Saying goodbye

Wow. What a whirlwind the past month has been. This is one of the few times I've had to sit and write something without being up late and completely exhausted. We've been getting everything ready for our move, from application paperwork to clearing out the house to sell it, so we've been incredibly busy.

One of the big things we've done is take a trip to Washington DC to visit the Finnish embassy and complete our applications. Since we were already going there, we decided to take a few extra days and see some sights. The kids had a pretty good time overall. They were tired from all of the walking, but they loved the metro system and staying in a hotel. Here are a few pictures from some of the things we saw.

Today, Brandon left for Finland. He has officially moved and will start his new job on Wednesday. I'm happy for him, and I do believe he will enjoy working and living there, but we already miss him a lot. It's going to be a long few months. We will be visiting Italy in June and he is going to meet us there, so we will get to spend those two weeks with him. The he goes home to Finland and we will join him there in July.
Brent took the day off work and went with us to the airport. Here are some goodbye pictures.

Things have been so stressful lately, and I know it's not going to get better soon, but I do believe it will be worth it in the end.