One of the best decisions we made on this adventure was to split up the “move out” and the “move in.”
The kids finished school early June. We packed up everything we thought we needed for the next year into our van (we didn’t even use a luggage rack). We put everything else in the basement. Then we drove across the country in 3.5 days to go to a family reunion in St. George, Utah.
We left our house empty for the next 2 months, which is why I’m so late starting this blog. We didn’t exactly want to advertise that our house was empty.
I flew back to Massachusetts at the end of June to finish packing and getting ready for our renters (a wonderful couple who are just starting at UMass). Our friends, the Speeks helped me do some last-minute cleaning. Then I left our home for good! I flew off to Greece and then Spain for work conferences, and then flew back to Utah to be with the family.
We stayed with Linda’s family for a wonderful two months before we flew to the Netherlands. More about the move in the next few posts.
Dutch Bentleys 