Moving Day

All right I am almost caught up now. We moved from Camarillo on March 25th and 26th. It was a lot of work. There is no way I could have done it with out all the help from our friends!!!!!!!!!! Thank you all so much. I farmed Ben out to a new house each day and a few people came to help pack and clean. We did a lot at night and during nap times. And somehow we got it all done in about a week and a half. I'm hoping next time we move we will have a little bit more notice. We knew we had the job we just didn't have a place to live yet so we didn't know when we would be moving. The move went really smooth. Because we weren't moving too far away, we were able to do the move in two days. It seemed to work out really well that way.

Since we were moving on a Friday morning we knew we couldn't really call the men from church to help us move because they would all be at work so we called up our missionaries earlier that week and they got their whole district to help. That first load only took them 30 minutes to load up. They were awesome!!! My brother-in-law helped us unload at our new house that day. Then on Saturday the men from our ward in Camarillo helped us load the truck and then the men from our new ward in Orange (people we didn't know and had never met) helped us unload at our new house.
Let me introduce you to Grammy Hansen. She is just about one of the sweetest people I have ever met. She moved into my ward when I was pregnant with Sam. She lived just a few blocks from us. Ben absolutely LOVES her. He would stay all day long at her house if I let him. She has been one of the biggest blessings in my life. My mom and mother-in-law both lived so far away and she jumped right in and took their place. She watched Ben the whole day of Friday and then came and spent all of Saturday morning helping me do last minute packing and cleaning. She is a really "on the ball" kind of person. My mom would call her a "mover and a shaker," she came to my house and knew just what to do. I couldn't have done this without you Marianne. I love you so much and miss you more than you know.

There were a lot of other people that helped out. Like I said before, I sent Ben to someone's house every single day. But I figure you don't want to hear about each one individually. Sorry Kim, Marnie, Pat, Shelsie, Jess, Valerie, Alice, and a few more people who I can't remember at the moment. Know that I love you and will someday soon get my life in order enough to write a thank you card.

After all is said and done I have come to a few conclusions:

1. I hate moving with children
2. We own WAY too much stuff
3. I am so lucky to be a Mormon!!!!