Goodbye New Orleans!

 The movers came on Monday.  Well, the packers, I guess.  2 lovely ladies came to pack up our stuff.  They worked from 9-3 and packed everything but the garage, the kitchen and the master bedroom.  It worked out fabulously for me, since I had all MY stuff and the kitchen stuff.  The schedule worked out that the packers packing our stuff for overseas were coming Mon/Wed/Thur, but not on Tuesday. So Tuesday we scheduled the storage folks.  They came, they packed they left with stuff we won't see for 3 years.  I confess I was a little concerned because they did not put inventory stickers on things  before they left.  I asked why not and they said they put them on when they offloaded them to put them in storage.  I asked like 3 times and they aid the same thing. I was more concerned when I saw my forms are barely legible.  So if I end up with no stuff in 3 years, I will  be really cross about the lovely cherry wood queen bed frame and scrapbooks I let them take.

The movers came back Wednesday to finish the packing and load the truck. I got them on base and then abandoned Dan.  I ran off with the kids and the dog.  We drove 4 hours to Vicksburg and spent the night with Andy and Kera.  Thursday we drove 8 hours up thru Arkansas to Mom and Dad's house.  It was a long day!

I meant to take photos of the house as it was being packed up,but I didn't.  I meant to take photos of the house as we left.  But I didn't.  I meant to get pictures of the kids with their friends, but I didn't.  I was a wee bit overwhelmed trying to keep track of what we were bringing and where it was.  I did manage to get all the important stuff.  As a matter of fact, everything seemed to go so well, I'm waiting to discover what dreadfully important thing I forgot.  The only thing that was accidentally packed by the packers was Marian's mp3 player with her audiobooks on it.  Fortunately her sister's have the same mp3 players so it isn't a crisis.

Dan is wrapping things up with the house.  He finished up with the movers and today the cleaners are there.  I'm really glad he is dealing with all that.  I know the garage was awful.  After flooding every time it rained, it was gross and dirty.  Dan sprayed it out and cleaned it out. Isn't he wonderful?!

I get to hang out with family for a bit. My sister and sister in law are here.  So we have 13 kids running around and they are having a marvelous time!

Last drive over the Crescent City Connection.  

(Hey!  I ran in that lane.... that lane there on the left!)

Last drive by the "Mega-Pie!"

Last drive over the spillway.

My awesome kids doing great on the drive.

Me in my movie star sunglasses.

Fun with Twizzlers.

One of the best parts of visiting the cousins is the trampoline!

Delaney showing me her stuff.

Rylee must pose as well.

Welcome to Arkansas! We're almost there.  We're heading across the Norfork Bridge.