The Barlows Have Arrived!

On Sunday, September 28th, Jeff, Amy, Garrett, and Isaac arrived in Florida after a long two-day trip from Dallas. Jeff's brother, Mike, drove one big rental truck while Jeff drove the other. That helped out so much! Also, Cassie flew to Louisiana to see her family, then Amy picked her up after driving for five hours alone with her two young ones, and was she ever glad that Cassie agreed to drive with her! That was life-saving, or should I say "sanity saving"?!!

It took us two days to unload both trucks into two big storage units. One unit was up an elevator and then down a huge hall, through three more doors and halls, to finally get to the unit. It was certainly a challenge! The first day Craig and Cassie helped tremendously until the very late hours when they had to drive back to Gainesville. The next day we had more helpers which included the missionaries from our ward and a nice young couple. The whole thing was certainly a gigantic job--but mission accomplished! Then Amy tore into the two spare bedrooms where she put beds for the two boys to sleep in and then Jeff and Amy in the other. We are all like snug little bugs in a rug!

We are so excited to have them stay with us while they are getting settled in Florida. George and I can't believe we will finally be able to go to "Bring Your Grandparents to Lunch" day at school. We've never been able to do that!

We quickly got Jeff and Amy acclimated to Green Cove Springs by taking them to "Soul Food" day. It was lots of fun and we bought the most wonderful pound cake there --it brought back memories of George's mother's. She was the best at making pound cake!

Oh, yes, in case everyone hasn't heard--Amy and Jeff are expecting a baby girl in March! Isn't that exciting! Girls are really in short supply in our family!