Friday, January 27, 2012

Boxing Day

My new nightly ritual -- boxing up the house. I know we have several more weeks before the move, but we have been in this house for nearly 14 years. In that amount of time you can really pack it in.



There are so many memories that live within the walls of this home. Mark brought me here to check it out when he was looking for a place to call his own. We were just dating, and I really didn't think I would one day be living here, let alone, marry this guy. He said he knew it all along. He even bought the stove we have now with a "power boost burner" just so I could can. I'm not even sure I knew how to can. But, alas --- here we are, three boys later and lots of stuff. We have made this our home, both inside and out.

It will be a bitter-sweet day when I have to leave. As for now, I'm reliving lots of memories as I box up what I can. Ethan just found his long-lost Lego Lava Monster. I am sure there will be many more great finds as we continue to box up and clear it all out.

3 comments:

Rachael said...

I'm so excited for you.... Yeah I'm going to keep telling myself that so I don't think about how much we are going to miss you guys...

Really, so excited!! ;)

Alicia said...

This almost made me cry, Mindy. I love how you put this. And hey-- we have more boxes if you need them. :)

Anneke said...

I'm just getting caught up on your blog. I haven't visited for quite some time! Thanks for posting fun things. I need to be a better blogger like you. And I checked out your Erda house blog too... Fun stuff happening over there! yay!