The day finally arrived for us to go back
to MN to oversee the move. It was a welcome change of pace from all of
the paperwork and phone calls that go into a big relocation. Sara and
Trevor went first on a Tuesday. At the airport while standing in
security Sara saw an old colleague of hers just getting off the plane in
Phoenix. He visits there frequently since Target Financial and Retail
Services has a headquarters in Tempe and he heads up their Collections
division. That was fun running into him. Sara kind of chuckled because
he was in his business suit and Sara and Trevor were in flip flops :)
Trevor was fabulous as always on the plane. He played with the ipad for a bit....
And
then as soon as we landed and hit the runaway, he fell asleep! Stinker
didn't sleep the whole 3 hour flight, just when we were taxiing to the
jet bridge!
Dada
flew home late Thursday night so on Friday we ran errands and Trevor
requested to see his old teachers and friends at school. It was fun
going back there and everyone was excited to see Trevor as well as learn
about baby Hillins #2! Friday night we had a good friend from grad
school over for a late dinner. He's going through a difficult time in
his life so it was good we could be there for him and catch up.
On
Saturday morning we walked to our favorite area one last time and had
bagels. Of course Trevor was most fascinated by the water fountain!
It
happened to be Golden Valley Days when we were back so while Dada went
to use up a gift certificate for a massage, Sara and Trevor went with
our neighbors Katie, Erik, and Mac to the parade. Needless-to-say we
got a lot of candy but Trevor was very excited by the 'horseys' and the
fire trucks, including this old one:
Saturday
night we had a few friends over for a low key bbq. It was nice seeing
them one last time at our house and we really got a kick out of Trevor
already courting his future wife Sophia by pushing her around the
backyard.
Saturday
night Golden Valley had fireworks for the celebration, although we like
to think that they did it all for us...what a nice send-off ;) Trevor
loved the fact that they were right out of the room he was staying in.
He said "Look! Fireworks just for me!"
Trevor kept oohing and ahhing over each one. He couldn't pick a favorite - each one was his favorite!
Dada
spent Sunday and other times throughout the weekend unconnecting
electronics and organizing things that the movers wouldn't touch (or the
papers said they wouldn't). He was busy and probably glad to fly out
on Sunday afternoon. Monday morning 7:45 sharp this truck came rumbling
up our street. Our neighbor Katie saw it first and raised her
proverbial middle finger to it as it drove by...rightly so, it's a big
change and we will miss them and our other friends and family tons.
There
were two drivers and two local guys all packing up our stuff and boy
did they cruise! They only stopped for a donut break and lunch that we
provided. By 5pm that day they had the entire house packed up!! Mind
you they said it would take 2 days to pack and one day to load!!
It
helped tremendously we're sure that Sara and her parents worked
endlessly to purge contents for many many days prior to Sara and Trevor
leaving for AZ. We probably got rid of 1/8 of our stuff. It felt good
to donate stuff we no longer needed to families that could use it. But
seriously, Sara's parents were amazing at the task....we went room to
room and sorted and organized everything. (Will make move in a breeze)
Anything Sara said they didn't want just disappeared into Sara's
parents' car and they took it to their house to sort then throw, recycle
or donate. Simply amazing! Thank you so much Mom and Dad Roslansky!!!
Where
was Trevor during all of this packing chaos? T stayed with Grandma
Jeanne and had a blast! Mommy and Papa Steve would drive back and forth
in the mornings and evenings and it worked just great! On Tuesday the
crew was there by 7:00 to load before it got to hot! They also came to
get Brian's car that was being shipped. The tow truck takes it to one
of those big vehicle trucks that you see every so often on the highways
transporting cars.
By
3:00 the truck was wheels up! The crew was excited that now they would
have a day off (hard to come by during prime move season) and now the
drivers would have a few days to stop and see one of their families in
IA before heading to Kansas to pick up an apt. load before getting to
AZ. They asked if it would be okay if they unloaded our stuff a day
early - so on Memorial Day instead of the following day (Tuesday) and of
course we said yes given that we close on our house on Friday and will
be just waiting for our stuff to arrive! They would have even unloaded
on Sunday but the Kansas load wasn't willing to move her move up a day
to accommodate!
And
just like that the truck was gone and we were left looking at one of
our favorite things about 'our house' - the view out the front door.
Look how green it is! A lot different than Arizona!! Sara surprisingly
didn't shed any tears at that point...but a few did fall after seeing
Trevor's room empty the day prior :( It probably helps that we have a
gorgeous home in AZ that we're moving into. It doesn't have this view
but it has a lot of other things that make it special!
Tuesday
night Grandma Jeanne treated Trevor to his first batch of Rice Krispie
bars. He wasn't as into making them as he was eating them! Who can
blame him?
On Wednesday we went and bought another flower to add to his planter. Trevor might have a green thumb, unlike his parents!
Before
we headed to the airport on Wednesday we had one last get together with
Jim and Annie quick - nothing like some Davanni's pizza to wrap-up our
time in MN. YUM! Trevor and Sam even got to take a ride with Uncle Jim
on the riding lawnmower. They thought that was 'pretty cool' (in the
words of Trevor)!
Our
flight home was delayed a bit due to weather so we didn't actually land
until well after midnight but Trevor was an excellent flier. Mommy
told him that he could play with the ipad while all the passengers were
loading but once the plane started moving it was night-night time and
that's exactly what he did!! All went fine on the flight until he woke
up hot and was nice enough to wake up the whole plane with his tears.
At least were already descending so it was time to start moving anyway!
All
went well with the close on the 25th although Arizona does it a bit
different....all docs need to be signed 3 days prior to close (so we
signed prior to leaving for MN) and money needs to be wired and verified
2 days prior. So we had our final walk through Thursday at 5:30 and
once everything was recorded Friday morning we picked up the house keys
at our realtors. That was probably around 10am.
On
Saturday morning Sara's parents flew in to help with the move and we
had some nice family time and meals with the Hillins and Roslanskys
(along with completing some new home projects) prior to the moving truck
arriving at 6am on Memorial Day! They asked to start early because of
the heat and that was just fine with us - we'd be up anyway because of
the excitement! Plus we asked the neighbors and everyone was fine.
They all have young kids too so they are up as well!
It
was so nice to see our drivers and our stuff again!! This time there
were three local guys helping unload the truck and reassemble our
furniture where we wanted it!
Trevor came to see the truck and was a little apprehensive about what was going on....
...until he saw his toys and all was right again in the world! 'MY TOYS!!!!'
So that we never forget our fabulous drivers,
here are Nait (from IA) and Carlos (from TX). We highly recommend them
and will be sure to request them if we ever relocate again. Nait asked
Sara at least three times an hour if she had any questions. You could
tell they really cared...unlike some of the horror stories we heard
prior to our relocation!!
And they hit the road by 4pm and then it really was home sweet home!
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