We rented the largest U-Haul available (26') and towed our car behind. On Saturday 18 July, with the help of our brother-in-law Bill, and college friends Dan, Sean and Toby, we worked a full day loading 'the beast'. We continued to load the following morning with Bill. In all, I think we spent ~14 hours and it was well worth the amazing efforts of Bill and Toby- the meticulous packers of the truck. There were no casualties of the move. Thank you Bill and Toby!! Woo hoo!!!
Sunday morning we hugged and waved goodbye to our kiddos as they went into the care of Kevin's parents. Got our car hooked up to the tow trailer. Said goodbye to Bill. Cut our grass and picked up the house a bit, had lunch on the deck savoring a perfect Minnesota summer day-- low 70's, a light breeze and blue skies, and waved farewell to Archibald Circle at 2:45 p.m. CST. Kevin and I arrived in A2 
at 3:30 a.m. EST - 12 hours with 3 stops for gas. Not bad. We pulled into our sleepy neighborhood feeling as though we were banging symbols announcing our arrival! This 
truck was not quiet by any means! After pulling off our mattress and overnight bags, we shut the truck back up, got to bed by 5 a.m., woke mid-morning and began the 7 hour unloading with Kevin's brother, Jason. It took Kevin's efforts of pulling me off the couch to head out for dinner. Dinner at Zingerman's -- an Ann Arbor staple. Move complete...now for those boxes.
Sunday morning we hugged and waved goodbye to our kiddos as they went into the care of Kevin's parents. Got our car hooked up to the tow trailer. Said goodbye to Bill. Cut our grass and picked up the house a bit, had lunch on the deck savoring a perfect Minnesota summer day-- low 70's, a light breeze and blue skies, and waved farewell to Archibald Circle at 2:45 p.m. CST. Kevin and I arrived in A2 
at 3:30 a.m. EST - 12 hours with 3 stops for gas. Not bad. We pulled into our sleepy neighborhood feeling as though we were banging symbols announcing our arrival! This 
truck was not quiet by any means! After pulling off our mattress and overnight bags, we shut the truck back up, got to bed by 5 a.m., woke mid-morning and began the 7 hour unloading with Kevin's brother, Jason. It took Kevin's efforts of pulling me off the couch to head out for dinner. Dinner at Zingerman's -- an Ann Arbor staple. Move complete...now for those boxes. We managed to get fairly settled by Thursday evening, when Kevin's parents arrived with Evelyn and Christian. We were glad for our long days of unpacking when we saw the recognition of 'pieces of home' in the kiddos. We will make this place home together as a family --this is our adventure indeed!
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