Once upon a time, we moved away.

Once upon a time,
Husband and I lived in a far off place..

..it was a little warm..
     ....and a lot of brown...

but we loved it there,
where many-a-dream came true.
But new adventures lay ahead,
and we were ready for experiences new.

So, we packed up the truck...all by ourselves.
(The truck that was 3 hours later than it was supposed to be)
We didn't get it packed and parked at my parents house until after 5pm.
We were supposed to be leaving the valley at 1pmish and we almost decided to stay one more night and leave in the morning...but we didn't.

Where would be the fun in that?

Who wants to drive during the day time after a full nights sleep? Not us.

So we left. Grabbed one last burger from In-N-Out. Filled the tank with gas. Got on the road.
(Our blessed parents drove the big moving truck the 18 hour trek to Texas just a couple days after we left.)

We drove.
..and drove...


.......and drove...

.....until we could no longer.

We were somewhere in the middle of nowhere Texas when we decided to grab a room at the Motel 8.

It was 4am. We slept until checkout, which was at 10am. 
(seems silly that we pain the pull day's rate to sleep for only 5 hours..but hey..we don't make the rules.)

It was then McDonalds and Dr. Pepper for lunch and off we were to finish our journey.
They daylight was nice, but it seemed to make the last leg seem longer.

Texas was like nothing we'd seen.
So. Much. Green!
And no mountains. It took us a while to figure out how to know which way was north without having mountains to tell us...


We arrived to our destination around 9pm Texas time. Completely exhausted.



We were so blessed to find and sign for our apartment the NEXT day. It is perfect.

Our parents came the day after that, and with the help of some very kind and helpful friends, we unloaded the truck in just an hour or two. (We live on the third floor...these things take time.)

The weekend was then filled with time with the parents and packing for our honeymoon cruise..
   ...due to disembark only 2 days after we'd unpacked the truck...
Life was busy. Slighty  Very Very Messy. But it was adventurous...

...and lots of fun....
Life with your best friend tends to be. :)

I made this movie commemorating this move.
I still suck at iPhone videography...
...but I promise, I have done much better at holding the camera lengthwise since the making of this film.
I bought a tripod and am trying to get some help.

If the video doesn't work, the link is (http://youtu.be/aISjXWInZCE)