Getting ready to go

Like I stated in the last post, I'm moving to Norwich, England with my family April 9th. So we have about 6 more days to go. So far, we've sold all of our furniture, thrown out a ton of old clothes and books, decided what things we can live without for a few years and what things we need to have with us. We've packed up the things we don't need for a few years but can't throw away and stored them all at my grandparents' house. Then we decided of the stuff we're taking with us what we can ship and be without for a few weeks (shipping takes 3-5 weeks), and what we'll have to bring with us in our suitcases when we fly out. Let me show you how much we shipped.

So we put everything we were shipping in bins, and stacked the bins on pallets, then wrapped the pallets in plastic and had the shipping company come pick them up. Fun, right? And basically now until we move officially we're living out of suitcases. We can only bring one large suitcase and our carry-on's (a small suitcase and a back-pack), and now our stress is trying to fit in everything we want to do before we leave, fitting everything in our suitcases (and within the weight limit), and not forgetting anything. Other than that (and saying goodbye to everyone), we're all ready to go!! We even have had our church membership records transferred over to the ward we'll be attending out there, and we've been in touch with some of the leaders there. They're excited to have us and we're excited to get there!