And Now Is The Beginning...

So, finally we are in New Hampshire, and let me tell you it wasn't easy getting here. It started when Clay left Sunday morning and began the 3 day drive with our car loaded with our stuff. It started off with a very bad Sunday for me mainly because of overly tired boys that caused me to about lose my mind, however, Monday through Wednesday was much better. Thank you to Heather, Michelle, and Denae who watched the boys and allowed me to get house stuff taken care of, it was a huge help. Thank you also to Amanda who let me take a couple of warm clothes she had to get me by until I was able to shop up here for the boys (they have already been used). Thanks to Michelle for the warm coat it too has already been put to use. My parents came Wednesday night and helped me with last minute packing and house work, I definately wouldn't have made it with out them. Then the long travel day on Thursday was quite interesting. To make a very long story short I will summerize and spare you the details. It started at 6 in the morning with only about 3 hours of sleep. I ended up missing my 8:15 flight that put me in Manchester at about 3 that afternoon. I ended up taking the only other flight that left an hour later but stopped in Houston with a 3 hour layover, then stopped in Cleveland for another 3 hour layover and then arrived in Manchester at about 9 at night. I had people who helped with bags and holding Connor occasionally, the pilot who let Carson go in the cockpit, and the sucker someone gave us when Carson was fussy before take off. Thinking about the small deeds that these people did brings me to tears even now. They will never know how much they did for me that day. It allowed me to get through the day without a break down and reminded me to look for small ways to help those around me. I was so happy to see Clay but not so happy about the hour drive to the hotel. Clay was picking up the rental car so that meant we both were driving. I was so close to falling asleep at the wheel but we made it just in time and then Clay took care of me. He made me hot tomato soup, gave me a foot massage and vanilla bean ice cream, and put the kids to bed. He is the best. While here, I have drove around and ended up getting lost a couple of times, but that's what makes exploring so much fun except for the times when the kids are crying in the car. I got lost driving around in Maine and came up over the hill to find the waves of the beach crashing down in front of me, for some reason at that point I got a little freaked out and decided maybe I should call someone to find out exactly wear I was. I was able to look at a condo tonight that I hope will work for us, but it won't be available for another 3 weeks. So we are still homeless, but staying in a brand new Hilton Homewood Suites(I keep asking Clay if maybe we can convince the company to let us just stay here). It is two bedrooms, two baths, living room, and kitchen, not to mention breakfast every morning and dinner Monday through Thursday, with a washer and dryer just down the hall. Who wouldn't want to stay here if you had someone cooking cleaning and bringing fresh towels everyday. The search continues and so does our adventure, I'll keep you posted and definately will have more pics coming as soon as I find my cord to transfer things. Take care friends and family we miss you all.