Our Journey

It all started with the moving van.  We waited three years to see it in our driveway and it finally came.  We explained to the girls that they were coming to put all our things on the truck and take it to San Antonio.  As they left, they waved and said "Bye bye toys!  See you in Texas!".

Our last night in Key West as a family, we had dinner at the very first place we ate dinner at when we first got there.  A nice way to come full circle.

The next morning we waved goodbye to Key West, and Daddy, and headed to Ft. Lauderdale to pick up my Dad, who was helping along the way.  We spent the night in Orlando and on day 2, made the drive up to Destin. 

We spent a full week in Destin at my Dad's house.  We went to the pool, the beach, an aquarium, watched lots of movies, ate lots of ice cream, and just enjoyed our time there.

After a week in Destin, it was time to head to Houston.  We ended up spending a little over a week there and lots of fun was had.

Finally, we were ready to get to San Antonio to pick up Zach and start our new adventure.  We spent a week in a hotel on base.  It was a nice setup, but we were ready to move in to our new house.  After a few days, we did! 

It was a long journey, but I am glad that it all went smoothly and that we are here.  Now we wait another week for Zach to come back and then we can start this new journey together.

School

So it's not actually "school", but Mother's Day Out (MDO).  We call it school because it makes it a little easier :)  Anyways, I digress.

The girls had their first day of MDO two weeks ago.  They each go two days a week for 5 hours, which includes lunch and quiet time. 

 Both girls were very excited about going to school, so they could meet their teachers and make new friends.

They both got new lunch bags since they eat lunch at school.  They each got to pick what they wanted on the front.  Haley was over the moon excited when she got to see it for the first time.  She carried it around for a few hours talking about how she was going to take it to school and show all her new friends.

Haley has done great, and we knew she would.  She is such a social butterfly.  She pretty much told us we could go the second we hung up her backpack and lunch bag, little miss independent.  Haley has already made friends with the only other girl in her class.  Her teacher says she is a great listener and does well every day.

Emily, on the other hand, has taken a little bit of time getting used to school.  The first day she was very excited about going to school, but very sad when we turned to leave.  They called us to pick her up early because she was crying so much.  She made it the second day a little bit longer, but still left early.  Finally on the third day, she made it the whole day.  She still cries when we leave, but it is short-lived.  Her teacher is wonderful with her and says she wears her backpack all day (it's her comfort item), even while out on the playground and taking a nap.  She cries when I come to pick her up, but always says she had a fun day.

We Made It!

After three weeks and 1559 miles, we have finally made it to San Antonio and moved into our new home.

It was a very long journey, more on that later, but we are here.  And it feels so good!

We love love love our new house!  It is in an older neighborhood and has giant trees in the front yard.  The inside is a difficult layout to describe, but it is perfect for us.  There are just enough quirky little things that make it fun.  The space is great and we are using every bit of it.  The girls love having their own rooms and have adjusted very well. 

We got very lucky because we had only seen pictures of the house online.  So the morning we moved in was the first time we stepped foot inside.

Our first morning in the house we had chocolate doughnuts with sprinkles, Haley's request.  It was fun eating in the house with nothing there.

Our move is over and now the San Antonio adventure begins!