TODAY's THE DAY

After a grueling week of packing and cleaning (remind me to NEVER do this again) we are OFF!! SPECIAL thanks to the High Priest's group last night for the help moving! Dave and I were up til 1 am doing the final cleaning and garbage dumpage... where did we get all this JUNK???

Sad day... happy day! Such a bitter sweet, mixed emotion type of thing.

Las Vegas has been good to us. We leave with so many fond memories. We will miss our family and friends dearly!

We are putting our faith in the Lord that all will work out and be well....

VIVA VIVA LAS VEGAS!!

p.s. The 112 degree weather this week has made it a titch easier to leave! Bring on those Utah Summers!! :)

p.p.s. Congratulations to Rich and Heidi on the birth of their new baby Thomas yesterday! Perfect timing! got to see the new little guy before we left!! :) He is a DOLL! :)

And the moving continues...

Last week we took another massive load up to Utah... we now have 3/4ths of our house up there in Dave's mom's garage (while she is serving a mission in Nauvoo) So last week Lindsey and Katie went to girls camp in Utah with their cousins, Alyson and Cosette. They had a great time! Ellie played outside all day every day with her cousins Brynne, Tom, Nate and Max and loved every single minute of it. Dave came back to Vegas and worked... I was in Utah house hunting and interviewing/applying for jobs.

I had two job interviews for home health and am really crossing my fingers!!! I want one of them really badly. It would be a great job... So we'll see..

The house hunt is frustrating and stressful... no luck so far.

We left Utah at 4:30 am yesterday so we could make it back in time to go to our ward one last time. It was nice to be able to see everyone and say goodbye. It is sad. Dave got a little bit jipped for Father's Day because of our traveling etc... but we did manage to give him a card with a "coupon" for some new work clothes he will need at his new job (it's more casual than his job here! YEA!)

Most of all, I am so sad about leaving my Dad. I just pray that somehow it can work out for him to sell or rent his house and buy or rent something up there with us. It seems so overwhelming right now... He at least finally consented to let us put a for sale sign up and I posted his house on Craigslist... any one know of someone looking for a great immaculate house in Vegas... let us know :)

Today we have been hitting it hard... finishing packing all week this week and SERIOUS cleaning. UGH. Not fun at all...

Right now I am taking a break and pretending I don't have to go back up and do it some more... :(

PACKING, PACKING, PACKING

Lindsey's thrilled face after a day of packing :)
Some of the boxes we packed today

An empty kitchen cupboard... seems so strange!! :(
Sooooo Packing/moving is not for the faint of heart! Ugh... Two weeks ago we took a BIG LOAD up to Provo... this included our whole garage (that is A LOT of tools btw) our entertainment center, book shelf, with all of their contents boxed up, all of our bedroom closets, a couch, a dresser, our treadmill, tv, cedar chest, work bench, garage shelving, bikes, etc.. etc... About 40% of our stuff... so that was nice to get the first load done!! :)

Then last week I finished up my last week of work. . . that was interesting. I totally surprised myself by feeling a little bit pensive finishing up. It's amazing how LAME I am. I complained SO BADLY For two years... then when facing having to find another job, and realizing that I was now in my comfort zone at Summerlin, suddenly it didn't seem so bad anymore! I also realized that through that trial I grew SO much and learned things I couldn't have learned any other way. What a dork I am. Hopefully next time I can enjoy the journey a little more.

So this week the girls are finishing up school. . . Tomorrow is the last day. So strange to think that we won't be going back to Sheila Tarr or Leavitt MS ever again... and that Matt was our only kid to go to Centennial... All of this is SO weird. I have shed lots of tears, but now, I think I am nearing the point of "just get on with it already" I have so much apprehension and feel like it's "time for me to fly" :)

This week my FT job has been packing the rest of the house. So far I have packed the "pit of despair" yes... that is what we have called our BIG closet for the last 8 years. This house only has one closet besides the bedroom closets, so we have packed EVERYTHING into that little closet under the stairs... 12 big boxes worth, 2 bags for D.I. and 2 black garbage bags worth were crammed into that little space. YIKES! Then I packed the living room, food storage and today the kitchen. The kitchen is LOTS of work.

I am looking forward to a night like tonight a year from now when I will:

1. Know where I live.

2. Know what ward I'm in.

3. Know what schools my kids are going to.

4. Know where my Dad is living (hopefully nearby)

5. My girls will have new friends

6. I will have a job

7. Dave will be in his new job and loving it!! :)

and...

8. Matt will have only 4 months left of his mission!! YIPEE!!

In other words, I have lots of stressors right now... (except #8)

this limbo thing is for the birds! :) But hopefully it will be all over soon!!!!

p.s. Matt got transferred today... Area #3... he is loving it!!! :)

FINAL TENNIS, PIANO LESSONS and AWARDS

The girls had their last tennis lesson, piano lesson and awards assemblies in Las Vegas last week.

Lindsey got the Presidential award and the award for a perfect 500 in reading (3 years in a row) and Katie got the perfect 500 (2 years in a row) in reading too!! WAY TO GO Girls!! All three girls improved so much this year in tennis. They had so much fun playing and taking lessons with the Sudweeks boys. They have become such good friends! A sad moment was when we had our last piano lessons with Sis. Jolley. Our girls have LOVED her. They have all grown to love piano so much and have really become better pianists because of her amazing teaching skills!