Move From El Segunod to Arizona!

Friday December 3 Ted and I made the final decision to move to Arizona from El Segundo, CA.  We threw the idea out that Monday as a joke, but it quickly took form when Ted started to receive job opportunities in Arizona.  We prayed and sat on it for days before making the decision on Friday.  We took no time to figure out we should move the following week when we needed to be in Arizona anyway for Ted to do a presentation and for my graduation (this Friday!).  

The week of preparing for the move was full of 6 classes of finals, papers, and coursework for me.  Ted had a busy school week with large papers and many hours on campus, and not to mention packing!

Things that kept us going:

Baking...yummm I love it!  Ted had been asked weeks before to provide cupcakes for a birthday party at school, I made chocolate cupcakes with a french silk chocolate frosting. 

I found an example of these flags online and just created my own, I personilzed them.  The Yellow ones were for a classmate of Ted - Carrie and the Redish ones were for his professor Dr. June.

I forgot to take a picture of them in cupcake stand, I tried to get a few on my phone waiting to give them to Ted outside of his class.  

Our El Segundo friends, Foti and Sarah took us to dinner our last night in town.

Sarah gave me frame with a picture of us.  (the frame is special because El Segundo is known for having blue butterflies, they are on logos for most everything in the city, I have a special connection to butterflies so it was a little town meant for us!)  Thanks Sar!

Our last night in our little house.  Lola was so SAD :(

Ted finishing homework on our air matress :)

The last stuff to be packed.  

The Trip:

We were lucky to find movers to pack the boxes and furniture and drive it to AZ for us.

Ted drove the truck towing his Ghia with lola and I to AZ on Sunday.  It only took about 6.5 hours.

Our little detour....we were low on gas stopped at an exit, the only place to get gas was at a raceway were people race their dirt bikes and cars.  

The one gas pump with the visible gas tank, I was laughing so hard!

Lola was mad it woke her up

Back on the road we were welcomed to Phx with an amazing AZ sunset!

WE ARE BACK!  Tons to do but lots of time to do it with!