WHIRLWIND week in my life.  I definitely still remembered to take a second each day and enjoy it.  These next 22 months are going to fly by and it will be so important to stop each minute to take it all in.
This is Tim.  When we had no furniture left in our house besides the air mattress, he came over and laid on the air mattress with us.  That’s a true friend.

Our work family threw us a going away lunch complete with cake and a message that we WILL be back.

Friday night, we had a bonfire at my parents house with a few close friends to say farewell for now.  It was a night full of laughter and hugs.  I refused to read any cards until I was in the car and could cry by myself.

 Our last look at St. Paul for a while.  The cloudy skies remained our first two days of driving and it seemed fitting.

Our friends that made trivia games, bought us travel bingo boards, made us playlists on Spotify and sent snap chat after snap chat to keep our road trip entertaining.  We are the luckiest people in the world and I can’t wait to send them all surprises.

Our first new place – Niagara Falls, NY.  I’ve been to the Canadian side, but never the NY side and Justin had never seen the falls from any country.  It was a rainy afternoon, but the falls were beautiful and we had a blast just walking around and enjoying the views.

Here we are.  We are in the middle of moving in.  As we walked the dogs tonight on the river walk, the sunset was reflecting in all the skyscrapers that make up Manhattan.  This picture doesn’t really show how cool it was (thanks iPhone).  Our first night.  (insert sigh of relief and happiness here)

More soon, I must put my feet up now and relax.