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Even though it was just over 2 weeks ago we left our house in Illinois and moved to Utah, it seems like a lifetime ago! Since we've all moved before I'll spare you the details of the actual packing and moving part and just show pictures of our empty house. Empty houses always feel strange!
Office
Dining Room
Family Room
Natalie's Room that Lindsay helped me paint!
Jackson and Brady's room with the moving truck through the window and the piece of crap chair rail that my mom and I put up
Reecey's bedroom. Let's just say that painting this room was no walk in the park!
So we left Illinois after the kids were done with school on Friday, March 14th. The kids got off the bus and came in to the house and were really weirded out by it all. Jackson started walking through the empty house saying goodbye to his room, the backyard, etc. I could tell he was trying to be funny to try not to cry so I stopped him and hugged him and before I knew it he was sobbing in my arms. Because I'm a crier, I started crying too. Jackson was really embarrassed because he was crying so TJ gave him a hug and told him it was okay to cry and that there was nothing to be ashamed of. We then knelt down for family prayer and I had my hand on Jackson's back and he was shaking he was crying so hard. I felt so bad for him. I can only imagine how sad he felt to move away from his friends, school and everything familiar. Even though he was born in Utah we moved when he was only 2 so its not familiar to him. Natalie and Brady on the other hand were fine and ready to be on our way. After prayer we said goodbye's to neighbors, went over to the VanKomen's to say goodbye to them and were on our way! The first night we went to Des Moines and then on to Denver the next day. We stayed in Denver until Monday when we picked up Reecey and headed onto Utah!
Even though we didn't LOVE Illinois by any stretch of the imagination we did make good friends there (you know who you are!) and we will miss those friends until they make it out west!
Thanks to Brooke and Alaina for being such great gals! I really don't know how I survived there without you girls. And thanks to the neighborhood friends who allowed my children to be friends with your children! And last but not least, thanks to Mar for coming to pick up Reecey so we didn't have to drive 3 days with her. I know she was a lot happier with you then she would've been in the car!
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So glad you're here! Let's get together soon - all the girls. :)
loves,
ego
Brinks,
Thanks for the fun lunch the other day! This song from Pet Shop Boys makes me VERY homesick! Hopefully, someday, the VK's might find our way out west!
Miss you sooooooo much!
Love ya, Reggie
That's so cute about Jax...I also loved your paint jobs...I LOVED Nanny's room when we were there and are you taking that chandelier with you? Hello cute? I've always wanted one of those for Tay! I hope you guys have fun in Utah!
Even though moving is something I was looking forward to a year or two ago, now that it's coming up I'm sad. I never thought I would miss Austin... but I will, especially friends I've made here. The empty house is weird to me too. I'm glad you guys moved west (the song made me happy!) and I'm sure Jackson will be loving it there really quickly! But reading that was sad... I got teary.
I agree with you about empty houses...they do feel strange. We certainly saw a lot of those growing up!
Welcome to Utah! I hope you guys find a house soon. Not a fun process huh.
Geez, you think you're a crier! I cried just reading that part about Jackson and I had already heard the story before, I'm a loser! Bytheway, those were the only pics I ever saw of Miss Reecey's room. I hope you have others when it was decorated! Oh yeah, and I'm so excited that you live closer to me now, yeah!
I totally love how you put the GO WEST song as your background music, that's awesome! Welcome to good ol' UTAH!!!
I got teary about Jack too! I am so glad you are close by though!!
Yeah, I got a little misty too... Poor Jackson, although I am glad that you taught him it's ok to cry. I am deprived of having an emotionally sensitive boy around my house, I don't think I will EVER see Josef cry. I hate it cause, I cry enough for the both of us -we're terribly out of balance.
I am so glad that I will get to see you in Utah. I was terribly sad when you left the first time, and now it is me who is gone. Knowing you are there just makes me miss home more and more.
By the way, the painting jobs in the rooms were fabulous, too bad you can't take that with you.
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