So We've Got Some Big News.........

So, we've had a lot of changes around here lately.  Even "a lot" might be an understatement.  After living in Menlo Park for the past nine years, and after some very thorough soul searching, we decided to pack it all up and move to Davis.  Oh, the reasons were many, and it was not an easy decision, but we are very excited for a change, and we have been so fortunate with the way things have played out.  Pat found a job!  That was huge, and so great that he could find a great job near where we wanted to live.  Lizzy and Peter were accepted into school, which was an integral part of this move.  They will be joining Caroline and Patrick, with Lizzy even in the same class as Caroline, so we were so thankful they got into school.  And, most excitingly, we bought our very first house!  As soon as we saw it we loved it right away, and we put an offer down and it was accepted on the same day.  We have been on pins and needles, and were so thrilled when everything cleared and it officially became ours.

Our "moving day" was a dream.  The day before the packers came and packed up the whole house in three hours.  On moving day, Lizzy and Peter went off to their final days of school and Catherine stuck around the house to watch all the excitement.  Everything went so quickly, we barely had time to clean the place up before the truck was ready to take off.  Pat followed the truck up to Davis, and I rounded up the kids.  We picked up Peter at school and enjoyed one last singing time together and said goodbye to all his special teachers.  We went to get Lizzy and picked her up right at lunch time, and she was able to give her special friends a final goodbye.  We zipped over to McDonalds for a quick lunch, and then were on the road.  By the time we got to Davis, everything had been unloaded from the truck!  Our cousins came over for a move-in pizza night to toast to our big day.  We are so excited for all of the adventures ahead of us in our new town!