boxes for the past few months- she had to try everything out.
Going to Wal Mart to pick up some things for the house and Claire wanted to go on the rides... I don't know if there is another kid out there who doesn't want the rides to work, Claire always tells us, "Don't put money in it!" Great no problem Claire, enjoy sitting there!
And finally Claire with her new big girl bed and new bed set from Grandma Patti.
Our 'plan' was to load up our moving truck on Friday the 13th (ahhh!) and get up the next morning to head for Vegas. We got the truck loaded with the help of a good friend (THANKS so much Randy) My mom came over to help organize and pack the truck good and tight then she took Claire to the mall for a while while we finished loading. We then made our decision that we were leaving that night because of a big snow storm coming in the next day. So I went back to moms house and loaded up my car with the last of our stuff and we were off by 9:15 pm to drive to Cedar City. Matthew drove our truck and towed the Saturn behind. We are so grateful for his help in this move. We made it to the hotel just before 1:00am with no problems. And we were back on the road by 9:30am, made a quick stop in St. George at Cracker Barrel for a good breakfast. Here's Claire when we stopped for gas, not wanting to take a picture... this is the only picture I took during this whole moving process. We arrived in Henderson, NV just after 12:00pm on Saturday. Signed our lease papers and got the keys to our new apartment. We were met by family members to help us move in. Grandma Patti and Maria drove in from California. And Grandpa Brad and his girlfriend Mary Anne came over to help too. We quickly unloaded the truck and now it was time to unpack all this stuff!
Claire fell asleep on her bedroom floor with crayon in hand... this is how we all felt after that day- so tired!!
It was like Christmas morning to Claire being able to play with all her toys that had been in boxes for the past few months- she had to try everything out.
Going to Wal Mart to pick up some things for the house and Claire wanted to go on the rides... I don't know if there is another kid out there who doesn't want the rides to work, Claire always tells us, "Don't put money in it!" Great no problem Claire, enjoy sitting there!
And finally Claire with her new big girl bed and new bed set from Grandma Patti.
We are grateful to all those who helped in our move, it happened all so quick and I am still in shock that we are living here! We are finally getting used to our surroundings and Claire loves living in Las Vegas, seeing the lights and watching for airplanes every time we step outside. I sometimes forget we are here except for when I walk into a grocery store and am greeted with slot machines ringing in my ears.
BTW- Claire is officially potty trained since we moved in, it must have been the altitude change because she has been accident free for 2 weeks now!
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