Cheerio Party

Our dear friends, the Bowman's, threw us a "Cheerio" Party tonight. It's so hard saying good bye to people, but it's also so great to have the chance to have so  many people that we love all together so we can bid them farewell for a few years.
We moved hotels yesterday. (I had the pleasure of moving all of our luggage with Lucy upstairs as the room we started out in just had the carpets cleaned and they were still a bit wet and smelled really bad so we changed rooms. Not an easy task with a 1 yr old and lots of luggage-but I sure got a good workout it.)
At Church today, Rick and I gave "farewell testimonies." It's always tender to see him get choked up about life here. Our family is the 2nd "oldest" family in the ward. Only the Benzon's have been here longer (but they moved houses, but we still count them). We've seen many wonderful friends and families leave during our time here, and ward splits and next week the Stake will split. It was really hard saying goodbye, but at least we know it's not forever. I'm grateful for our Ward and Wards that we've been a part of here and the amazing people we've met and love and served and been served by.
We were getting ready to head out to the Bowman's and Joseph shut the door to our adjoining room and the other door was dead bolted so there was no way for us to get it. We ended up having to just leave and hope the custodian guy they had to call in to fix it could do it before we got back from the Bowman's. (Gratefully they got it.)
We had a delightful time seeing so many people. Wish we could have spent more time with everyone, but we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and are so grateful to the Bowman's for hosting a wonderful party for us! We will miss everyone so much!