Moving day and wonderful friends

Packing is horrible! I would much rather unpack then pack! Our house was CHAOS! The worst part is that after Kevin's pinning ceremony, we had to hurry back home and finish packing and cleaning!
We had so much help though. They were SO INCREDIBLY FAST that we just kept throwing things in trash bags so that they could take them away and put them into the moving truck. P.S. NOT A GOOD IDEA! That's what happens when lots of people come to help and you are not finished packing. Kev's phone is still missing, the Comcast modem has still yet to pop up, and we keep on finding Ava's underwear stashed in random places! I wish I could have taken a pic of the other guys that were there to lend their helping hands. They were so wonderful. I was so grateful to have known these wonderful people. As our house became more and more empty, things started to sink in.

When everyone started leaving, and the house became more and more clean, there were a few people who stuck around to finish helping us. Everyone was so great. I can't say how grateful I am for their help. In the end, there was just Amy and us. I knew that's how it would have been. I know that if Lani and company were here, they would have stuck around till the end as well. I started to look around at this place that I used to call home. I looked out the back door, and remembered Lani and Houston coming every single morning to go on walks with me and Ava. Some of the best times of my life! I remembered the Hawks coming in without knocking for our Sunday dinners and games. I looked out my bedroom window where I used to watch for my other friends, Blake and Amy. I started to feel this really heavy feeling in my chest. Kev and I have made some of the best friends in the whole world here. We have had some of the best experiences. When Kev and I met in Rexburg, Idaho for school, we had our own friends there before we got married. We met people that became our family members. We all watched each other grow into adults. Our friends knew us on personal levels before we were married. They saw how we changed after we got married. It was hard to leave that place. A part of me will always call that place home. Here in Spokane, it has been so unique because Kevin and I were out on our own for the first time as just US. We were away from our friends and fam. We learned how to depend on each other. On the Lord. Ava had all three of her birthdays here. I had my second baby girl here. We have made priceless friendships here. YUP. It was sad to say good-bye. Thanks for the memories and good times guys.
On a less depressing note, I found some things that were packed away when we were cleaning things out for the big move. The picture on the left is a pillow case that Kevin made for me while we were dating. He gave it to me for my birthday. It says "NO MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS". Now that I am married to this goofball, I can only shake my head and say, I didn't know what I was getting myself into!! He is ten times cheesier than I ever would have believed! I love this crazy guy! This is why I married him. He makes me laugh.
The picture on the right is the shirt I wore to the buddy dance my freshman year in college. Ladies-those of you who shared this super fun crazy night with me....I kept my shirt! It brought back a flood of memories! Cowgirl up! Trying to figure out who our dates were going to be, asking them, being so giddy, having a blast at our first ward dance! I gave the shirt away before we moved. I figured it was time to stop holding onto it, but not before I took a picture for the memory book!