holy highway


Happy Saturday….and i am writing this from fabulous downtown Reno, Nevada.

Bryan dissapeared last night for a few hours…but i made sure he wasn’t

going to head over to the famed Mustang ranch.

Hello Reno……goodbye Reno.

Four nights in Colorado….two of them in Denver….two of them from up in the Vail Valley….which i am reminded every time we visit the mountains of Colorado…how freakin gorgeous it is.

I lunched with old friends…..we hung with old neighbors….while we were in Denver…then spent some quality time with family up in Vail. Met up with the kids….said goodbye to my parents…

which i might add had the kids for a whole 5 days and never complained once.

Not once.

The kids had a blast with them and it warms my heart to know that they got to spend all that quality time doing fun things in the mountains of New Mexico.

It also saved them a 14 hour car ride to Colorado from Illinois.

Anyhoo….from Colorado we made it to Utah on Friday….and stayed with good friends.

{and once we get settled in our home away from home..i’ll show all the photos from this road trip}

Reno last night…{ick}

Lake Tahoe tonight {can’t wait}….

then our last two nights in the Bay Area…before we get the Mini {van not cooper} on a ship tuesday and then fly out early wednesday.

Are you still here?

check check

buehler?

Bryan and i got to have a drink at the bar where we first met in Vail…

Garfinkle’s

and we reminisced about how i told him i was a pro volleyball player from UCLA.

Good times……good times.

The kids have been amazing on the road….and i’d like to take a minute to thank

the makers of the portable dvd player.

Anyhoo…..the breakfast buffet from downstairs called….and they want us to come and test it out.

Reno style.

I won’t be checking back in till we are smack dab in our new home….

in t-minus 4 days.

I can’t wait.

We can’t wait.

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there was a little smoking that night

Good morning from lovely Colorado!

We left early yesterday morning….with 11 suitcases packed in the back of the mini {van not cooper}…and drove straight through. A stop in Iowa for some gas….a stop in Lincoln, Nebraska for some lunch…then finished the trip into Colorado last night. On tap today is to meet up with some old friends….then dinner at one of our favorite Thai places tonight before we head up the mountain to Vail where we will spend the next few days. My parents will bring the kids to us tomorrow….and they are having a blast in New Mexico.

Anyhoo……

as we were on the road yesterday…i was able to edit some of the photos from our Mad Men party Saturday night. With a little bit of money and a whole lot of creativity….we were able to pull off one of the best parties we’ve had.

Our best friends were all there…and the best part was…everyone came ready for a night of cocktails….smoking…and dressed for a late 50′s …early 60′s…night.

All the ladies rocked the house……

and looked gorgeous. The men….well….

they were hot.

Since we had no furniture at our house…my friend Shannon and her husband Chris hosted the party at their home…which is amazing. Just the place to have a party like this.

All the ladies got creative with their hair……

and everyone brought a dish from their grandmothers cookbook. We dined on meatloaf…..tuna casserole…..meatballs…….waldorf and classic caesar salads than finishing with some pistachio cake.

This was a party that there was no need to sneak around to smoke if one so desired…..and i know that smoking causes lung cancer…yup…i know.

I would have made a great secretary…..

i even showed bryan my mad typing skills that night.

He was impressed….


What a great night…..

Don and Betty Draper would have been proud.

….

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and away we go

The movers were here all day today…..

everything we own went into storage this afternoon…so i guess it’s official….we are moving.

My good friend took my kids to the zoo today while we got some last minute things done around the house.

Tomorrow morning we put the kids on an airplane to my parents house in New Mexico….where they will spend the next five days.

Yes…they are flying by themselves…..

oh sheet….

Mason has flown by himself a few times….and Lola with Mason once last summer…

but never Fin.

Sheet.

Bryan and i have one more party on Saturday night which our friends are hosting for us….one last hurrah….

A Mad Men themed soiree….in which i might….just might…

have a lucky strikes ciggie.

Smoking causes lung cancer.

I already read the warning on the box…..you don’t need to warn me…and i might not even inhale.

On sunday we will get some last minute things done around the house…..and meet up with the family that is renting our house for a year…hand over the keys…and say goodbye to our house….the one that we’ve loved living in the last four years.

It’s funny sitting here in this empty house…my voice echos….the walls are bare….the kids have swung one last time on the tire swing in the back….i even let them ride down the banister.

Monday morning Bryan and i will get in the mini {van not cooper} and start the road trip to California. First stop…Colorado where we will spend a few nights…and my mom will bring the kids up to us. From there….we head to Utah…where we will stay with good friends…and from there make our way to the Bay area…get the mini {van not cooper} onto a cargo ship so that it can make it’s way to Hawaii.

Then we fly out on the 27th.

I still have oodles of photos to show of our last few days with friends….parties…

tearful goodbye’s.

It’s bittersweet.

Out of the 13 years Bryan and i have been married….the last four have been the best…and we are truly….

going to miss the people in our lives here that have touched us so deep.

What we do know is that it’s not an official goodbye yet….not to good ole St. Charles, Il

{which by the way…was just voted best place to raise a family by Family Circle magazine}

I don’t think they considered the weather though when making that decision.

Our furniture is in storage…our home has been rented out….we still don’t have a job…money is really tight……

but we are heading out on an adventure.

We are doing something different….and crazy…and we might just flail with our arms in the air and our heads right above water…but the one thing i know…

and i know…deep down i know…

that we will come out stronger on the other side.

That…i know.

Let the wild rumpus begin…..

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