New ward

Today we attended our new ward. All of our girls have been telling us that they want to stay in the Haven Cove Ward. Madison was two when we moved in so she does not remember attending church anywhere else. All of them have shed tears over leaving the ward but I thought that they were doing better. As we left for church this morning Allison and Madison had tears in their eyes and didn't want to go. I was so nervous of how they were going to react to the new ward. The Bishopric had already received our records so they knew we were coming. Before we even found our seats people were coming up and introducing themselves. I can not believe how friendly everyone was. The Primary President helped Ashley find her way to her Primary class and the Young Women's President came and helped Madison and Allison find their way to class. The girls were shy but felt welcome and left church with smiles. I am so grateful to the nice people in our new ward. This might not be as hard as I thought it was going to be for them.

Swimming

The move has been hard in many ways for the girls but one perk that hey are enjoying a lot is the community pool. They have gone almost every day since we have moved. Sometimes it is just them but it is always more fun with friends. Ashley starts school next week so we invited the Bartletts to go swimming with us today. They swam for over two in half hours. They all had a lot of fun.

Allison's asthma has been bothering her a lot since girls camp so she was sitting out by this point. I am glad that she did get to enjoy most of the swimming.

Basketball

Alison's team played in the playoffs tonight. It has been a great season. They finished season play with 5 wins and only two losses. Coach Watson has done such a great job with these girls. It is fun to watch them grow together as a team. It has also been fun to watch Allison grow as a player. I can't wait to see these girls play together over the next couple of years.

Closing

Kevin and I were up bright and early today to sign the papers to close on our old house. It was a long night last night and it was hard to get up so early to be down in Eagle to sign papers by 8. It was a painless process and then we enjoyed some breakfast before we went to our appointment to pick out the colors for our new house. I have been looking forward to this appointment. Our builder had us meet with an interior designer to pick everything out. It went so smoothly. We picked out our granite a couple of days ago and she helped guide us on our other choices so that it will all look good together. I am so excited to see it all put together. I can't wait for the new house to be done.

Moving day

Today is moving day. I still can't believe that this is happening. This has been a a great house for our family and there are so many memories here in this house. I am ready to move on but it was hard to close the door for the last time tonight. It has been a long day. We started early this morning and went all day long. We are all pretty exhausted. We hired Crosstown movers to help us with the big stuff and I am so grateful that we did.

The movers so quick at getting everything packed up and unloaded. It really made the day easier. The hardest part of the whole move is that our rental was not ready so we were moving as our landlord was putting the finishing touches on the house. There were too many people to maneuver as we were moving stuff in. I am grateful to have found this rental but it was frustrating that they told us that it would be ready and it wasn't. The girls were amazing and helped without complaining. Ashley was with Kevin and I all day going back and forth while Madison and Allison stayed back at the old house cleaning and collecting loose stuff. While we were gone one of our neighbors brought treats for us.

I am going to miss some of our old neighbors.

Once we had everything out our house seemed so empty and it was sad walking around and remembering all the memories.

After I walked through the house I came out and found Allison on the floor. She was having a hard time saying good bye. This was the only house that she has ever known. It was hard to hold it together when I saw her.

Now it is time to move on to our new adventure.

Swimming

Haven Cove Young Womens were not having an activity this week so Allison thought it might be fun to invite all the Beehives over to swim at our community pool. When she ask if she could we didn't think about the fact that Wednesday was also moving day. Once we put it together we just couldn't cancel it because she looked forward to it as a good bye to that ward. I took a little break so that I could go watch her and her friends swim for a couple of hours. They had a great time.

BYS

Madison left camp on Wednesday night after testimony meeting so she could go to BYS. She loved it last year was excited to go again when we signed her up. When she left camp I could tell that she was a little nervous because her roommate wasn't able to go so she was on her own. I was praying that she would have a good experience and make new friends.

She ended up having a great time and made new friends. I am so proud that she did something hard and made the best of it. She always amazes me.