We are finally back from vacation and actually living in our new house! That's not to say we're settled, by any means. We still have a couple of rooms FULL of boxes, and the unpacking is going pretty slowly. It's amazing to me how long it can take to unload one box. It's just so hard to decide where everything's going to go! We have lots to do before this baby comes, and the due date (7 weeks from Saturday) is a pretty solid reminder of that.
The more settled we get, the more we enjoy our new home. It feels very spacious and serene. At the same time, I feel quite isolated in our little house on the hill. I've only left the house a few times, and each time I've been reminded how "fun" it is to start completely over getting your bearings in a new town. It took 6 months to feel completely comfortable driving in New Jersey, and from my experiences so far in MA, the roads are much more tortuous and unpredictable. This is the part of "new adventures" that I don't love so much!
Here are some pictures of the move:
Ben with President Mathusek on our last day of church.
With the Stephenson family. They were sweet and had us over for dinner on Sunday, the day before we moved. We'll miss these guys!
Goodbye hugs: Henry and his best friend, Evan.
Evan waving good-bye from the car. They came to see us off on Monday before we drove away.
'Bye Evan! We'll miss you (we already do)!
We made it! After a rush of cleaning and errands and the 5-hour drive, we arrived at our new home. Here are Dad I. and Ben starting to unload the truck. I should mention here that we NEVER would have survived this move without Ben's mom and dad. They just put themselves to work and kept busy with all sorts of projects the whole time they were here. They're amazing!
While we were getting ready to unload, Henry kept busy acquainting himself with our fabulous yard and all of our neighbors' toys.
We had time to visit a few iconic sites while Ben's parents were here helping us. Here's Henry at the beautiful Boston temple.
And Ben at the Baker Library on the HBS campus, where he'll be spending lots of time over the next 5 years.
3 comments:
Glad you made it there safely! And roads that are worse than Jersey? Scary!
We're glad you are getting settled but we sure do miss you. My feeling of melancholy started with you guys leaving :)
So glad you're getting settled and liking it! One week until departure date for us!
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