It's not good-bye, but "see you later!"

Those of us who move around know that "It's a small world". It's really small when you are a member of the church, but it is especially small when you are a member of the church AND in the Army. Chances of us seeing someone again from your previous duty station and ward is very, VERY good.

SO

I say again, This isn't good-bye, but see you later!

HOWEVER,

We are still going to miss everyone SO MUCH! I can't tell you how much we have enjoyed Georgia...despite the constant allergies. The people we met and were friends with left us with very happy memories of Georgia.

Thanks to my frumpies, who kept me laughing and laughing and laughing, then sometimes crying until the wee hours of the morning. For being there for each other whether big or small, and for just being the best friends a girl could ever ask for!

Thanks to my friends that inspired me so much with ideas on what I can do to make life a little easier with 3 crazy kids.

Thanks to you who reminded me how much I love sewing and inspired me and helped me make super cute stuff.

Thanks to everyone that made such awesome stuff and inspired me to be a tiny bit more creative with paper, bows, material, and don't forget food!!!

Thanks to you that served with me in Primary and made Sunday's just that much better, and also those that taught my kids such great stuff.

Thanks to my awesome choir that worked really hard and put up with my "quest for perfection", but also those that watched the little ones to make it possible.

Thanks to those that let me help them out when they had beautiful little babies, so that I could have a chance to see your new little bundles of joy.

Thanks to those that laughed at my lamo jokes that I tend to throw out there when I'm nervous.

Thanks to you that were always super happy and made everyone around you smile, and praised me up and down, even when all I did was substitute in Primary.

Thanks to everyone that said "good-bye" to me on Sunday and gave me huge warm fuzzies!

Thanks to those that helped with cleaning, home improvements, kid watching, gift baskets, and truck loading as we were moving!

In short...Thank You Everyone. You all made Georgia AWESOME!

Wow, that was a lot of Thank You's, don't worry I think I'm done,

BUT



I do have one official good-bye, and that is to our house.

We will miss you house and all the wonderful friends that we welcomed inside.

Project cRaZy!

So we are moving this month, and we are also trying to finish all our wonderful project in and around the house to get ready for renters. When we painted almost a year ago, I painted only half of the house, our half. The other half...the kids domain, was left unpainted for a very, VERY good reason. Now that we are moving we have had to finish up the painting, and as some of you may or may not agree, painting is way better than packing! So this is what we have been up to.

Kids Bathroom:
The people who painted before us didn't bother with taking down the mirror.


Kids Hallway:

Laundry Room:
I didn't get a great before or after picture, but believe me, it looks much better!

Girls Room:

Jordan's Room:
Most of those marks are dents!
I wish you could see all the repair "spots" on the wall. His room seriously looked like it had poison ivy.

Believe me, his room looks SOOO much better!

Jordan's outside shutter:
We had to fix his shutter. It was hanging lopsided. The strong winds that we have had broke the plastic anchors and we had to put in screws. We still have to put the caps back on.

Jordan's old/new bookcase:
This bookcase was made by Erik's Dad when Erik was little. It's was actually part of two bookcases that had shelves going between them, hence the boards on the side. Anyways, we inherited it when we got married and for the last 10+ years it has been a not so pretty off-white color. I've been meaning to paint it for, ummmmm...10 years. Here is goes.


Jordan's old new dresser:
This dresser belonged to my brothers growing up. It used to be an UGLY brown wood. When I was pregnant with my first, my brother and my Mom sanded and painted it, as seen here, to match all my baby stuff. As you can see, 8+ years later, and it looks kind of sad. It's getting a face lift!
There was a little mix up with the alphabet, Jordan's trying to figure it out.


I love taking old things and making them new again!

Our house is becoming empty, and yet there is stuff EVERYWHERE!! How is that???

We are going to miss this house!