Farewell to Fuzz

Last night, we took Kahlua to her new home. It's hard to believe she has been with me for 12 years. Fuzzy has been quite the spitfire and I hope that she treats her new family well!
Here are our last pictures with her before we dropped her off at Isaac's soccer coaches house.

Our biggest yard sale ever

See mom you should have been here to help!!!

Our route to California

We have mapped out our tentative route from Jacksonville to Camp Pendleton. Here is what our game plan looks like!

Day #1. June 29th Jacksonville, NC to the Young's in Knoxville, Tennessee

Day #2. June 30th (Happy Birthday Kendall!!) Somewhere between Knoxville and Springfield, Missouri.

Day #3. July 1st Springfield, Missouri To visit with Ben's sisters and family.

Day #4. July 2nd MO to Oklahoma city

Day #5. July 3rd OK to Albuquerque, New Mexico (one of my favorite stops from our first cross country move!!)

Day #6. July 4th (happy birthday to our niece, Bethany!!)
Grand Canyon

Day #7. July 5th to Aunt Charity's in Phoenix, Arizona

Day #8. July 6th onward to Camp Pendleton!!

New to us

Ben has spent countless hours searching for an enclosed trailer for our cross country move.
All his hard work paid off when he found this! He got it for about $1000 less than what a new one would have cost us.
We will be using it for a "partial ditty" move. Basically, the items we are bringing with us instead of sending with the movers.
When we get to California, we will use it to store the items we cannot use in our new home. We couldn't believe how much cheaper this option is as opposed to a storage locker!
More from our Camp Pendleton or bust journey soon!

New places and faces

New house
New school
New church
New neighbors already met at the base craft fair.
New faces from church at dinner tomorrow night.
New California experience!

Packing, organizing, & preparation

The past few weeks have been a Whirlwind!
Ben got his orders and while they were definitely NOT what we asked for or prayed for, we are trusting that this is where God is planting our family for the next 3 years.
We will be headed to the west coast, Camp Pendleton to be precise, this summer. (End of June/early July time frame.)
We are full swing into prepping our current home for the rental market, securing our name on the base housing list for CA, checking out schools, and all the rest that comes with moving a family of 5 across the country!
I will try to post more as we know more!