Goodbye & Hello!

Well, we are now residents of Rochester, MN!  Leaving Utah and arriving here was, of course, an adventure.  First there were a lot of goodbye's:

We said goodbye to our friends:

We said goodbye to our kids' friends:

 

 (little Audrey is in the left corner. Visible only by her cute dress and fingers)

We said goodbye to family.

 

(My not-so-little brother 

leaving to Ghana for his mission)

Next we loaded up the truck & sent Cory on his way:

  

(strike a pose)

 A couple days later, we woke up pretty early

And I boarded a plane, 

just me and my kidlets 

(heaven help us! 

 ...and the people sitting around us!)

 

Parts of the plane ride looked like this:

 

(admittedly a very old picture,

but you get the idea!)

And the hour and a half ride home 

from the airport looked like this:

 

A worthy note, saying goodbye is no fun.  No fun at all.   I preferred to not to give much thought to my goodbyes.  I pretend it's the same as saying goodbye like I have my whole life. No more weight given to these.  Let it be known, that I truly wish the most heartfelt goodbyes to my loved ones!  Which is just about everyone!  

There, with that out of the way, it's time to say:

HELLO!