On the road!

The moving truck and movers came on Tuesday. After running all of the errands we needed to and doing all of the cleaning that we could before they came... we sat around waiting for a couple hours because they were late due to a big accident on the highway. They finally got there around 5pm, and then FINALLY finished and left with our stuff around 10pm, phew! In between there, we had a few nice visits and goodbyes from Andrea and her kids from our small group, our friends Zach and Sarah, and Carrie and her son and puppy from small group too. Samson had one last play date with his best friend, Izzy. (We had several visiters on Sunday and Monday too. We have pretty much had at least a goodbye or two each day for the last several days. Making it SO HARD to leave.)

Matt hiding behind our massive pile of boxes

I decided to climb them instead!

Samson and Izzy

Cohen trying out Samson's cage, so cute!

Once the movers left, we had to finish cleaning and get some more things ready for the morning. With one more 11pm visitor from small group (but we were so glad to see Keith before we left too!). It's been SO BUSY! A whirlwind of packing and goodbyes. Our last service at Ada Bible church too.

We were off with our last taste of Biggby/Beaners in hand (a coupon in my inbox for today only... it was surely a sign!), we left Grand Rapids for good. This is when the goodbyes that I had given so many of finally began to set in. We are so excited to move and know that this is where God wants us, but all I could do is look backwards and long for so many things and people to take with us. I think in situations like these, God really likes to teach us to depend on Him to be enough.

Samson is already loving the trip!

This is how we had to fit him and his cage in the car...

We drove to Matt's family in Indiana to spend the day with them before hitting the road for good. We went to see Harry Potter with Amy, let Samson meet and play with (sort of... they aren't the most fond of each other) their dog, Marshie, had a nice dinner and dessert and sit around the fire. It was a wonderful day!

Marshie and Samson

We'll be off nice and early tomorrow (Thursday) for our 11 hour drive to North Platte, Nebraska :). Hopefully our hotel will have internet and I can post again about how Samson did for the longest ride of his life! Which is luckily the longest drive of the trip as well.