Moving to Georgia

 Our first day on our LONG trip to Georgia, we got to Cheyenne WY and stayed in a hotel that night.  The next day we got the boys up early, pajamas and all and headed out.

 After we'd gotten to Nebraska we stopped for donuts at Dunkin' Donuts.  

 The boys thought it was great to travel with Sasha.  

 Josh and I were pretty excited to be back where there are Paneras.  Definitely one of our favorites.

 We stopped in Winter Quarters Nebraska and visited the visitors center and walked around the temple there.

 Hunter loved the costumes they had there and thought he'd try his had at pulling a handcart.

 Winter Quarters Temple

 We have some friends that were traveling a lot of the same route we were on their summer trip.  They were ahead of us and were so cute to leave us a note and a little treat.  The boys loved it.

 That night we made it to my sister's house in Missouri.  We loved getting to spend a couple of days with their family.  They seriously made us feel like a million bucks.  Such good hosts.  We really love their dog Brinley.  She is hilarious!

 We went to church with them and McKay was SO nervous to go to class, but he was brave and did it.  He came out of class with these adorable glasses on and a couple of other goodies.  I'm pretty sure he thought it was great.

 I sure love this beautiful sister of mine!

 We headed to Liberty Jail that day which isn't far from their house.

 It was so interesting to see where so much church history occurred.  

 There was so much suffering and sadness that happened here, and so much revelation and inspiration.

 This is a replica of the jail and it is inside a building, which we thought was really cool.

 It is built so you can see the walls and floors of the structure. 

 Later after a yummy dinner we went to the park and played.

 Sasha just wanted to roll around in the grass

 Michelle is the cutest mommy and we LOVE her little boys Cal.  My boys kept wanting to hold him (which I'm not sure how he felt about), and were so sad when we left.

 McKay gave us a good push on this fun swing.

 Sasha wanted a ride too.

The next day we left bright and early and finally got to Georgia that night.  It was fun to look around and see that this was where we were going to be living.  We were all excited and a little nervous for this new adventure!

Last Day of School

 The last couple days of school were completely NUTS at our house.  The day before school got out, I had to get the house cleaned up and help the movers get everything out.  As our stuff left for Georgia and we didn't have any beds, we went and stayed at a hotel that night.  The boys thought it was great even though we didn't get there until late and they pretty much just conked out the second their heads hit the pillows.  

 I didn't conk our however as it didn't feel right to leave without a little gift for our teachers and friends and hadn't had time to do them yet.  I put together these little Burt's Bee's packages for our wonderful teachers. 

 We have always given a gift at the end of the school year and this year we did something a bit different.  Thanks to Pinterest (also for the above idea), I found these cute gifts.  Nevermind that I was up until 3 a.m. assembling them.  

 The boys did get to partake of the hotel's breakfast, and partake they did.  I think they all had a million things on their plates.  

 Last day at Cook Elementary.  We have ADORED this school for the past 3 years.  I can't say enough good about the people we have met and the experiences we have had at this wonderful school.  We will miss it terribly.  

After dropping the boys off at school I headed to the airport to pick Josh up.  We were so glad that our family was all together again!  It has been a rough 7 weeks.

After school we had our traditional neighborhood swim party.  We have been so blessed with this neighborhood.  What wonderful lifelong friends we have made here. 

Palmer and Lincoln had some friends come over to say goodbye.  Palmer has had a couple of very close friends over these past few years and I have been so grateful for the good kids they are.  

 Hunter also has had some good buddies.  I didn't get a picture of it, but Lincoln's best friend gave him a hat to remember him by.  Each of the boys have missed their friends so much.  

 Last picture in front of the Syracuse house (please don't mind the dead grass as we were having sprinkler issues)... After this picture we hit the road on our trek across the U.S. to our new home in Georgia.

 Syracuse has been good to us, it is one of the places that our family has been the happiest.  What a blessing that we have had the opportunity to live in this wonderful city.

Some Stragglers

 A few pics...Palmer and Lincoln played their last game with the team they have been with for the last few years.  It was sad to say goodbye.  They have had such a good experience with the awesome kids and their assistant coach.

 One of my friends from drill team at Hunter high had a son on my boys soccer team.  It was fun to get to know her and her family and see her regularly.  

 I have had the most wonderful friends in Syracuse, my sweet friend Gini put this fun road trip package together for us to take on our move to Georgia.  She is so thoughtful!

 I wish I had gotten a picture of my boys with their cousins.  This was our last night playing with the cousins before the big move.

 It was hard saying goodbye to my Laurels.  I have loved being the Laurel adviser for the past little while and really gotten to love this beautiful girls and the leaders I served with.

 Palmer got his braces off 2 days before we moved, not a moment too soon!  1st phase down, one to go later when he gets all of his permanent teeth in.

 What a beautiful smile!

 Lincoln and his class had their last choral reading.  It was a Zebra theme, hence the black and white.  Lincoln had an amazing school year this year.  

Pack Meeting and a Few Awards

 This pack meeting was so much fun and probably the only time ever that all of my boys will get awards like this.  Hunter got his Bobcat, Lincoln his Bear and Palmer his Webelo.  I didn't know that anyone was even getting an award except Hunter, so it was a very fun surprise.  Josh was so sad to miss it, but we took lots of pictures to send him in Georgia.

This is Hunter's amazing scout leader Sister Shupe.  She was so great and helped him so much.  I was able to be a Wolf Leader with her for a little bit and I grew to love her so much.

 It was fun to get all of my Mother's Pins!

After the kids each earn an award, they get to pick out a cheer for everyone to do.  Hunter picked out a Pat on the Back.  

Lincoln had the best leaders.  They helped him get his Bear in 6 months.  They worked hard to help him because they knew it would be easier for us if he had it before we moved.  They were awesome.  

We sure love our Scout Master Brother Cahoon as well.

Palmer also had awesome leaders!

Each of the kids got to put a piece of gum in this jar when they earned anything.  When the jar was full they got a party.