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Moving day came. . .and went

So we're now officially Arkansans! The big, 'ole Wal-Mart-branded, 18-wheelin' moving truck pulled into our drive around 8:15 a.m. on Saturday. We loaded and loaded and loaded and got almost everything in, but not all. Oh, well. We'll have to get a U-Haul and bring the rest down.

Then on Sunday, it arrived at our Bentonville home. The boys stayed with Grandma Edra in KC Saturday night, and she and Grandpa Craig brought them down on Sunday. We have SO MANY boxes. It's incredible. And we purged a lot of stuff. The unpacking has begun, and it's going very s-l-o-w-l-y.

The boys and Grandma Patty have been spending their days in the pool while Nate and I slave away at work and then prepare for the oh-so-long and stressful drives we have home. Hee-hee. That would be 2 1/2 miles for me and 3 miles for him. I just can't get over that.

Although we still haven't locked into a preschool for Beau (he's on the waiting list), we did find doggy daycare for Honey, our 18-month-old black lab. I never thought we'd be those people who take their dog to daycare. You know, the people like Phil and Nichole Kennedy (who never thought they'd be those people, either). But, we are now part of the doggy daycare crowd. And she's loving every minute of it.

Nate's been in Tulsa this week at a conference, and I'm just working. All is well down here. We're heading back to KC on Saturday for a moving party and Karen's baby shower. At some point we'll unpack. For now, we're enjoying everything being so close, a discount at Wal-Mart :-), the pool, nice neighbors (what a concept), and new jobs.

And I hope you've noticed that I finally removed the out-of-date calendar and posted some pictures here from the move and our vaca. Until I post again. . . stay cool.

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