And so, it begins..

We are on our way! We were hoping to have left hours ago, but things took longer than Brad expected. (maybe he should have listened to me! I know EVERYTHING! Jk Brad) anyway, there was that, and then we lost the Mama car for a while. My dad, brad, Mylee, Kaylyn, Lyndsay and Brookee all assisted in the search. I found her and we were finnnaaaallllyyyy able to set out. So here we are, chugging along at a whopping 46 miles an hour. We are scared driving this beast of a truck, towing the car, that has Mylee's Escalade strapped down on the top. It's a little sketchy, and I had a minor breakdown over it, but, we will see. We have done all we can do at this point.

Gettin' Goin'

It's been a busy and exciting few days here. Tuesday was my last bunco for a while. I'n going to miss those chicks a lot! I always had such a great time each month, and as sad as it is, it is my only real interaction with the outside world sans munchkins.

 Yesterday was Brad's last day of work, and we picked up the moving truck. That made it more real.
 Today was Mylee's last day if school, which was pretty sad. We brought in cookies and all the kids in the class wrote her a letter, and the teacher turned it into a little book that she absolutely treasures. A few if the girls in her class want to be pen pals and some others said they are coming to visit.

In addition to all of that, our cat, Travis, had 6 kittens overnight. It's probably the last thing we need 2 days before we leave, but they are so cute and Mylee is so excited about them. So, we are packing then up and taking them with us. I'm hoping we will be able to find homes for all of them, but I have a a while to figure that out. Right now I just have to get them across the country.

Tomorrow we will continue to pack up the truck, hopefully get most of it packed up. Then we are heading over to Brad's grandparents house for dinner. Brad's dad and little brother will be in town from Arizona so we will visit with them a bit before we head to Oleary's to hangout and say goodbye to our friends. So come see us!

Let's see America Part 1

Our drive to Tennessee is going to be a long one, but we are hoping to stop and see some cool things along the way. I am so very excited to go to the Cadillac Ranch. I have been wanting to go there for years, and didn't even realize that we will be driving right through Amarillo where it is located. What is Cadillac Ranch you ask? Oh, I will tell you. Well, it art. There are a whole row of old school Caddys sticking up out of the ground. It is supposed to represent the evolution of the car line or something like that. I'm not totally 100% on that, but its something like that. People go out there and spray paint there name or artwork up there. It's pretty cool. Even though it doesn't really sound like it.

T-minus 1 week

A week from now we will be on our cross country journey. The kids will be in Michigan visiting my family, which will be the farthest I've ever been away from those babies. The thought if that makes me sick, but, I'll just try not to think about that.
I'm excited. I really am. Even though it might not seem like it sometimes. I'm just worried about the actual move itself. If I could just wake up and have the kids and all of our stuff there, that would be the great. Everything costs just a little bit more than I thought, which is starting to add up. I'm sure we will be okay, we have always been okay, even if just barley. But I'm worried. I'm just a worrier by nature though. Our rent will be paid through the end of July, so even if we have to scrimp on the actual trip we will have a pretty decent buffer once we get there.
The drive will be about 2050 miles. That's a lot. Brad and I have never driven that far together, and I hope we make it out alive, and still married. We survived the horrid 26 hour train ride to Oregon, so that's a good sign... I hope. It will be nice to spend some time alone together. And I'm sure we will find some crazy stuff along the way. Crazy seems to be drawn to us.
Anyway, I did a good amount of packing today while Brad took Mylee to a friends birthday tea party. It looked like she had a lot of fun

I'm going to watch the celebrity apprentice, desperate housewives, and GCB now. My nerves/anxiety have got me not sleeping much these days. Have a great week y'-all! (see! I'll fit in just perfect in Nashville)

Early Easter!

Today we went to Bakersfield to visit family celebrate birthdays and Easter, and see my extended family before the big move. It's a 2 hour drive which isn't too bad, but the kids always make it interesting. I'm pretty sure Little B cried at least half of the way. But once we got there everyone had a great time. It was the first time in quite a few years that my whole family was there. My mom AND my dad, which was really nice.
We did an egg hunt, which was B's first real chance to do that. Last year he was only a few weeks old so, so it was fun to watch him walk around and find the eggs. So that was fun, and Mylee just had a blast. It was a good day!
Then there was the infamous Egg Toss. We do it every year. What's more fun then throwing raw eggs at your loved ones? I can't think of many things. My Dad's cousin, Marc, ALWAYS wins. I can only remember one year where he didn't win, and we have done it for many many years. One of these times I'm going to beat him. This was the outcome of today's toss... Thanks Brad.

We also were able to get a picture of 5 generations all together. My Great Grandma, my Grandma AKA Bon Bon, my Dad, me and my kids. I thought it was pretty awesome

It was a good fun family day. I was sad that we were going to miss Easter with the families, but at least we got one! And to be honest I look forward to that damn egg toss all year long!

Bubs and Gunkle waiting for the Egg Hunt to start

Bon-Bon's front yard was decked out with Easter Eggs!

The Poppy's are starting to bloom!

Mylee's friend Jionni came with us too!

Happy Hunger Games

The Hubby and I went and saw the Hunger Games tonight. This movie is slated to be one of the biggest of the year. I read the first book of the series a couple weeks ago and ever since then I have been beyond excited to see the movie. The book was amazing. I couldn't put it down and finished the whole thing in a day. Something I have not been able to do since I had kids. I had to pawn one kid off on a grandma, and Brad was in charge of the little one. But it was mandatory. THAT'S how good the book is.
     I always have a hard time deciding whether or not I like movies that were made from books. The book is always infinitely better than the movie, and this was no exception. I would have probably liked the movie a lot better if I hadn't read the book. It wasn't bad by any means, it just wasn't as good as the book. But, it never is. There were a few minor changes. Like, how Katniss gets the mockingjay pin. Not really a big change, but a change nonetheless. It also lacked a lot of detail that made the Games that much more exciting, and tragic. But, I suppose that putting all of that into a movie would make it 10 hours long.
 While reading the book, I was Team Peeta, but after seeing the movie, I think I will hop on over to Team Gale. Seriously. I really liked Lenny Kravitz as Cinna, I thought that was a good fit. And Jennifer Lawrence was great as Katniss. Katniss' mother was played by Maureen Ashby, of Sons of Anarchy fame. She wasn't in the movie much, and was lacking her Irish accent, but I still liked seeing her in it.
Overall, I would recommend it. I think it is something that both men and woman would both enjoy, so make it a date night movie! I'm curious to see how much money this movie rakes in by the end of the weekend!

 Team Gale or Team Peeta?

On another note, there are some really weird movies that get made. We save a preview for a movie called "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" Seriously... At first I was thinking, "Oh, cool, a movie about Lincoln." Then it just got weird... And weirder. And then it was SO weird that I figured that it had to be some kind of joke. Then the title appeared and I was just blown away. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. I don't even know what to say about that.