hello out there invisible readership!

this is it. the last day in our unpacked house
this lady is SPUNKY to the MAX




the hair right on the top of her head won't stay down, just curls right over like alfalfa


crazy sunset @ about 11:00 pm on one of the last nights in our house. it was like fire in the sky

so, um, we have moved out of our house?!

we have been living a bit of a blur lately. it has been a whirlwind of house cleaning/organizing/weeding-out/packing/moving/unloading/decision making/chucking/eating, eating, eating/more organizing... we finally got to the point on saturday where most of our belongings {clothes, toiletries} had been moved to my parents.

we have been there ever since.

all the work we have done at the house over the last few weeks has paid off. the "packers" come today and eli and i watched them stealthily pack the joint to perfection. at one point in time, one of the packers came up from the basement {which was the most disjointed level of our house} and had me a screw the size of a large grain of rice wondering "what that went to down there since he had packed everything else". who knows dude, but thanks for noticing.

they started at 9:15 am and left at 6:00 pm. done like dinner. after they left i walked through the house and choked back tears. i can't believe we are moving. anyho.....

the "movers" are coming tomorrow morning to throwing everything in the moving van and deliver it to c.j.'s studio for storage until the time comes to move it to the states. next step in this little adventure: find a house. but not just a house. a house in a good school district and a good ward and a good neighborhood and a good place to be.

start wishing us luck.

on the immigration side of things, all of my paperwork is IN. when we went last week everything flowed smoothly, no crowds, no frustrations. we had pictures taken, fingerprints done, payments made. it was kind of freaky how smooth and easy the process was. the kids were with us, of course, ida was great, eli was there so they could see him and get his US passport going. we just shook our heads in the elevator and couldn't believe it.

it. was. done.

now we will just wait.

{i just looked down and caught sight of the tires of blubber orbiting around my waist. i am going to blame it on this move. i have discovered i am an emotional eater and am eating my way through this thing. donuts, have mercy on my soul...}

UPDATE: rats, i didn't win the janome 6600 that i thought i was going to win in the quilt along i was participating in. bummer. {the quilt however, is almost done being quilted. should be back july 15th, can't wait to see it}