Moving Day for Allison and John, Texas style!!

We did it!!  Allison and John are all moved into their new apartment in Tyler, Texas!!!  But of course we had to take care of important things first.

You can't move without first getting a pedicure!  I mean that is what Mom's and daughters do when they are together, plus it just gets you in the right mood for your feet to be carrying those boxes up the stairs to an upstairs apartment!!

My sister Elizabeth and my brother-in-law Art came to help unload the truck and boy did they save us!! They were amazing help and we are so grateful that they could come. They carried all that stuff up the stairs effortlessly and got it done so quickly - wow!!

John's dad (John) helped John drive the truck all the way from Utah, then unloaded the truck and car, then helped take the truck back, and then helped John get the bed and furniture all set up.....obviously we all tried to help in there when we could, but father and son where an awesome team and seemed to have a rhythm.

Alan was amazing, even though he was told by the Doctor (because of his feet) that he was NOT TO HELP MOVE!!  There was no way he was just going to sit there and watch!! But he was smart and was a great help by being the man on the truck that handed everyone the boxes, furniture to carry, which means even though he handled every box, piece of furniture on the truck, it wasn't up and down the stairs, it was to move things to the front of the truck and to hand off to someone -- which this also saved everyone else from having to climb into and out of the truck every time they came to get something!!

I carried up and down stairs for awhile, but then I saw John pull Allison aside and talk to her and then in a few minutes she was saying, "Mom, why don't you help me move things here inside the apartment because I can't lift them" which I was happy to do and she could not lift things to move around to where she wanted them to be because of her pregnancy, but they didn't fool me for a minute....Art and John were worried about my hard breathing and red face from carrying up the stairs!  I felt like a slacker, but I stayed in the apartment with Allison.

Aileen helped move as well by watching her Disney movies and drinking soda!!  Now that is my kind of moving!!

Then Elizabeth and I took Allison grocery shopping so we could fill her fridge and cupboards with the basics until she could have time to make a menu and go grocery shopping.  When moving across country I knew that you have to buy all the staples that you are just use to having around.  And of course by staples I mean some new clothes as well ha-ha!!  Aileen loved that she got to go with the girls!

We celebrated being done unloading the truck and having the truck returned by going to "On the Border" We all loved the food and it was fun to have John's dad get to know Elizabeth and Art a little better.  Sharing pictures of trips recently taken and comparing Motorcycles etc... We looked a little worse for wear (except for Elizabeth she always looks great no matter what) but we were happy to be done and to be all together again!!

Poor John spent his birthday on the road driving a moving truck!!  But happy birthday sweetie!  We are so excited that you and Allison are in Texas and starting this next phase of your lives!!  Love you!