Just procrastinating....

So instead of cleaning or packing like I should be doing, I feel the need to update my blog. Priorities, people. I can't believe we are actually moving to Arizona next Wed. It's just surreal to me. I have such a flood of conflicting feelings. On one hand, I'm really excited to move and be closer to family on both Garrick's side and mine, be closer to many good friends, move into OUR house and basically just start our life there. But then on the other...I'm close to devastated. I hate that we're moving away from my family, our friends here and Albuquerque. I guess it's true that you can't have EVERYTHING. However I'm still working on getting my parents to AZ. (wink, wink). Seriously though, I'm such a basket case. Every time I see Rylee and Caden (my nephew) playing together and being so cute or seeing Rylee get so excited to see "Dam-ah" (grandma) and "Papa", it kinda pains me. I just start thinking about how sucky it is that she won't grow up with them there every day. Again, I need them to all move to Arizona. Now for my other dilemma, I hate that we're leaving so many great friends. Last year, about when we were supposed to move to Arizona the 1st time, our closest friends (the couples that we had been friends with since moving to Abq) all left town. Nate and Patty left for Maryland to start a business and Carrie and Jeremiah to Law school at BYU and Eric and Janalee to New Hampshire for Law School. And so when our plans to move fell through, we were left wondering what we would do with so many of our friends gone. Amazing thing though, we still had some great friends here and as an added bonus we made some great new friends as well. We have seriously been so blessed to have really great friends, except not great enough that they'll agree to move to AZ with us...jerks. J/k :) Anyway, a couple Saturdays ago Rebecca, Rachel and Jill put together a going-away party for us. It was so much fun and there was way too many yummy desserts. Whenever we get together we always say that we'll play games or something, but then we never do and just end up talking or whatever. But this time, we actually did play games and it was so much FUN! I haven't laughed that hard in forever (at something that wasn't Rylee's doing). It was a great night, but it just made me realize even more that I'm going to miss them all like crazy! Thanks so much, girls, for putting it together. It meant so much and was such a blast! Come visit us in AZ, we'll always have room!!!
Here we are playing one of the games
And here's the girls and kids (Rylee, Jadyn, Me, Rebecca, Oliver, Rachel and Jill), minus Aubrey and Elissa because they left early. This picture was taken at close to the end of the night, thus why Rylee's hair is in shambles and Jadyn's bow is nowhere to be seen....

***And to all my Arizona people, don't worry. I won't be some crazy depressed person. I REALLY am excited to move closer to you all!!! See ya all soon!!!