Goodbye, Minnesota.

It has been a stressful, whirlwind week.  It feels surreal.

Last Friday I left my job at Pearson VUE.  I was very blessed to be a part of a wonderful team at Pearson VUE.  The people are amazing, and I am so sad to leave my work family.  :(

Yesterday, the relocation company sent over two women to pack our entire house, garage, and shed.  Instead of hovering over them, we left them to do their job.  Yes, you read that right.  We left them.  In the morning, I had a house that was not packed.  When I came home, the entire house was boxed up.

Today, the moving truck came.  It was a HUGE moving van. It barely fit in the cul de sac. The driver has been in the moving business for 30 years.  He knew his stuff.  They loaded our household goods onto the van and now the truck is on its way to Texas.

Our house is now empty and ready to be put on the market for showing.  Chad stopped in front of it so I could take one last photo of our home in Burnsville, Minnesota.

We purchased this home in August 2000.  We have lived there for 13 1/2 years.  Our daughters were 4 and 2 when we moved in.  Corbin wasn't even born, yet.  It was our first house that we have ever owned.  We brought home a cute black lab in November 2000 named Cinder.  Cinder lived her whole life there, until we put her to rest in December 2013, in our living room.  There are lots of memories in this house.  But, we also outgrew this house in 2001 when our son was born.  We made it work for 12 years, but we are absolutely thrilled that this opportunity has come along for Chad.  Change can be scary, but change is good.

After this horrid cold snap we have been having, I have to say, I won't miss the winters.  I will miss our family and our friends.  But it is time to say goodbye.  Tomorrow we begin our journey to Houston.  I can't wait!!!