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We moved!

We moved and we are officially Texans again! The past few months have honestly been a whirlwind and they haven't been easy. Bryan and I are both vowing to never move again. It was a bit of a nightmare on our selling end and honestly the fact that it all went through is a miracle. Some people are just crazy! We listed the house on the 4th of July, Bryan started work in Fort Worth the end of August, and at the end of September the movers came to pack up the house and we all fly back to Texas together. Our time in Maryland was absolutely amazing. Due to the busyness of a move I haven't really had a chance to think about all we left behind but writing this post made me tear up. So many beautiful memories and friendships were made and I am so thankful for the three years we spent there. 

Our house lost all its life the moment it was packed up. It was so sad. We loved this house so much. 

  

 

 

Lots of time spent at the park while the movers were packing and loading!

 

The last few weeks we made the rounds to say goodbye to all our friends. These girls were basically babies when they met! The older brothers played a lot of baseball together and they became such good buddies! 

 

Love our baseball friends!! 

 

 

 

Kade saved all his tiger tokens to be able to eat in the turtle courtyard with his friends. The day before withdrew him we all went up to hang out with them. 

 

George was his school BFF. He was so sweet! 

 

 

 

So many pics on this front porch. Below is first vs last. Oh my they grew up! 

 

 

More goodbyes

 

 

 

Lauren was my person in MD. We had only been there for about two weeks when the cashier at Target made a comment about my cowboys hat and I casually said we just moved from Texas. This girl behind me yelled "Hey!! We just moved from Texas too!" I walked out thinking I should have gotten her phone number but didn't. Two days later I was taking Kade to his new preschool and guess who was walking in on their first day?! Lauren and Stella! We became instant friends and I spent so many days hanging out with her and the girls. Our husbands got a log great, we had kids the same ages, she was always my in case of emergency on all the kids paperwork. Just a real true good friend.  I remember being told that moving away from family will force me to really create tight friendships. That was so true. Saying goodbye was really hard! 

 

 

 

So many memories in this home! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We love these guys so much! They came to swim and have pizza on our last night in La Plata. 

The day before we flew home we stayed at a hotel near the airport. We decided to go have a fancy meal to celebrate our last night. The kids were so awesome! 

 

 
  

 

Lots of crap to travel back with! 

 
 

 

 

Bye Maryland! Thanks for the memories!! 

New England Road Trip: Kennebunkport, Salem, Plymouth

Still trying to finish our trip we took in May so here are the last three days! Our second to last day we woke up early and drove up north 2.5 hours to Kennebunkport, Maine. This little town is without a doubt mine and Bryan's favorite from the trip and possibly ever. We loved it, I want to spend a week in Maine alone! We went out to see the Bush family compound and they had the Texas Flag flying high which meant they were there. I was hoping to spot them around the town but no such luck!

 

I have a thing for taking pics at the state lines. I make Bryan get in the right lane and drive slow. Ha!

 

When we crossed the Mane line there were Moose crossings signs!

 

LOVED traveling with Pam and Kelly!!

 

I thought this was so cute! This was the parking lot we parked in and it was honor system. 

I feel like pictures just don't do this place any justice. It was the most charming place I've ever been.

 

The Clam Shack catered Barbara Bush's 80th birthday so of course we had lunch there. 

 

Later in the day we said our goodbyes and drove through Portsmouth, NH and then on to Salem, MA. Salem wasn't my favorite but still fun to see It was....interesting to say the least. And the people? Well they were interesting too. And not terribly friendly. And took this witch stuff pretty serious. 

Our last day was kind of lame according to Bryan. I really wanted to see Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower. I wasn't expecting it to be exciting but Kade learned about the pilgrims and all that this year in school. Now the really nerdy History degree girl in me is about to come out but connecting what your learn in school to real life is what makes history so awesome. Unfortunately the Mayflower was closed for repairs during our visit so our trip to Plymouth was just to see the rock. One review on Trip Advisor said "its been underwhelming tourists for many years." and we totally agree  We went and saw it and thats that. Afterwards we took the kids to the beach, they had been begging all week so we figure it was time! 

 

We went to dinner that night and had a seafood feast. We were so sad to go home the next day. We loved New England so much.