Friday, December 18, 2015

Final Week

The final week has come! This week serves both as Chris' academic finals week, as well as our final week in our little quaint home. 

We have been moving our things into storage for a matter of weeks now, one person packing during Riley's naps throughout the day, and once both of us were home, one person would run the packed items to the storage while the other watched the baby. It was a pretty good system.

However, I'm not sure how you can get around the frantically-packing-and-cleaning bustle of the final few days. There are just too many things we used day to day that had to be saved until last. Riley was a good sport, and didn't complain about her napping leading to a dwindling toy supply. 


Here is what Chris has been working on relentlessly for his final computer science project-Monkey Island! It is supposed to be a throwback to games like Banjo Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64. He did such a good job!! He passed with flying colors.




We made a checklist of places we wanted to eat one last time before heading out of Utah. We went to Red Robin unexpectedly when they had a one-day-only deal for everyone who had a Christmas name (Chris). Another time we were just hungry while on campus, so Subway in the Cougareat won out. Chic-Fil-A was a must (I LOVE that sauce!!) Another one of those places was a Greek restaurant we stumbled on in the mall that has Schwarma. So good! Plus, both times we went there, Riley fell asleep soon after dinner, so it has good karma as well as good food.

Red Robin

Schwarma!

One problem with packing as you live somewhere is that there is a unspoken rule that you must pack something you will desperately need in the upcoming days. Chris decided that this item would be his calculator. He realized he did not have it after he had left to take his Computer Science final, and so after a quick phone conversation, we packed little Riley in the car and dashed over to the storage unit in hopes of finding the much needed calculator. 


 Victorious!!

...and he was only a couple minutes late for his final :P



This week also marked the week where I had a ton of extra hours at work. We figured we would just muscle through it, but towards the end we ended up asking for help, as Chris had to watch Riley AND pack all the remaining items (no small feat!). We thankfully are surrounded by some awesome people, and a member of the ward came by to watch Riley one afternoon, and there is no way we could have gotten out of there on time with Nate! At least not without becoming completely sleep deprived with stress ulcers.


My dad came through town the day we moved out, and we were SO GLAD we were able to see him and the Rexburg girls while they were in Provo (it was a close call!) They brought us Thai Del Taco burritos for dinner (don't ask). We were even able to see Jennifer and Kayla on their way back home as well. It is always good to be around family!


Thanks for the early Christmas presents, Meg!


So much has happened this week! But the saddest was saying goodbye to our Tiki Man soap. Goodbye, Tiki Man! You have washed our hands well.


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