April 13, 2006

• Ok a lot has happened and I think I better keep up with it all so it doesn’t get to overwhelming. 

  
  

  I spent all last week packing as you all know.  Brian attended his last class on Saturday and when he got home he nearly finished the garage patch job.  We attended our ward for the last time Sunday and Monday we moved.  It took us aaaalllll day and we still didn’t finish.  The driving rain didn’t help.  Brian loaded the truck as full as it could possibly go and we needed about 3 more feet of truck.  We left the remainder there in the garage and pulled out at about 9pm.  We got to Vegas at around 4am.  Yes, it took that long.  You see California doesn’t have a problem all but shutting down the I-15 through the night even though the traffic is still heavy to do a little road work.  It took us several hours to get from Barstow to Baker.  We were VERY tired and gratefully fell into bed upon arriving in Las Vegas.  Fortunately the girls fell right back to sleep. 

  
  

  I got my hair cut and highlighted yesterday and it took 2 hours.  How nice it was to have babysitters again.  I didn’t worry about them at all.  I also was able to get Serra’s birthday shopping done without her there which will make it better for her when she opens her presents. 

  
  

  Brian coaxed one of his buddies into accompanying him back to CA yesterday to finish up.  They left bright and early and loaded up a trailer with the rest of our belongings.  He cleaned the carpets and tried to finish the garage ceiling with the acoustic spray stuff.  He had the same kind of luck Dad did in their hallway a few years back.  What a mess.  But it is DONE.  We are officially moved out and escrow closes today.  We also submitted our wish list to the sellers of our property out here.  The flooring needs some work to the tune of $2500.  Travertine is difficult to install because it is a natural stone.  The thickness varies from tile to tile.  It was not very well done and there are many sharp ridges.  We were concerned about little toes getting stubbed or cut and asked them to take care of it.   We asked them to take care of that and they AGREED!  We were preparing for a bit of a battle with it but they just rolled over so we are very pleased with that. 

  
  

  Tonight we are having a little party for Serra’s birthday.  We will be in Orlando on her big day so it will be much better to do it all here.  There will be no other kids though so it will be a little bit of a let down there for the birthday girl.  Although there won’t be any competition on the candle blowing.

  
  

  Brian is running around like a chicken with his head cut off trying to get everything done he needs to before we leave.  He got home about 3:30 this morning and was up at 6:30 and off to meetings.

  
  

  We are headed back to CA tomorrow morning for Brian’s graduation ceremony on Saturday.  Then it’s off on a month of fun. 

  
  

  We will be downloading the camera software on Brian’s laptop so we can post pictures while we travel.  But for now no pictures. 

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