Homeless....

Well it's been one crazy week - we were supposed to have all our stuff packed up and papers signed closing on our Texas house this week.  Unfortunately not all went according to plan.... 

Tuesday we planned to do the last of the laundry and then we gave our old washer and dryer away to friends in the ward - they came and picked it up for us.  We got that all done - finished up the packing and went to bed a bit early in preparation for a long day.  

Wednesday was moving day.  I took all the kids (except Anna) and went to the zoo with Grandma and Grandpa Cox.  We had a fun morning walking around the zoo and chatting and looking at the animals.  There were new baby lion cubs too and that was so fun!!  After, we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's house and my parents set up the projector and the kids and I watched movies in their little theater.  We watched Dora the Explorer and Hocus Pocus.  We had dinner down there which was just pizza, but it was nice not having to worry about dinner or about the kids getting in the way of the moving.  After, we headed back home to an empty house and went to bed.  

Thursday morning, we loaded up the vehicles and said goodbyes to our neighbors before finally pulling out (later than we wanted, but not too bad) and heading towards Colorado.  It was a long tiring trip, but we made it safely into Colorado that night.  We stayed with friends out in Strasburg.  The Guinns were so kind to offer their home to us!  Friday we took it a bit easy.  In the morning, we walked down to the park and played for a bit, then I took the kids and we went to visit Becca and her kids.  Then we stopped by to have a quick visit with Kay and Reggie, then we headed back for a yummy dinner with the Guinns.  

Saturday morning, we set out for Idaho.  We stopped at Little America and got in WAY too late at night.  The kids are all sick of travelling by this point, and by this point we know that the closing on our house is being pushed back again, which pushes back the closing on our house, so we don't have a home to go to, or a place to send our furniture and boxes....  So well before that day's driving was done, the kids were grumpy and sick of the car and driving.   We stopped at Little America for ice cream cones.  David was so excited about his - the rest of the kids just devoured theirs and then went to play.  

We finally got into Meridian very late and got the kids to bed as quickly as we could and then crashed.  The next morning, we had a fairly lazy morning - but since David ended up sleeping in our bed - Dan and I had spent the whole night getting kicked and pushed out of bed, so we hadn't slept very well.  We had a wonderful church together - we got to see the broadcast of their fast and testimony meeting.  We did some scripture studying together, we played games, we took naps and we had a wonderful evening chatting with Sarah and Rob and their family who came over for cake and ice cream to celebrate Grandpa Jones' birthday.  Since we have nothing pressing us to be in Oregon next week - we are going to stay here a few more days - we will get to be here to go through the temple with Olivia and get to rest for a couple days.