Packing Up

Packing up our stuff was an overwhelming experience (on top of the overwhelming task of sorting, doing some of our own packing, and saying good-bye to friends)! Our packers were very nice and seemed very good at what they were doing, but it was a little disconcerting to have several men in our home dumping our stuff in wrappers and then boxes--very quickly!


It was a very hot day, and everyone was a little tired. Anna didn't want her picture taken next to the truck. I think she didn't want to lose her comfy spot on Kelly's lap.
We decided we better take one last picture of Kelly, Abbey, Jenny, and Anna by Calvin's big cheese before we leave town. Quite a change from when we moved here almost exactly three years ago.

Surprisingly, we all the stress we'd endured the past several months with getting ready to move, saying good-bye to friends, and being nowhere near having a regular/normal schedule, we only had one melt-down on packing day. Anna was quite distraught that she couldn't ride her scooter to Calvin. It had already been packed in the truck and the truck was gone. Moving is difficult!
After we cleaned up a bit, we took one final family photo in front of our house...
...and again headed to Calvin--the seminary this time--to take another photo. Again quite a difference, in so many ways, from the one taken three years ago. After dinner with our packing crew (family) we headed to Matt's mom's house for the night.