On The Road ~

Road trip! I was completely worried that it would be a disaster since the kids have never driven further than 2 hours at a time. I was pleasantly surprised with how well everyone did, including Lux, Harvey and Ritchie. I caught a funny face on Hayden, but that face only happened a few times on the drive over. I finally asked if Hayden wanted to use the Ipad a few hours into the trip. We don't use screens in the car, she had no idea that was even an option, oops! We were trying really hard to get to St. George our first night. It was pushing 10:00pm and we just needed to take a break. Soooo, we ended up in Mesquite, NV. We had to find a pet friendly hotel and this was our option:(at $32.00/night we were petrified! but it actually wasn't that bad after all....it had a Starbucks in the casino!). We headed out Tuesday morning with a few miles left to drive in Nevada. A quick 20 miles or so in Arizona and then we hit Utah. MAN - my pics do not give this drive justice. It was just incredible! Absolutely gorgeous! It's probably what made the drive seem quick ~ the scenery of these amazing red rock mountains were just stunning.

Packing up Woodland Street

I took a few pics of the house as it was being packed. It was an absolute whirlwind that day. Not ready or prepared for 4 people to come in and just start packing. It took me about 30 minutes to compose myself as I frantically ran around the house making sure I had held out enough for us to live for a week. I came to terms with it and moved on, what we didn't have we could buy... The house was packed, the Kings were playing game 2 and all I wanted to do was head down and see the beach with the Buenos!(and we had the best pizza at BJ's...) We spent Sunday at Disneyland. We headed over and met Koji(Hayden's boyfriend) and his mom Leslie for lunch and a few hours together in the park before Sloane and Emerson met up with us. It was a last day in California party ~ we met up with The Thomson's, The Trafford's and Zane & Lauren. It could not have been a better day! The movers arrived Monday morning and we were ready for them. Had our morning organized but could not have gotten everything done without the help of Christian(thank you!). Had a wonderful breakfast with Audra, Justin and Christian then it was time to finish up and hit the road. The moving team was really great ~ they are masters at what they do! Next Stop: Boulder, Colorado!

Sloane's Graduation & Farewell Celebration!

Costello Farewell Celebration!

We had an amazing evening with friends and family!  It was such a special party.  Friends new and old!  It's hard for me to watch this without tearing up ~ Thanks Christi(my sis) for capturing all of these special pics of us! **click link to watch it!

Getting ready for the big move to Colorado ~

This is our last weekend in California as residents. We've made the decision to move to Colorado, a very big decision. So much to do and not enough time to do everything I had wanted. That's o.k. Tomorrow morning the moving company is coming to pack the house and I will let it all go. Whatever I do not complete here, I will do there. Outside of our wonderful family and friends we will be leaving, we are also letting go of a house that we love. It's been a wonderful 6 1/2 years here. Not only did we gain a major appreciation for Mid-Century Modern, we've also gained some life long friends. We live in an amazing neighborhood of like minded people. I think that is so hard to find. Good-Bye Woodland Street and our wonderful Eichler - you will be missed(all but the massive amount of maintenance these houses require).