Let's start at the very beginning

Alright, where I left off we had still been hoping to leave on Friday. Well, Thursday night we had a goodbye party with lots of our friends in Texas. We were sad to leave Texas; it's really the first time I've had lots of really close friends that I am sad to leave behind. Jake and I have moved many times and we never have lived anywhere long enough to make good friends. Now we know what it's like. There are many that I want to keep in touch with, and we hope to go back and visit soon. Below is a picture of me with Katie and Ute, their husband's work with Jake and we became good friends as well.
This is the girls swimming with some of their friends. The little girl in the pink floatie lived across the street from us and the girls have already asked to go back and see her many times. It was nice to have a friend across the street that they got along so well with.

This is me and one of my best friends kara rey. I will miss her a lot. She is awesome. This is Jake and a couple of his buddies who are in the army. They are both getting out and joining Northrop grumman soon, so we'll see them in Arizona. In fact, we have already hung out with the guy on the right (Joey) and his fiance.
This is me with a bunch of my friends from church. Sarah (the girl in blue) is also one of my best friends, whom I still talk to on the phone a lot. The girls have asked to go to her house several times as well.

We had a great time at the party, and I'm glad that we got to say a proper good-bye, and we didn't just disappear in the night. After the party I went back to the house and packed our car, cleaned house, and patched a few holes in the wall. I was out until 3am wrapping everything up so we could leave in the morning. We had decided that I would go finish everything while Jake went to bed, and then he could drive in the morning while I slept. It worked fairly well.