FedEx is on their way-take 2 & more!

hey all! i can't believe it but it's already been almost a month since FedEx came to collect our belongings and this is the first real opportunity i've had to follow up. Mr. FedEx did come and willing took and approved the photo below for our blog. :) since July 29 we moved out of our Boston apartment, spent a week in the DR on a missions trip (LOTS more to come on this!!!), moved away from Boston, flew to California where we had a family wedding (CONGRATS COCO & ALEX!), spent an afternoon at Laguna Beach with the Aguilar family, opened a new POBox in Whittier, my hubby surprised me Wednesday morning with breakfast in bed (waffles with vanilla bean ice cream and fresh peaches! thanks Love for remembering a fond childhood memory and blessing me so much!) and took me to DISNEYLAND!, then we were off to Denver, CO, where we spent a few great days with more of Torre's family and now we are finishing up our family visit to Lake Havasu and heading back to Cali tomorrow. Our departure day is quickly approaching!!! ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT!!! We have been so busy enjoying our time with family we haven't had much time to think about New Zealand, but as it is becoming more of a reality we are getting more and more excited about what God has in mind and what it will all look like once we get there!

Goodbye Boston...we'll miss you. *hugs*

getting closer!

OUR PASSPORTS & VISAS ARRIVED JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO!!! Once we get our flights confirmed we are all set to go! SO EXCITED!!!

Last night Torre and I finished packing and weighing everything that is being shipped to Cali. for storage. I can't believe how much stuff we have gotten rid of and yet everything we are keeping still amounts to 13 boxes totaling approximately 650lbs. We love our heavy belongings I guess. :) Now that that's all done we can request a pick up from FedEx for next week and it's all on it's way! We've come quite far since we moved from AZ to NH which consisted of my Toyota Tacoma, a Uhall trailer and Torre's Toyota Celica all packed to the brim (yes, we are a Toyota Family! Or...we WERE a Toyota family...maybe someday we will be again when we have a car). Now 13 boxes, 4 duffles and 2 carry on's lighter we are all set for an unbelievable adventure!!!

My husband being brilliant and showing off how strong he is for me. ;)

 

The blanket alone was almost 4lbs!

paper work, passports, visas OH MY!

torre's been hard at work the past new weeks completing all the necessary paperwork to submit to the medical board of new zealand for the final stamp of approval on our living abroad plans. the stack of paperwork is complete, extra passport pics have been taken (they are just as bad as you would imagine), and we FedExed the paperwork for our Visas yesterday at 3:58pm. Whew! now we wait.