Off With the Old . . .

Yesterday we went to our "new house" to play with the kids who have been living there--and who would be leaving today (friends from Ben's elementary school).

Their mom took a picture of the six children together on the back deck (a little sneak preview of Jason's favorite part of the house!) and sent it to me this morning in an email titled "Passing the Torch."



So cute.

It got me thinking a bit, though, about what we are leaving behind:

The backyard where Ben started his study of bugs,



and the front garden where we planted our rose bushes (remember the Camry?!).




The place where we brought our last two babies home,





and all three of them learned to walk.






The driveway where they learned to ride their bikes,



the place where Ben has had all of his themed parties,



and the porch where we always posed for pictures.



It's going to be hard to leave so many memories behind . . .

only six more days.

Good thing we get to take all of our stuff with us ;)