We left Boulder for the last time, since we're staying with Amy's parents in Lakewood. The emotions of leaving friends, family, and a place that we enjoyed living, hit Amy hard yesterday. She's been feeling the heartache quite intensely. Although she also feels the excitement.
We're very busy getting the last few things sorted and trying to see friends before we leave. Amy met Jen, her childhood friend since age 5, to take pictures at the photo booth at Southwest Plaza. It's been a tradition of their's since they were about 9 years old.
The kids are handling the move much better than we expected. I was very hesitant to show our 4 year old daughter, Quinne, our empty house. I thought it would be traumatic to see our home with nothing in it. I expected her to cry over her missing toys and bed and everything familiar. I'm pleased to say that I was completely wrong. She walked in and loved the open space to run and dance in. She kept saying "where's our house". I explained that this is our house and our stuff is packed up, but she kept asking where our house was. I knew that she was wondering where our home was, but she didn't ponder it for too long.
We took Quinne to say goodbye to the family who bought our house. They lived down the street (until yesterday) and Quinne loved to play with Leigha and Sean. Here's a picture of the goodbye. They promised to write to each other. At least we won't have to look up the address.
NanaPopPop watched the kids today while we were at the closing. They reported that Beck took 13 steps - a new personal best. A perfect time to board the long airplane ride to New Zealand.
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