The Drive :(

The only thing worse that packing and loading all your stuff into a moving truck is driving the distance to your new place!!! Unfortunately ours was a three day grueling drive to Southern California! My oh so very wonderful in-laws helped us out by coming along to help drive the big Penske truck and entertain  Brinley and Julianne. It was a life savor having them come! 

I hated nearly everything about this drive and so I don't want to bore myself or anyone else with all the details. Just know it was NOT FUN!!!

Instead I wanted to do my traditional top 10 things I'll miss and not miss about living in St. Louis

We will start with the top 10 things I will NOT miss.

10- The lack of good Mexican food

9- All the construction work on river des pres rd!!

8- The crazy scares of tornadoes, luckily we never had one touch where we lived!

7- Ice storms!

6- Not being able to open my van doors in the morning because of the ice storms

5- Cockroaches and Spiders in my house!!!!

4- The poor excuse for grass (or lack of grass where i lived ;))

3- The constant sound of creepy bugs 24/7 during the summer

2- The million mosquito bites in the summer

1- THE HOTTER THAN YOU KNOW WHAT HUMID SUMMERS!!!!

Top 10 things I will miss

10- My friendly landlords and being able to call them with any problems!

9- our cute little park and sandbox 

8- our complex swimming pool

7- The smell of my neighbor Cynthia making bread every two weeks 

6- Living 1 minute from our church

5- all the people I went to church with

4- Brinley and Julianne's school and their teachers!

3- Trick or treating in St. Charles and Pappy's

2-Monday night "Mentalist"

1c- Game night at "Fenway"

1b- My kids' friends

1a- My wonderful friends!!!!

Living in St. Louis was truly a highlight in my life! I'm so glad we were able to be there and experience all the amazing things we did, both the good and the bad! Looking back at what our family looked like when we first got there, I can't believe how much we grew, both in size and spiritually. 

I was surrounded by some of the most selfless, Christ like people I'v ever met. I hope that I, as well as my family, can take their examples and all the things we learned into our new home and share it with those around us. Good bye St Louis!! You will forever stay in our hearts!!!!!