So a couple posts ago I mentioned that we would be moving to Memphis, TN for the summer because TG is selling for APX Alarm. Getting ready to leave for Memphis was a little crazy because I also had to pack up everything in my classroom, take it to my house and clean it out. Luckily my wonderful sister, Brooke, helped out a ton with Keilani while TG and I were getting ready to leave. My last day of work was on Friday and I had mixed emotions about it. I was sad to say goodbye to all my friends, but also happy to finally be able to stay home with my girl. I taught all five years at Central Elementary and I will truly miss all the wonderful people I was able to meet and become friends with. My wonderful room mom made a book compiled of letters that my current and previous students had written to me. It was fun reading all the letters and reminiscing about each year I taught.
So on the last day of school, the students left at 10:30, we had a luncheon with the faculty at 11:00, I was home by 1:30, and we were on the road by 4:30. I was just praying that Keilani would do well. She slept most of the way and only fussed when she was hungry or poopy. She did a lot better than her parents. The drive seemed so long for us. We used Mapquest to get to Memphis and it was great until we hit Missouri and then it took us on 8 different highways, where the speed limit ranged from 35 mph to 65 mph. We spent most of Saturday driving through Missouri which was pretty, but after passing the 50th farm it got pretty boring. We only stopped for 4 hours to take a little nap and were in Memphis by 1:30 am Sunday morning. I was determined not to drive on Sunday, mostly because it was my birthday and driving was not my idea of a fun activity for my birthday. Anyway, we made it here safe and sound. This summer is going to be a lot of fun. Most of the salesmen who are in this office were out with us last summer in California. Plus there are a lot of fun wives and babies for Keilani to play with. I'm also really excited to be living so close to my sister, Mindi, who lives near Nashville. We are going to miss our friends and family back home and I promise to post lots of pictures throughout the summer.
Here are a couple pictures we took the other day:
On Thursday Keilani and I drove up to Nashville to go visit Ernie, Mindi, and Aiden. It took about 2 hours and 45 minutes to get there, which wasn't too bad. That night Mindi and I went to the CMA Music Fest. I was so excited because I've never been to a concert before and some of my favorite country artists were going to be performing (Rascal Flatts, Brad Pasley, Dirks Bentley). Anyway, about 2 hours into the concert Ernie called Mindi telling her that there was a tornado warning in the area and we should get ready to evacuate. Mindi and I were sitting in the upper bowl of LP field so Mindi thought we probably should move down to the bottom in case they evacuate us. About 20 minutes later they evacuated the stadium. I didn't realize how serious it was until people started running like mad out of the stadium. Luckily Mindi and I didn't get stuck in the crowd and we were able to make it to our car safely. The concert didn't resume until 1:00 am, so Mindi and I opted not to go back. Plus Rascal Flatts had already left because they had to perform somewhere else the next day. Though I didn't get to see my favorite country artists perform it was still a fun night hanging out with Mindi. On Friday we just hung out, went shopping, went out to eat, and made a fire in Mindi's backyard. That night TG called and told me that it was dumping in Memphis and that there was a tornado warning (the tornado actually touched town a little ways away). Then when he got home the power was out and the power company said that it could be a couple days before it would come back on. I decided that Keilani and I would stay at Mindi's until the power came back on. Well the power finally came back on by Saturday afternoon, so Keilani and I headed back home. We had so much fun up in Nashville. It's such a cool city. It was especially fun to watch Keilani interact with her cousin Aiden, they were so cute together.
Me and Mindi at the concert
Look at that bedhead
Keilani was trying to feed herself some puffs. I found most of them in her lap.
Notice how Keilani's hand is on Aiden's knee- so cute!
They kept each other company in the car.
Keilani thought this toy was the coolest thing
