We Matched, We moved, We hit Thunder of Louisville

 We found out in March that we matched with Pocatello, Id.  It was a very emotional match for me.  I wanted David to get his #1 in Detroit and OB/GYN but I was so relieved and happy to be back in Idaho.  We decided within 24 hours that we were going to move back to Twin Falls for a few weeks and save some money so we can look and buy a house in Pocatello.  We started to pack and sell lots of things and we moved 2 1/2 weeks later.  We took Eliza out of school and that was the saddest thing to me.  She had some great friends and she was so successful and a leader in her class, but I knew that she would bloom anywhere she is planted.    We also left behind some great friends we will never forget or replace.  They helped us out so much and were our family in Detroit.  We are going to miss them terribly.

We planned our trip across country to coordinate with Thunder of Louisville.  We wanted to see my sister one more time and Thunder is just awesome.  We got a ABF truck and loaded it up, them loaded up our van to the very top and then headed south.  We stayed the weekend with my sister and had such a great time, fireworks, airshow, horse races, David lost and found his wedding ring.  It was great. 

Eliza's last day of school with all of her class. 

Then we started our trek across the country on Monday.  We hit the St. Louis Zoo.  It is a free zoo but usually parking is $15.  We got there so early that they didn't charge us and then the Merry-go-round was free until 10:00 so we hit that.  No one was there so it was awesome, we got to see some awesome animals with no one to contend with.  Later that day we hit Liberty Jail.  That was a great place to stop.  We continued to the end of Kansas for our first day.  We headed  all the way to Utah on Tuesday.  That was the longest stretch because there is not a lot in Wyoming but we made it in 2 days.  The kids were so great, playing games, switching around eating snacks.  It was actually a very pleasant experience that I was dreading.  It is so great to be back west with beautiful mountains and wonderful weather.