* THE LAST NIGHT & THE HOTEL ROOM *

 So at this point we had loaded our mattresses and pretty much everything else this is how Maddi and Kael slept.... and Kael is always accused of being the SUPER CUDDLER!!! The kids were such troopers through the whole moving process, they were just as excited as we were to get to the next place to see it, to meet all the new people. They did amazing driving, even though our DVD players didn't work and they are BRAND NEW! We drove to Pennsylvania (6 hours away) taking 8hrs due to a awesome flat tire on the trailer :( we were so glad it happened on the exit and not the Highway, then we stopped for a room...  @ Erie and little did we know that everyone who was stopping stopped in Erie, @ our first Hotel choice and he informed me that ALL Hotel rooms at this Exit were BOOKED, so he told us of a Days Inn @ the next exit that had 19 rooms available. When we got there they had ONE.... anyways tons of drama, 1 o'clock in the morning, and the end of this story is we got a room... that stunk, not sure it had been clean, and paid full price. But my family slept and we woke up with GREAT ATTITUDES that we were moving to NY!

This is the sweet pull out bed that KORY slept on with Maddilyn and Kael, Liam and I slept in what they called a Queen but I think it could be NEGOTIATED!! But like I said we were headed to our new temporary home.

Liam is huge into playing  DOGS  and is always on all fours eating stuff from the floor... shortly after this picture I scooped him right up! Not the place to play dogs. sorry son :(

She was so excited she was smiling while brushing her teeth... Maddilyn has been such an amazing sport these last 3 months and sometimes I forget that she has a major part to do with how POSITIVE it all has been. That if she wanted to be miserable or even pout and make it no fun, she would have 2 small ones that would follow her example. And instead she always (most the time) sees the positive of situations.

And New York had to have more kids her age to play with then Ohio..

So thank you Maddilyn, for setting that wonderful example for your siblings and parents.

In the hurry of packing MOM forgot Kaels pajamas and one thing about Kael is she's persistent, good or bad, she will hold out until she falls asleep or gets her way. In this case Liams batman P.J's , he didn't mind sleeping in soft pants and it wasn't a battle I needed to win. But when morning came and she was still in love with them .... again I didn't need to win.

Leaving the AWESOME hotel room and heading to N.Y.

This is as close to a family picture as we are going to get, making these journeys and all the details it intels as a family and a partnership have made us grow so closer together. I am extremely grateful for this amazing opportunity. Now I get to stay at home and play (with the kids and raise them some where along the way) why Kory attends the Ivy League Courses .... good luck hun!

OFF TO:    The Winston Ct. Apartments...