Flashback Friday: Last Days in San Antonio

I went to pull up a draft of a blog post I was working on the other day and found a post titled "Last Days in San Antonio" sitting in my drafts folder from June that never got published....oops! Between a cross-country move & a newborn, a few things fell through the cracks this summer! ;)   Snail mail is my love language, but I could probably count on one hand the amount of cards that I've actually sent since the first of June. It's bad, people!!!! Anyhow, all of that to say, it really should haven't surprised me to find this post unpublished! Better late than never, so here we go!

We disassembled our sandbox in San Antonio for the movers to pack up the wood pieces. We're currently using the sandbox as our garden here in Las Vegas--a post on that to come soon (if I remember, ha!) The girls had a blast playing with the sand on our back porch in San Antonio. It was a win-win b/c they had fun + it kept them out of the way of the movers working inside.

Another effort to keep them out of the movers' way...watching a movie together in Hadley's room :)

Look at all those boxes!
Seeing these pictures of our old house makes me so homesick for San Antonio!

In another effort to keep them out of the way of the movers, I sent Derek & the girls up to pool...only for them to find out the pool was closed for cleaning. Playing with the hose in the backyard for the win!

 

Sidewalk chalk on our back porch railing

Hadley's sleeping quarters during our "camping out" days in SA...looking back, I still can't believe how well she did sleeping throughout our crazy summer! She went from sleeping in a crib to a crib with the rails lowered...then to a sleeping bag on an air mattress then to a hotel..then back to a sleeping bag on an air mattress in the new house..then to a twin bed! All without any trouble...what a trooper!!!

Shelby's sleeping quarters

This was what the master bedroom looked like during our "camping out" days in SA after the movers had come & gone ;)

I snagged these next pictures from FB that Angela posted from when we said our goodbyes to the Goins family. I'm going to post her words in the captions below the photos. I'm going to refrain from making my own personal comments about these photos so I don't start crying. ;)

This was a goodbye I didn't even know how to say. How do you say goodbye to the person who has walked through motherhood daily with you since your oldest kids were babies, who listened to every worry & doubt you had, who made sure you had company the months your husband was gone, who kept your kids without hesitation, who rushed to the hospital to sit in your hospital room with your boys (and her girls) while you had an emergency c-section for your twins?
We met 5 years ago ...when our husbands were residents and we were just figuring out how to do this motherhood thing. We've seen our husbands through residency and fellowship, lived in 2 states together, and raised our 6 babies side by side. In Air Force time this is an eternity and I'm so thankful we got as much time as we did. I am without question a better person and mother because of her example. Our kids are the sweetest best friends you've ever seen. I am so excited for their next adventure but will miss them more than I can say.

Sarah Schumacher Smith thanks for being "my person". Now drive those 18 hours as fast as you can and keep that baby boy in until you get there!

Shelby-girl I could not have asked for a better first best friend for my Adam. You have the sweetest soul and I will be forever grateful you two were brought together. You have both grown into some awesome kids! Have fun in Vegas! We love you!

It is so surreal looking through these pictures. In so many ways, it feels like this was yesterday. But then in other ways, it feels like an eternity has passed!!! Perspective & the passing of a time is a funny thing that way. As much as we initially dreaded the idea of moving to Las Vegas, I will say it has been much better than we could have anticipated! I'm sure Las Vegas doesn't strike many people as family-friendly, but it really is!! But no matter how much we grow to love Las Vegas, San Antonio will always hold a special place in our hearts--just like Biloxi & Northern VA do. Four months after saying our goodbyes to SA, I will say the things we miss the most are the Goins Family, Marvelously Made, THE PANERA DRIVE-THRU (why oh why can't all Paneras have a drive thru?!?!), and just the feeling of being "home." So much for not crying, ha! ;)